I have seen conflicting references as to whether the F2A-3 had the ventral window. Does anyone know for certain. I have yet to find an F2A-3 photo showing the belly. AL

Apparently a decision has been made to reassemble the aircraft to its just recovered state and do preservation work on items needing stabilization and to leave the current paint on the aircraft for the present (good decision). Will be interesting to see it all together as when originally photo'd...

I have been looking over the performance data on the A6M2. Although examination of the A6M2 showed that we could have built a fighter like the zero but sacrificed performance for pilot/plane protection overall performance considering all factors. The F2A3 was not, being built for extreme long...

I just posted some pictures over in alt.binaries.pictures.aviation from 1956 in Port Lyautey French Morocco showing the above named aircraft. If I had known I was witnessing history I would have gotten closer to the Cutlasses. Greasy

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The new issue of Air & Space magazine has an article about the F4D Skyray. It goes into the positives and negatives of the aircraft's performance. The positive was that at altitude, that big delta wing gave it great turning performance. The negatives, however, were pretty severe. At approach to...

When tested by the USN it was found that the Corsair was not suitable for use on carriers: 1 Long nose obscured sight of the deck 2 oil leaks over cockpit glass 3 undercarriage oleos would bottom out and bounce the aircraft of the landing wire 4 Abrupt stall. The royal Navy overcame 1 via a...

Just thought I'd give a heads up to anyone out there interested in a nice piece of memorabilia or part for a restoration project that I have a Corsair tailhook up for auction on Ebay at the following...

I am writing a story involving the F4U-5 Corsair. The various websites list the combat range but none shows a ferry range with full fuel and drop tanks. Does anyone know the max ferry range with attached gas tanks? Thanks, Sac Writer

An F6F belonging to Planes of Fame went down on I-40 near Monterey, Tennessee, a couple of days ago, The pilot, Art Vance, was killed. www.herald-citizen.com/NF/omf.wnm/herald/news.story.html?

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_bc8e7dda-0d48-5a5c-b1cb-88b537274f62.html they were supposed to have moved it from the lake this weekend or today, but haven't heard anything yet. Seems on approach and landing, arrestor cable broke and it went over the side. There were some...

The Vought F8 Crusader was the only production military aircraft I know of with a variable incidence wing. This feature was used to improve pilot visibility on take off and landing, a critically important thing for a carrier plane; several aircraft such as the earlier Vought Cutlass and Douglas...

For auction on eBay, a men's medium Tommy Hifiger casual button down shirt sporting a great pattern of various 1940s and 1950s US Naval Aviation aircraft. The pattern features accurate representations of Ryan Fireballs, Grumman Panthers, Douglas Phantoms, Consolidated Privateers, Lockheed Hudsons,...

Newspaper reported that seven FA-18 squadrons at Beaufort were grounded after two crashes? Anyone have any details?

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