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
Convair R3Y Tradewind (USN Photo) The Convair R3Y Tradewind was an American 1950s turboprop-powered flying boat designed and built by Convair. Convair received a request from the United States Navy in 1945 for the design of a large flying boat using new technology developed during World War II, especially the laminar flow wing and still-developing turboprop … Read more
Convair XFY-1 Pogo (USN Photo) The Convair XFY-1 Pogo is an experimental V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) aircraft developed during the early years of the Cold War.[1] It was intended to be a high-performance fighter aircraft capable of operating from small warships. Lockheed and Convair were awarded contracts to build experimental VTOL fighters, with Convair producing … Read more
Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk (USN Photo) Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk (BuNo. 9058) in flight over Moffett Field, California in 1934, flown by Lt. ‘Min’ Miller. This aircraft was lost with the USS Macron airship. The Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk is a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon. … 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
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
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
