RapidFireWeb Grey Bull Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, 2534 Hiller Lane, Greybull, WY 82426. On Hwy 14. (Martin McGuire Photo) Beechcraft UC-45F Expeditor (Serial No. 44-87201), C/N 8460, Reg. No. N7391C, smoke jumper. Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker (Serial No.), Reg. No. N29666. (Martin McGuire Photos) (Author Photo) Consolidated Vultee PB4Y-2 Super Privateer (BuNo. 58882), Tanker 126, … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Wisconsin Almond, Veteran’s Park. Bell AH-1S Cobra Helicopter (Serial No. 68-15169), C/N 20703, mounted on a concrete pylon. Amesville, Blackhawk Airways, Hwy 51 South, 53542. Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor (Serial No.). Appleton, American Legion, 3220 West College. (Mike Sanchez Photos) North American F-86L Sabre (Serial No. 51-5938), C/N 173-82, mounted on three pylons. … Read more
Wisconsin Warplanes North American F-51D-30-NA Mustang, (Serial No. 44-74536), 126th Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, ca. 1948. (USAF Photo) North American F-51D-30-NA Mustang, (Serial No. 44-63845), 126th Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, ca. 1948. (USAF Photo) North American F-51D-30-NA Mustangs, 126th Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, ca. 1948. (USAF Photo) North American … Read more
Women aviators employed by the RAF’s Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) Air Transport Auxiliary collar badge. (ATA Photo) ATA pilot Mary Guthrie with a Spitfire. The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British civilian organisation set up at the start of the Second World War with headquarters at White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire. The ATA ferried new, … Read more
Oshkosh, EAA AirVenture Museum, Wittman Airfield, 3000 Poberezny Road, 54903-3086. Aero Gare Sea Hawk, Reg. No. N83H. Aerojet-General Overseer MQM-58A. Aeronca Deluxe Scout C-2-N Deluxe Scout, Reg. No. NC13089. Aeronca C-3 Master, Reg. No. N16291. Aeronca K, Reg. No. NC19723. Aeronca LC, Reg. No. NC17484. Alox. American Aerolights Double Eagle, Ultralight. Antares MA-30, Ultralight. Barlow … Read more
Washington, Everett, Wartime History Museum Paine Field, 3407 109th St SW, 98204. www.flyingheritage.com. On 4 August 2022, the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum collection assembled by Paul Allen, was sold to the Wartime History Museum, a new non-profit organization established by Steuart Walton (an experienced warbird owner and pilot). The Flying Heritage & Combat … Read more
Russian Gangut-class battleships The Gangut-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the Imperial Russian Navy, begun before the First World War. Their role was to defend the mouth of the Gulf of Finland against the Germans, who never tried to enter, so the ships spent their time training and providing cover for minelaying operations. … Read more
Canadian Forces Nursing Sisters (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583104) Nursing Sister, RCAF, white uniform, 18 Dec 1943. Canadian Nursing Sisters in the Second World War During the Second World War Canada’s Nursing service was expanded to all three branches of the military: the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the … Read more
Wyoming Warplanes (USAF Photo) North American F-51-25NA Mustangs, 187th Fighter Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, 1948. (USAF Photo) Douglas TB-26C Invader, Wyoming ANG, ca. 1950s. North American T-6 Texan from the 187th Fighter Squadron, 153rd Fighter Group, Wyoming Air National Guard, at Cheyenne Regional Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The 153rd FG flew the T-6 from 1946 … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Wyoming Afton, CallAir Museum, 1042 South Washington, WY 83110. Tel: 307-886-9881. The CallAir Museum re-enacts the history of the CallAir passenger and agricultural cropduster spray planes. CallAir airplanes were manufactured in Afton from the early 1940s to the late 1960s. (Armchair Aviator Photo) CallAir A2, c/n 132, Reg. No. N2916V. CallAir A3 … Read more
