Bell X-1B This rocket powered aircraft was used for aerodynamic heat research and later to train X-2 pilots, and is currently displayed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Seen at the National Air Show in Dayton, Ohio in 1953.

Later converted to C-119G. Seen at the National Air Show in Dayton, Ohio in 1953

Bell Aircraft X-1A Seen at the National Aviation Show in Dayton, Ohio in September, 1954. It was in this aircraft on December 12, 1953 that Major Chuck Yeager set a new speed record of Mach 2.44, 1,650 mph, at 75.000 feet. The aircraft subsequently tumbled out of control due to inertia coupling, and fell 51,000 feet before Major Yeager was able to regain control and land safely. T X-1A was lost on August 8, 1955, when an in-flight explosion occurred just prior to being launched from a B-29, and the aircraft was jettisoned in the Muroc desert.

Note the Air Training Command emblem.

This aircraft was one of 50 transferred to the US Navy as HUP-3 Retriever BuNo 147599.

A development of the earlier Piasecki H-21 Workhorse, it served with the Army in Vietnam until 1964. Taken at a Dayton, Ohio air show in 1954.

Seen being serviced between flights.

Salvaged from a very blurry 35mm slide, this T-28 was assigned to Wright Air Development Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. To 2704th Aircraft Storage and Disposition Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 9Jan61. Then to North American Aviation, Columbus, OH. Converted to T-28D-5, line number 206 Assigned to 606th Air Commando Squadron, 56th Air Commando Wing, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.

On display at the Dayton Aircraft show in September, 1953. Destroyed in a fatal forced landing at Kirtland AFB, NM Oct 9, 1962. Pilot killed.

July/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. April/46: Converted to TB-29. October/51 to April/52: Restored back to B-29A. April/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. August/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. November/53: Converted to TB-29A. October/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. March/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. August/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By 1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. August/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

replica built by Wright B Flyer Inc.

3 Aug '44: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-28932; assigned to 2144th Base Unit, Moody Field, GA for use as an advanced multi-engined trainer and converted to TB-25J. Continued with USAF units and was converted to TB-25N in 1955. 1/1/59: SOC. 11 Jun '59: Registered as N3476G. 5/62: Converted to a fire tanker with a 1000 gallon tank. 4/85: Bob Collings of the Collings Foundation, who had the plane restored. 10/97: Hill Clark Trustee, Wentworth, NH. 22 Mar '07: CCT of 1979 B-17 Series LLC B-25 Series, Stowe MA, renewed 4 Aug '21.

12 Jul '45: TOS USAAF as B-17G 44-83872. 16 Jul '45: TOS USN as PB-1 77235 at Naval Aircraft Modification Center, Johnsville, PA. 12/46: Converted for AEW tests as a PB-1W. Served with VX-4, FASRON 103, VW-2 and VW-1. 1/55: NAS Litchfield Park, AZ for storage. 10 Jul '56: SOC. 10/57: Aero Service Corp., Philadelphia, PA with c/r N7227C. Converted for aerial surveying. 12/61: ACS Incorporated; used for aerial photography, including photographing a solar eclipse from 31,500 feet for the University of Alaska. 9/67: Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX. Note lack of dorsal turret, sparse nose art.

Note no dorsal turret. 4/45: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-83575. Converted to B-17H for SAR with 1st Air/Sea Rescue Squadron. 1948: Redesignated SB-17G. Later assigned to MATS. 1952: Used as a static test target for nuclear tests at Yucca Flats, NV. 5/65: Aircraft Specialties, Mesa, AZ, with c/r N93012, and rebuilt. 1977: Converted for fire-fighting. 1985: Bob Collings of Collings Foundation; ferried to Kissimmee, FL for restoration to full military configuration, making its first post-restoration flight in July 1986. 2 Oct 2019: Crashed at Windsor Locks, CT.

Ca.1974: TOS USAF as A-37B. 7/75: 46th Tactical Fighter Squadron/434th Tactical Fighter Wing (AFRES) , Grissom AFB, IN. By 5/77: 46th TFS/442nd TFW (AFRES), Barksdale AFB, LA. 7/78: 706th TFS/926th TFG (AFRES), NAS/JRB New Orleans, LA. Ca.1980: Redesignated OA-37B. Ca.1982: 172nd Tactical Air Support Squadron/110th Tactical Air Support Group (ANG), Battle Creek, MI. 6/27/88: AMARC Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ as AB0003. 1988: RTS with 172nd TASS, which was the last USAF or ANG unit to fly the A-37. 1991: WFU.