5359 results found
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Auster J-5/8 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Auster J-5/8 Adventurer/Aiglet Trainer/Alpine/Autocar |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer |
| C/n (msn): | 2713 |
| City / Airport: | Hobart (YMHB / HBA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 661651Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
VH-ADT was still current at the time of upload. Photo from: Libraries Tasmania
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADT |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer |
| C/n (msn): | 2713 |
| City / Airport: | Hobart (YMHB / HBA)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Auster J-5/8 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Auster J-5/8 Adventurer/Aiglet Trainer/Alpine/Autocar |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer |
| C/n (msn): | 2713 |
| City / Airport: | Hobart (YMHB / HBA)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 661651Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
VH-ADT was still current at the time of upload. Photo from: Libraries Tasmania
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ADT |
| Aircraft Version: | Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer |
| C/n (msn): | 2713 |
| City / Airport: | Hobart (YMHB / HBA)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 68582 |
| Alternate Serial: | AS68582 |
| Military Code: | P-378 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker D.XI |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker D.XI |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker PW-7 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 68582 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - McCook Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1924 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 661250Submit Correction |
| View count: | 78 |
One of three D.XIs delivered to the US Army Air Service, probably seen at McCook Field. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 68582 |
| Alternate Serial: | AS68582 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker PW-7 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 68582 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - McCook Field (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1924 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 68582 |
| Alternate Serial: | AS68582 |
| Military Code: | P-378 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker D.XI |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker D.XI |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker PW-7 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 68582 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - McCook Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1924 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 661250Submit Correction |
| View count: | 78 |
One of three D.XIs delivered to the US Army Air Service, probably seen at McCook Field. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 68582 |
| Alternate Serial: | AS68582 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker PW-7 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 68582 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - McCook Field (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1924 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC86528 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 49 Constellation |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2526 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Sovereign of the Sky |
| City / Airport: | Shannon (EINN / SNN)Map |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 661178Submit Correction |
| View count: | 160 |
Refuelling stop at Shannon. Aircraft modified to L-749A. To Air France in December 1949 as F-BAZV. Photo by: Nat Farbman / Life
| Registration / Serial: | NC86528 |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2526 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
| City / Airport: | Shannon (EINN / SNN)Map | Country: | Ireland |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC86528 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 49 Constellation |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2526 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Sovereign of the Sky |
| City / Airport: | Shannon (EINN / SNN)Map |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 661178Submit Correction |
| View count: | 160 |
Refuelling stop at Shannon. Aircraft modified to L-749A. To Air France in December 1949 as F-BAZV. Photo by: Nat Farbman / Life
| Registration / Serial: | NC86528 |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2526 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
| City / Airport: | Shannon (EINN / SNN)Map | Country: | Ireland |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NACA 892 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| C/n (msn): | 43189 |
| Operator Titles: | NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660857Submit Correction |
| View count: | 113 |
The X-3 was designed for sustained Mach 2 flight, but could not even reach Mach 1. It did not have the intended engines. Its take-off speed was certainly high - 480 km/h (300 mph). Only the first of two examples, 49-2892, was completed and flown, for the first time in October 1952. The aircraft was handed over to NACA in August 1954, becoming NACA 892. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life
| Registration / Serial: | NACA 892 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| C/n (msn): | 43189 |
| Operator Titles: | NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NACA 892 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| C/n (msn): | 43189 |
| Operator Titles: | NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660857Submit Correction |
| View count: | 113 |
The X-3 was designed for sustained Mach 2 flight, but could not even reach Mach 1. It did not have the intended engines. Its take-off speed was certainly high - 480 km/h (300 mph). Only the first of two examples, 49-2892, was completed and flown, for the first time in October 1952. The aircraft was handed over to NACA in August 1954, becoming NACA 892. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life
| Registration / Serial: | NACA 892 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas X-3 Stiletto |
| C/n (msn): | 43189 |
| Operator Titles: | NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC92823 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-52 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-52 (H-18/HO5S) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-52-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 52001 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | February 1947 to October 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660740Submit Correction |
| View count: | 49 |
The two-seat S-52 prototype, first flown on 12 February 1947. Registration cancellled in October 1949. Photo from: Vertical Flight Society
| Registration / Serial: | NC92823 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-52-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 52001 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | February 1947 to October 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC92823 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-52 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-52 (H-18/HO5S) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-52-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 52001 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | February 1947 to October 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660740Submit Correction |
| View count: | 49 |
The two-seat S-52 prototype, first flown on 12 February 1947. Registration cancellled in October 1949. Photo from: Vertical Flight Society
| Registration / Serial: | NC92823 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-52-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 52001 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | February 1947 to October 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 52-7564 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55693 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | AFFTC - Air Force Flight Test Center |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660489Submit Correction |
| View count: | 173 |
Loomis Dean apparently took this snapshot while he was at Edwards to photograph a Douglas X-3 Stiletto flight, which must have been between August 1954 and May 1956. The helo was delivered earlier in 1954. It was still with AFFTC in 1959 but its fate is unknown. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 52-7564 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55693 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 52-7564 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55693 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | AFFTC - Air Force Flight Test Center |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660489Submit Correction |
| View count: | 173 |
Loomis Dean apparently took this snapshot while he was at Edwards to photograph a Douglas X-3 Stiletto flight, which must have been between August 1954 and May 1956. The helo was delivered earlier in 1954. It was still with AFFTC in 1959 but its fate is unknown. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 52-7564 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55693 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1954 to May 1956 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1285 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91285 |
| Other Marks: | 500 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-279 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660459Submit Correction |
| View count: | 195 |
The 500th Sabre. The rough writing on the gun cover panel suggests the Life photographer had not been invited to Inglewood to celebrate the milestone number. He was shooting for an article entitled 'Airplane Industry Expansion', probably in response to the outbreak of war in Korea. On the left is serial number 49-1299 (construction number 161-293), wearing its line number 514. The T-28 is also in full production. 49-1285 crashed near the Gunpowder River in Maryland in 1954. The Delaware ANG pilot was killed. Photo by: Edward Clark / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1285 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91285 |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-279 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1285 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91285 |
| Other Marks: | 500 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-279 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660459Submit Correction |
| View count: | 195 |
The 500th Sabre. The rough writing on the gun cover panel suggests the Life photographer had not been invited to Inglewood to celebrate the milestone number. He was shooting for an article entitled 'Airplane Industry Expansion', probably in response to the outbreak of war in Korea. On the left is serial number 49-1299 (construction number 161-293), wearing its line number 514. The T-28 is also in full production. 49-1285 crashed near the Gunpowder River in Maryland in 1954. The Delaware ANG pilot was killed. Photo by: Edward Clark / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1285 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91285 |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-279 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1290 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91290 |
| Other Marks: | 505 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-284 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660443Submit Correction |
| View count: | 184 |
New F-86As at the Inglewood factory, now the cargo area at the southeast corner of LAX. The Sabres wear line numbers. 49-1290 is the 283th F-86A in the third production batch and after three XP-86s, 32 in the first batch and 187 in the second, this is indeed the 505th Sabre. The others are 49-1293 / 508, 49-1287 / 502, 49-1300 / 515, 49-1289 / 504, 49-1285 / 500 and 49-1299 / 514. Top right is an early F-86D. Photo by: Edward Clark / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1290 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91290 |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-284 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1290 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91290 |
| Other Marks: | 505 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American F-86 Sabre |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-284 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660443Submit Correction |
| View count: | 184 |
New F-86As at the Inglewood factory, now the cargo area at the southeast corner of LAX. The Sabres wear line numbers. 49-1290 is the 283th F-86A in the third production batch and after three XP-86s, 32 in the first batch and 187 in the second, this is indeed the 505th Sabre. The others are 49-1293 / 508, 49-1287 / 502, 49-1300 / 515, 49-1289 / 504, 49-1285 / 500 and 49-1299 / 514. Top right is an early F-86D. Photo by: Edward Clark / Life
| Registration / Serial: | 49-1290 |
| Alternate Serial: | 91290 |
| Aircraft Version: | North American F-86A Sabre |
| C/n (msn): | 161-284 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 August 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NX18601 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 314 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 314 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 314 |
| C/n (msn): | 1988 |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1938 to May 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660421Submit Correction |
| View count: | 107 |
The Boeing 314 prototype was launched into the Duwamish River on 31 May 1938 and towed to Elliott Bay. It first flew on 7 June. Test pilot Eddie Allen reported that directional control was inadequate. The single tailfin was replaced by endplate fins but this was still insufficient and a central fin was put back on to make it a triple tail. NC18601 entered Pan Am service as Honolulu Clipper. On 4 November 1945 on a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco it made an emergency landing on the ocean with two engines out. Damaged, it was sunk by naval gunfire. Photo from: Boeing
| Registration / Serial: | NX18601 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 314 |
| C/n (msn): | 1988 |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1938 to May 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NX18601 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 314 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 314 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 314 |
| C/n (msn): | 1988 |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1938 to May 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 660421Submit Correction |
| View count: | 107 |
The Boeing 314 prototype was launched into the Duwamish River on 31 May 1938 and towed to Elliott Bay. It first flew on 7 June. Test pilot Eddie Allen reported that directional control was inadequate. The single tailfin was replaced by endplate fins but this was still insufficient and a central fin was put back on to make it a triple tail. NC18601 entered Pan Am service as Honolulu Clipper. On 4 November 1945 on a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco it made an emergency landing on the ocean with two engines out. Damaged, it was sunk by naval gunfire. Photo from: Boeing
| Registration / Serial: | NX18601 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 314 |
| C/n (msn): | 1988 |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1938 to May 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 40-191 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman X-100/A-21 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stearman X-100/A-21 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman XA-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 100000 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1939 to 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659857Submit Correction |
| View count: | 467 |
The Stearman X-100 bomber first flew on 16 November 1938 according to one source, powered by uncommon P&W R-2180-A Twin Hornet engines. The original nose shape has been changed to a stepped nose here. The type was rejected, but the sole prototype was acquired by the USAAC as the XA-21 attack bomber. Rudder striping abolished in 1940. To ground instructional airframe at Wright Field in 1942. Photo from: National Museum of the US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 40-191 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman XA-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 100000 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1939 to 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 40-191 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman X-100/A-21 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stearman X-100/A-21 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman XA-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 100000 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1939 to 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659857Submit Correction |
| View count: | 467 |
The Stearman X-100 bomber first flew on 16 November 1938 according to one source, powered by uncommon P&W R-2180-A Twin Hornet engines. The original nose shape has been changed to a stepped nose here. The type was rejected, but the sole prototype was acquired by the USAAC as the XA-21 attack bomber. Rudder striping abolished in 1940. To ground instructional airframe at Wright Field in 1942. Photo from: National Museum of the US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 40-191 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman XA-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 100000 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1939 to 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | P7110 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Westland Whirlwind |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland Whirlwind |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland Whirlwind I |
| C/n (msn): | [ P7110 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659850Submit Correction |
| View count: | 213 |
The 100th production Whirlwind fighter, flown by Westland test pilot Harald Penrose. Only a dozen more airframes were to be completed. Note that the rear ends of the engine nacelles are integral with the flaps and move with them. Photo from: Flight
| Registration / Serial: | P7110 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland Whirlwind I |
| C/n (msn): | [ P7110 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | P7110 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Westland Whirlwind |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland Whirlwind |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland Whirlwind I |
| C/n (msn): | [ P7110 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659850Submit Correction |
| View count: | 213 |
The 100th production Whirlwind fighter, flown by Westland test pilot Harald Penrose. Only a dozen more airframes were to be completed. Note that the rear ends of the engine nacelles are integral with the flaps and move with them. Photo from: Flight
| Registration / Serial: | P7110 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland Whirlwind I |
| C/n (msn): | [ P7110 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | MM111 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Breda Ba.15 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Breda Ba.15 |
| Aircraft Version: | Breda Ba.15 |
| C/n (msn): | 1402 |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Aero Exhibition 1929 |
| Photo Date: | July 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659761Submit Correction |
| View count: | 73 |
Ba.15 c/n 1402 is probably a, or the, prototype as it was allocated military serial MM111. Three-digit MM serials were for prototypes, also of civilian types, and evaluation or experimental aircraft. Colombo S.53 engine. Photo from: Flight
| Registration / Serial: | MM111 |
| Aircraft Version: | Breda Ba.15 |
| C/n (msn): | 1402 |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | MM111 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Breda Ba.15 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Breda Ba.15 |
| Aircraft Version: | Breda Ba.15 |
| C/n (msn): | 1402 |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Aero Exhibition 1929 |
| Photo Date: | July 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659761Submit Correction |
| View count: | 73 |
Ba.15 c/n 1402 is probably a, or the, prototype as it was allocated military serial MM111. Three-digit MM serials were for prototypes, also of civilian types, and evaluation or experimental aircraft. Colombo S.53 engine. Photo from: Flight
| Registration / Serial: | MM111 |
| Aircraft Version: | Breda Ba.15 |
| C/n (msn): | 1402 |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| Aircraft Version: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| C/n (msn): | None issued |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Aero Exhibition 1920 |
| Photo Date: | July 1920 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659758Submit Correction |
| View count: | 279 |
A motorcycle of the air, designed by Dutchman Frits Koolhoven for British Aerial Transport and powered by an ABC Gnat aero engine of 40 hp. The sole example never carried a registration. Performance was poor and handling 'too tricky' according to Flight. The journal suggested that it drew attention mainly from women and boys at the 1920 Olympia Aero Exhibition, while men knew better. In the background is a BAT FK.26 Commercial airliner, G-EANI. Photo from: Flight
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Version: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| C/n (msn): | None issued |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1920 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| Aircraft Version: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| C/n (msn): | None issued |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Aero Exhibition 1920 |
| Photo Date: | July 1920 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659758Submit Correction |
| View count: | 279 |
A motorcycle of the air, designed by Dutchman Frits Koolhoven for British Aerial Transport and powered by an ABC Gnat aero engine of 40 hp. The sole example never carried a registration. Performance was poor and handling 'too tricky' according to Flight. The journal suggested that it drew attention mainly from women and boys at the 1920 Olympia Aero Exhibition, while men knew better. In the background is a BAT FK.26 Commercial airliner, G-EANI. Photo from: Flight
| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Version: | BAT FK.28 Crow |
| C/n (msn): | None issued |
| City / Area: | London / Olympia [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1920 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | D-EBVU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw-61 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw-61 |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 61 V1 |
| C/n (msn): | 931 |
| City / Airport: | Bremen (EDDW / BRE)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 to February 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659744Submit Correction |
| View count: | 89 |
The first Fw 61 helicopter, first flown untethered - and with an uncovered fuselage - on 26 June 1936. Photo assumed taken at Bremen before Hanna Reitsch flew this airframe inside the Deutschlandhalle. It had been put on display at the entrance of the Fw works at Bremen when it was destroyed by bombing in June 1942. Note that the fuselage was taken from an Fw 44 Stieglitz. The engine drove the two rotors and a small propeller which was only for cooling and gave negligible forward thrust. The location is not certain. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
| Registration / Serial: | D-EBVU |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 61 V1 |
| C/n (msn): | 931 |
| City / Airport: | Bremen (EDDW / BRE)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 to February 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | D-EBVU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw-61 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw-61 |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 61 V1 |
| C/n (msn): | 931 |
| City / Airport: | Bremen (EDDW / BRE)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 to February 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659744Submit Correction |
| View count: | 89 |
The first Fw 61 helicopter, first flown untethered - and with an uncovered fuselage - on 26 June 1936. Photo assumed taken at Bremen before Hanna Reitsch flew this airframe inside the Deutschlandhalle. It had been put on display at the entrance of the Fw works at Bremen when it was destroyed by bombing in June 1942. Note that the fuselage was taken from an Fw 44 Stieglitz. The engine drove the two rotors and a small propeller which was only for cooling and gave negligible forward thrust. The location is not certain. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
| Registration / Serial: | D-EBVU |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 61 V1 |
| C/n (msn): | 931 |
| City / Airport: | Bremen (EDDW / BRE)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 to February 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 45-59475 |
| Alternate Serial: | 559475 |
| Military Code: | PS-475 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Republic F-84 Thunderjet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash |
| Aircraft Version: | Republic XP-84 Thunderjet |
| C/n (msn): | [ 45-59475 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1946 to October 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659257Submit Correction |
| View count: | 99 |
The first Thunderjet prototype. It was flown from Long Island to Muroc AAF (now Edwards AFB) by the XC-97 Stratofreighter prototype and first flew on its own, limited power on 28 February 1946. It crashed in Oklahoma on 18 October 1946 on a flight from Wright Field back to Muroc. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 45-59475 |
| Alternate Serial: | 559475 |
| Aircraft Version: | Republic XP-84 Thunderjet |
| C/n (msn): | [ 45-59475 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1946 to October 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 45-59475 |
| Alternate Serial: | 559475 |
| Military Code: | PS-475 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Republic F-84 Thunderjet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash |
| Aircraft Version: | Republic XP-84 Thunderjet |
| C/n (msn): | [ 45-59475 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1946 to October 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659257Submit Correction |
| View count: | 99 |
The first Thunderjet prototype. It was flown from Long Island to Muroc AAF (now Edwards AFB) by the XC-97 Stratofreighter prototype and first flew on its own, limited power on 28 February 1946. It crashed in Oklahoma on 18 October 1946 on a flight from Wright Field back to Muroc. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 45-59475 |
| Alternate Serial: | 559475 |
| Aircraft Version: | Republic XP-84 Thunderjet |
| C/n (msn): | [ 45-59475 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | February 1946 to October 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 46-686 |
| Alternate Serial: | 6686 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Martin XB-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Martin XB-51 |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin XB-51 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 46-686 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Baltimore - Martin State (KMTN / MTN)Map |
| Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659250Submit Correction |
| View count: | 161 |
The second XB-51, left, is prepared for its first flight, with the first one, 46-685, on the right. The Martin factory buildings are still in WWII camouflage. The XB-51 was fast and worked well, but had short endurance and the airframe was not very strong. Photo from: Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum
| Registration / Serial: | 46-686 |
| Alternate Serial: | 6686 |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin XB-51 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 46-686 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Baltimore - Martin State (KMTN / MTN)Map | Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 46-686 |
| Alternate Serial: | 6686 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Martin XB-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Martin XB-51 |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin XB-51 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 46-686 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Baltimore - Martin State (KMTN / MTN)Map |
| Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 659250Submit Correction |
| View count: | 161 |
The second XB-51, left, is prepared for its first flight, with the first one, 46-685, on the right. The Martin factory buildings are still in WWII camouflage. The XB-51 was fast and worked well, but had short endurance and the airframe was not very strong. Photo from: Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum
| Registration / Serial: | 46-686 |
| Alternate Serial: | 6686 |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin XB-51 |
| C/n (msn): | [ 46-686 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Baltimore - Martin State (KMTN / MTN)Map | Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 42-72590 |
| Alternate Serial: | 272590 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
| C/n (msn): | 10695 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658869Submit Correction |
| View count: | 153 |
Crop of original photo with an H-5G, 48-528 on the right. According to the original caption, the Skymaster was transporting troops from this undisclosed airbase to a more advanced airbase. Later converted to HC-54D rescue aircraft. Assigned to 57th ARS, Lajes, Azores, it collided with a HC-97G, 52-2773, during filming and crashed into the sea off Bermuda on 29 July 1964. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 42-72590 |
| Alternate Serial: | 272590 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
| C/n (msn): | 10695 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 42-72590 |
| Alternate Serial: | 272590 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
| C/n (msn): | 10695 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658869Submit Correction |
| View count: | 153 |
Crop of original photo with an H-5G, 48-528 on the right. According to the original caption, the Skymaster was transporting troops from this undisclosed airbase to a more advanced airbase. Later converted to HC-54D rescue aircraft. Assigned to 57th ARS, Lajes, Azores, it collided with a HC-97G, 52-2773, during filming and crashed into the sea off Bermuda on 29 July 1964. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 42-72590 |
| Alternate Serial: | 272590 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
| C/n (msn): | 10695 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 48-528 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5G |
| C/n (msn): | 5177 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658850Submit Correction |
| View count: | 138 |
'A tiny Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly helicopter of the 3rd Air Rescue [Squadron] revs its main and tail rotors as it prepares for a rescue mission on which it will pick up one or possibly two frontline soldiers.' The 'giant' C-54 on the left is 42-72590 - we split the original picture. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 48-528 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5G |
| C/n (msn): | 5177 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 48-528 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5G |
| C/n (msn): | 5177 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658850Submit Correction |
| View count: | 138 |
'A tiny Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly helicopter of the 3rd Air Rescue [Squadron] revs its main and tail rotors as it prepares for a rescue mission on which it will pick up one or possibly two frontline soldiers.' The 'giant' C-54 on the left is 42-72590 - we split the original picture. Photo from: US Air Force
| Registration / Serial: | 48-528 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5G |
| C/n (msn): | 5177 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | South Korea |
| Photo Date: | 22 August 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 58-5514 |
| Alternate Serial: | 85514 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vertol V-107 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing Vertol 107 (H-46 Sea Knight / KV107) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing Vertol YCH-46C |
| C/n (msn): | 413-1 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Army / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1964 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658510Submit Correction |
| View count: | 194 |
The Vertol 107 prototype, N74060, first flew in 1958. Before the US Marines adopted the design as the HRB Sea Knight in 1961, the US Army tested three YHC-1A airframes, but the Army opted for a heavier transport helicopter, the Chinook, which was confusingly designated YHC-1B before becoming the CH-47. This was the first YHC-1A. The HRB and HC-1A designations were unified to CH-46 in 1962. 58-5514 assigned to NASA in 1964. Later NASA 533. Airframe withdrawn in 1975 with 685 flight hours, fate unknown. Photo from: NASA Langley
| Registration / Serial: | 58-5514 |
| Alternate Serial: | 85514 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing Vertol YCH-46C |
| C/n (msn): | 413-1 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Army / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1964 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 58-5514 |
| Alternate Serial: | 85514 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vertol V-107 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing Vertol 107 (H-46 Sea Knight / KV107) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing Vertol YCH-46C |
| C/n (msn): | 413-1 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Army / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1964 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658510Submit Correction |
| View count: | 194 |
The Vertol 107 prototype, N74060, first flew in 1958. Before the US Marines adopted the design as the HRB Sea Knight in 1961, the US Army tested three YHC-1A airframes, but the Army opted for a heavier transport helicopter, the Chinook, which was confusingly designated YHC-1B before becoming the CH-47. This was the first YHC-1A. The HRB and HC-1A designations were unified to CH-46 in 1962. 58-5514 assigned to NASA in 1964. Later NASA 533. Airframe withdrawn in 1975 with 685 flight hours, fate unknown. Photo from: NASA Langley
| Registration / Serial: | 58-5514 |
| Alternate Serial: | 85514 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing Vertol YCH-46C |
| C/n (msn): | 413-1 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Army / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFB (KLFI / LFI)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1964 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | N64N |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Lackner DH-4/DH 5 Aerocycle |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Lackner DH-4/DH 5 Aerocycle |
| Aircraft Version: | De Lackner DH-4 Heli-Vector |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | March 1955 to December 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658262Submit Correction |
| View count: | 318 |
Prototype of a 'personal helicopter' designed by Lewis McCarty and built by De Lackner Helicopters from New York. The US Army ordered a dozen examples of the DH-5 Aerocycle model. Its military designation YHO-2 was soon changed to HZ-1 in a category of its own. It was hoped that the craft could be flown by soldiers after a brief instruction, but it wasn't that easy and obviously the rotor was extremely dangerous to the pilot and bystanders alike. Photo from: Vertical Flight Society
| Registration / Serial: | N64N |
| Aircraft Version: | De Lackner DH-4 Heli-Vector |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | March 1955 to December 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | N64N |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Lackner DH-4/DH 5 Aerocycle |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Lackner DH-4/DH 5 Aerocycle |
| Aircraft Version: | De Lackner DH-4 Heli-Vector |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | March 1955 to December 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 658262Submit Correction |
| View count: | 318 |
Prototype of a 'personal helicopter' designed by Lewis McCarty and built by De Lackner Helicopters from New York. The US Army ordered a dozen examples of the DH-5 Aerocycle model. Its military designation YHO-2 was soon changed to HZ-1 in a category of its own. It was hoped that the craft could be flown by soldiers after a brief instruction, but it wasn't that easy and obviously the rotor was extremely dangerous to the pilot and bystanders alike. Photo from: Vertical Flight Society
| Registration / Serial: | N64N |
| Aircraft Version: | De Lackner DH-4 Heli-Vector |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | March 1955 to December 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |