Once upon a time, bailing out of a plane involved popping open the roof or door, and hopping out with your parachute, hoping that you’d maintained enough altitude to slow down before you hit the ...

Gabe ('Jock') Bryce, who has died aged 93, was one of Britain’s foremost post-war test pilots, and took part in the first flights of 11 prototype aircraft, among them the Valiant bomber and the VC10.

Watch this legendary Avro Vulcan fly alongside the Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant in an aerobatic display that defines Cold War aviation brilliance. These three aircraft — the RAF’s iconic ...

George Robert Edwards, aircraft designer: born Woodford Green, Essex 9 July 1908; design staff, Vickers Aviation (later Vickers Armstrongs), Weybridge 1935-40, experimental manager 1940-48, chief ...