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84World War Two: The Missing Hurricane
On August 18th, 1940 in the skies above the Kent countryside, a savage dogfight raged between the brave men of the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe. Eye witnesses at the time recalled seeing a British fighter plane plummet from the sky and...
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83World War Two: The Heroes of Biggin Hill
It is now 70 years on from the Battle of Britain and the experiences of the men, women and civilians of Biggin Hill in the Kent countryside encapsulated the drama of this critical period in Britain's history. Repeatedly bombed throughout the summer...
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81Things You Should Know About... Video Game Designer. What do you need to work with, design and create video games?
Do you want to be a game designer? Most people who do have misconceptions about the job. Learn what it really takes to be a game designer (hint: it's NOT great ideas)
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81Triumph GT6 Sports Car
The Triumph GT6 was yet again designed by Giovanni Michelotti as a coupé version of the Triumph Spitfire. The problem was that the extra weight and cost in building it meant that Triumph needed to justify that extra cost and a slower top speed from its original 1147cc engine was hardly going to help.
78Mass Effect 3 Special Weapons
Mass Effect 3 Special Weapons. Includes the Reaper Blackstar, the M-451 Firestorm, the Arc Pistol, the Turret Guns, the Geth Spitfire and the Black Widow.
79Five Hollywood Beauties Of The 1920s and 30s Who Met A Tragic Death
Here are stories of Hollywood beauties who met a tragic death. It's truth stranger than fiction.
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80Pilots and Planes Lost in WW2
Fossicker digs through parts of planes destroyed in New Zealand after WW2 credit stuff.co.nz The ghost of a downed Lockheed P38 Lightning reappears in the sands of a North Wales beach (Gwnedd). It was lost during WW2 and disappeared for 65 years...
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78What, no dice? My Wings of War review.
A friend of mine wanted to show me a game he'd bought that he was pretty excited about - which turned out to be Wings of War - a World War I (or World War II, depending) dogfight game. I was pretty intrigued...
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76Triumph Spitfire Sports Car
Designed yet again by Giovanni Michelotti it was announced to the public in October 1962 with a price of £730. A heater cost extra. It came with a twin-carb version of the Triumph Herald's 1147cc four-cylinder engine giving a 90mph top speed and 0-60mph in around 15 seconds. It had a four-speed 'box with overdrive which allowed it to average close on 40mpg.
77German Planes of World War 2
Air superiority in World War 2 was just as important battle to win as any other conflict to date, who ever had control of the skies held the upper hand. During the second World War Germany had many planes with many variants and here are just some of the more memorable planes the Luftwaffe used during the war.
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