Aeronca 50C Chief |
NC21070 (N21070) |
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The prototype - 1938 |
Bell AH-1S Cobra (TOWCobra) |
70-15981 |
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US Army. TOW - Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided anti-tank missile - the Boeing BGM-71 - this version couold cary 8 of them. |
Bell UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) |
62-12550 |
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USAF |
Bensen B-8M Gyro-Copter |
N3112 |
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Plans-built, flew around 600 hours. |
Bleriot XI |
N9781 |
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A 1909 original "Ernest Hall No 1". Flew until 1917, restored and flew 1966-75. Damaged in the 1979 tornado, restoration was done to a high standard. |
Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
44-61975 |
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Too late for WW2, served in the US, England and Libya until 1956. Restored by the museum as 44-61566 55, "Jack's Hack". |
Bunce-Curtiss Pusher |
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In 1912 Howard Bunce made this copy of a Curtiss - not very successfully. |
Burnelli (CCF) CBY-3 Loadmaster |
N17N |
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The only Burnelli lifting-body surviving. Built in Canada, flown from 1944-50 - very successful, but never attracted orders. Ex CF-BEL-X. Restoration well under way in 2020. |
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 U-6A Beaver |
57-2570 NH-NG |
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US Army |
De Havilland Canada DHC-4 C-7A Caribou |
62-4188 |
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US Army - Connecticut AVCRAD (Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot). Its 1991 flight to the Museum was the last ever official C-7 flight. |
Douglas A-3B Skywarrior |
142246 |
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US Navy - spent most of its career as a test aircraft at Patuxent River. |
Douglas A-4A (A4D-1) Skyhawk |
142219 IA-153 NL-314 |
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US Navy - a Vietnam veteran built in 1957. |
Douglas DC-3 |
N165LG |
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Taino Air (a Bahamas airline in the '80s). Ex NC14922, C-49J 43-1973, N14922, N792G |
Douglas F4D-1 Skyray |
134836 |
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US Navy |
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II |
79-0173 CT-173 |
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USAF |
Fokker Dr.1 Triplane replica |
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Gee Bee Model A |
N901K |
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First of the Granville Brothers' aircraft designs - the only non-racer. Nine built in 1929. |
Gee Bee R-1 Super Sportster replica |
'NR2100' (N2100) |
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The Granville Brothers donated the plans to the Museum on condition that the authentic replica would never be flown. |
Goodyear ZNP-K K-28 control cab |
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Gondola from the US Navy K-class convoy patrol and anti-submarine blimp. Later used by Goodyear for testing their advertising lighting system. |
Great Lakes 2T-1A Sportster replica |
N107C |
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A flying replica, built from original plans in 1980 - not 'new' production. |
Grumman HU-16E (UF-1G) Albatross |
51-7228 |
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Originally a USAF SA-16A, converted with longer wings to a US Coast Guard UF-1G. |
Grumman E-1B Tracer |
147217 AF-011 |
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"Stoof with a roof" built in 1957. The last Tracer to leave US Navy service (in 1977). 88 were built. |
Grumman F-14B Tomcat |
162926AG-143 |
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"Pukin' Dogs" US Navy |
Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH |
DS-1320 |
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DASH = Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter. Radio-controlled and turbine-engined, it could carry two torpedoes. 755 were built. |
Heath LNB-4 Parasol |
N13296 |
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The prototype? |
Hiller OH-23G Raven |
62-3812 |
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US Army |
Kaman HH-43F Huskie |
60-0289 |
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USAF - possibly a composite built from spares. |
Kaman K-16B |
04351 |
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Tilt-rotor VTOL testbed based on a Grumman Goose - a US Navy project. Tethered testing between 1959 and 1962 was "not entirely successful". Ex N1523V |
Kaman K-225 |
N401A |
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The oldest surviving Kaman - their fifth aircraft, built in 1949. The intermeshing blades were developed by Anton Flettner, Kaman's chief designer. |
Laird LC-DW300 Solution |
NR10538 (N10538) 77 |
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The original of this famous 1930 racer, restored by the museum with help from the designer, Matty Laird. |
Lazor-Rautenstrauch LR-1A 'Nick's Special' |
N11ZZ |
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Homebuilt Formula 1 racer built in 1970, based on plans developed by John Lazor and Robert Rautenstrauch in 1950. |
Lockheed 10A Electra |
'NC14262' (N14262) 66 |
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Northwest Airlines livery. Ex-US Navy XR20-1 0267 delivered in 1936, N57573. |
Lockheed TV-2 (T-33B) Training Star |
138048 |
 Training Star 138048.jpg) |
US Navy, was going to be USAF 53-5646, but, along with 699 other T-33As, diverted to the Navy and later redesignated T-33B. |
Lockheed F-94C Starfire |
51-13575 |
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Ist US production aircraft with an afterburner, the F-94 was developed from the T-33 as an all-weather interceptor. The C served 1951-59. |
Marcoux-Bromberg R-3 Special |
NX14215 (N14215) |
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Designed by Keith Rider as the R-3 racer, Modified by Hal Marcoux and Jack Bromberg. Flew 1936-39. |
Martin RB-57A Canberra |
52-1488 |
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USAF. The B-57A wasn't a success but 67 of the photo-recce version were built and served 1953-71 |
MD F-4D Phantom II |
66-0269 HS |
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USAF Vietnam veteran - shot down a MiG-21 in 1972. |
Mead Rhon Ranger Primary Glider replica |
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1979 replica of this 1930 basic training glider. Looks like a version of the DFS SG-38 Schulgleiter |
Mig-15 'Fagot' |
83277 |
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Chinese Air Force markings. Possibly ex-China, or possibly a Polish LIM-2. Ex N2276H. |
Monnett Monerai S |
N32WS |
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Fitted with the optional 3ft (total) wing extensions to improve the glide ratio. |
Nixon Special |
Unknown |
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1918 home-built, flown for The Colonial Air Lines until 1926. Last flown in 1958. |
North American B-25H Mitchell |
N3970C |
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As USAF 43-4381 42 "Dog Daize". Ex 43-4999, Dominican Air Force 2503. |
North American F-86F Sabre |
51-13371 FU-371 |
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USAF |
North American F-100A Super Sabre |
52-5761 |
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USAF |
Northrop F-89J Scorpion |
52-1896 |
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USAF: 350 of the D version were converted to the J standard to carry two MB-1 nuclear armed rockets. |
Pioneer Flightstar MC |
N54209 |
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Popular ultralight, even used as a Brazilian Navy trainer. This airframe was first registered in 1984. |
Piper J-3L-65 Cub |
NC31091 (N31091) |
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One of the 6,000 plus J-3s built in 1946 - a record never surpassed by a civil aircraft. |
Pratt-Read LNE-1 (TG-32) |
31561 |
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US Navy, ex N5346G. Designed as a trainer for naval glider operations in the Pacific theatre, which were soon ruled out. 75 built, transferred to the Air Force, then stored and sold after WW2. Altitude record holder. |
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
45-49458 |
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With the Peruvian Air Force from 1947 to 2002. Now in the markings of USAF 45-0344 54 Norma. |
Republic RC-3 Seabee |
N6705K |
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Built in 1948. |
Rutan Quickie |
N175HM |
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Rutan VariEze |
N477CM |
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The third VariEze built, 1977. |
Sikorsky S-16 replica |
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A 1915 design - 18 were delivered to the Imperial Russian Air Force. Underpowered, but served to 1923. |
Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly |
43-46503 NX92820 (N92820) |
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This was a Sikorsky test aircraft. |
Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II (Doman LZ-1A conversion) |
N74146 43-45480 |
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Glidden Doman worked on the R-6 with Sikorsky, and went on to pioneer hingeless rotors, with this Army-donated helicopter in 1947. |
Sikorsky S-39B |
NC803W (N803W) |
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Built in 1930, this is the oldest surviving Sikorsky aircraft, and was operated by the Civil Air Patrol in Delaware in WW2, the crew being the first civilians to gain the Air Medal. |
Sikorsky S-51 |
N5219 |
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Served in Canada as RCAF 9602 1947-64. Sold in the USA, now restored as a Sikorsky executive transport. |
Sikorsky LH-34D Seabat (S-58) |
145717 |
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An LH because it was modified for US Navy Antarctic operations. |
Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (S-62A) |
1428 |
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US Coast Guard - served in Antarcica. |
Sikorsky CH-54B (S-64A) Skycrane (Tarhe) |
69-18465 |
 69-18465.jpg) |
US Army - the pod is from 68-18589. |
Stearman PT-17 Kaydet |
41-8786 N374RA |
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A trainer for the Tuskegee Airmen. Shares the B-29 hangar. |
Stinson 10A Voyager |
N34645 |
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Built in 1941. |
Sud Caravelle VI-R |
N902MW |
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Airborne Express. Ex United Airlines N1003U, Sterling Airlines OY-SAH. This was scrapped in 2011. |
Viking B-8 Kittyhawk |
N13250 |
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31 examples were built in 1930-31. Developed from the Bourdon B-4 Kittyhawk. |
Vought XF4U-4 Corsair |
80759 |
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Third pre-production prototype of the -4, used for weapons testing. |
Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A 'Excambian' |
NC41881 (N41881) |
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Ex US Navy JR2S-1 12391. American Export Airlines livery - operated by them, then by Tampico Airlines, Avalon Air Transport, and Antilles Air Boats. |