P-40 radar | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Type | Radar |
| Photograph | Vladimir Yakubov |
| Locate | War Machinery and Transport Museum |
| Description | Album of 139 photos walk-around of «P-40 radar» |
Photo gallery of a P-40 radar, The P-40 “Armour” or 1S12 (also referred to by the NATO reporting name “Long Track” in the west) is a 3-D UHF radar developed and operated by the former Soviet Union.
Source: P-40 radar on Wiki
Views : 5480
Grumman S-2 Tracker | |
| Country | USA |
| Role | Airframe anti-submarine warfare |
| First flight | 4 December 1952 |
| Built | 1284 |
Photo gallery of a Grumman S2F-1 Tracker, The Grumman S-2 Tracker (previously S2F prior to 1962) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the U.S. Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventional design with twin reciprocating propeller engines, a high wing and tricycle undercarriage. The type was exported to a number of navies around the world. Introduced in 1952, the Tracker and its E-1 Tracer derivative saw service in the U.S. Navy until the mid-1970s, and its C-1 Trader derivative until the mid-1980s, with a few aircraft remaining in service with other air arms into the 21st century. Argentina and Brazil are the last countries to still use the Tracker.
Source: Grumman S2F-1 Tracker on Wiki
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Gloster E.28-39 | |
| Country | UK |
| Type | Jet-engined aircraft |
| First flight | 15 May 1941 |
| Built | 2 prototypes |
Photo gallery of a Gloster E.28-39, The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the “Gloster Whittle”, “Gloster Pioneer”, or “Gloster G.40”) was the first British jet-engined aircraft to fly. It was designed to test the Whittle jet engine in flight, leading to the development of the Gloster Meteor.
Source: Gloster E.28-39 on Wiki
Views : 3251
Fairey Fulmar Mk.I | |
| Country | UK |
| Type | Carrier-borne fighter aircraft |
| First flight | 4 January 1940 |
| Built | 600 |
Photo gallery of a Fairey Fulmar Mk.I, The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter aircraft that served with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the Second World War. A total of 600 were built by Fairey Aviation at its Stockport factory between January 1940 and December 1942. The Fulmar’s design was based on that of the earlier Fairey P.4/34 that was in turn developed in 1936 as a replacement for the Fairey Battle light bomber. Although its performance (like that of its Battle antecedent) was lacking, the Fulmar was a reliable, sturdy aircraft with long range and an effective armament of eight machine guns.
Source: Fairey Fulmar Mk.I on Wiki
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Fiat CR.32 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Role | Biplane fighter |
| First flight | 28 April 1933 |
| Built | 1052 |
Photo gallery of a Fiat CR.32, The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. It was compact, robust and highly manoeuvrable and gave impressive displays all over Europe in the hands of the Italian Pattuglie Acrobatiche. The CR.32 fought in North and East Africa, in Albania, and in the Mediterranean theatre. It saw service in the air forces of China, Austria, Hungary, Paraguay and Venezuela. Used extensively in the Spanish Civil War, it gained a reputation as one of the most outstanding fighter biplanes of all time. Subsequently it was overtaken by more advanced monoplane designs and was obsolete by 1939.
Source: Fiat CR.32 on Wiki
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Mig-21PF | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | Supersonic jet |
| First flight | 4 February 1956 |
| Built | 1496 |
Photo gallery of a Mig-21PF, The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed “Balalaika”, from the aircraft’s planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek (English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage.
Source: Mig-21PF on Wiki
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USS Lionfish SS-298 | |
| Country | USA |
| Type | Submarine |
| Photograph | Vladimir Yakubov |
| Locate | Battleship Cove, Fall River |
| Description | Album of 186 photos walk-around of «USS Lionfish SS-298» |
Photo gallery of a USS Lionfish SS-298, USS Lionfish (SS-298), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenid fish native to the Pacific and an invasive species found around the Caribbean. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986, and is now on display at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Source: USS Lionfish SS-298 on Wiki
Views : 3074
Dassault Super Mystere | |
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| Country | France |
| Role | Fighter-bomber |
| First flight | 2 March 1955 |
| Produced | 1956–1959 |
Source: Dassault Super Mystere B.2 on Wiki
Views : 5838
de Havilland DH112 Venom | |
| Country | UK |
| Type | Single-engined jet |
| Photograph | Randy Ray |
| Locate | Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, UK |
| Description | Album of 20 photos walk-around of «de Havilland DH112 Venom» |
Photo gallery of a de Havilland DH112 Venom, The de Havilland DH 112 Venom was a British postwar single-engined jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Vampire. It served with the Royal Air Force as a single-seat fighter-bomber and two-seat night fighter. The Venom was an interim between the first generation of British jet fighters – straight-wing aircraft powered by centrifugal flow engines such as the Gloster Meteor and the Vampire and later swept wing, axial flow-engined designs such as the Hawker Hunter and de Havilland Sea Vixen. The Venom was successfully exported, and saw service with Iraq, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela. The Sea Venom was a navalised version for carrier operation.
Source: de Havilland DH112 Venom on Wiki
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Caudron G.III | |
| Country | France |
| Type | Reconnaissance aircraft and trainer |
| Introduction | 1914 |
Photo gallery of a Caudron G.III, The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French biplane built by Caudron, widely used in World War I as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer.
Source: Caudron G.III on Wiki
Views : 4378