The Fokker F.IV was a large single-engined airliner. Only two examples were built for the US Army as T-2 transport aircraft. Lt Oakley Kelly and Lt John Macready made the first non-stop flight across the US, from Long Island to San Diego, in 64233 on 2 and 3 May 1923. The aircraft exceeded its regular maximum take-off weight by 42%! The two also stayed airborne for 36 hours on 16 and 17 April. The F.IV had a single-seat cockpit so a door to the cabin was installed to allow them to relieve each other, with an extra set of controls in the cabin. 64233 is seen here with a small Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger. Photo from: Library of Congress

This T-bird was sold to Mexico as 4046 in 1992. The aircraft is preserved at Gran Bosque Urbano, Saltillo (Mexcio) since late 1993. The exact date and location of picture are both unknown.

A view that became all too familiar for US Army aviation although it did not deploy the H-34 to Vietnam. The C-46 in the background, N9885F, seems to date the photo in 1957 before it was painted as a Delta Air Freighter. Photo by: Joe Scherschel / Life

In 1938 Consolidated ventured to build an efficient large flying boat with a high aspect ratio Davis wing and two big R-3350 Cyclone engines. The Model 31 prototype, NX21731, first flew on 5 May 1939, but no commercial orders were forthcoming. NX21731 was then modified as the XP4Y-1 patrol bomber and the P4Y was ordered into production by the US Navy, but this was cancelled as all R-3350 engines were needed for the B-29. NX21731 allocated BuNo 27852. Photo from: Consolidated / Detroit Public Library

Ex Texas International. By January 1978 to SBM Stage Line.

to MASDC as CS081 Sep 24, 1986. Later sold as N60225.

Photographer: Unknown photographer

The ultimate strategic reconnaissance aircraft, the F-12 competed against the Hughes F-11 but procurement was cancelled following the end of WWII. 44-91002 was the first of two Rainbows to be completed and made its first flight on 4 February 1946. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Photographer: Charles R Stewart

Aeronca bought a licence to build the Erco Ercoupe and called it the 12AC Chum. Two examples were built of which the second had a single tailfin, conventional controls and all-metal construction including the cladding of the wings. With Aeronca's own 7AC Champ selling by the thousands in 1946 and 1947, the project was dropped. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution

This Thud is preserved from 1981 onwards at Fairchild AFB (WA). Exact date and location of the photo are unknown

Possibly taken at homebase El Toro, this RF-4B was stored at AMARC with inventory code 8F0331 from 25 May 1989 to 21 November 2008. It was then scrapped with HVF West at Tucson. Exact date and location of the photo are unknown.

Photo probably made at homebase El Toro. This RF-4B flew up to 1990 with the recce sqauadron and was then stored at China Lake (CA). The RF-4B was moved to NAS North Island in early 1999 and returned to China Lake museum and acted from August 2010 onwards as a gate guard at this location. Exact date and location of the photo are unknown.

This Skyhawk flew at least from 1986 up to late 1990 with code/modex F-235 with Training Wing 5 and Training Squadron 86. The aircraft was struck of charge from US Navy inventory in 1995 and sold as N7051J to Mark Daniels, Palm Beach Garden (FL) on 4 September 1997. Later it became N132AT with the private adversary company Aircraft Tactical Advantage Co (ATAC). The Skyhawk crashed on 8 July 2010. Date and location of the picture are unknown.

This is a 196th TASS 163rd TASG California Air National Guard Skymaster, probably pictured at March AFB (CA). Since September 1992, this O-2 is preserved at Elssworth AFB (SD).

Date and location of the picture are unknown