delivered to SF Airlines March 8th 2024

FX86 to Oakland

taxing out as VTS892 to King Salmon with Anchorage downtown in the background

"Vote for Europe-Vote for low fares" sticker on the nose

Registered in December 2014.

Delivered in May 1934 and here parked on the apron outside the United hangar with a party of students taking a look at this wonder of modern engineering. In August 1942 it was in impressed by the USAAF as a C-73 transport and given serial 42-68363. In November 1944 it was sold off to Lineas Aereas Mexicanas and after changing hands was withdrawn from use in 1952. Photo from: William Engle via Tim Martin

Registered in April 1992.

Built in April 1932 as NC54Y then re-registered as above in the same month. This racer and its stable-mates were very successful and dominated the scene at the time with their P&W Wasp Jr engines giving 1020 hp. This one was last known of on display at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland. Photo from: William Engle via Tim Martin

Having survived three nuclear bomb blasts at the Nevada Test Site, the second prototype XF-90, suitably decontaminated, now serves to demonstrate the effects of these weapons in the Nuclear Deterrence exhibit at the NMUSAF.

"HOOVER 36" WC-135R on a weather divert + RON into March Field

Registered in June 1989.

Former Barrier Air aircraft ahead of its sale in the US as N404WR. Returned to the Australian register as VH-BXY in 2022.

Former JA752J. wfu and stored at HND 20 Feb 2021 - 30 Aug 2022. Stored at MHV 31 Aug 2022

The Fleetwings (officially Kaiser-Fleetwings by now) Model 44 was a dive bomber designed for the US Navy to replace the Curtiss Helldiver. Here the prototype is flying again after being grounded for installation of an upgraded P&W R-2800-34W engine plus the addition of landing gear doors and other modifications. In this view the exhaust pump engine cooling outlet half way down the fuselage is clearly seen. The USN were delighted with its diving characteristics, but stall and spin recovery was a problem. Also engine cowl flaps replaced the ineffective exhaust pump design. With the delay, other models had taken over its role, consequently both prototype aircraft were scrapped in 1946. Photo from: William Engle via Tim Martin