RapidFireWeb New Hampshire Warplanes (USAF Photo) Republic F-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt 44-89766. First aircraft of the 133d Fighter Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard, 1947. (USAF Photo) North American F-51H-5-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-64356), 133rd Fighter Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard, ca 1952. (Paul S. Trask Photo) North American F-51H-5-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-64377), 133rd Fighter Squadron, … Read more
New Jersey Warplanes (US National Archives and Records Administration Photo) HS-2L flying boat on the dock at Bayonne, New Jersey. This aircraft was manufactured at the Standard Aircraft Corporation Plant, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1916. (US National Archives and Records Administration Photo) Model D twin-motored hydroplane manufactured at the Standard Aircraft Corporation Plant, Elizabeth, New Jersey, … Read more
(Acroterion Photo) Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Naval Air Test Center, Lexington Park, 20670-0407. The Museum is immediately outside, and adjacent to, Patuxent River Naval Air Station/Trapnell Field Gate 1, at the intersection of State Route 235 and Pegg Road. The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is a museum at Lexington Park, Maryland, first opened … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Maryland (USAF Photo) Curtiss O-11 Falcon, 104th Observation Squadron pilots, Logan Field, Maryland, 1929. (USAF Photo) Curtiss O-11 Falcon aircraft assigned to the Maryland National Guard’s 104th Observation Squadron on the flightline on 3 August 1930. The Maryland National Guard flew Falcons from February 1928 until January 1932. (USAF Photo) Capt. Charles … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Massachusetts Becket North American AT-6 Texan (Serial No. 40-2112), C/N 59-1938, Reg. No. N6665Y, Charles F. Andrews, PO Box 145, Becket, MA 01223-0145. Bedford, Hanscom AFB, located 17-miles northwest of Boston. A non-flying base, Hanscom Air Force Base is named after Laurence G. Hanscom (1906–1941), a pilot, aviation enthusiast, and State House … Read more
McDonnell F-4 Phantom fighters preserved in the USA F-4A (F4H-1F) (Kathie Ulinski Photo) (BuNo. 148252), Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, Horsham, Pennsylvania. (Author Photo) (BuNo. 145315), USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas. (Author Photo) (BuNo. 148261), NAS Oceana Air Park, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. (Adrian Brooks Photo) (BuNo. 148273), Air Victory Museum, Lumberton, New … Read more
Minnesota Warplanes (NMNA Photo) Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver (BuNo. 1831) assigned to to Naval Air Reserve Air Base Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1 Jan 1940. Reserve Scouting Squadron Ten (VS-10R) and Marine Reserve Scouting Squadron Six (VMS-6R) operated SBC-4s at the base. Note the Naval Air Reserve insignia on the aircraft’s cowling. The SBC-4 (BuNo. 0571) ended its … Read more
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (USAF Photo) McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II being refueled in flight by a McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender aircraft over Hawaii during exercise Cope Canine ’85. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the … Read more
The Collings Foundation, 137 Barton Road, Riverhill Farm, Stow, MA 01775-1529. Phone: (978) 562-9182, (978) 568-8924. Mail: The Collings Foundation, P.O. Box 248, Stow, MA 01775. The Collings Foundation was founded in 1979 “to organize and support ‘living history’ events that enable Americans to learn more about their heritage through direct participation” and adopted aviation-related … Read more
Massachusetts Warplanes (USAF Photo) Curtiss O-11 of the 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts, ca 1929. (USAF Photo) View of the hangar of the 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts National Guard at Jeffrey Field (today Logan International Airport), Boston, Massachusetts, before the Second World War. Visible are three Douglas O-46, three North American O-47, and a Beechcraft AT-7. … Read more
