The USA interwar planes (3 Viewers)

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TS-1 US Navy's First specifically built airplane for carrier service. The TS-1was built by both Curtiss and the Naval Aircraft Company (NAF) it was the first U.S. Navy fighter designed to operate from an aircraft carrier delivered to the USSLangley in 1922. The designation stood for "turret scout," but it was built for carrier operations, powered by a 200 hp Lawrance J-1 radial engine. It could operate as a landplane or a floatplane, on battleships, cruisers and carriers. 3Rd photo shows one lifting off from the Langley.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

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TS-1 in racer form.

 

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Some very early Grumman "Wildcat" pics.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

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Ryan STM 1940/41

 

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Sometimes you have to wonder what they were thinkng.
Great Lakes XSG-1

 

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Post WWI SE5A in service with the USAAS...

 

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Ryan STM 1940/41View attachment 856689View attachment 856690View attachment 856691

I think this is representative of Ronald Reagan's Spitfire in the movie "International Squadron".

 

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Boeing 299

 

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North American XB-21

 

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Boeing Monomail:

 

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Ryan STM

Does anyone know what the upper wing fairings are for on these single seaters? I would guess either extra fuel tanks, or machine gun mounts, but as I know the single seaters usually mounted an extra fuel tank in the space that was the forward cockpit, I will have to guess machine gun mounts.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

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Northrop Y1c-19

 

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Seversky BT-8

 

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Curtiss P-6D, one step away from the elegant P-6E.

 

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Curtiss P-36A maintenance

 

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Cyrtiss R3C-2 racer flown by Jimmy Doolittle

 

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Curtiss OC-2 flown by Marine Observation Squadron 8, "Ace of Spades".