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Category Archives: prototype
Curtiss XP-55 Ascender
A prototype that was never really considered for a production order, Let’s look at a design meant to tackle difficult aerodynamic issues as new areas of speed and performance were dealt with at the end of the piston-engine fighter era.
Blohm und Voss BV 141B-0
Symmetry is over-rated. Time for a look at one of aviation’s truly unique designs.
Posted in Germany, prototype, Reconnaissance
Tagged Aircraft Models, Scale Models, World War II
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Grumman F4F-3S Wildcatfish
Japan may have been the only nation with a fully successful float-plane fighter, but others tried. Let’s look at a US Navy attempt.
Mitsubishi A6M1 Zero
Part of the first wave of great World War II fighters, the first flight of Mitsubishi’s famous Zero came on April 1, 1939. Let’s take a look at an important type that was so secret it was almost entirely unnoticed … Continue reading
Beechcraft YC-43 Staggerwing
In 1932 Beechcraft introduced a new high performance, luxury executive aircraft. The Model 17 Staggerwing quickly became a pilot favorite. It was fast, powerful and modern. As War clouds gathered the type was pressed into military service from Spain to … Continue reading
Bell XP-59A Airacomet
The end of World War Two was the dawn of the jet age. Every major nation was working on these next generation aircraft. After the jump, a look at the United States first attempt at a jet fighter.
Kyushu J7W Shinden
A late war prototype, the J7W was an interesting project designed to combat American B-29 formations. After the jump, a look at where the Japanese could have gone if the war lasted a little longer.
Posted in Fighter, Hypothetical, Japan, prototype
Tagged Aircraft Models, Scale Models, World War II
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Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket
The Grumman Skyrocket is a radical looking twin with significant pros and cons as a potential fighter. In the years before World War II it was one of the more interesting designs considered in a rapidly expanding and modernizing fleet. … Continue reading
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