RapidFireWeb Warplanes preserved in Florida with the Fantasy of Flight, Kermit Weeks Collection, 1400 Broadway Boulevard, S.E. Polk City, FL, 33868. Aerostar S-60A (Serial No. S-60A-3224), Reg. No. N69FF, Maintenance Hangar. (Netweave Photo) Albatros D.Va with an original Mercedes 6 cylinder, 200 hp engine. Antonov AN-2 Colt (Serial No. 8331), Reg. No. N4301U, in storage. Avro … Read more
Douglas B-66 Destroyer (USAF Photo) Douglas B-66B Destroyer (Serial No. 53-505). The Douglas B-66 Destroyer is a light bomber that was designed and produced by the American aviation manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company.The B-66 was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) and is derivative of the United States Navy’s A-3 Skywarrior, a heavy carrier-based attack … Read more
Douglas B-18 Bolo (USAAC Photo) Douglas B-18 of the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron. The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American heavy bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company from … Read more
Douglas D-558-1 (NACA Photo) The Douglas Skystreak (D-558-1 or D-558-I) was an American single-engine jet research aircraft of the 1940s. It was designed in 1945 by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, in conjunction with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The Skystreak was a turbojet-powered aircraft that took off … Read more
Douglas AD-5 Slyraider (USN Photo) A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas AD-5 Skyraider (BuNo. 133885) of Marine Attack Squadron 331 (VMA-331) “Bumblebees” in flight. VMA-331 was operating from the aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CVS-32), circa in the mid-1950s. 133885 was transferred to the U.S. Air Force and was shot down by ground fire near Ban Senphan, Laos, … Read more
Douglas C-47 Dakota and Skytrain (USAAF Photo) Two USAAF C-47A Skytrains (based on the Douglas DC-3) from the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, loaded with paratroopers on their way for the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon). The aircraft in the back is a Douglas C-47A-65-DL (Serial No. 42-100550), the other is a C-47A-90-DL (Serial No. 43-15661). … Read more
Douglas B-23 Dragon (NMUSAF Photo) Douglas B-23 Dragon in USAAC markings during the early 1940s. The Douglas B-23 Dragon is an American twin-engined bomber developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo. Douglas proposed a number of modifications designed to improve the performance of the B-18. Initially … Read more
Douglas F3D Skyknight (later redesignated F-10 Skyknight) A U.S. Navy Douglas F3D-1 Skyknight (BuNo. 123763) from Composite Squadron VC-3 “Blue Nemesis” in flight. VC-3 was home based at Moffett Field, California, 1950. The Skyknight is an American twin-engined, mid-wing jet fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed in response … Read more
Douglas BTD Destroyer (USN Photo) A U.S. Navy Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer (BuNo 04963) in flight near the Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River, Maryland, on 25 July 1944. The Douglas BTD Destroyer is an American dive/torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy during the Second World War. A small number had been delivered before the … Read more
Douglas A-1 Skyraider (NMNA Photo) Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider (BuNos. 126986 and 127002) of Attack Squadron VA-822, U.S. Naval Air Reserve Unit Louisiana. They were flying near Pecan Island in the Gulf of Mexico to drop fuel and cannon fire on a blowout gas well in an attempt to set it afire as a hazard to … Read more
