RapidFireWeb New York Warplanes, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (Ajay Suresh Photo) USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11), also known as The Fighting I, is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during the Second World War for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid … Read more
North American FJ-2 Fury, FJ-3 Fury (Bill Larkins Photo) North American FJ-3 Fury (BuNo. 135850), of VC-3. The North American FJ-2 and FJ-3 Fury are a series of swept-wing and carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The FJ-2 resulted from an effort to navalize the North American F-86 Sabre operated by … Read more
Warplanes preserved in New York Bethpage, Grumman Facility Grumman EA-6B Prowler (BuNo. 162938), NJ-906, C/N MP-121. Big Flats (ripraff Photo) Schweitzer SGS 1-26 Glider, Reg. No. N91889, hanging in the Arnot Mall. Herring-Arnot Glider, hanging in the Arnot Mall. Bethpage (muffy53 Photos) Grumman F-14D Tomcat (BuNo. 164603), AJ 101, C/N 631/D-36. Brooklyn, Historic Aircraft Restoration … Read more
Warplanes preserved in New York Glenville, Empire State Aerosciences Museum, 250 Rudy Chase Drive, 12302. (Doug Kerr Photo) Aeronca 65TC (Serial No.). (Doug Kerr Photo) Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 15623). (Doug Kerr Photos) (Jeff Nelson Photo) Bell UH-1M Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 65-9435), 513, Proud Mary. (Doug Kerr Photo) (Martin McGuire Photo) Convair … Read more
Albuquerque, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, 601 Eubank at Southern Blvd. (505) 245-2137. (Author Photo) (Jack Gilbert Photo) (Balon Greyjoy Photo) Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Serial No. 45-21748), C/N 13643. According to David Hoover, Curator and Collections Manager for the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, this B-29 did not have a name. … Read more
North American A-5 Vigilante (USN Photo) North American RA-5C Vigilante (BuNo. 156640) of Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 3 (RVAH-3) “Sea Dragons” in flight on 1 June 1976. The North American A-5 Vigilante is an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation (NAA) for the United States Navy. Before the 1962 unification of … Read more
New Mexico Warplane Survivors Alamogordo (Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation Photo, 1992) Lockheed P-2H(AT) Neptune, 11, Reg. No. N14447, Black Hills Aviation. (Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation Photo, 1992) Lockheed P-2H(AT) Neptune, 09, Reg. No. N4235T, Black Hills Aviation. XQ4 Drone (Serial No. 55-3241). McDonnell QF-4E Phantom II (Serial No. 74-1625), Alamagordo White Sands Regional Airport. Warplanes … Read more
North American P-51 Mustangs of US Air National Guard (ANG) units The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during the Second World War and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American … Read more
North American B-25 Mitchell (USAAF Photo) North American B-25H Mitchell. The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War … Read more
North American F-107 Ultra Sabre (USAF Photo) North American F-107A Ultra Sabre (Serial No. 55-05118), 212-1, 1st F-107. The North American F-107 is North American Aviation’s entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s, based on the F-100 Super Sabre. It incorporated many innovations and radical design features, notably the … Read more
