The P-47was abigplane. It was three feet wider than the P-51 and four feet longer. And at more than 10,000 pounds empty, it was about 50 percent heavier than the Mustang and nearly twice the weight of of theBritish Spitfire. In fact, along with the three-seatGrumman Avenger, the ...
theItasca, aU.S. Coast Guardcutter near Howland. Late in the journey, Earhart radioed that the plane was running out of fuel. About an hour later she announced, “We are running north and south.” That was the last transmission received by theItasca. The plane was believed to have gone...
The P-40 was obsolete by 1943, eventually replaced by newer fighters such as the P-51 Mustang. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. D. Myles Cullen The Acting Secretary of the Air Force along with Colonel Charles McGee, of the 302nd Fighter Squadron. Joining the acting secretary on...
67 years later, having shattered the dreams and fortunes of many others. It is the sole survivor of the first batch of airplanes in this class despite the fact that it costs about a hundred times as much today (in dollar dollars
In my time, the Sabreliner was generally used for moving general officers about the Air Force on official business. In the seventies and eighties anywhere there was a lieutenant general (three star) or above you’d find at least one CT-39 on the airfield. At major headquarters, you’d fin...