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It is a prestigious club for engineers that is still open today. Pilots liked this plane because it could survive diving — without disintegrating — and was tough. Note the synchronized machine gun; earlier WWI models simply used metal plates to deflect bullets if the prop got in the way. This plane has impressive statistics: horse power, top speed of MPH, one.
This was the first mass produced US aircraft, but it was not intended for combat due to its top speed of 87 MPH, 11, ft max altitude. With a top speed of miles per hour, it was highly maneuverable in a dogfight if handled properly. First appearing in , it had a service ceiling of 19, ft with a hp engine. Using a mini biplane whose wings were to fall off, several were built but none saw combat — but it was an innovation well ahead of its time.
It had a range of 75 miles, and was intended to deliver lbs of high explosives. The Italian Caproni company built the first ever long range, multiengine aircraft primarily designed to drop bombs, and not to fight other aircraft.
Caproni produced a new version, the Ca. It had a mile range, sported three HP engines, and two defensive machine guns, flying at 75 MPH. Loaded, it could climb to 14, ft. Its fuselage was metallic, while the wings were still a hybrid of wood and fabric — but the march to all metal was on. It had two. It had many technical innovations — retractable landing gear, enclosed gun turrets, and carried 2, lbs of bombs!
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Hap Arnold flew a famous mission from Washington, DC to Alaska and back, an 8, round trip mile journey in ! This aircraft was so fast, it outran every fighter of its day — giving the Army the mistaken impression that it could fly without fighter escorts. The later models of the B had 2, HP engines, could fly MPH, and fly at 24, ft, with an amazing 1, mile range for its day. It was developed in , yet was still a fabric covered aircraft.
In spite of these overwhelming odds, the RAF was able to maintain air superiority over the skies of Great Britain.
The Hurricanes absorbed the brunt of the German air attacks until a faster, more maneuverable Spitfire was available in quantity to blunt the successes of the German Messerschmitt Me With a maximum speed of mph and a ceiling of 35, ft, the 1, hp Rolls Royce engine powered the fighter which had eight offensive. We could not name the top ten items on display so instead we named an entire gallery as being the Top 10!
Below are just a few of the stand out planes in this stand out gallery! It was slower MPH , lightly armed two. Those not shot down in the opening days of the war became trainers or non-combat aircraft. This plane was a dire beginning for a country so recently at war. Lt Phillip Rasmussen on Dec 7th pictured below got off the ground — one of the few airplanes that did.
He survived the war and dedicated this exhibit a few years ago. With two 1, HP engines, the Bolo could fly up to 23, ft with a payload of 4, lbs — but not very fast. In the Pacific, the Bolo was no match for the Zero.
With over 10, built, it outclassed nearly every fighter in late , wherein armor and self defense were traded off for speed and rate of climb. Capable of taking off from a carrier, it opened the war on December 7th by destroying most of the US Army and Navy aircraft while still parked on the ground. In the end, they were mostly used for close air support and convoy interdiction in the pacific theater — the tyranny of distance never allowed the B to strike Japan again. Please see the sidebar story for more information on the Doolittle Raid — a treasure of information in itself!
The Bell P Think the idea of a cannon on an aircraft came with the A? Think again — the P was a mid engine aircraft built around a 20 mm cannon! It was a bear to fly — its center of gravity changed through the flight envelope. However, though US pilots hated them, the Soviets loved them for tank busting and ground support; they took every P we could give them in Lend Lease. Without a supercharger, the aircraft performed best under 17, ft — not good for a modern pursuit aircraft but fine for troop close air support.
Because of their range and defensive firepower, production was expanded tremendously after the outbreak of WWII. The first crashed during the competition — shortly after exceeding all performance goals — but lost the competition anyway.
Modified extensively throughout the war with more defense and more powerful engines, the BG was the culmination. With a crew of 10, every aircraft loss cost 10 people their lives or the crew were held in captivity. The Schweinfurt raid over German Ball Bearing plants cost 60 bombers in a single day, thus shattering the myth of unescorted bombing raids.
What they needed was an escort…. In stepped the first high altitude, high performance interceptor — the Lockheed P Plagued with early developmental issues including a loss of control during dives, the P was an outstanding fighter.
Lockheed solved the problem, but the field repair kits to correct this were torpedoed in route to England, and the 8th AF never got the fixes! No fighter plane, even the Zero, could outturn a P under 10, ft. Over 10, of these planes were built. As more fighters shared the role of air superiority and ground support, their needs created different airplanes.
It had dense armor plating to protect the pilot, and could drop bombs and strafe — yet compete with Messerschmitt s and Focke-Wulf s over Europe. Many times Ps came back with bullets in multiple cylinders, yet still were flying. Please check your email for Housing Lottery messages.
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