RapidFireWeb Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III (USN Photo) Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III (BuNo. 6340). (USN Photo) The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Though based in spirit on the F8U-1 and F8U-2, and … 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
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 Carreir Air Wing 8 … Read more
Virginia Beach, Oceana NAS Aviation Heritage Park, Oceana NAS, 1750 Tomcat Blvd, 23640-2191. Oceana NAS houses Commander, Carrier Air Wings 1,3,7,8 and 17; Commander, Fighter Wing, Atlantic Fleet; Fighter Squadrons 2, 11, 14, 31, 32, 41, 101, 102, 103, 143, 211, and 213; and Fleet Composite Squadron 12. (Author Photos) Chance Vought F-8E Crusader (BuNo. … 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
Hampton, Virginia Air and Space Center, 600 Settlers Landing Road, 23669-4033. American AA-1, Reg. No. N501NA. Apollo 12. (Author Photos) Bell P-39Q Airacobra (Serial No. 42-20027). Bell UH-1M Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 69-6648). (Author Photos) Boeing Stearman Model 75 Kaydet (Serial No. 07481), Reg. No. N2S3. (Author Photos) Consolidated B-24 Liberator, nose section (Serial No.), … 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
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Air Museum, Building 517, PO Box 4205, 98438-1109. Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is an American military installation located 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Army’s Fort … 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
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
