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Two people have died in a plane crash at an air show in Cambridgeshire. The two occupants of the two-seat Fairey Firefly were killed when the aircraft came down during a display flight, a fire ...
The 50-year-old Fairey Firefly was being displayed at Duxford airfield in Cambridgeshire by a pilot and navigator from the Royal Navy's historic flight section.
A canvas-and-wood aircraft wasn’t supposed to be a game-changer in modern warfare. Yet, the Fairey Swordfish defied expectations, sinking some of the biggest enemy ships. This is its ...
On January 8, 1950, a Fairey Firefly of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm crashed near the peak of the hill whilst travelling to the HMS Sanderling Naval Air Station.
A pilot crashed a vintage plane at an air show while attempting an acrobatic manoeuvre that was probably beyond his capabilities, an inquest heard. Lt Cdr Bill Murton, 45, and passenger Neil Rix, 29, ...
So in his first presidential poster in more than a decade, Fairey crafted a smiling, forward-looking image of Harris, with an airy blue palette in his signature, propaganda-inspired style, and all ...
The anti-aircraft gunners on the Bismarck had fired and fired at the Swordfish, but could not score any hits worthy of bringing them down. One British torpedo scored a hit on the Bismarck in the ...
Rare aircraft could be Fairey Firefly that crashed in Lossiemouth in 1953 Mr Hendry believes his rare discovery, which is “in very good condition”, could be the remains of a Fairey Firefly ...
Firefly Aerospace has gone from start-up to bankrupt to a $1.8 billion valuation in just a little over a decade. Now, Bloomberg says Firefly's private equity backers are looking for an exit -- and ...
Salvation would come in the form of Sir Richard Fairey, head of the aircraft firm that bore his name. At the end of the war and with the arrival of the jet era, the steam ovens that Fairey had been ...
Shepard Fairey, “Arab Woman” (2019), silkscreen and mixed media collage on paper, 18/19, 41 x 30 inches (all photos Lynn Trimble/Hyperallergic) MESA, Arizona — Protest and propaganda take a ...