Kapil Kajal

Kapil is a journalist with nearly a decade of experience. Reported across a wide range of beats with a particular focus on air warfare and military affairs, his work is shaped by a deep interest in twentieth‑century conflict, from both World Wars through the Cold War and Vietnam, as well as the ways these histories inform contemporary security and technology.
420 Articles

Grounded Dreams: BAC TSR-2 – The Future of British Aviation Left in the Scrapyard

The BAC TSR-2 was an advanced British Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft capable of…

Boneyard Files: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar – The Final Drop Zone in the Desert Sand

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was a post-WWII military transport aircraft designed for cargo, troop…

Grounded Dreams: Miles M.20 – The Forgotten Fighter Between Spitfires and Hurricanes

The Miles M.20 was a British emergency fighter developed during WWII as a simple, fast-to-build…

Aces: Raymond Collishaw – The Leader of All-Canadian Black Flight in WWI

The story of Raymond Collishaw, the highest-scoring pilot of the Royal Naval Air Service and…

Aces of War: Donald MacLaren – The Fastest Ace of the Sopwith Camel

The story of Donald MacLaren, the Canadian Sopwith Camel ace who scored 54 victories in…

Grounded Dreams: Lockheed XH-51 – The Rigid-Rotor Masterpiece of the 1960s

The Lockheed XH-51 was an experimental rigid-rotor helicopter developed in the 1960s to test high-speed…

Boneyard Files: Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star – The Ghost of the Jet Classroom

The story of the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, the iconic Cold War-era jet trainer that…

Grounded Dreams: Moynet M 360 Jupiter – The Elegant French Underdog

The Moynet M 360 Jupiter was a unique French push-pull executive aircraft of the 1960s…

Aces of the Great War: Alfred Atkey – The Hero of Toronto and the Western Front

Canadian ace Alfred Atkey rose from newspaper journalist to one of WWI’s highest-scoring two-seater pilots,…

Aces of War: Pierre Marinovitch – The Teenaged Terror of the Skies

The story of Pierre Marinovitch, the youngest French ace of World War I, his rapid…