Warplanes preserved in the USA: Oklahoma: Weatherford, General Thomas P. Stafford Air & Space Museum

Weatherford, General Thomas P. Stafford Air & Space Museum, 3000 East Logan Road, Stafford Airport, 73096-2661. (SDA&SM Photo) The crew of Apollo 10, Stafford, Young, Cernan, 13 May 1969. (Phillip Young Photo) Apollo Lunar Module ½-scale replica and full-scale Command Module replica. Curtiss D. Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 77-0199). Gemini Capsule. General … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: North Carolina Air National Guard and Historical Aviation Photos

North Carolina Warplanes (USCG Photo) Curtiss HS-2L being launched from the seaplane ramp at Coast Guard Air Station Morehead City, North Carolina, ca 1926. (USAAF Photo) Republic P-47N Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-33311), North Carolina Air National Guard, ca 1948. (USN Photo) Douglas F4D-1 Skyray,  Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron VMF(AW)-115 “Able Eagles” undergiong maintenance at Marine … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: North American X-15, USAF

North American X-15 (USAF Photo) North American X-15 attached to its Boeing B-52 mother ship with a Northrop T-38 Talon flying nearby. Three X-15s were built, flying 199 test flights, the last on 24 October 1968. (NASA Photo) X-15A-2 (56-6671) with external fuel tanks, 1965. The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Northrop F-89 Scorpion, USAF

Northrop F-89 Scorpion (USAF Photo) U.S. Air Force Northrop F-89D-45-NO Scorpion interceptors of the 59th Fighter Interceptor Squadrons, Goose Bay AB, Labrador (Canada), in the 1950s. 52-1959 in foreground, now in storage at Edwards AFB, California. 1950. The Northrop F-89 Scorpion is an all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: North American P-51D Mustang, USAAF, USAF, survivors

North American P-51D Mustang survivors The aim of this webpage is to locate, identify and document Mustangs preserved in the USA.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as credited.  Any errors found here are by the author, and any additions, … Read more

Warplanes preserved in the USA: North Carolina: Asheboro to Wilmington

‍Warplanes preserved in North Carolina Asheboro, North Carolina Aviation Museum, 2222-G Pilots View Road, 27204. Cessna L-19A Bird Dog (Serial No.). Cessna O-2 Skymaster (Serial No.). Cessna O-2 Skymaster (Serial No.). (RadioFan Photo) Beechcraft T-34A Mentor (Serial No. 55-0217), Reg. No. N3648G. Link trainers. Pilatus P-3 (Serial No.). Shehane Aerosprot Quail, homebuilt. Stearman PT-13D Kaydet … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: North American YF-93, USAF

North American YF-93 (SAF Photo) North American YF-93A (Serial No. YF-317), 1950. The North American YF-93 was an American fighter development of the F-86 Sabre that emerged as a radically different variant that received its own designation. Two were built and flown before the project was eventually canceled. In 1947, North American Aviation began a design … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: North Dakota Air National Guard and Historical Aviation Photos

North Dakota Warplanes (USAF Photo)North American F-51D-30-NA Mustang fighter (Serial No. 44-74938) from the 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, ca. 1954. (USAF Photo) North American F-51D-30-NA Mustangs, 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing “The Happy Hooligans“, North Dakota Air National Guard, at Hector Field, North Dakota, June 1950. (USAF … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 Black Widow, USAF

Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 Black Widow (NASA/DFRC Photo) The two YF-23 prototype aircraft fly over the Mojave Desert prior to arrival at NASA’s Dryden Flight Center, Edwards, California, 1994. The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine, stealth fighter technology demonstrator prototype designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design team, with Northrop … Read more

Warplanes preserved in the USA: North Dakota: Bismark to West Fargo

‍Warplanes preserved in North Dakota Bismark, Municipal Airport. (Robert Dilley Photos) Bell UH-1V Iroquois helicopter (Serial No. 70-16440), medevac, mounted on a pylon.  US Army Aviation Facility Complex, North Dakota National Guard. Casselton, Aero Replicas, Caselton Regional Airport, 58012. Messerschmitt Bf 109, replica. McDonnell F-4C Phantom (Serial No. 63-7417). Pitts S-1-C. Devil’s Lake (Safn Photo) … Read more