RapidFireWeb 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
Norfolk Naval Air Station, Eugene Ely Air Park. (Author Photo) Boeing Vertol HH-46D Sea Knight (BuNo. 151953), BR 39, C/N 2103. NAS Norfolk Memorial Park. (NMNA Photo) Grumman A-6E Intruder (BuNo. 152923) from Attack Squadron 35 Black Panthers at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, in 1975. VA-35 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 … Read more
Vought F6U Pirate (USN Photo/NMNA) The first of three U.S. Navy Vought XF6U-1 Pirate prototypes (BuNo 33532) in flight over Edwards Air Force Base, California (USA). The XF6U-1 made its first flight on 2 October 1946. The first two prototypes were equipped with a Westinghouse J34-WE-22 turbojet engine without afterburner, making the plane severly underpowered. Flight … Read more
Vought F7U Cutlass (USN Photo) Vought F7U-3 Cutlass (BuNo. 128464) from Air Development Squadron VX-3 out of Naval Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey, 15 January 1954. The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance Vought. It was the first tailless production … Read more
Vought F4U Corsairs and Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the USA. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors found here … Read more
Virginia Beach, Military Aviation Museum, 1341 Princess Anne Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23457. Jerry Yagen’s Fighter Factory, Tidewater Tech, 240 Municipal Airport Road, Suffolk Municipal Airport, 23434. Photos of aircraft from the Second World War and post-war era on display in the Military Aviation Museum, are preserved on a separate page on this website. Military … Read more
Joint Base Langley-Eustis (Fort Eustis), United States Army Transportation Museum, 300 Washington Blvd, Besson Hall, 23604-5260. (Curtiss-Wright Photos) (WQ59B Photo) Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air Car GEM-2X ground-effect machine. (USAF Photos) Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar Mk. II (Serial No. 59-4975). Out for restoration. (US Army Photo) (SWAG Photo) Beechcraft U-8D Seminole (Serial No. 58-3051). (US Army … Read more
Virginia Beach, Military Aviation Museum The Museum was founded by Gerald “Jerry” Yagen in 2005, and the museum’s hangars were opened to the public in 2008. Virginia Beach, Military Aviation Museum, 1341 Princess Anne Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23457. Jerry Yagen’s Fighter Factory, Tidewater Tech, 240 Municipal Airport Road, Suffolk Municipal Airport, 23434. Photos of … Read more
Vought F-8 Crusader (USN Photo) A U.S. Navy Vought F-8H Crusader (BuNo. 148677) of U.S. Naval Reserve Fighter Squadron 202 (VF-202) “Superheats” landing on the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) in 1971. VF-202 was based at Naval Air Station Dallas, Texas (USA), and was having carrier qualifications. The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) isa … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Washington, District of Columbia National Air and Space Museum, on the Mall. There are 356 aircraft in the collection of the NASM. 65 are displayed in the NASM main building on the Washington, DC Mall. More than 200 are located in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Chantilly, Virginia. 20 or more … Read more
