The debut of jet-powered aircraft in World War II marked a turning point in aviation history. Among the first of their k ...

In addition to aircraft advancements, World War II accelerated computer technology as well in a race to outperform the adversary. The Luftwaffe had been working on an advanced jet fighter since 1939.

Britain’s aviation industry last week was taking one of its heaviest shellackings since the Battle of Britain. The walloping came from a wartime R.A.F. squadron leader named William A. Waterton ...

It was Britain’s first jet-powered aircraft—and the only Allied jet to see combat in WWII. Built to face Germany’s Me 262, the Gloster Meteor never got its ultimate duel, but it still broke records ...

Messerschmitt, Meet the Gloster Meteor. As noted by my colleague Peter Suciu, a likely reason for the Meteor’s relative lack of notoriety is that the RAF warbird never faced manned enemy aircraft.

Britain last week showed off a delta-wing plane, the Gloster Javelin, ... It was T. O. M. Sopwith, the first lord of British aircraft and a big name in British aviation for nearly 40 years.

GROUP CAPTAIN H. J. WILSON, R.A.F., piloting a Gloster Meteor aircraft powered with two Rolls Derwent gas turbine engines, regained the speed record for Great Britain on November 7, flying over a ...