Kellett K-2 | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Utility autogyro |
| First flight | April 24, 1931 |
| Built | 16 |
The Kellett K-2 was a two-seat autogyro developed in the United States in the early 1930s. Later examples were designated K-3 and K-4 when equipped with more powerful engines.
Source: Kellett K-2 on Wikipedia
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North American NA-64 Yale | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Trainer |
| First flight | 2 February 1940 |
| Built | 230 |
The North American NA-64 (NA-64 P-2 or NAA-64 P-2 in French service, Yale in Canadian service) is a low-wing single piston engine monoplane advanced trainer aircraft that was built for the French Armée de l’Air and Aeronavale and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and Luftwaffe as a captured aircraft or Beuteflugzeug during World War II.
Views : 1428
Boeing 307 Stratoliner | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Airliner |
| First flight | December 31, 1938 |
| Built | 10 |
The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first commercial transport aircraft to enter service with a pressurized cabin. This feature allowed the aircraft to cruise at an altitude of 20,000 ft (6,000 m), well above many weather disturbances. The pressure differential was 2.5 psi (17 kPa), so at 14,700 ft (4,480 m) the cabin air pressure was equivalent to an altitude of 8,000 ft (2,440 m). The Model 307 had capacity for a crew of six and 33 passengers. In addition to its civilian service it was also flown as the Boeing C-75 Stratoliner by the United States Army Air Forces, who used it as a long-range cargolift aircraft.
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Beechcraft Model 17 | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Trainer and utility aircraft |
| First flight | November 4, 1932 |
| Built | 785 |
The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger (the lower wing is farther forward than the upper wing), that first flew in 1932.
Source: Beechcraft Model 17 on Wikipedia
Views : 2290
| 57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) | |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | Anti-tank gun |
| Produced | 1941, 1943-1945 |
| Built | 10000++ |
The ZiS-2 (Russian: ЗиС-2) was a Soviet 57-mm anti-tank gun used during World War II. The ZiS-4 was a version of the gun meant to be installed in tanks. ZiS stands for Zavod imeni Stalina (Russian Завод имени Сталина, “Factory named after Stalin”), the official title of Artillery Factory No. 92, which produced the gun first.
Source: ZiS-2 on Wikipedia
Views : 2560
| Travel Air 2000 | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Biplane aircraft |
| First flight | 13 March 1925 |
| Built | 1000+ |
The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH and later marketed as a Curtiss-Wright product under the names CW-14, Speedwing, Sportsman and Osprey), were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Travel Air produced more aircraft than any other American manufacturer, including over 1,000 biplanes
Source: Travel Air 2000 on Wikipedia
Views : 1391
| Bandvagn 206 | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Role | All-terrain carrier |
| Development | 1974 |
| Built | Unknow |
Bandvagn 206 (Bv 206) is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier developed by Hägglunds (now part of BAE Systems Global Combat Systems) for the Swedish Army. It consists of two units, with all four tracks powered. It can carry up to 17 people (6 in the front compartment, 11 in the rear), and the trailer unit can be adapted for different uses.
Source: Bandvagn 206 on Wikipedia
Views : 2558
| G.A.C. 102 Aristocrat | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Three seat touring aircraft |
| First flight | late July 1928 |
| Built | 45 |
The G.A.C. 102 Aristocrat or General 102 Aristocrat is a single-engined cabin monoplane built in the US just before the Great Depression. It proved popular, with over forty built; an early example was taken on an aerial survey of Antarctica. One survives.
Views : 1591
| Piasecki HUP Retriever | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Utility helicopter |
| First flight | March 1948 |
| Built | 339 |
The Piasecki H-25 Army Mule/HUP Retriever was a compact single radial engine, twin overlapping tandem rotor utility helicopter developed by the Piasecki Helicopter Corporation of Morton, Pennsylvania during the late 1940s and produced during the early 1950s. The company changed its name in 1956 to Vertol Aircraft Corporation and subsequently was bought by Boeing Aircraft Company in 1960, and became Boeing-Vertol.
Views : 2836
| Landing Vehicle Tracked | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Amphibious vehicle |
| Produced | July 1941 – August 1945 |
| Built | 18000+ |
The Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy. The United States Marine Corps, United States Army, and Canadian and British armies used several LVT models during World War II. Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles. The types were known as amphtrack, “Amtrak”, “amtrac”, etc. (portmanteaus of “amphibious tractor”), and “alligator” or “gator”.
Views : 4041