The history of military aviation is, in a few ways, a story of pushing speed to its limits.

Speed meets DIY aviation. Which kit planes rank among the fastest ever built?

The top speed of the fastest operational fighter was less than 360 mph when the war started. By 1945, this had increased by an astonishing 300mph. Knowing that ‘speed was life’, some designers packed ...

Image Credit: William Pretrina - P-38 Lighting, CC BY-SA 2.0/Wiki Commons. When you think about World War II, you probably picture tanks crawling through Europe or ships battling it out in the Pacific ...