The USA interwar planes (1 Viewer)
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flypaper2222
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I have been sent to collect a bucket of "prop wash" and and some "flight line"
...bubble for a spirit level; length of fallopian tubing; a long weight.....
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Was that for a short ton or a long ton????
special ed
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And red oil for the lantern.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Take that, Horten Brothers.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I was instructed to contact a train before its scheduled leaving time to be assured it had a can of beep.
My eye roll did not relieve me of this duty.
Thumpalumpacus
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Can of squelch oil, anyone?
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flypaper2222
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HD-2 The US Navy had 10 of these during the early 20's, some were flown off of Battleship turret platforms
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flypaper2222
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USAAS Curtiss P-1, I have a fondness for the Curtiss P-1 and its off spring, it is a tortuous route though.
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flypaper2222
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A leftover from WWI this Spad and many others soldiered on after 1918 with the USAAS well for a few more years. Some Spads also had their Hisso engines replaced with the direct drive Wright- Martin which is pictured here.
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flypaper2222
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Atlantic (ex Fokker) O2A Transports. (first 2 anyway).
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flypaper2222
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Boeing P-12D lineup of the 34th pursuit.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Go Boeing!
The Curtiss YP-23 was converted from P-22 s/n 32-278 with a V1570-29 Conqueror engine and an exhaust-driven General Electric F-2C turbosupercharger.
It was the last biplane delivered to the USAAC but proved obsolete compared to aircraft such as the Boeing P-26. Nevertheless Curtiss developed the design further, streamlining the installation to create a truly graceful design;
Final version (by this time designated XYP-23) removed the chin radiator and experimented with a total-loss water cooling system; it too was not a success and this rather elegant machine was surveyed at Wright Field on 6 January 1936.
It was the last biplane delivered to the USAAC but proved obsolete compared to aircraft such as the Boeing P-26. Nevertheless Curtiss developed the design further, streamlining the installation to create a truly graceful design;
Final version (by this time designated XYP-23) removed the chin radiator and experimented with a total-loss water cooling system; it too was not a success and this rather elegant machine was surveyed at Wright Field on 6 January 1936.
Another design which was overtaken by the pace of aircraft design in the pre-war period, Curtiss XP-31 Swift s/n 33-178 was originally flown with a 700 hp Wright R1750 Cyclone radial engine.
It failed to live up to its name, and despite being re-engined with a less draggy Curtiss Conqueror V12, it still fell below the performance of the P-26. Nevertheless its main claim to fame was in being the Air Corps' first fighter with a fully-enclosed cockpit.
Re-delivered with Wright Field experimental prototype designation XP-934, it was declared obsolete in December 1935 and passed to the Edgewood Arsenal on 14 July 1936 where it was surveyed that December.
It failed to live up to its name, and despite being re-engined with a less draggy Curtiss Conqueror V12, it still fell below the performance of the P-26. Nevertheless its main claim to fame was in being the Air Corps' first fighter with a fully-enclosed cockpit.
Re-delivered with Wright Field experimental prototype designation XP-934, it was declared obsolete in December 1935 and passed to the Edgewood Arsenal on 14 July 1936 where it was surveyed that December.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Wow. A career spanning two decades.
Count de Bastrop
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Small typo: those are C-2A, not O2A. The three directly behind are Ford C-9 Trimotors. The last two are more difficult to identify, but look like a Keystone bomber, and possibly a Thomas Morse O-19.
