FA-18A Hornet Walk Around

FA-18A Hornet (162843) walk around photos.  Credit: Bill Spidle

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Aviation Hall of Fame Of New Jersey Museum Photos

A tour of the Aviation Hall of Fame Of New Jersey Museum in Teterboro, NJ. Credit: Bill Maloney

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Exhibits descriptions are here

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American Airpower Museum Photos

A tour of the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, NY. Credit: Bill Maloney

Aircraft collection here

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American Helicopter Museum Photos

A tour of the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Credit: Bill Maloney

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Western Museum of Flight Photos

A tour of the Western Museum in Torrance, CA. Operated by the: Southern California Historical Aviation Foundation. Credit: Vladimir Yakubov and WMoF

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Royal Air Force Camouflage of WWII

A copy of Airfix magazine’s Royal Air Force Camouflage of WWII. Dated 1975.

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North American F-86E Flight Handbook

A copy of the TO 1F-86E-1(AN 01-60JLB-1) Flight Handbook for the North American F-86E aircraft, dated 5 November 1954. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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North American F-86D Flight Manual

A copy of the AN 01-60JLC-1 Flight Handbook for the North American F-86D aircraft, dated 25 June 1953. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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North American F-86A Flight Manuals

A copy of three T.O. 1F-86A-1 Flight Handbooks for the North American F-86A aircraft, dated 25 October 1951, 30 July 1952, and 30 August 1957. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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North American F-86 Sabre Info and Photos

A number (417) of other North American F-86 Sabre Info and Photos that I have gathered. All marks and countries included. Credit: As marked and Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum

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North American F-86 Sabre Photos

A number of F-86 Photos from the William Rudolph Collection (63 Photos).

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McDonnell Aircraft Gargoyle Article

A nice short article on the McDonnell Aircraft LBD-1 Gargoyle (later KSD-1, KUD-1 and RTV-N-2) missile. From the book Secret Gadgets and Strange Gizmos. Written by Bill Yenne.

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McDonnell Aircraft Gargoyle Photos

“The LBD-1 Gargoyle (later KSD-1, KUD-1 and RTV-N-2) was an American air-to-surface missile developed during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. One of the precursors of modern anti-ship missiles, it was extensively used as a test vehicle during the late 1940s.” (Wikipedia)

“The Gargoyle, was a radio-controlled, rocket-propelled, air-to-surface U.S. Navy missile. It was designed during World War II for use against ships and was launched from carrier-based planes. The Gargoyle used a 1,000-pound warhead. The range was from five to seven miles with a speed of about 600 miles per hour. The powerplant was a standard Aerojet solid-fuel JATO (Jet-Assisted-Take-Off) unit delivering 1,000 pounds of thrust for eight seconds.
Tests were carried in 1945, and it was too late to be used in the war. But testing was continued, especially of its autopilot and other components until its cancellation in 1947.” (National Air and Space Museum)

Credit: Company photos from Gerald Balzer/Mark Nankivil

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress Article

A very nice article on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. With info, drawings and markings. From the Jan-March issue of Aero Australia magazine.

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WWII American Aircraft Identification Chart

  WWII American Aircraft Identification Chart. Published by Flight magazine.

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The Rocket–History and Development

A nice little book on the History and Development of Rocket and Missile Technology. Written by David Baker, Ph.D.

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Imperial War Museum Booklet

A copy of the Imperial War Museum Booklet with all the info and exhibits in the museum. Dated 1996.

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My photos taken in the museum here

USAF Air Power Yearbook 2016

The USAF Air Power Yearbook is published each year. This one is for the year 2016. Credit: Grumm

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P&W Engines Used in F4U Corsair Report

A copy of the Pratt & Whitney company report, PWA Inst. 434, on the P&W Engines Used in the F4U Corsair aircraft.  Dated 21 September 1953 Credit: Mark Nankivil

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McDonnell F3H Demon Detailed 3-View Drawing–Revisited

Tommy Thomason sent me a note about inacuracies in the McDonnell F3H Demon Detailed 3-View Drawing I posted a few days ago!

So, in his words: ”The multi-view F3H drawing you posted is both very detailed and somewhat inaccurate. The major error is that it depicts the wing as having anhedral when it has zero dihedral. See tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2014/03/anhedraldihedral-and-wing-sweep.html

Unfortunately, this is the sort of drawing that plastic-model kit makers rely on all too often.

Attached is a McDonnell lines drawing. If I had time, I'd superimpose a trace of it over the drawing you posted that would identify other errors like the airfoil at the wing root and the cross section at the cockpit. The two other drawings are from the SAC.”

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F3H-2 Loft Sheet #1 here

F3H-2 Loft Sheet #2 here

F3H-2 Standard Aircraft Characteristics (SAC) here or here (5.8 Megs)

North American F-86L Flight Handbook

A copy of the T.O. 1F-86L-1 Flight Handbook for the North American F-86L aircraft, dated 27 October 1961. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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WWII Plane Spotter ID Booklet

A copy (Minus covers) of the WWII Plane Spotter ID Booklet. Dated from WWII.

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Northrop F-5E/F Flight Manual

A copy of the Flight Manual, T.O. 1F-5E-1 for the F-5E/F aircraft. Dated 15 November 1990.

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