RapidFireWeb Grumman J2F Duck (Bill Larkins Photo) Grumman J2F Duck (BuNo. 36937), NAS (NART) Oakland reserve plane in March 1947. The Grumman J2F Duck (company designation G-15) is an American single-engine amphibious biplane. It was used by each major branch of the U.S. armed forces from the mid-1930s until just after the Second World War, primarily … Read more
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket (USN Photo) The Grumman XF5F Skyrocket was a prototype twin-engined shipboard fighter interceptor. The United States Navy ordered one prototype, model number G-34, from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation on 30 June 1938; its designation was XF5F-1. The aircraft had a unique appearance: The forward “nose” of the fuselage did not extend forward of … Read more
Historic Warplanes of Georgia (Bill Larkins Photo) Boeing-Bell B-29B Super Fortress (Serial No. 42-63672), built by Bell Aircraft at Atlanta, Georgia, Feb 1946. (USGOV PD Photo) Republic P-47N-25-RE Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-89403), 128th Fighter Squadron, Marietta AAB, 1946. (USAF Photo) North American F-51H Mustang, 158th Fighter Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, which flew the F-51 … Read more
Air Force Armament Museum, 100 Museum Drive, Building 3201, Eglin Air Force Base, Shalimar, FL, 32542-1405. The Air Force Armament Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of artifacts and memorabilia associated with Air Force Armament and its platforms of delivery. Apollo Module. Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) … Read more
Warplanes built by Grumman preserved in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (NMNA Photo) (Greg Goebel Photo) Grumman FF-1 (Canadian Car & Foundry) G23 Goblin Mk. I (Serial No. 9351), c/n 101, 5-F-1. (Greg Goebel Photo) (Tomás Del Coro Photos) Grumman J2F-6 Duck (BuNo. 33581), biplane floatplane. (Greg Goebel Photo) … Read more
Warplanes preserved in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (Greg Goebel Photo Grumman F-14A Tomcat (BuNo. 157984), c/n 5, AJ-201, mounted on a pylon in front of the main entrance to the museum. Pennsacola NAS, National Museum of Naval Aviation (NMNA), 1750 Radford Blvd., Suite C, Naval Air Station Pensacola, … Read more
General Airborne Transport XCG-16 Transport Glider (USAAF Photo) High right side aerial view of General Airborne XCG-16 glider, Reg. No. NX21757, over Oxnard, California, 1944, Pilot Major R.R. Shoop, Co-Pilot Mr. Howard Morrison. The XCG-16 was a military transport/assault glider ordered by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), from General Airborne Transport Co., for competition … Read more
General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark (USAF Photo) 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft releasing its load of Mark 82 high-drag bombs over the Bardenas Reales range. The 494th TFS has been deployed to Zaragoza Air Base for training. (USAF Photo) The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft. Production … Read more
Florida Warplanes Titusville, Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, 6600 Tico Toad, Titusville, FL, 32780-8009. Aerovodochody L-39C Albatros c/n 232226, Reg. No. N139PJ. (Hector Vazquez Photo) Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor (Serial No. 161055). (Hector Vazquez Photo) Bell OH-13 Sioux helicopter (Serial No.). Bell UH-1V-BF Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 68-16138), Medevac. (Hector Vazquez Photo) Boeing GB-52D Stratofortress … Read more
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (USAF Photo, SMSgt Thomas Meneguin) F-16C of the South Carolina Air National Guard in-flight over North Carolina equipped with air-to-air missiles, bomb rack, targeting pods, and electronic countermeasures pods. This F-16 pilot from the 169th Fighter Wing, is flying on a training mission in the KIWI MOA airspace over the coast … Read more
