The USA interwar planes (1 Viewer)

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Can we have captions for these? It would be nice to have some background/service details. The last two were Douglas O-46 and Boeing XB-15.

 

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Vought SB2U-1 "Vindicator"

 

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P-35 at the range

 

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Y1B17 Over down town New York City

 

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Bell YFM-1 Airacuda

 

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Curtiss P-36A take off in Army multi color washable camouflage colors 1938

 

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Curtiss YP37

 

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Curtiss T-32 Condor II:

 

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B-18 over Louisiana summer 41

 

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F4B-2 VF-5 "Red Ripper" 1932

 

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Vought VE-7 of VF-2 being moved into place USS Langley 1926

 

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Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk

 

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Curtiss SBC-4 Naval Reserve New York

 

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Aeromarine 39B being hoisted aboard USS Langley

 

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Curtiss P-36A 34th pursuit, Panama, 1939

 

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Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk

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If you were ever sent on an errand to find a "Sky Hook", then you have found it.

The USS Akron and USS Macon (airships) were equipped with "Sky Hooks" that retrieved aircraft and retracted them into their hangars.

 

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Bell XFL-1, the navalized version of the P-39.