The world went from refined planes that wouldn’t be out of place in the First World War to jets in the span of a few short years. Today, we’re ranking the fastest planes of WW2.

As already noted, the Sea Fury missed out on WWII. However ... and as of October 2018, some 24 Hawker Sea Furies were listed on the US civil aircraft register (although not necessarily active).

The United States aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is on its way to a scrapyard ... launched in 1961 with a heap of improvements over its WWII-era predecessors. It completed six tours in Vietnam ...

The tragedy, which occurred around 9 pm last Wednesday (January 29), claimed the lives of 67 people, three soldiers on board the military aircraft ... that predates World War II.” ...