RapidFireWeb Utah Warplanes (USAF Photo) North American F-51D-25NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73215), Utah Air National Guard, 1950. (Bill Larkins Photo) North American F-51D-25NA Mustangs, Utah Air National Guard, being serviced, ca 1950. (Tech Sgt Derrick Harris, USAF Photo) General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon from the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah releases the first … Read more
Texas Warplanes Midland, American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Commemorative Air Force, 9600 Wright Drive, Midland, 79706. Beechcraft D18S Expeditor (Serial No.). Beechcraft JRB-4 Expeditor (Serial No.). Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (Serial No.). Bell P-63F Kingcobra (Serial No. 296EHR), Reg. No. N6783. (Tomas Del Coro Photo) Bell P-63 Kingcobra (Serial No. 33-11), Reg. No. N191H. (Ray Wilhite … Read more
Texas Warplanes Dallas, Frontiers of Flight Museum, 8008 Cedar Springs Road, Love Field Terminal LB-18, 2nd Floor, 75235-2852. Aero L-29 Delphin (2), No. 10 and No. 41. (HrAtsuo Photo) Apollo 7 Command Module. Banty, homebuilt. Beech C.90 King Air (Serial No.). (Michael Barera Photo) Bell Model 47 helicopter. (Michael Barera Photos) Bell UH-1D Iroquois Helicopter … Read more
Texas San Antonio, USAF History & Traditions Museum, 37th TH TRW/MU, Lackland AFB, 78236-5218. (BruceS Photo) (Robert Dilley Photo) Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor (BuNo. 29637), painted as USAF (Serial No. 42-9637), C/N 7777. (Wanda Texas Photo) Beechcraft T-34A Mentor (Serial No. 55-0206), C/N G-763. (Mike Freer, Touchdown Aviation Photo) (Wanda Texas Photo) (Robert Dilley Photo) Bell … Read more
Bealeton, Flying Circus Aerodrome, Route 17, Box 99, Bealeton, VA 22712. (The Flying Circus Photo) Bird biplane, 1929, Reg. No. NC980V. (The Flying Circus Photo) Boeing Stearman A-75 Kaydet (Serial No.), 1943, Reg. No. N68853. Flying Circus. All other aircraft on the FCA are privately owned. Boeing Stearman A-75-N1 Kaydet (Serial No. 75-762), Reg. No. … Read more
Hill AFB, Hill Aerospace Museum, 75th ABW/MU, 7961 Wardleigh Road, Ogden, 84056-5842. (Jerry Gunner Photo) Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor (Serial No. 56-10862), 208. (brwhiz Photo) (Greg Goebel Photo) Bell TH-13T Sioux Helicopter (Serial No. 67-17053). Bell HH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 70-2470). (brwhiz Photo) Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Serial No. 41-25284). (brwhiz Photo) Boeing B-17G-90-DL Flying … Read more
San Antonio, Kelly Field Heritage Museum, Kelly AFB, 149 TFG/CC, 78241-5000. (USAF Photo) The U.S. Air Force’s first operational supersonic bomber, the B-58 Hustler, made its initial flight on November 11, 1956. The aircraft featured a distinctive delta wing shape and a sophisticated inertial guidance navigation and bombing system. Its design included a slender “wasp-waist” fuselage … Read more
Texas Warplanes Fort Hood (previously Fort Cavazos) is an installation of the United States Army, located adjacent to Killeen. The post was named after Confederate General John Bell Hood who is best known for commanding the Texas Brigade during the American Civil War. It is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about 60 miles (100 … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Virginia Bridgewater Lockheed C-121G Super Constellation (Serial No. 4137), Reg. No. N105CF. Being used as a source of spares for the restoration of “Columbine II“. (TSgt. Ron Woods, USAF Photo, 24 Oct 1990) (TSgt. Ron Woods, USAF Photo, 24 Oct 1990) Lockheed VC-121A Constellation (Serial No. 48-0610), Reg. No. TBC, “Columbine II“. … Read more
Texas Warplanes Galveston, Lone Star Flight Museum, 2002 Terminal Drive, 77554. (Alan Wilson Photo) Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing (Serial No. 44-67791), c/n 6897. Built for the US military, but instead allocated to the Royal Navy under lend-lease agreements and became (Serial No. FT527) in Fleet Air Arm service, known as the Traveller I. She later … Read more
