Warplanes of the USA: Pennsylvania, Allantown to West Chester

‍Warplanes preserved in Pennsylvania

Allantown, Queen City Municipal Airport.

(Steve Knight Photo)

Sikorsky UH-34J Seabat Helicopter (BuNo. 145684), C/N 58-0947, Allied Air Force.

(National Naval Aviation Museum Photo)

Two Sikorsky SH-3A Sea Kings doing the primary mission the aircraft was design to do - hunt submarines. All other missions - search and rescue, logistics, etc.. - were secondary to antisubmarine warfare (ASW). The cable descending from the aircraft in the foreground (Sikorsky HSS-2/SH-3A, BuNo 149917, msn 61-187 ) is the Bendix AQS-10 dipping sonar. This sonar was what cut the Sea King out of the pack of other airborne ASW aircraft, allowing the Sea King a direct connection to the underwater environment. With a very minimum of data processing, a Sea King crew could quickly acquire and attack an enemy submarine. These two Sea Kings were assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron FIVE (HS-5) - the Nightdippers, and based aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39). In 1964, around the time that this photo was taken, the U.S. Navy was employing the concept of the Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group (CVSG), where an entire carrier (the CVS) and the embarked air group was tasked with hunting subs. Most of these air groups were gone by the early 1970s. The tail code “AT” indicates that HS-5 was then assigned to Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY-FOUR (CVSG-54), which was established in May 1960, and ultimately disestablished in July 1972

Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King Helicopter (BuNo. 62-12576), 576, C/N 61161. Painted with green camouflage.

Annville, Pennsylvania Air National Guard.

(Adrian Brooks Photo)

(Gordon Ponsford Photos)

Convair TF-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-2346).

Annville, Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum.

Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter (Serial No. 76-16469).

(Daniel L. Berek Photo)

Bell AH-1F Cobra attack helicopter (Serial No. 70-15969).

(Daniel L. Berek Photo)

Convair TF-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-2346).

(Suncoast Spotter Photo)

Hughes OH-6A Cayuse light observation helicopter (Serial No. 68-17204).

(Peter Clukey Photo)

Lockheed EC-130E Hercules (Serial No. 63-7773).

Beaverdale

(Martin McGuire Photos)

Bell AH-1F Cobra Attack Helicopter (Serial No. 68-15085), American Legion Post 460.

Beaver Falls, Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field.

(Martin McGuire Photo)

North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 53-1338), C/N 203-10, mounted on a pylon.

Beaver Falls, Air Heritage Museum, Beaver County Airport, 35 Piper Street, 15010.

(Air Heritage Museum Photos)

BAC Jet Provost T3 (Serial No.).

Beechcraft T-34 Mentor (Serial No. BG-295), Reg. No. N15MC.

(Air Heritage Museum Photos)

Douglas C-47B Skytrain (Serial No. 43-48716), CK, “Luck of the Irish”.  Being restored to airworthy status in the colours worn for its last Second World War mission flown on 28 May 1945.

Fairchild FC-24-C8C Forwarder (Serial No.), Reg. No. N14749.

(Air Heritage Museum Photos)

Fairchild C-123K Provider (Serial No. 54-0664), “Thunderpig”.

Grumman OV-1D Mohawk (Serial No. 68-15946), C/N 150C.

(Air Heritage Museum Photo)

Funk Model B-75-L (Serial No.).  UC-92.

(Air Heritage Museum Photo)

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0763), SL, C/N 1059.

(Air Heritage Museum Photos)

McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 76-0012).

(Air Heritage Museum Photo)

North American T-28B Trojan (BuNo. 138311), Reg. No. N214SF.  This aircraft is being restored to flying condition.

(Air Heritage Museum Photo)

Piper L-21B Seneca (Serial No. 54-2533), C/N 18-3733, Reg. No. N10365, E.I. 235.

(Air Heritage Museum Photo)

Short Brothers Sherpa C-23B.

Bethel, Golden Age Air Museum, Grimes Airfield, 371 Airport Road, 19507.

Aeronca C-3 Master, 1936.

Allison Sport Plane, 1930.

Bird CK, 1931.

Breezy, 1970.

Cessna AW, 1929.

Cessna 140, 1946.

Cessna 195, 1949.

Culver Cadet, 1941.

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny, 1918.

Curtiss Fledgling, 1927, fuselage only.

Dormoy Bathtub Racer, replica.

EAA Biplane, 1971.

(Golden Age Air Museum Photo)

Fokker Dr. I, replica.

Designed by Dutch designer Anthony Fokker, the Triplane was Germany's response to the new Sopwith Triplane that appeared over the Front in early 1917.  By late 1917 The Dr.I Triplane was in full production by the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke and wreaking havoc over Europe in the Great War.  Although its time in operation was very short the Triplane was the most iconic airplane of World War I.  Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron" scored many of his 80 victories in a  Dr.I and his life was lost while flying one.  Built from scratch by museum volunteers the triplane has an authentic rotary engine and  is built to full operational condition.  It is painted in the colors of Lothar von Richthofen, brother of Manfred, who also served in Jasta 11.  Lothar scored 40 victories and survived the war.

Great Lakes Sport Trainer, replica, 1971.

Link Trainer.

Monocoupe, 1928.

Pietenpol Air Campter, 1932.

(SDASM Archives Photo)

Rumpler C.III.

(Nationaal Archief Photo)

Rumpler C.III with aircrew, c1917.

Rumpler C.V, replica.

(Tim Haggerty Photo)

Sopwith Pup, replica, “Mildred H.”, Reg. No. N6183.

(Deseronto Archives Photo)

SPAD XIII at Camp Rathbun Desoronto 1918. A group of men with a SPAD XIII fighter in front of a hangar at Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' training camps near Deseronto, Ontario. Part of the J. Allan Smith collection.

(Air Service US Army Photo)

13th Aero Squadron - Salmson 2A2 assigned to Major Charles Biddle, likely taken at Souilly Airdrome, France, 1918.

SPAD S.XIII, replica.

In late 1916, French WWI ace Georges Guynemer lobbied for an improved version of the successful but quickly outdated SPAD VII fighter.   The Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés developed the SPAD XIII and it first flew on 4 April 1917. The XIII featured a geared Hispano-Suiza 8B 220 horsepower engine.  With a water cooled V-8 engine the aircraft had a unique sleek appearance that featured a radiator with cooling shutters just aft of the propeller.  The construction was all wood with wire and turnbuckle bracing.  They were produced by many different manufactures across France and featured subtle differences between manufacturers.  The color schemes were multicolored green and brown camouflage from the factories and then personal markings were applied by the pilots.

Many pilots became aces while flying the SPAD XIII.  The aircraft that the museum is recreating was flown by Charles J. Biddle, commander of the 13^th Aero Squadron, the Grim Reapers. The squadron insignia, which was painted on the sides of all of the aircraft, was called the “Oscar” and was a skeleton swinging a scythe. Each pilot displayed a different number on their aircraft for identification, Biddle’s aircraft carried the number "0" to signify that he was the Commanding Officer.

This aircraft has the same outward appearance as the original, but it differs significantly internally.  The wood and wire braced fuselage is replaced with a lighter and stronger welded steel type.  An original Hispano-Suiza engine is very difficult and expensive to obtain, so a more modern Continental O-470 six cylinder 230 horsepower engine was installed.  This aircraft is much more reliable than an original and is capable of flying to away locations very safely.

Sperry Messenger, replica.

Star Cavalier Model B, 1929.

Star Cavalier Model E, 1930.

(Daniel L. Berek Photo)

Taylor E-2 Cub, 1932.

Taylor-Young Model A, 1937.

Taylorcraft BC-12D, 1946.

Travel Air 2000, 1927.

WACO GXE, 1929.

Winstead Special, 1926.

Carlisle, United States Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC)

(US Army Photo)

(John Osiak Photo)

Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (Serial No. 61071), mounted on four pylons.

(r/TankPorn Photo)

Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter (Serial No.), mounted on a concrete stand.

Carroltown

(Mark Moxley-Knapp Photo)

Bell AH-1F Cobra attack helicopter (Serial No. ), American Legion Park.

Du Bois

(Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #813 Photo)

Bell AH-1F Cobra (Serial No. 66-15348), Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #813.

Erie

(Martin McGuire Photo)

(Karl Smalley Photo)

Lockheed F-94C Starfire (Serial No. 51-5671), P470, C/N 880-8267.  Erie County Memorial Gardens cemetery static display.

Fort Indiantown Gap

(Bill Mittag Photo)

Lockheed EC-130E Hercules (Serial No.).

Franklin

(Terry Fletcher Photo)

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (Serial No. 41-20095), "Beach City Baby", Vintage Wings Inc., airworthy. N34D.

Greensburg

Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 66-01129), C/N 5612, Lynch Field Park.

Warplanes preserved at the Horsham, Willow Grove NAS, Harold F. Pitcairn, "The Wings of Freedom" Aviation Museum, are presented on a separate page on this website.

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Johnstown

Bell AH-1F Cobra Helicopter (Serial No. 79-23209).

Lancaster

Fleet-built Fairchild PT-26B Cornell, ex-RCAF (FZ2337), built in 1943, this aircraft is being restored to flight condition, Mark Denest.

Warplanes and Civil aircraft preserved at Laporte in the Eagles Mere Air Museum are presented on a separate page on this website.

Lockhaven, Piper Aviation Museum, One Piper Way, 17745.

Midland

(Mark Knoxley-Knapp Photo)

Bell AH-1 Cobra (Serial No.), VFW Post.

Philadelphia

(TM Wolf Photos)

North American P-51D-25NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73029), B7-E, "Bald Eagle", Reg. No. N51JB.  Jim E. Beasley.

New Berlin

(John Osiak Photo)

Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 61-5526).  American Legion Post 957.

New Kensington

(Scott Johnston Photo)

Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star (Serial No. 51-8513).

Philadelphia, Naval Support Activity

(Glenn Chatfield Photo)

Douglas AD-3 Skyraider (BuNo. 122811), AK-412, C/N 6933.

Grumman A-6A Intruder (BuNo. 157001), ED-509, C/N I-470.  VMA-533.

Grumman F-14A Tomcat (BuNo. 159448), AG-101, C/N 114.

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet (BuNo. 163508), AA-401, C/N 0754/C060.

Philadelphia, Navy Inventory Control Point Philadelphia (NAVINCP-P)

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet (BuNo. 161982).

Pittsburg, International Airport.

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 73-1002), PT, C/N D-398.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Air National Guard Base

(John Tiscione Photo)

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1415), mounted on a pylon.

(Master Sgt. Stacey Barke Penssylvania ANG Photo)

North American P-51D Mustang (Serial No. 44-64581), mounted on a pylon.

(Gary Chambers Photo)

North American P-51D Mustang (Serial No. 44-84900), mounted on a pylon in April 1994. This aircraft later was removed, restored, and put back in the air as N51YZ.

North American F-86L Sabre Dog (Serial No. 53-0894), C/N 201-338, mounted on a pylon, it has been moved, location TBC.

Republic P-47N Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-89444), C/N 539-C1661.  This aircraft was on display inside the ANG Base, it has been moved, location TBC.

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (Serial No. 51-1508), mounted on a pylon, it has been moved, location TBC.

Warplanes preserved in the Reading, Mid Atlantic Air Museum, are presented on a separate page on this website.

Southport, Allegheny Arms & Armour Museum

Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No.).

Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No.).

Grumman A-6 Intruder (BuNo.).

Tobyhanna

Bell AH-1F Cobra Helicopter (Serial No. 70-15976), Hap Arnold Boulevard, Tobyhanna Army Depot.

Toughkenamon, Colonial Flying Corps Museum, New Garden Aviation, Inc., 19374.

De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth (Serial No. R4759), 1941, ex-RCAF, Reg. No. N4808.

(Massey Aerodrome FlickR Photo)

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk (Serial No. C1-0251), ex-C1-025, Reg. No. N48250.

(Daniel L. Berek Photo)

Fairchild PT-19A Cornell, USAAC (Serial No. 42-2792). Reg. No. 42-2792.

Fairchild PT-19B Cornell (Serial No.).

Fairchild PT-26 Cornell (Serial No.).

North American SNJ Texan (Serial No.).

Ryan ST-3KR (Serial No.).

Warplanes preserved in the West Chester, American Helicopter Museum & Education Center, are presented in a separate npage on this website.

‍Whitehall

(Corey Beitler Photo)

Grumman F-14A Tomcat (BuNo. 158617), 7293, C/N 18.  VF-103.  City park static display.

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