In this article, Adam Estes explores the Fiat CR.42 Falco, a rare example of a WWII frontline biplane. Despite its seemingly ...

Often derided by their enemies and patronised by their major ally, the armed forces of Italy during the second world war have not been given the subsequent level of historical attention they deserve.

The first thing that probably comes to mind about Fiat is its diminutive automobile, not a biplane used during World War II. Despite that clash of imagery, Fiat did indeed build fighter planes, one of ...

While the emergence of aircraft as a weapon of war occurred in WWI, creating such novel concepts of the dogfight and the flying ace, the technology of those planes was primitive, and their abilities ...