Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk (USN Photo) (USN Photo) A U.S. Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk reconnaissance plane taxiing up to a sea-sled towed by the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), off San Francisco, California (USA), July 1947. (Bill Larkins Photo) Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk on the catapult of the USS Iowa, ca 1945. The Curtiss SC Seahawk was a scout seaplane … Read more
Curtiss SOC Seagull (USN Photo) USN Lieutenant Commander Lex L. Black, commanding officer of Auxiliars Scouting Squadron 1 (VGS-1), makes the 2000th landing on the escort carrier USS Long Island (AVG-1), 20 April 1942. He was flying a Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull. Note the lowered flaps and the deployed leading edge slats on the upper wing. The Curtiss … Read more
Curtiss XF-14C (USN Photo) The XF14C-2 had oil-coolers in the wing roots. Note the dihedral angle of the outer wing sections. The engine and propeller combination caused an unacceptable level of vibration. The Curtiss XF14C was an American naval fighter aircraft. It was developed by Curtiss-Wright in response to a request by the United States Navy … Read more
Curtiss XF15C Stingeree (USN Photo) Curtiss XF15C-1 mixed-power fighter prototype in flight. The Curtiss XF15C-1 is a mixed-propulsion fighter prototype of the 1940s. It was among a number of similar designs ordered by the US Navy before pure-jet aircraft had demonstrated their ability to operate from carriers and the mixed-propulsion designs were abandoned. Only three prototypes … Read more
Consolidated PBY Catalinas 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
Convair F2Y Sea Dart (USN Photo) Convair built XF2Y-1 Sea Dart (BuNo. 135762) during a landing. The Convair F2Y Sea Dart was an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis during takeoff and landing. It flew only as a prototype, and never entered mass production. It is the only seaplane to have exceeded the … Read more
Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado 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
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer 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 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
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
