RapidFireWeb Martin AM-1 Mauler (USN Photo) The Martin AM Mauler (originally XBTM) was a single-seat carrier-based attack aircraft built for the United States Navy. Designed during the Second World War, the Mauler encountered development delays and did not enter service until 1948 in small numbers. The aircraft proved troublesome and remained in frontline service only until 1950, … Read more
Martin PBM-3C Mariner (USN Photo) Martin PBM-3C Mariner patrol bomber flying over the water, near Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), in September 1942. Note AN/APS-15 radar atop this aircraft. The Martin PBM Mariner is a twin-engine American patrol bomber flying boat of the Second World War and the early Cold War era. It was designed … Read more
Kansas Warplanes (USAF Photo) Boeing RB-47H-1-BW Stratojet (Serial No. 53-4299). After its retirement from active duty, this aircraft was on display at the former Schilling Air Force Base, near Salina, Kansas for many years. In 1988 it was moved to the National Museum of the United States Air Force and underwent restoration and put on … Read more
Kentucky Warplanes (USGOV-PD Photo) North American F-51D-30-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-74850), 165th Fighter Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, 1947. (USAF Photo) North American F-51D Mustangs (Serial Nos. 44-73129, 44-73510, 44-74477) from the 165th Fighter Squadron, 123rd Fighter Group, Kentucky Air National Guard, ca 1947. (Lt. Ralph O. Fullerton, USAF Photo) North American F-86A Sabre (Serial … Read more
(USAF Photo) Early F-104A’s in flight (Block 15 or F-104-LO-15, the last F-104As produced). The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is anAmerican single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployedas a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Created as a day fighter by Lockheedas one of the “Century Series” of fighter aircraft for the UnitedStates Air Force (USAF), it was … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Illinois Bartonville, American Legion Limestone Post 979. (Glenn Chatfield Photo) McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0754), c/n 1043. Belleville, Scott AFB, Scott Field Heritage Air Park. Originally Scott Field, it was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entered World War I in April 1917. … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Kansas Ashland, Pioneer-Krier Museum, Harold Krier Field Aerobat Museum, Clark County Historical Society, 430 West 4th Street, Hwy 160, 67831-0862. De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, Reg. No. N6311V. Krier Kraft Acromaster, Reg. No. N5400E. Great Lakes Special. Atchison, Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, 223 North Terrace Street, 66002. This museum features memorabilia and … Read more
Iowa Warplanes (185th ARW Photo) North American P-51D Mustangs assigned to the 174th Fighter Squadron, Iowa National Guard take off at the airport in Sioux City, Iowa in the spring of 1948. The Mustangs were the first aircraft assigned to the newly organized air arm of the Iowa National Guard when it was first organized … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Kentucky Bowling Green, Aviation Heritage Park, 825 Three Springs Road. (Dave Gorman Photo) (Martin McGuire Photo) General Dynamics F-111F Aardvark (Serial No. 74-0178). Dedicated to Col Arnie Franklin. (Dave Gorman Photos) Grumman F9F-5 Panther (BuNo. 125992), Blue Angels 1. (Dave Gorman Photos) Lockheed T-33A-5 Shooting Star (Serial No. 51-8786), on loan from … Read more
Preserved Iowa Warplanes Ankeny, Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum, 3704 SE Convenience Boulevard, 50021. Ankeny Regional Airport. Aeronca Chief, Reg. No. N9545E. Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor (Serial No. 51-11854), Reg. No. N72409. Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor (Serial No. 51-236), 327, Reg. No. N41005. Bensen Gyrocopter. Fairchild PT-19A Cornell (Serial No. 234148), 43, Reg. No. N53956. Luscombe UC-90 (Serial … Read more
