RapidFireWeb California Warplanes, Palmdale, Joe Davies Heritage Airpark Palmdale, Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42, 2001 East Ave P, 93550. (661) 267-5300. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11 AM to 4 PM. Located between 20th Street East and 25th Street East on Avenue P. Guided tours available on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7 AM … Read more
Boeing XF8B Five-In-One Fighter (USN Photo) The first XF8B (BuNo. 57984) on a test flight along with a piggyback flight engineer hunched over behind the pilot. Note the two separate exhaust stacks in the cowling and the four stacks behind the cowling. The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during the … Read more
Bell AH-1 Cobra (Headquarters Marine Corps Operation/Exercise/Event: Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lance Cpl C. H. Fitzgerald Photo) Cpl Alvin Hicks, of Marine Wing Support Squadron 373’s bulk fuels section, refuels an AH-1W Cobra from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in a forward aircraft refueling point at an air base in Iraq, 28 Nov 2005. The Bell AH-1 … Read more
Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger (Boeing 344) 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 are … Read more
California Warplane Survivors Acampo, Lodi Parachute Center. (Bernd das Brot Team Photo) Douglas DC-3 (Serial No.). Alameda (Alan Wilson Photo) (kb7ywl Photo) Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (BuNo. 148610), USMC, mounted on a pylon in front of Encinal High School. Alameda Naval Air Museum, 2151 Ferry Point Road, 94501. (510) 522-4262. The historic legacy of the Alameda … Read more
Bell X-5 (USAF Photo) The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight. It was inspired by the untested wartime P.1101 design of the German Messerschmitt company. In contrast with the German design, which could only have its wing sweepback angle adjusted on the ground, the Bell engineers … Read more
Brewster SB2A-4 Buccaneer 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 are by the author, … Read more
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses 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 are by the … Read more
Boeing B-29 Super Fortress 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 are by the … Read more
Historic Photos of California Warplanes (Bill Larkins Photos) Douglas O-38E, California National Guard. ca 1939. (USAAF Photo) North American Mustang Mk. IA (Serial No. 41-37416)on a test flight from NAA’s Inglewood, California facility in October 1942. (USAAF Photo) North American NA-73 Mustang Mk. I, RAF (Serial No. AL958) being test-flown at Inglewood, California, in October … Read more
