article Goodyear XF2G-1 Super CorsairIn March 1944, Pratt Whitney requested an F4U-1 Corsair from Vought Aircraft to evaluate their new P&W R-4360,28 engine. Vought shipped an F4U-1, BuNo 02460 (Birdcage Canopy) to see if the …
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article Boeing B–29 SuperfortressA series of historical images of the legendary Boeing B-29 Superfortress during WW2, depicting its life at the Pacific resort.Although it bore the “Superfortress” tag, a nod to another game-changer, the B-17, which was …
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XF6F-1 Hellcat: The Prototype That Created America’s Ultimate Carrier Fighter
article XF6F-1 Hellcat: The Prototype That Created America’s Ultimate Carrier FighterOn 26 June 1942, at Grumman’s facility in Bethpage, Long Island, chief engineer and test pilot Robert Leicester Hall lifted the prototype XF6F-1 Hellcat into …
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article Japanese Zero WreckAny self-respecting modeller. You have to creatively destroy a kit at some point, In this article I will try to help you give it a different look, playing with the weather conditions. …
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article Akutan Zero (Koga’s Zero): The Captured Mitsubishi A6M2 That Changed the Air War in the PacificOn 4 June 1942, while the Battle of Midway was unfolding hundreds of kilometers to the south, another operation …
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article Wrecked Japanese Zero Mitsubishi A6M Fighter – History, Pacific War Wrecks & Scale Modeling InspirationThe Rise of the Mitsubishi A6M ZeroThe Mitsubishi A6M Zero became one of the most recognizable fighter aircraft of the …
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F4u-1 Corsair BirdcageVF-17 Tamiya’s 1:48I’ve started working on one of my next builds on the list, and with all this disruption to my normal busy work schedule, I’m thinking I might just be able to …
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F-4E super Phantom II SRA 68-424In 1990 the USA as part of its reduction in defense spending, the USAF proceeded to reduce its aircraft fleet. Thus, 28 F-4E aircraft of the Indiana National Guard were …
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F-4E super Phantom II SRA 68-424In 1990 the USA as part of its reduction in defense spending, the USAF proceeded to reduce its aircraft fleet. Thus, 28 F-4E aircraft of the Indiana National Guard were …
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A-7E Corsair OLYMPOS 336 S.Q.Bu.No. 160616 · LTV A-7E Corsair II · US Navy VA-93 “Ravens” As on 30/09/1990 in California. with the colors of the U.S. NAVYThe A-7H has proven extremely reliable and popular …