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late model Zero with the Shinden. These two types could have served at the same time; but the J7W is more modern, more powerful and much bigger.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9367.jpgIMG_9367https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9366.jpgIMG_9366https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9365.jpgIMG_9365https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9364.jpgIMG_9364https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9363.jpgIMG_9363https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9362.jpgIMG_93622022-06-07T06:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/07/grumman-xf5f-1-skyrocket/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8945.jpgIMG_8945F4F-4 Wildcat and its possible replacement.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8944.jpgIMG_8944I think these two pictures really emphasize the powerful engines on a small air frame.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8942.jpgIMG_8942https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8941.jpgIMG_8941https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8940.jpgIMG_8940https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8939.jpgIMG_8939The steps on the fuselage, behind the wing, would retract along with the landing gear.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8938.jpgIMG_89382021-07-22T18:48:42+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/07/12/bell-xp-59-airacomet/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9568.jpgIMG_9568A J2M with two of its late war opponents. Its clearly smaller than the American fighters.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9567.jpgIMG_9567Mitsubishi fighters. Here the Jack is shown with a late-war Zero, both aircraft served in homeland defense.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9566.jpgIMG_9566https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9565.jpgIMG_9565https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9564.jpgIMG_9564The wings are fairly compact; that is good for speed, not so good for maneuverability.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9563.jpgIMG_9563https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9562.jpgIMG_9562https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9561.jpgIMG_9561https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9560.jpgIMG_9560https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9559.jpgIMG_9559Early jet power. 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This is the type Billy Mitchell used in his battleship bombing demonstration of 1921. https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image67.jpgimageFokker DR.1 attacking an observation balloon. The Fokker, like many aircraft from the WWI exhibit is a replica. The balloon is actually a WWII barrage balloon, but it was built to the same spec as a WWI balloon, and modified appropriately for the display.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image66.jpgimageI love this display!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image64.jpgimageThe first glimpse of the displays is, fittingly, a Wright Flyerhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image61.jpgimageMartin B-10. The next logical step after the P-26; enclosed crew compartments and retractable landing gear. It was faster than any fighter when it came out. This is the real thing.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image58.jpgimageBoeing P-26 Peashooter. This was the first all metal monoplane in US service. It was revolutionary in the early 1930s. This is a replica.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image55.jpgimageBeautiful restoration of an A6M2 Zero.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image54.jpgimageAnything that purty deserves a second look!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image51.jpgimageSeversky P-35. In the markings of a P-35A flown by Boyd Wagner, the first ace of any branch of the US military. Although actually scored his kills in P-40 and P-39.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image50.jpgimageCurtiss P-36A. I love this exhibit! That's Phil Rasmussen getting in the cockpit. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Lt. Rasmussen flew into combat in his pajamas; meticulously recreated here! Even better, one of his planes two machine guns had been removed for maintenance. With only one .30 cal he scored a kill, and made it back to base in a badly damaged fighter. 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(USAAF photo)2021-11-18T19:20:27+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/07/17/race-of-aces-by-john-r-bruning/2020-08-01T23:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/07/03/northrup-p-61b-black-widow/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/northrop-p-61b-black-widow.jpgNorthrop P-61B Black Widow2020-07-11T18:35:09+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/07/09/curtiss-p-40b-warhawk/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/planewreckshickamfield.jpgplaneWrecksHickamField2020-07-12T13:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/07/06/status-update/2020-07-10T15:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/06/30/opel-blitz/2020-07-01T15:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/06/24/messerschmitt-bf-109k-4/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/twitter-e1593028901233.jpgTwitterA line up of captured Bf 109K-4 at War's end. 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Ted W. Lawson, pilot; Lt. Dean Davenport, copilot; Lt. Charles L. McClure, navigator; Lt. Robert S. Clever, bombardier; Sgt. David J. Thatcher, flight engineer/gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/b-25b_taking_off_uss_hornet_18apr1942.jpegB-25 taking off from aircraft carrierB-25 about to take off from an aircraft carrier somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Air Force photo)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/uss_hornet_cv-8_with_uss_gwin_dd-433_during_doolittle_raid_1942.jpgL1/Japan, Tokyo Raid/1942/pho 2L1/Japan, Tokyo Raid/1942/pho 22020-03-19T00:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/03/15/flakpanzer-iv-wirbelwind/2020-03-19T20:31:39+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/02/25/m4a3e8-sherman/2020-02-25T20:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/02/13/ryan-nyp/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1920px-spirit_of_st_louis2.jpg1920px-Spirit_Of_St_Louis2https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/6056696323_76f826eb7d_b-e1581634578340.jpg6056696323_76f826eb7d_bRyan M-2 mailplane2020-02-21T22:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2020/02/06/lockheed-p-38g-lightning/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/yamamotos_airplane_crash.jpgYamamoto's_airplane_crashhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/yamamoto_last_image_alive.jpgYamamoto_last_image_aliveAdmiral Yamamoto addressing pilots on Rabual, April 18, 1943. This is the last photo of the Admiral. 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(U.S. Air Force photo)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1280px-b32.jpg1280px-B322022-06-04T23:01:59+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/02/whats-in-a-name-japan/2019-07-01T18:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2019/05/04/a-day-at-pearl-harbor/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1920px-uss_arizona_memorial_aerial_view.jpg1920px-USS_Arizona_Memorial_(aerial_view)A photo I could never take... Excellent aerial view of the sunken Arizona, Memorial and functioning passenger dock. (from Wikipedia)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/4b09982c-42a1-4977-9e67-c70bff97b126.jpeg4B09982C-42A1-4977-9E67-C70BFF97B126https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/4ae08fd2-b254-443d-bc04-de97b24bfc65.jpeg4AE08FD2-B254-443D-BC04-DE97B24BFC65Model of the IJN Akagihttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/780f3377-7261-4271-bd0d-f04a08f7fe2a.jpeg780F3377-7261-4271-BD0D-F04A08F7FE2ARight down the (Waikiki) Beach from where we were staying is the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. During WWII this was leased by the Navy for officers on leave/pass.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/17a03ed7-e866-407b-8d25-81248af7fae0.jpeg17A03ED7-E866-407B-8D25-81248AF7FAE0The boat dock was down for maintenance during our visit, but ferry boats still take visitors out to the site. The Arizona lies on the bottom here, and the memorial crosses about mid-ship.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6c00bd73-edb4-4457-81b8-a1399e5bdff0.jpeg6C00BD73-EDB4-4457-81B8-A1399E5BDFF0Arizona’s anchor was thrown 200 ft in the air when the magazine blew up. https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/82ba25f7-020c-4c6e-9c23-1fa440ab1033.jpeg82BA25F7-020C-4C6E-9C23-1FA440AB1033Elsewhere in Hawaii... Charles Lindberg’s Gravesite is on Maui.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/b3101575-37b6-4794-8b6d-dd51eaa24de1.jpegB3101575-37B6-4794-8B6D-DD51EAA24DE1The old Luke Field control tower. Hey, for a tower controller that’s an important landmark!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21ee4717-1107-4c9d-86f6-eaaa4d5700d6.jpeg21EE4717-1107-4C9D-86F6-EAAA4D5700D6The slight bend is from where a Kamikaze struck Missouri during the Okinawa Campaign.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/5f045c0f-46d4-4a3c-b1f5-1b598e131095.jpeg5F045C0F-46D4-4A3C-B1F5-1B598E1310952019-09-24T14:22:11+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2019/04/08/curtiss-p-40k-warhawk/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tr_000978_kittyhawk.jpgTR_000978_kittyhawk2019-04-27T15:18:59+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2019/02/08/big-week-by-james-holland/2019-02-10T18:07:19+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2018/12/18/they-shall-not-grow-old/2018-12-19T06:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2018/12/12/willys-mb-jeep-2/2018-12-13T23:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2018/09/21/the-battle-of-midway-by-craig-l-symonds/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/0f2b1c16-c43a-4949-a8cb-91896525b1d4.jpeg0F2B1C16-C43A-4949-A8CB-91896525B1D4https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/32609eac-0327-4763-991f-2d3be884d80f.jpeg32609EAC-0327-4763-991F-2D3BE884D80Fhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/679f7912-1643-4a17-9123-669c89feccd8.jpeg679F7912-1643-4A17-9123-669C89FECCD8https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9518ad5d-2b46-4888-b699-9da6f0160e2c.jpeg9518AD5D-2B46-4888-B699-9DA6F0160E2Chttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/56a20c79-1fff-479d-865f-41a511622cce.jpeg56A20C79-1FFF-479D-865F-41A511622CCEhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/a537d152-ef92-44c6-8fe9-6ccde92e2788.jpegA537D152-EF92-44C6-8FE9-6CCDE92E2788https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/f94c33ae-3e5e-4b17-b462-98f34a47314b.jpegF94C33AE-3E5E-4B17-B462-98F34A47314B2019-11-10T19:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2018/09/07/engineers-of-victory-by-paul-kennedy/2018-09-29T22:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2018/09/01/yet-another-day-at-the-museum-of-the-united-states-air-force/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0046-1.jpgimg_0046-1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0047-1.jpgimg_0047-1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0044-1.jpgimg_0044-1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0045-1.jpgimg_0045-1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0043-1.jpgimg_0043-1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0042-1.jpgimg_0042-1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_0039-1.jpgimg_0039-12018-09-02T17:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2018/07/27/display-area/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/78871d00-49e5-4b45-b411-1f7d2e9652b1.jpeg78871D00-49E5-4B45-B411-1F7D2E9652B1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/091f37f2-18cd-4b69-bec2-d76abff1c2d6.jpeg091F37F2-18CD-4B69-BEC2-D76ABFF1C2D6https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/c32185b1-5b2a-411c-9b93-3c44cd7757f8.jpegC32185B1-5B2A-411C-9B93-3C44CD7757F8https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/c81fd550-a3ea-413b-a29e-34ad7182bdd7.jpegC81FD550-A3EA-413B-A29E-34AD7182BDD7https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/3a709b91-e66e-420a-8379-f2db2dbed994.jpeg3A709B91-E66E-420A-8379-F2DB2DBED994https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/46b0c262-5648-4fcb-a501-4aa480290226.jpeg46B0C262-5648-4FCB-A501-4AA4802902262018-07-28T16:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/16/douglass-tbd-1-devastator/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8893.jpgIMG_8893A US Carrier air group in the first six months of the Pacific War was made up of one Torpedo Squadron of Devastators, a Fighting Squadron of Wildcats, and two squadrons of Dauntlesses (Bombing and Scouting).https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8892.jpgIMG_8892The TBD Devastator next to the plane that replaced it, the TBF Avenger.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8891.jpgIMG_8891https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8890.jpgIMG_8890https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8889.jpgIMG_8889https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8888.jpgIMG_8888https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8887.jpgIMG_8887https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8886.jpgIMG_88862018-03-10T01:11:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2018/01/03/kawanishi-n1k2-j-george/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/9a1e629b-b951-4d2b-a2b2-519c0506e526.jpeg9A1E629B-B951-4D2B-A2B2-519C0506E526Production model N1K1 Rex. (Photo is public domain from Wikipedia)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/81966643-136d-457c-8a71-719c5816de5f.jpeg81966643-136D-457C-8A71-719C5816DE5FMitsubishi A6M2-N was a float version the famous Zero. 2018-01-04T01:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/12/30/battle-of-surigao-strait-by-anthony-tully/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/65e8f0f0-3c45-4b75-8530-125aa5a9f3f7.jpeg65E8F0F0-3C45-4B75-8530-125AA5A9F3F7Three late war Japanese types. The Ki-84 Frank (at left) was the Army’s ultimate fighter design. The J2M Jack (at right) was a slightly earlier design for the Navy.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3e1136be-ae6d-4be2-8698-a217da23bde8.jpeg3E1136BE-AE6D-4BE2-8698-A217DA23BDE8https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9a9d5e73-8fd1-430c-9b3c-4c6b30775b50.jpeg9A9D5E73-8FD1-430C-9B3C-4C6B30775B50https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/f909509e-5b06-46ad-9789-547af5e17929.jpegF909509E-5B06-46AD-9789-547AF5E17929https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/11fb8ec2-e801-49e3-8588-b6a789ef394b.jpeg11FB8EC2-E801-49E3-8588-B6A789EF394Bhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/6a1083f2-ab1c-4ed1-bac1-ffb5230df84d.jpeg6A1083F2-AB1C-4ED1-BAC1-FFB5230DF84Dhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/a68bbd11-da43-4e7e-a035-3d57569ec031.jpegA68BBD11-DA43-4E7E-A035-3D57569EC031https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/35bc3cdd-c5ce-4cc2-90eb-16a4c24b5aed.jpeg35BC3CDD-C5CE-4CC2-90EB-16A4C24B5AED2017-12-31T23:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/12/28/darkest-hour/2017-12-29T12:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/23/nakajima-ki-44-tojo/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image44.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image42.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image41.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image40.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image39.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image38.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image37.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image36.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image31.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image29.jpgimage2017-11-11T21:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/10/11/little-boy-and-fat-man/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fe547b98-c129-43e0-af22-e43b31687632.jpegFE547B98-C129-43E0-AF22-E43B31687632Little Boy is obviously much less massive.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/8ffb243d-bb93-4f7d-b1b3-fd03b1693812.jpeg8FFB243D-BB93-4F7D-B1B3-FD03B1812Just a little scale perspective. Fat Man was a large piece of ordnance. Not as big as a British “Grand Slam”, but big enough the B-29 was the only American bomber for the job.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/25ff7953-8576-40d0-930c-2bd036337a1c.jpeg25FF7953-8576-40D0-930C-2BD036337A1Chttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/925d3236-8056-433e-bb67-8f97df2c6d71.jpeg925D3236-8056-433E-BB67-8F97DF2C6D71Fat Man on the left. Little Boy, on cart, at right.2017-10-12T21:29:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/09/25/programming-note-4/2017-09-28T02:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/09/12/a-day-at-fort-mackinac/2017-09-19T01:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/09/05/thunder-over-michigan-2017/2017-09-05T23:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/07/21/dunkirk/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_0041-e1504640037517.jpgIMG_0041Blue Angels diamond making smoke.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_0036-e1504639976274.jpgIMG_0036The second wave dropping before the first is down.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_0035-e1504639895615.jpgIMG_0035Reenactors jump from C-47s at Thunder Over Michigan.2017-08-28T01:57:40+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/02/20/a-day-at-patriots-point/2017-06-20T15:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/05/29/memorial-day-2017/2017-07-31T19:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/04/21/countdown-to-pearl-harbor-by-steve-twomey/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0939-e1496114681282.jpgIMG_0939And follow up with a bayonet charge.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0937-e1496114554191.jpgIMG_0937The infantry re-enactors fire a volley at the crowd.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0935.jpgIMG_0935https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0930-e1496114108558.jpgIMG_0930Cavalry melee training. Its fascinating to watch the various levels of capability for both riders and horses. Some of the horses really rebel at close quarter fighting and gunfire. Its not uncommon to see a rider with their hands full.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0927.jpgIMG_0927https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0926.jpgIMG_0926https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0924.jpgIMG_0924https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0921.jpgIMG_09212017-05-24T01:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/03/02/the-american-civil-war-by-john-keegan/2017-07-01T11:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/02/07/sd-kfz-2503/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0909.jpgimg_0909A view of Charleston from Fort Sumter. The fort was badly damaged during the Civil War; it was later repaired, but only the first level, two levels above were lost. In an 1890s modernization the black structure I'm standing on was added. It held a battery of 2 12 inch guns in disappearing mounts. For World War II nerds that's the same sort of fortification used in the Manila Bay defenses. The guns are long gun, but the structure is interesting.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0905.jpgimg_0905The USS Yorktown, CV10. This is the oldest aircraft carrier still in existence (Barely, the Intrepid, CV11, is also a museum).https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0903.jpgimg_0903https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0900.jpgimg_0900Douglass SBD Dauntless.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0899.jpgimg_0899Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0898.jpgimg_0898Vought F4U-1D Corsair.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0897.jpgimg_0897Model of the IJN Soryu as it appeared at Midway. The museum was loaded with excellent models.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0896.jpgimg_0896Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat.2017-02-08T14:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/01/27/republic-p-47d-thunderbolt-4/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0895.jpgimg_0895The Panzer III at left was the main tank of Africa Korps during the summer, 1942 offensive.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0894.jpgimg_0894https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0893.jpgimg_0893https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0892.jpgimg_0892https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0891.jpgimg_0891https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0889.jpgimg_0889https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0888.jpgimg_0888https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0887.jpgimg_0887https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tarheelhalcolor.jpgtarheelhalcolorWartime color photo of the subject aircraft (from kitmaker.net)2019-06-15T00:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2017/01/07/radical-integrity-the-story-of-dietrich-bonhoeffer-by-michael-van-dyke/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0886.jpgimg_0886https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0885.jpgimg_0885https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0773.jpgimg_0773https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0772.jpgimg_0772https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0771.jpgimg_0771https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0770.jpgimg_0770https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0769.jpgimg_0769https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0767.jpgimg_0767https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0766.jpgimg_07662017-01-08T20:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/12/17/pearl-harbor-by-craig-nelson/2016-12-18T13:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/12/13/arado-ar234b-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/arado_234b_worldwartwo-filmnspector-com_19.jpgarado_234b_worldwartwo-filmnspector-com_19An Ar234B takes off with rocket assist.2016-12-15T13:55:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/armorvehicle-index/2016-12-12T19:27:46+00:00weekly0.6https://planedave.net/2016/11/25/the-fleet-at-flood-tide-by-james-d-hornfischer/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0764.jpgimg_0764The Ar234 could reach 460 mph. That means even the fastest allied fighters would have to get lucky to ever catch one. The Mustang could accelerate faster, but maxed out at 440 mph. So catching one unaware was the only chance.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0763.jpgimg_0763Operational German jets at the end of World War II. The Me262 and Ar234 used the same Jumo 004 engine while the He162 used the slightly smaller BMW 003.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0762.jpgimg_0762https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0761.jpgimg_0761https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0758.jpgimg_0758The Ar234 was a single man aircraft. The projection above the canopy is a periscope for rear view. The prototypes carried rear mounted cannons for defense that were aimed via the periscope, but these were dropped from the production version.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0757.jpgimg_0757https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0756.jpgimg_0756https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0755.jpgimg_0755https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0753.jpgimg_07532016-11-26T15:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/11/20/komatsu-g40/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0752.jpgimg_0752https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0751.jpgimg_0751https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0750.jpgimg_0750https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0749.jpgimg_0749https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0748.jpgimg_0748https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0747.jpgimg_07472017-03-13T17:48:13+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/10/31/macchi-c-205v-veltro/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/c205fo1.jpgc205fo1A line up of 1 Gruppo Veltros ready for take off.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0746.jpgimg_0746https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0745.jpgimg_0745C.202 on the left. This shows the most obvious difference between the two types; the C.205 had about 300 more horsepower (1475). Also notice the difference in colors. This ANR C.205 has been painted in a standard Luftwaffe scheme.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0744.jpgimg_0744The C.205 and Bf109G used the same engine and had very similar performance.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0743.jpgimg_0743https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0742.jpgimg_0742https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0741.jpgimg_0741https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0740.jpgimg_0740https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0739.jpgimg_0739https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0738.jpgimg_07382016-11-02T19:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/10/20/curtiss-hawk-81a-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/a3a5272b-83c5-442f-a9e7-70f38bbe6e83.jpga3a5272b-83c5-442f-a9e7-70f38bbe6e83Wartime color photo of Flying Tigers over China. This is from late in the unit's history with the Disney designed Flying Tiger emblem on the fuselage. (photo from the-wanderling.com)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0737.jpgimg_0737Late in the history of the AVG a number of P-40E models arrived as reinforcements. Both versions used the Alison V-1710 engine, but on the later "E" model the supercharging was improved so the plane would perform well up to 10000 ft. The earlier Hawk was at its best only down very low.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0735.jpgimg_0735Although Claire Chennault was the first westerner to accurately report the abilities of the famous Japanese Zero, his American Volunteer Group would rarely face the Japanese Navy, they almost entirely fought the Japanese Army. The Army's Nate (grey) and Oscar (green) usually greatly outnumbered the Tiger's sharks. And they were completely dissimilar in performance, all about maneuver and aerobatics; while the Hawk 81 was all about speed, ruggedness and firepower.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0734.jpgimg_0734https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0733.jpgimg_0733Among the best known markings of the Second World War; a Flying Tigers shark mouth.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0732.jpgimg_0732https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0731.jpgimg_0731https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0730.jpgimg_0730https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0729.jpgimg_07292020-03-24T18:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/09/01/another-day-at-the-museum-of-the-united-states-air-force/2016-11-18T12:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/08/20/thunder-over-michigan-2016/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image3.jpegimageI have no idea what this was doing there...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image.jpegimageHeritage flight. P-51 and F-22.2016-08-21T18:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/08/15/thunder-over-mchigan-2016/2016-08-17T17:41:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/06/18/vought-sb2u-3-vindicator/2016-06-19T20:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/06/10/fire-and-fury-by-randall-hansen/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image6.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image5.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image4.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image3.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image.jpegimage2016-06-16T02:35:55+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/06/03/programming-note-3/2016-06-04T13:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/05/08/panzer-38t/2016-05-24T18:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/04/25/messerschmitt-bf109f-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image15.jpegimageThe Panzer 38(t) was a reliable platform, so it saw further development as first the Marder III (with a captured Russian anti-tank gun mounted on the turret ring) and the Hetzer (or Panzerjager 38(t)) a more extensive rebuild featuring a 75 mm anti-tank gun on a redesigned, low profile body.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image14.jpegimageThe Panzer 38(t) is about the same size and capability at the Panzer II at left, except its 37 mm main gun gave it the same hitting power as early versions of the Panzer III at right.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image13.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image12.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image11.jpegimageArmament of 37 mm main gun and two light machine guns. The turret mounted machine gun can lock to track with the main gun, or be released to aim independently.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image10.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image9.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image8.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bf109f-5.jpgbf109f-5This view shows how clean the Friedrich's lines are. 2016-05-01T12:23:01+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/04/22/the-last-battle-by-stephen-harding/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image7.jpegimageThe Bf109D at left was flown by a German "volunteer" in Spanish Markings during the Spanish Civil War. The Friedrich at right was flown by a Spaniard volunteer in German markings.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image6.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image5.jpegimageA 15 mm cannon fires through the propeller hub and two 7.92 mm guns are in the upper cowling.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image4.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image3.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image.jpegimage2016-04-23T14:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/04/15/american-commando-by-john-wukovits/2016-04-20T18:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/04/04/post-update/2016-04-05T15:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/19/north-american-b-25j-mitchell-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20160404_145806.jpg20160404_145806FO John Morrissey is at center.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8792.jpgIMG_8792B-26 and B-25. American Mediums.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8791.jpgIMG_8791Kind of a scary view!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8790.jpgIMG_8790https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8789.jpgIMG_8789https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8788.jpgIMG_8788https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8787.jpgIMG_8787https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8786.jpgIMG_8786https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8785.jpgIMG_87852017-08-08T14:05:39+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/04/03/m10-tank-destroyer/2016-04-06T22:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/03/22/aichi-m6a/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image15.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image14.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image13.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image12.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image11.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image10.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image9.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image8.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image7.jpegimageWar time pictures usually show many external stores, but I left this example fairly clean to show the lines of the machine itself.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image6.jpegimage2016-03-23T01:14:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/03/07/junkers-ju88a-4/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a-color-photo-junkers-ju-88a-9-kg51-9kct-eastern-front-01.jpgA-color-photo-Junkers-Ju-88A-9.KG51-(9K+CT)-Eastern-Front-01A Ju88A of KG51 flying over the Eastern Front. (from asisbiz.com)2016-03-07T22:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/03/06/the-liebster-award/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image3-1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image4.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image3.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image2-1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image.jpegimage2016-03-06T23:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/03/28/more-involved-camouflage/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image1.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image.jpgimage2016-03-01T21:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/02/29/sd-kfz-232-8-rad/2016-03-03T18:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/02/15/grumman-general-motors-fm-1-wildcat/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image23.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image22.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image21.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image20.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image19.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image18.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image17.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image16.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image15.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image14-1.jpegimageThe Sd.Kfz 232 and an M8 Greyhound. Both armored cars would perform a similar mission. They Greyhound is about the same weight with a simpler drive train but heavier armament (37 mm gun instead of 20 mm). Both vehicles also have similar quality long range radios, but the M8 antenna are just the little posts alongside the engine compartment. Allied radios were generally superior, but the difference here is mostly a 1930s design vs a 1940s design.2017-01-17T17:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/02/01/marder-iii-tank-destroyer/2016-02-04T19:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/01/11/hawker-hurricane-mk-iib-trop/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image11.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image10.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image10-1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image8-1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image9.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image8.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image7.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image7-1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image6.jpegimage2016-02-01T22:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/02/01/programming-note-2/2016-02-04T15:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/01/25/lockheed-p-38e-lightning/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image25.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image24.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image23.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image22.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image22.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image22-1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image21.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image20.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image21.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image19.jpegimage2018-06-15T12:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/01/21/pacific-war-trilogy-by-ian-w-toll/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image17.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image17.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image17.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image16.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image15.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image15.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image15.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image15.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image14.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image14.jpegimage2020-09-18T17:09:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/01/18/ilyusin-il-2m3-sturmovik/2016-01-20T20:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2016/01/04/douglass-a-20g-havoc/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image5.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image4.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image41.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image3.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/c456c-417thbgvstarboard.jpgc456c-417thbgvstarboard2016-01-05T14:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/12/28/messerschmitt-me262a-1a/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image39.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image38.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image37.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image371.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image37.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image36.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image351.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image35.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image34.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image33.jpegimage2016-01-19T15:27:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/12/25/cessna-oa-37b-dragonfly/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image32.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image30.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image30.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image27.jpegimageThe stylish jet jockey, circa 1945.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image26.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image25.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image18.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image17.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image16.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image15.jpegimage2025-07-14T05:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/12/21/north-american-p-51b-mustang-4/2016-01-09T17:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/12/14/crusader-mk-iii-tank/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image24.jpegimageThe P-51B at left has the manufacturer's original framed canopy. The plane at right has the blown Malcolm hood for better rear visibility. Also note the antennae mast has been removed. The Malcolm Hood slid back along the spine while the earlier canopy was hinged at the top and side. So the antennae mast was removed and the antennae wire was simply run right through the opening.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image22.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image221.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image221.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image21.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image20.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image19.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image191.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image19.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image14.jpegimage2015-12-20T01:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/12/07/polikarpov-i-16-type-17/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image13.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image12.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image11.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image81.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image7.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image71.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image6.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image5.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image1.jpegimage2015-12-10T05:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/10/16/gaz-ba-64b-armored-car/2021-12-31T12:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/11/30/supermarine-spitfire-mk-ixc/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image57.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image56.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image561.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image55.jpegimage2021-08-27T18:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/11/23/vought-os2u-1-kingfisher/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image66.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image65.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image64.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image63.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image61.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image62.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image60.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image59.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image58.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image54.jpegimage2023-07-03T20:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/11/20/winstons-war-by-max-hastings/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image53.jpegimageMk V and Mk IX Spitfires of the 52nd Fighter Grouphttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image481.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image48.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image47.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image46.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image45.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image44.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image441.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image43.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image42.jpegimage2015-11-23T01:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/11/16/messerschmitt-bf109d-1/2015-11-20T04:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/11/09/curtiss-p-36a/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image41.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image40.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image39.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image38.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image36.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image35.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image33.jpegimage2021-01-21T20:17:40+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/11/02/mitsubishi-a6m3-model-32-hamp/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image31.jpegimageThe P-35 (shown here from a Swedish export order) and P-36 were contemporaries. The P-36 was generally more successful; but wwhile the P-36 matured into the P-40, the P-35 grew into the P-47.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image30.jpegimageThe P-36 and its rival on December 7. The Zero was a more advanced design, but by as much as many suppose. The P-36 was mainly handicapped by the surprise attack and some disparity in pilot skill levels.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image29.jpegimageThe P-36A with a P-40N. The P-40N was the final production version of the family that started with the P-36. The similarities in the wings and tail are obvious.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image28.jpegimageThe P-36 shown with a Hawk 75N in Thai markings. The Hawk 75 was a simplified, cheaper export version of the P-36.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image27.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image26.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image25.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image24.jpegimage2020-05-17T00:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/11/01/marathon-by-richard-a-billows/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image8.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image7.jpegimageThe A6M3 did offer improved air to air capabilities. But in early 1943 it started encountered much improved allied types like this F4U-1 Corsair. The allied improvements completely out-stripped the Japanese improvements.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image6.jpegimageThis overhead shows three major types of Zero. The A6M2 Model 21 is on the left (a model 11 was built in small numbers with the same wing shape, but no folding tips). The A6M3 Model 32 shows the new squared tips, and the enlarged engine. Also, the 20 mm cannon in the wings were an improved type with a better rate of fire. The A6M5 Model 52c right is the final major version. The wing has the same span as the Model 32 but the tips have been rounded. It also has an even more improved 20 mm cannon and a heavy machine gun in each wing. But it still uses the same engine.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image5.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image4.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image3.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image.jpegimage2015-11-01T22:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/10/26/republic-p-47d-thunderbolt-3/2022-12-06T15:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/09/21/supermarine-spitfire-mk-viii/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image16.jpegimageEarly War opponents. The Panzer II would have regularly faced off against the British Matilda in France and North Africa.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image15.jpegimageThe whole range of German made tanks in World War II, from Panzer II (the smallest) to Panzer III, Panzer IV, Panzer V (Panther), Panzer VI (Tiger), Panzer VIB (King Tiger)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image14.jpegimageThree main German tanks from the early World War II years. The Panzer II at left was most numerous. The Panzer III in the middle was meant to be the main anti-tank weapon. The Panzer IV at right was meant to be the main infantry support tank. But both of the later models were in short supply at first.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image13.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image12.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image11.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image10.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image9.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image8.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image6.jpegimage2015-10-16T16:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/10/12/douglass-sbd-3-dauntless-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image24.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image23.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image22.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image21.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image20.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image19.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image18.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image17.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image16.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image15.jpegimageThe Ba-64 alongside a T-34 tank.2015-10-13T16:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/10/09/escape-from-davao-by-john-d-lukacs/2015-10-09T20:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/10/05/dewoitine-d-520-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image7.jpegimageAmerican carrier aircraft for late 1942. For Operation Torch, the Ranger had about 50 Wildcats, nine Dauntlesses and one Avenger.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image6.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image5.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image4.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image2.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image1.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image.jpegimage2016-01-15T12:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/09/28/panzer-ii-ausf-b/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image23.jpegimageI'm not sure how many Citroen sedans were actually in North Africa. But I know there was one, because I have a photo of it right here!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image22.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image21.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image20.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image19.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image18.jpegimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image17.jpegimage2015-09-29T14:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/09/14/north-american-p-51d-mustang-3/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image16.jpgimageMany Fighter Groups, like the 352nd, started with Thunderbolts and later re-equipped with Mustangs.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image15.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image14.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image13.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image12.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image11.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image10.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image9.jpgimage2015-09-18T23:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/09/06/hienkel-he162a-2-salamander/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image8.jpgimageFighter sweeps over Germany by large formations of P-51 Mustangs convinced Luftwaffe leadership they needed large numbers of superior aircraft. The small number of Me262 would never be enough.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image7.jpgimageThe He162 was an attempt to get Me262 - like performance in a much cheaper package. Its single BMW003 engine gives it less than half the power of the Me262's two Jumo004 engines.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image6.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image5.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image4.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image3.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image2.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image1.jpgimageThe He162 carried two 20 mm cannon low in the fuselage. The barrels are visible here just below the cockpit.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image.jpgimage2015-09-08T15:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/31/bell-p-39q-airacobra/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image70.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image69.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image68.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image67.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image66.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image65.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image64.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image63.jpgimage2018-06-15T11:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/29/thunder-over-michigan-2015-3/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image62.jpgimageB-25 Mitchell. There were at least five flying today. So many they almost lost in the shuffle.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image61.jpgimagePV-2 Harpoon.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image60.jpgimageFifi in flight. She always looks steady and imperturbable.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image59.jpgimageB-17 Flying Fortress. This is a "G" model backdated to look like an "F" for the movie "Memphis Belle".https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image58.jpgimageConsolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer. This flew for many years as a fire fighter. It hasn't been restored to actual wartime configuration yet.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image57.jpgimageFw190. Or a very close approximation... This is another type I saw fly for the first time today. But I could not find any information on exactly what it was. Looks like a Fw190A-9/N, sort of. But the cowling and propeller are different. Google was no help.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image56.jpgimageMosquito weapon bay. Fighter-Bomber versions had four 20 mm cannon, and enough room for two bombs behind. Bomber versions just carried bombs.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image55.jpgimagede Haviland Mosquito. One type I saw fly for the first time in my life today!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image54.jpgimagePV-2 Harpoon nose art. https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image53.jpgimageA-26 Invader nose art. Funny, I've had these decals in my stash for years and have only ever seen one wartime photo of this plane. Now its on a warbird!2015-08-31T15:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/28/thunder-over-michigan-2015-2/2015-08-28T22:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/16/grumman-general-motors-fm-2-wildcat/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image27.jpgimageZero and Wildcat were both improved as the war went. This is a late Zero with the FM-2.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image26.jpgimageA Composite Air Group on an Escort Carrier would be made of about 30 planes. A mix of Avengers and Wildcats.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image25.jpgimageAn earlier F4F-4 Wildcat on the left. The FM-2 had a taller tail to counteract greater engine torque. The cockpit should sit a little taller, I don't believe is properly represented by the kit. And the nose should be a little blunter on the FM-2.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image24.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image23.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image22.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image21.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image20.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image19.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image18.jpgimage2020-04-02T04:40:55+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/09/douglas-a-20b-havoc/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image7.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image6.jpgimageWhat could these two types have in common? Quite a lot actually. In early World War II the US Army Air Force was trying to decide what attack squadrons would look like. Would it be a fast twin engine bomber, or the A-24 Banshee, and land based derivative of the SBD Dauntless? Ironically, both were products of the Douglas Company, and both were designed by Ed Heinemann.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image5.jpgimageAmerican airpower in North Africa, late 1942.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image4.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image3.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image2.jpgimageHead on view emphasizes how narrow the Havoc is. Unlike medium or heavy bombers this has only a single pilot cockpit.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image1.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpgimage2022-09-25T14:31:01+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/04/thunder-over-michigan-2015/2015-08-05T19:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/08/02/messerschmitt-me410b-1/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9651.jpgIMG_9651https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9650.jpgIMG_9650https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9649.jpgIMG_9649https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9648.jpgIMG_9648https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9647.jpgIMG_9647https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9646.jpgIMG_9646https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9645.jpgIMG_9645https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9644.jpgIMG_9644https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9643.jpgIMG_96432015-08-05T04:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/07/26/north-american-p-51a-mustang/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9610.jpgIMG_9610https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9609.jpgIMG_9609https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9608.jpgIMG_9608https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9607.jpgIMG_9607https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9606.jpgIMG_9606https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9605.jpgIMG_9605https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9604.jpgIMG_96042019-07-03T02:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/07/19/mitsubishi-j2m3-jack/2015-07-24T01:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/07/05/supermarine-spitfire-mk-i/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9551.jpgIMG_9551https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9550.jpgIMG_9550https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9549.jpgIMG_9549https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9548.jpgIMG_9548https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9547.jpgIMG_9547https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9546.jpgIMG_9546https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_9545.jpgIMG_95452015-07-08T01:27:22+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/06/28/curtiss-sb2c-4-helldiver/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9544.jpgIMG_9544https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9543.jpgIMG_9543https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9541.jpgIMG_9541https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9540.jpgIMG_9540https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9539.jpgIMG_9539https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9538.jpgIMG_9538https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9537.jpgIMG_9537https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9535.jpgIMG_95352022-12-07T19:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/06/14/type-95-kurogane-4-x-4/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9525.jpgIMG_9525https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9524.jpgIMG_9524https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9523.jpgIMG_9523https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9522.jpgIMG_9522https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9521.jpgIMG_9521https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9520.jpgIMG_95202015-06-15T15:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/06/05/nakajima-ki-84-i-frank/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9519.jpgIMG_9519https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9518.jpgIMG_9518https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9517.jpgIMG_9517https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9516.jpgIMG_9516https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9515.jpgIMG_9515https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9514.jpgIMG_9514https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9513.jpgIMG_9513https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9512.jpgIMG_95122015-06-09T23:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/05/31/curtiss-p-40e-warhawk/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9511.jpgIMG_9511The 343rd Fighter Group often faced float Zeros.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9510.jpgIMG_9510https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9509.jpgIMG_9509https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9508.jpgIMG_9508https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9507.jpgIMG_9507https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9506.jpgIMG_9506The P-40D had 4 x .50 machine guns. The British wanted more, so Curtiss switched to 3 x .50 in each wing. The Army Air Force called this version the P-40E.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9505.jpgIMG_95052015-06-29T15:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/05/24/lavochkin-la-7/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9504.jpgIMG_9504The La-7 was the only Soviet fighter with enough power to compete with a Bf109G in vertical maneuvering.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9503.jpgIMG_9503https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9502.jpgIMG_9502https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9501.jpgIMG_9501https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9500.jpgIMG_9500https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9499.jpgIMG_9499https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9498.jpgIMG_9498https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9497.jpgIMG_94972015-05-27T02:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/05/23/attack-on-pearl-harbor-by-alan-d-zimm/2019-05-31T21:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/05/17/north-american-p-51d-mustang-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9495.jpgIMG_9495https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9494.jpgIMG_9494https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9493.jpgIMG_9493https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9492.jpgIMG_9492https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9491.jpgIMG_9491https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9490.jpgIMG_9490https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9489.jpgIMG_9489https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9488.jpgIMG_94882018-10-24T07:22:30+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/05/09/is-2-joseph-stalin-tank/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9487.jpgIMG_9487The King Tiger is clearly bigger in every dimension except the main gun.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9486.jpgIMG_9486Late war partners; an IS-2 and T-34. As a "breakthrough" tank the IS-2 was expected engage in heavy combat at the front to force a breach. This would allow the much faster T-34 to penetrate into an enemy's rear areas.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9485.jpgIMG_9485https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9484.jpgIMG_9484https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9483.jpgIMG_9483https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9482.jpgIMG_9482The 122 mm main gun is an obvious feature.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9481.jpgIMG_94812015-05-10T16:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/05/03/nakajima-ki-27-nate/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9462.jpgIMG_9462The Ki-27 with a Chinese Polikarpov I-16. This was the most modern type the Nate normally fought. It fared well until I-16s with more modern features appeared in late 1939.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9461.jpgIMG_9461The Nakajima company provided a more modern design with the Ki-43 Oscar, that was replacing the Ki-27 in December of 1941 as World War II began.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9460.jpgIMG_9460https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9459.jpgIMG_9459https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9458.jpgIMG_9458https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9457.jpgIMG_9457https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9456.jpgIMG_94562015-05-07T03:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/04/26/grumman-f8f-1-bearcat/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9451.jpgIMG_9451https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9450.jpgIMG_9450https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9449.jpgIMG_9449https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9448.jpgIMG_9448https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9447.jpgIMG_9447https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9446.jpgIMG_9446https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9445.jpgIMG_9445https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9444.jpgIMG_9444https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9443.jpgIMG_94432023-07-09T12:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/04/18/focke-wulf-fw190d/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9434.jpgIMG_9434https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9433.jpgIMG_9433https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9432.jpgIMG_9432https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9431.jpgIMG_9431https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9430.jpgIMG_9430https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9429.jpgIMG_9429https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9428.jpgIMG_94282015-04-23T23:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/04/12/hawker-hurricane-mk-iic/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9416.jpgIMG_9416As 1942 wore on more intruder squadrons switched from Hurricane to Mosquito.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9414.jpgIMG_9414https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9413.jpgIMG_9413https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9412.jpgIMG_9412https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9411.jpgIMG_9411https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9410.jpgIMG_9410https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9409.jpgIMG_94092015-04-13T14:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/04/05/boeing-p-26c-peashooter/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9408.jpgIMG_9408the 6th Pusuit Squadron is credited with four Zero kills, including two by its commander.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9407.jpgIMG_9407https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9406.jpgIMG_9406https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9405.jpgIMG_9405https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9404.jpgIMG_9404https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9403.jpgIMG_9403https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_9401.jpgIMG_94012015-04-10T15:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/03/30/whats-in-a-name-great-britain/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9400.jpgIMG_9400Spitfire Mk Vb trop. The large sand filter under the nose is what makes this a trop. Such work was done at depots, and it is part of the fun of model research to get the right shaped filter depending on which depot modified the particular aircraft you are building.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9399.jpgIMG_9399de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk VI. "NF" means night fighter. The similar "FB" (fighter-bomber) version did not have radar, and consequently was a few knots faster.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9398.jpgIMG_9398Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb. The most produced version of the famous fighter.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9397.jpgIMG_9397Hawker Hurricane Mk I. There were several changes during Mk I production. Early Hurricanes had a 2-bladed propeller and a fabric covered wing with a different layout for the eight .303 MGs. There were also two differen 3-bladed propellers used, and several different varients of Merlin engine. It wasnt until the XX series Merlin was added that the designation changed to Mark II.2024-04-13T22:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/03/29/mitsubishi-a6m2-model-21-zero/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9396.jpgIMG_9396The A6M Zero outperformed the F4F-4 Wildcat in every traditional measure of fighter quality; and Japanese pilot quality was best in the world. But with good tactics US Navy pilots held their own until better types arrived.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9395.jpgIMG_9395The main naval strike aircraft used by Japan at the start of the Pacific War. A B5N Kate (torpedo bomber), A6M Zeke (fighter) and D3A Val (dive bomber).https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9394.jpgIMG_9394https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9393.jpgIMG_9393https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9392.jpgIMG_9392https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9391.jpgIMG_9391https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9390.jpgIMG_9390https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9389.jpgIMG_93892015-03-29T17:25:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/03/22/fieseler-fi156c-5-storch/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9388.jpgIMG_9388https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9387.jpgIMG_9387https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9386.jpgIMG_9386https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9385.jpgIMG_9385https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9384.jpgIMG_9384https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9383.jpgIMG_9383https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9382.jpgIMG_93822022-06-05T18:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/03/04/sdkfz-2-kettenkraftrad/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9361.jpgIMG_9361https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9360.jpgIMG_9360https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9358.jpgIMG_9358https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9357.jpgIMG_9357https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9356.jpgIMG_93562015-03-06T21:37:43+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/03/01/bristol-beaufighter-mk-if/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f464a-0197-bristolbeaufightermk-1f.jpgf464a-0197-bristolbeaufightermk-1fhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9355.jpgIMG_9355https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9353.jpgIMG_9353https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9352.jpgIMG_9352https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9351.jpgIMG_9351https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9350.jpgIMG_9350https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9349.jpgIMG_93492021-12-19T14:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/24/north-american-p-51b-mustang-3/2015-03-01T15:18:54+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/24/a-simple-build-part-15/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9348.jpgIMG_9348https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9347.jpgIMG_9347https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9346.jpgIMG_9346https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9345.jpgIMG_9345https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9344.jpgIMG_9344https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9343.jpgIMG_9343https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9342.jpgIMG_9342https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9341.jpgIMG_9341https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9340.jpgIMG_9340https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9339.jpgIMG_93392015-07-02T19:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/23/a-simple-build-part-14/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image2.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image1.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image.jpgimage2015-02-23T06:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/21/a-simple-build-part-13/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9311.jpgIMG_9311https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9310.jpgIMG_93102015-02-22T03:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/20/aichi-d3a1-val/2019-09-29T22:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/20/a-simple-build-part-12/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9308.jpgIMG_9308https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9306.jpgIMG_9306https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9305.jpgIMG_9305A clear view of the 250 kg bomb and the displacement gear to ensure the bomb falls clear of the propeller arc. There are also windows on the belly so the pilot and gunner can watch directly below. The dive brakes are outboard of the landing gear.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9304.jpgIMG_9304https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9303.jpgIMG_9303https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9302.jpgIMG_9302https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9301.jpgIMG_9301https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9300.jpgIMG_9300https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9299.jpgIMG_92992015-02-20T05:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/18/a-simple-build-part-11/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9295.jpgIMG_92952015-02-19T04:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/17/a-simple-build-part-10/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9294.jpgIMG_92942015-02-17T22:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/16/a-simple-build-part-9/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9293.jpgIMG_9293https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9292.jpgIMG_9292https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9291.jpgIMG_9291https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9290.jpgIMG_9290https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9289.jpgIMG_92892015-02-16T20:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/16/a-simple-build-part-8/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9288.jpgIMG_9288https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9287.jpgIMG_9287https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9286.jpgIMG_9286https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9279.jpgIMG_9279https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9278.jpgIMG_9278https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9277.jpgIMG_92772015-02-16T05:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/14/a-simple-build-part-7/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9276.jpgIMG_9276https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9275.jpgIMG_9275https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9274.jpgIMG_92742015-02-16T05:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/13/bmw-327/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9264.jpgIMG_9264Fine details are now painted for the interior. Since I'll be doing the canopy closed up this is a fairly simple treatment. The instrument panel got the most attention with individual dials picked out via a white colored pencil. Then a small drop of clear gloss lacquer was applied to each instrument face. This is a good enough approximation for a closed up cockpit!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9263.jpgIMG_9263https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9262.jpgIMG_9262https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9261.jpgIMG_9261https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9260.jpgIMG_9260Now its time for some dry brushing. An old brush with small amounts of medium grey paint is brushed across most of the painted surfaces. The tires got the treatment with grey and brown to look like they've seen service at a poorly prepared airfield.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9259.jpgIMG_9259https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9258.jpgIMG_9258For much smaller circles I use a micro punch and die set to make the mask.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9257.jpgIMG_9257The wheel hubs are already painted, so the hubs are masked to paint the tires.2015-02-14T12:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/13/a-simple-build-part-6/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9273.jpgIMG_9273https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9272.jpgIMG_92722015-02-13T05:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/12/a-simple-build-part-5/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9270.jpgIMG_9270https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9269.jpgIMG_9269https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9268.jpgIMG_92682015-02-13T05:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/11/a-simple-build-part-4/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9267.jpgIMG_9267https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9266.jpgIMG_9266https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9265.jpgIMG_92652015-02-11T05:33:51+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/09/a-simple-build-part-3/2015-02-11T01:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/09/a-simple-build-part-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9256.jpgIMG_9256https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9255.jpgIMG_92552015-02-10T19:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/07/a-simple-build-part-1/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9254.jpgIMG_9254The bulk of this kit is on two sprues of styrene plastic. There is also one much smaller sprue of clear parts. I'll be using an after market decal sheet by Aeromaster to provide markings for Pappy Herbst's "Tommy's Dad".https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9253.jpgIMG_92532015-02-10T19:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/03/nakajima-ki-115-tsurugi/2015-02-08T10:43:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/02/01/messerschmitt-bf109g-6/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9250.jpgIMG_9250This is a really small airplane.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9249.jpgIMG_9249https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9248.jpgIMG_9248https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9247.jpgIMG_9247https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9246.jpgIMG_9246https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9245.jpgIMG_9245https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9244.jpgIMG_9244https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9243.jpgIMG_9243The Bf109 is not a large aircraft!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9241.jpgIMG_9241https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9240.jpgIMG_92402015-02-05T04:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/27/north-american-snj-4-texan/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9236.jpgIMG_9236https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9235.jpgIMG_9235https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9234.jpgIMG_9234https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9233.jpgIMG_9233https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9232.jpgIMG_9232https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9231.jpgIMG_92312015-01-28T15:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/26/panzer-vi-tiger/2015-01-26T20:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/25/hawker-typhoon-mk-ib/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9230.jpgIMG_9230Battlefield dominationhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9229.jpgIMG_9229https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9228.jpgIMG_9228https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9227.jpgIMG_9227https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9226.jpgIMG_9226https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9225.jpgIMG_9225https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9224.jpgIMG_9224https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9223.jpgIMG_92232015-01-28T15:17:17+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/25/the-bestworst-airplane-of-world-war-ii/2016-03-06T21:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/20/messerschmitt-bf110g-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9222.jpgIMG_9222https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9221.jpgIMG_9221https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9219.jpgIMG_9219https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9218.jpgIMG_9218https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9217.jpgIMG_9217https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9216.jpgIMG_9216https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9215.jpgIMG_92152020-10-03T17:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/18/vought-f4u-1-corsair/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9214.jpgIMG_9214Marine Fighter Squadrons used two main types during World War II. The Grumman F4F Wildcat early in the war (right) and the Vought F4U Corsair later.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9213.jpgIMG_9213https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9212.jpgIMG_9212https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9211.jpgIMG_9211https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9210.jpgIMG_9210https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9209.jpgIMG_9209https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9208.jpgIMG_92082015-01-24T13:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/13/savoia-marchetti-sm-79-ii/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9204.jpgIMG_9204Early in the war, most British bases around the Mediterranean basin were defended by Gloster Gladiator bi-planes. The Sparvario could run away from these. But through 1941 the Gladiators were replaced by Hawker Hurricanes, and SM.79 losses increased rapidly.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9203.jpgIMG_9203Later SM.79 missions were escorted by C.202 fighters whenever possible.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9202.jpgIMG_9202https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9201.jpgIMG_9201https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9200.jpgIMG_9200https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9198.jpgIMG_9198https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9197.jpgIMG_9197https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9196.jpgIMG_9196https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9195.jpgIMG_91952020-07-01T04:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/31/fiesler-fi-103-v1/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9136.jpgIMG_9136The Loon actually entered production just before the war ended. It was intended as a destroyer or submarine fired surface to surface missile.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9135.jpgIMG_9135https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9134.jpgIMG_9134The JB-2 Loon. This is nearly identical to the V1 except for the shape of the forward engine support strut. I did the modification with styrene rod and contour putty. The decals are from Cutting Edge.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9133.jpgIMG_9133V1 and V2. The V1 was designed to be a cheap mass produced piece of ordnance. While the V2 was a sophisticated and revolutionary new weapon.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9131.jpgIMG_9131https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9130.jpgIMG_9130https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9129.jpgIMG_9129https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9128.jpgIMG_9128https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9127.jpgIMG_91272015-01-12T00:51:21+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/11/panzer-v-panther-ausf-g/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9193.jpgIMG_9193https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9192.jpgIMG_9192https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9191.jpgIMG_9191https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9190.jpgIMG_9190https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9189.jpgIMG_9189https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9188.jpgIMG_9188https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9187.jpgIMG_91872015-01-12T00:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/07/grumman-f3f-1/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9176.jpgIMG_9176https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9175.jpgIMG_9175https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9174.jpgIMG_9174Progression of Grumman fighters. I took this picture to show the family resemblance. But I was more struck by the growth. From F3F with 700 HP to F4F with 1200 HP to F6F with 2000 HP.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9173.jpgIMG_9173Two front line fighters of 1939. Maybe its a good thing we waited two years...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9172.jpgIMG_9172https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9171.jpgIMG_9171https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9170.jpgIMG_9170https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9169.jpgIMG_91692015-01-08T06:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2015/01/04/gloster-meteor-mk-i/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9165.jpgIMG_9165Only two jet fighters saw widespread service in World War II. The traditional looking Meteor, and the radical shark-like Me262.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9164.jpgIMG_9164The Gloster Company was a major manufacturer of aircraft and components during World War II. But their design department only saw two of their own types enter service; the Gloster Gladiator and Gloster Meteor. This one manufacturer represents the extremes of WWII aircraft design.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9163.jpgIMG_9163https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9162.jpgIMG_9162https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9161.jpgIMG_9161https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9160.jpgIMG_9160https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9159.jpgIMG_9159https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9158.jpgIMG_91582015-01-15T15:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/28/polikarpov-i-16-type-10/2015-01-06T15:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/23/whats-in-a-name-germany/2014-12-25T15:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/21/republic-p-47d-thunderbolt-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_90041.jpgIMG_9004https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9014.jpgIMG_9014https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9013.jpgIMG_9013https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9012.jpgIMG_9012https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9010.jpgIMG_9010https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9009.jpgIMG_9009https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9008.jpgIMG_9008Me262 Schwalbe. We'd call that a "Swallow".https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9007.jpgIMG_9007A Fw190A. That's "Anton" to its friends.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9006.jpgIMG_9006That's a Bf109E-3. NOT an Me109! even if we all know what we're talking about...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_9005.jpgIMG_90052014-12-24T20:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/16/m8-greyhound/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8965.jpgIMG_8965The M8 is not a large vehicle! But I like its lines, its attractive looking AFV.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8964.jpgIMG_8964The open turret top is common on armored cars and other light units. Its obviously a mixed blessing; it aids situational awareness and communication, but is a vulnerability, especially in urban settings.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8963.jpgIMG_8963https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8962.jpgIMG_8962Firepower is a 37 mm gun in the turret with co-axial .30 caliber mg. The commanders .50 was an optional, but very popular add on.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8961.jpgIMG_8961https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8960.jpgIMG_89602014-12-17T15:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/14/nakajima-a6m2-n-rufe/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8959.jpgIMG_8959Deadly rivals in the Solomon Islands, 1943. The Wildcat would clearly be faster than this version of the Zero. But still less maneuverable.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8958.jpgIMG_8958https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8957.jpgIMG_8957https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8956.jpgIMG_8956https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8955.jpgIMG_8955All Rufes were delivered in the early war all grey color. But in early 1943 this aircraft received a coat of Navy Green camouflage all over, except under the canopy!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8954.jpgIMG_8954This is a good view of the beaching gear. As a pure float plane, the Rufe had no wheels; but after a water landing it would taxi to a beaching ramp and be pulled onto this dolly to pull it up on shore.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8953.jpgIMG_89532015-06-20T20:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/12/09/jagdpanzer-38t-hetzer/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8952.jpgIMG_8952The shape of late war German armor. Hetzer and Tigerhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8951.jpgIMG_8951https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8950.jpgIMG_8950https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8949.jpgIMG_8949https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8948.jpgIMG_8948https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_8947.jpgIMG_89472014-12-11T23:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/25/programming-note/2014-11-25T06:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/05/lockheed-p-38j-lightning-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8686.jpgIMG_8686https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8685.jpgIMG_8685Reflective ovals on the inside of each nacelle give the pilot a visual indicator for his landing gear position.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8684.jpgIMG_8684Those big superchargers on the top of each nacelle are what was needed to get high altitude performance from an Alison V-1710.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8683.jpgIMG_8683This layout is distinctive. There's no excuse for friendly fire accidents with a Lightning!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8682.jpgIMG_8682https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8681.jpgIMG_8681Two 1000 lb bombs under the wings. That's a lot of ordnance for a fighter.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8680.jpgIMG_8680"California Cutie" has quite a scoreboard; trains, fighter sweeps, bombing missions. But no kills.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8679.jpgIMG_86792014-11-23T22:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/23/north-american-p-51b-mustang-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8926.jpgIMG_8926https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8925.jpgIMG_8925https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8923.jpgIMG_8923https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8922.jpgIMG_8922https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8921.jpgIMG_8921https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8920.jpgIMG_89202014-11-24T21:27:34+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/20/messerschmitt-me163b-1-komet/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8919.jpgIMG_8919The Me 163 alongside the Me 262. the Komet was a tiny aircraft.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8918.jpgIMG_8918https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8917.jpgIMG_8917https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8916.jpgIMG_8916https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8915.jpgIMG_8915https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8914.jpgIMG_89142014-11-21T23:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/18/austin-10hp-tilly/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8897.jpgIMG_8897https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8896.jpgIMG_8896https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8895.jpgIMG_8895https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8894.jpgIMG_88942022-12-27T15:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/03/grumman-general-motors-tbm-1c-avenger/2014-11-16T05:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/09/curtiss-hawk-75n/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8870.jpgIMG_8870https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8869.jpgIMG_8869https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8868.jpgIMG_8868https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8867.jpgIMG_8867https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8866.jpgIMG_8866https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8865.jpgIMG_88652020-09-30T17:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/13/mikoyan-gurevich-mig-3/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8885.jpgIMG_8885https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8884.jpgIMG_8884https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8883.jpgIMG_8883https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8881.jpgIMG_8881https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8880.jpgIMG_8880The MiG-3 was armed with a single 12.7 mm machine gun and two 7.62 mm machine guns; all in the cowling. That's one heavy, and two light MGs, all with disruptor gear to fire through the propeller. VERY light firepower for 1941.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8879.jpgIMG_8879https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8878.jpgIMG_8878https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8877.jpgIMG_88772014-11-15T03:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/11/sturmgeschutz-iii-ausf-b/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8876.jpgIMG_8876The family resemblance of the Stug III and Panzer III is apparent. By doing away with the turret and upper structure it was possible to carry a larger, heavier gun on the same chassis. Of course, that sacrifices much of the versatility of a true tank, but leaves you with a useful, heavy gun for a variety of mobile operations. https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8875.jpgIMG_8875https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8874.jpgIMG_8874https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8873.jpgIMG_8873https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8872.jpgIMG_8872https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8871.jpgIMG_88712014-11-13T01:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/05/supermarine-spitfire-mk-vb-trop/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8851.jpgIMG_8851https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8850.jpgIMG_8850https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8849.jpgIMG_8849British aircraft carried roundels on both wing upper surfaces. When the 52nd Fighter Group inherited this aircraft they painted out the starboard roundel, and modified the port one into the US insignia (ish).https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8848.jpgIMG_8848https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8847.jpgIMG_8847https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8846.jpgIMG_8846https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8845.jpgIMG_88452016-01-26T22:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/11/02/grumman-f4f-3-wildcat-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8839.jpgIMG_8839VMF-211 would have battled Kate bombers, among other types.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8838.jpgIMG_8838https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8837.jpgIMG_8837https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8836.jpgIMG_8836Overhead view shows the wing which is a defining trait of the F4F-3 Wildcat. Unlike later models, it does not have a wing fold (for carrier storage). This feature became important as it was learned that MORE FIGHTERS were always needed on a carrier. It also only has two .50s in each wing. The next model would have three, with less ammunition to save weight. Navy pilots considered this a design flaw. Four .50s were plenty against Japanese aircraft, and less ammunition was bad! The change was requested by the British, who used eight guns in their fighters, and didn't quite understand that the M2 .50 had about four times the kinetic energy of their own MGs. Another big identifying trait is the large panels outboard of the guns. This is for flotation devices (rubberized air bags) that would deploy if the airplane hit the water. This idea was actually abandoned early in Wildcat construction, but the panels remained until the next variant.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8835.jpgIMG_8835https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_8834.jpgIMG_88342022-09-26T20:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/28/republic-p-47d-thunderbolt/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8643.jpgIMG_8643Spitfire Mk Vb and P-47D Thunderbolt. Two very different types, required very different flying and tactics to be at their best.2014-11-01T19:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/26/north-american-mustang-mk-iv-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8816.jpgIMG_8816The Mustang on the left has the Aeroproducts propeller. The one on the right has the Hamilton Standard propeller. That is the total difference between these two aircraft. Is it more surprising that the US called one a "D" and the other a "K"; or that the British called both a Mk. IV?https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8814.jpgIMG_8814https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8813.jpgIMG_8813https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8812.jpgIMG_8812https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8811.jpgIMG_8811https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8810.jpgIMG_88102015-12-06T14:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/30/kawasaki-ki-61-tony/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8829.jpgIMG_8829https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8828.jpgIMG_8828https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8827.jpgIMG_8827https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8826.jpgIMG_8826Yellow leading edges were used on all Japanese aircraft in the last two years of the war as a recognition aid.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8825.jpgIMG_8825https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8824.jpgIMG_8824https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8823.jpgIMG_88232015-03-18T22:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/28/universal-carrier/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8822.jpgIMG_8822And it certainly isn't a tank!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8821.jpgIMG_8821They wen't that away.... The Universal Carrier is not a large vehicle.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8820.jpgIMG_8820https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8819.jpgIMG_8819https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8818.jpgIMG_8818https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8817.jpgIMG_88172014-10-30T21:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/23/macchi-c-202-folgore/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8809.jpgIMG_8809https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8807.jpgIMG_8807https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8806.jpgIMG_8806https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8805.jpgIMG_8805https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8804.jpgIMG_8804https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8803.jpgIMG_88032014-10-24T23:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/21/t-3476/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8801.jpgIMG_8801T-34 and Panzer IV. Two similar tanks in size and capability. The gun on the Panzer looks bigger than it is because of the muzzle brake at the end. Look how much lower profile the T-34 is, and its thicker tracks allow for better cross country performance. Also the well slopped armor means its less likely to catch a shot square than the Panzer is.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8800.jpgIMG_8800https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8798.jpgIMG_8798https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8797.jpgIMG_8797https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8796.jpgIMG_8796https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8795.jpgIMG_8795https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8794.jpgIMG_87942014-10-23T18:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/14/brewster-buffalo-part-ii/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tikkakoski_ilmailumuseo_12082014_-211.jpgTikkakoski_Ilmailumuseo_12082014_ (21)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tikkakoski_ilmailumuseo_12082014_-120.jpgTikkakoski_Ilmailumuseo_12082014_ (120)A wing weapon bay is open for servicing the wing mounted machine gun.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tikkakoski_ilmailumuseo_12082014_-115.jpgTikkakoski_Ilmailumuseo_12082014_ (115)Amazing view of the cockpit. I'm sure some restoration work has been done here, it looks great!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tikkakoski_ilmailumuseo_12082014_-113.jpgTikkakoski_Ilmailumuseo_12082014_ (113)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tikkakoski_ilmailumuseo_12082014_-112.jpgTikkakoski_Ilmailumuseo_12082014_ (112)https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tikkakoski_ilmailumuseo_12082014_-18.jpgTikkakoski_Ilmailumuseo_12082014_ (18)Thanks to our photographer! That's Sartenada beside the Brewster.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/air_museum_tikkakoski_brewster16_bw372.jpgAir_Museum_Tikkakoski_Brewster16_BW372https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/air_museum_tikkakoski_brewster14_bw372.jpgAir_Museum_Tikkakoski_Brewster14_BW372https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/air_museum_tikkakoski_brewster12_bw372.jpgAir_Museum_Tikkakoski_Brewster12_BW372https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/air_museum_tikkakoski_brewster11_bw372.jpgAir_Museum_Tikkakoski_Brewster11_BW3722023-06-20T17:47:46+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/30/volkswagen-type-82e/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8650.jpgIMG_8650https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8649.jpgIMG_8649https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8647.jpgIMG_8647https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8646.jpgIMG_8646https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8645.jpgIMG_8645https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8644.jpgIMG_86442014-10-19T23:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/16/junkers-ju-87b-1-stuka/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8767.jpgIMG_8767https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8766.jpgIMG_8766A look at the payload. The dive flaps are located between the landing gear and the wing bomb racks. This slows the dive so the aircraft can line up carefully on its targets.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8765.jpgIMG_8765https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8764.jpgIMG_8764https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8763.jpgIMG_8763https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8762.jpgIMG_8762https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8761.jpgIMG_8761https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8760.jpgIMG_87602015-01-03T23:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/12/brewster-f2a-2-buffalo/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8732.jpgIMG_8732Rivals for the Navy's heart... or at least a big fighter contract. The Wildcat seems to have handled growing operational weights with more grace than the Buffalo. At the very least, the Wildcat was clearly better made.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8730.jpgIMG_8730https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8729.jpgIMG_8729Firepower is two .50s in the cowling, and one in each wing. Four .50s is pretty standard for the era.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8728.jpgIMG_8728https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8727.jpgIMG_8727https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8726.jpgIMG_8726https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8725.jpgIMG_8725The "W" shaped landing gear was a particular trouble spot for the Buffalo. Especially on a carrier deck, landing gear failures were endemic.2020-08-19T01:41:29+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/09/gloster-gladiator-mk-i-j8/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8697.jpgIMG_8697The I-16 looks better on paper. But Gladiators fared well against the little Russian.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8695.jpgIMG_8695https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8694.jpgIMG_8694https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8693.jpgIMG_8693https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8692.jpgIMG_8692https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8691.jpgIMG_8691I made a mistake here! I applied a dirty white as the disruptive winter color. But on further review... I think it was aluminum dope, so I should have used a dull silver color.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8690.jpgIMG_8690https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8689.jpgIMG_86892014-10-11T20:35:43+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/10/02/nakajima-b5n2-kate/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8656.jpgIMG_8656The 800 KG armor piercing bomb. The bomb aimer's window is alongside the bomb.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_8655.jpgIMG_8655https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8654.jpgIMG_8654https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8653.jpgIMG_8653https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8652.jpgIMG_8652https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8651.jpgIMG_86512019-09-30T01:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/25/polikarpov-i-16-type-18/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8639.jpgIMG_8639https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8638.jpgIMG_8638https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8637.jpgIMG_8637https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8636.jpgIMG_8636https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8635.jpgIMG_8635https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8634.jpgIMG_8634https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8633.jpgIMG_8633https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8632.jpgIMG_8632https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8631.jpgIMG_8631These two were about as closely matched as they look.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8630.jpgIMG_86302014-09-28T00:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/23/panzer-vi-b-king-tiger/2014-10-03T18:39:05+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/24/vought-f4u-1d-corsair/2014-09-21T02:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/18/dewoitine-d-520/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8605.jpgIMG_8605https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8604.jpgIMG_8604https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8603.jpgIMG_8603https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8602.jpgIMG_8602https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8601.jpgIMG_8601https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8600.jpgIMG_8600https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8599.jpgIMG_8599https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8598.jpgIMG_8598https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8596.jpgIMG_8596https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8595.jpgIMG_85952014-09-20T13:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/16/general-motors-2-5-ton-fuel-truck/2014-09-17T01:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/14/douglass-sbd-3-dauntless/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8589.jpgIMG_8589https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8588.jpgIMG_8588https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8587.jpgIMG_8587https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8586.jpgIMG_8586https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8585.jpgIMG_8585https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8584.jpgIMG_8584https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8583.jpgIMG_8583The most common bomb load was a 500 lb bomb on center, and a 100 lb bomb under each wing. A common alternative against heavier ships was a 1000 lb bomb on center with nothing on the wings.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8582.jpgIMG_8582https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8581.jpgIMG_8581https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8580.jpgIMG_85802024-01-20T13:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/11/dornier-do-335a-1-pfeil/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8575.jpgIMG_8575Two late war designs.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8574.jpgIMG_8574That's a big bird!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8573.jpgIMG_8573https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8572.jpgIMG_8572https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8571.jpgIMG_8571The red and yellow stripes identify this aircraft as belonging to Reich Defense group JG 301.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8570.jpgIMG_8570https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8567.jpgIMG_8567Slight size difference between the Citroen and a Ford!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8566.jpgIMG_8566https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8565.jpgIMG_8565https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8564.jpgIMG_85642014-09-13T01:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/19/m4-sherman/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8484.jpgIMG_8484The Spitfire Mk V was top dog on the channel coast until the Fw 190A was introduced late summer in 1941.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8483.jpgIMG_8483https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8482.jpgIMG_8482The Fw 190 looks more tightly cowled than American fighters with radial engines typically do. Because it was. The smaller opening shows us a compressor fan instead of exposed cylinders. That makes for a smaller target and better aerodynamics.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8481.jpgIMG_8481https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8480.jpgIMG_8480https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8479.jpgIMG_8479https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8478.jpgIMG_8478https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8477.jpgIMG_8477The M4 Sherman and Panzer IV were roughly equal in role and capability. Both were classified as medium tanks.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8476.jpgIMG_8476https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8475.jpgIMG_84752014-09-11T04:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/armorvehicle-index/france/2014-09-09T21:55:34+00:00weekly0.6https://planedave.net/2014/09/09/citroen-traction-11cv/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8576.jpgIMG_85762014-09-09T15:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/07/seversky-j9/2014-09-07T18:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/09/04/hawker-hurricane-mk-i/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8563.jpgIMG_8563Seversky J9 and Republic P-47. The family resemblance is clear; wing and tail shapes are almost incidental.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8562.jpgIMG_8562The landing gear folds straight back into the wing.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8561.jpgIMG_8561Armament is two .30s in the nose, and a .50 in each wing. That's reasonable for 1940.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8560.jpgIMG_8560The clear panel aft of the cockpit officially covers a "baggage compartment". But passengers, in total discomfort, have been stowed here as well.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8559.jpgIMG_8559The Swedish camouflage was a lot of fun to paint!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8558.jpgIMG_8558https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8557.jpgIMG_8557Battle of Britain rivals. Notice the size difference. Both aircraft had roughly the same power. The Messerschmitt was faster and better at altitude. The Hurricane more stable, more robust and more maneuverable.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8556.jpgIMG_8556https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8555.jpgIMG_8555https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8554.jpgIMG_85542014-12-30T01:56:08+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/31/grumman-f6f-3-hellcat/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8520.jpgIMG_8520Three major American fighters were powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine. From left to right; Corsair, Hellcat, Thunderbolt.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8516.jpgIMG_8516The whole family of World War II Grumman carrier aircraft. From left to right; Hellcat, Wildcat and Avenger.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8515.jpgIMG_8515https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8512.jpgIMG_8512Look at that big cat grin. Capturing that grin in plastic is a hot topic in the world of scale modeling. Many feel the more recent Eduard Hellcat does it better.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8511.jpgIMG_8511This kit is one of the oldest builds I've held on to. It may be 17 years old? It was one of the first kits I was completely pleased with. Of course I look at it and see how much better I could do...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8510.jpgIMG_8510https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8509.jpgIMG_85092015-01-08T00:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/28/nakajima-ki-43-i-oscar/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8504.jpgIMG_8504Short Name: Ki-43 I Ko Long Name: Nakajima Army Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Allied Name: Oscarhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8503.jpgIMG_8503The Butterfly flaps are visible at the trailing edge of the wing.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8502.jpgIMG_8502Zero and Oscarhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8501.jpgIMG_8501Tiger and Sherman. Two tanks built for very different reasons.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8500.jpgIMG_8500https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8499.jpgIMG_8499https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8498.jpgIMG_8498https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8497.jpgIMG_8497https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8496.jpgIMG_8496https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8495.jpgIMG_84952014-08-28T19:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/21/focke-wulf-fw-190a-3/2015-01-03T02:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/17/bell-p-400-airacobra/2021-09-08T14:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/14/de-havilland-mosquito-nf-mk-ii/2015-06-30T13:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/12/scale-matters/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8389.jpgIMG_8389If the FJ-1 had existed, it would have fought the Model 52c Zero!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8388.jpgIMG_8388Two Grumman products. The family resemblance is obvious. https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8386.jpgIMG_8386Its funny to me that the tank is quite a bit heavier.2020-08-08T00:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/09/thunder-over-michigan-2014/2014-08-10T18:35:22+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/10/boeing-b-17g-flying-fortress/2015-06-30T13:48:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/07/messerschmitt-me-262a-1a/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8385.jpgIMG_8385https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8384.jpgIMG_8384https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8383.jpgIMG_8383https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8382.jpgIMG_8382https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8381.jpgIMG_8381https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8380.jpgIMG_8380https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8379.jpgIMG_8379https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8378.jpgIMG_8378https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8377.jpgIMG_8377https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8376.jpgIMG_83762014-08-12T23:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/06/a-day-at-the-henry-ford/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image7.jpgimageThis chair is a hugely important piece of Americana. Whoever guesses right gets a virtual pat on the back...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image6.jpgimageA very impressive area devoted to the Industrial Revolution.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image5.jpgimageNot the original "Spirit of St Louis" (that one lives at the "Air and Space Museum" in DC); but this replica was built for the 1957 movie "Spirit of St Louis" starring Jimmy Stewart.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image4.jpgimageIts a Ford, and its an airplane!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image3.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image2.jpgimageIts a Ford, and its an airplane!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image1.jpgimageMore than just cars!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image.jpgimageTrains: from very old to very powerful!2014-08-07T18:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/05/1942-ford-sedan/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8365.jpgIMG_8365https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8364.jpgIMG_8364https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8363.jpgIMG_8363https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8362.jpgIMG_8362https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8361.jpgIMG_8361https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8360.jpgIMG_8360https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8359.jpgIMG_8359https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8357.jpgIMG_8357https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8356.jpgIMG_8356https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8355.jpgIMG_83552014-08-11T23:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/08/04/thunder-over-michigan/2014-08-05T18:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/31/p-z-l-p-11c/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8343.jpgIMG_8343https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8342.jpgIMG_8342https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8341.jpgIMG_8341https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8340.jpgIMG_8340https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8339.jpgIMG_8339https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8338.jpgIMG_8338https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8337.jpgIMG_8337https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8336.jpgIMG_8336https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8335.jpgIMG_8335https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8334.jpgIMG_83342014-07-31T17:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/29/panzer-iv/2014-07-29T15:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/27/north-american-p-51d-mustang/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8318.jpgIMG_8318The Panzer IV and Panzer IIIhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8317.jpgIMG_8317https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8316.jpgIMG_8316The "skirt" around the turret is there to break up or detonate incoming shells before they hit the main armor.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8315.jpgIMG_8315https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8314.jpgIMG_8314https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8313.jpgIMG_8313https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8312.jpgIMG_8312https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8311.jpgIMG_8311https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8310.jpgIMG_8310https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8309.jpgIMG_83092015-06-30T00:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/24/curtiss-p-40n-warhawk/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/curtiss-p-40n-warhawk-337fg502fs-y17-napier-field-alabama-usa-1943-02.jpgCurtiss-P-40N-Warhawk-337FG502FS-Y17-Napier-Field-Alabama-USA-1943-02That's a colorful squadron!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8305.jpgIMG_8305https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8303.jpgIMG_8303https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8302.jpgIMG_8302https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8301.jpgIMG_8301https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8300.jpgIMG_8300https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8299.jpgIMG_8299https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8298.jpgIMG_8298https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8297.jpgIMG_8297https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8296.jpgIMG_82962015-01-03T19:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/06/19/lockheed-p-38j-lightning/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0032.jpgIMG_0032All back together.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0025.jpgIMG_0025Mrs Dave did the fun part!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0017.jpgIMG_0017Almost there...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0010.jpgIMG_0010A little more epoxy putty than I'm used to using!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0004.jpgIMG_0004The condition of the cowlings when I got them.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0031.jpgIMG_0031I worked on the 1/6.5 scale P-38, but not the 1/1 scale F-4!2020-08-01T23:54:20+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/22/panzer-iii/2014-07-22T14:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/20/mitsubishi-ki-46-iii-dinah/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/3f3e5-dinah1.jpg3f3e5-dinah1https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8284.jpgIMG_8284https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8283.jpgIMG_8283https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8282.jpgIMG_8282Short Name: Ki-46 III Long Name: Mitsubishi Army Type 100 Command Reconnaissance Plane Allied Name: Dinahhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8281.jpgIMG_8281There's no tail gun here where you might expect one. If you look close, there's a pretty honkin' big camera!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8280.jpgIMG_8280https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8279.jpgIMG_8279https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8278.jpgIMG_82782016-09-05T04:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/17/address-update/2014-07-17T18:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/17/messerschmitt-bf-109e-4/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8274.jpgIMG_8274https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8273.jpgIMG_8273https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8272.jpgIMG_8272https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8277.jpgIMG_8277https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8276.jpgIMG_8276https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8275.jpgIMG_82752019-04-14T01:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/15/1941-model-1-5-ton-military-truck/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/model-a-truck.jpgModel A TruckGee this looks so familiar...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8266.jpgIMG_8266https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8271.jpgIMG_8271https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8270.jpgIMG_8270https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8269.jpgIMG_8269https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8268.jpgIMG_8268https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8267.jpgIMG_82672014-07-15T18:45:56+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/08/v2-rocket-a4/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8208.jpgIMG_8208https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8207.jpgIMG_8207https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8210.jpgIMG_8210The missile alongside the display stand.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8209.jpgIMG_82092014-07-14T21:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/13/northrop-p-61a-black-widow/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8265.jpgIMG_8265The main battery, four 20 mm cannon in the belly behind the nose gearhttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8263-e1405294583787.jpgIMG_8263https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8256.jpgIMG_8256https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8255.jpgIMG_8255https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8254.jpgIMG_8254https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8253.jpgIMG_8253https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8262.jpgIMG_8262https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8261.jpgIMG_8261https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8259.jpgIMG_8259https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8258.jpgIMG_82582016-08-01T16:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/11/supermarine-spitfire-mk-vb/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8216.jpgIMG_8216https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8215.jpgIMG_8215https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8214.jpgIMG_8214https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8212.jpgIMG_8212https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_8211.jpgIMG_82112014-07-11T16:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/06/martin-b-26c-marauder/2015-06-30T15:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/05/a-day-at-the-air-zoo/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image14.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image13.jpgimageThe main display area of the Air Zoohttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image12.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image11.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image10.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image9.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image8.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image7.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image6.jpgimagehttps://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image5.jpgimage2021-04-26T00:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/06/19/welcome-to-plane-dave/2020-08-01T23:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/07/01/willys-mb-jeep/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8096.jpgIMG_8096https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8093.jpgIMG_8093https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8092.jpgIMG_8092https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8091.jpgIMG_8091https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8090.jpgIMG_8090https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8089.jpgIMG_8089https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8088.jpgIMG_8088https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8087.jpgIMG_8087https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8086.jpgIMG_8086The best job on the airfield!https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8085.jpgIMG_8085If the radios don't work, there's always another way to make the point.2014-09-06T15:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/06/19/matilda-mk-iii/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8045.jpgIMG_8045https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8044.jpgIMG_8044https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8043.jpgIMG_8043https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8042.jpgIMG_8042https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8041.jpgIMG_8041https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8040.jpgIMG_8040https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8039.jpgIMG_8039https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8038.jpgIMG_8038She looks good in blue.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8037.jpgIMG_8037https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8036.jpgIMG_80362022-07-08T10:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/06/19/republic-p-47m-thunderbolt/2019-06-15T00:58:03+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/2014/06/22/yakovlev-yak-1-2/https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8064.jpgIMG_8064https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8063.jpgIMG_8063The Yak-1 was lightly armed with a 20 mm cannon in the propeller hub and two 7.62 mm machine guns in the upper cowling.https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8062.jpgIMG_8062https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8068.jpgIMG_8068https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8067.jpgIMG_8067https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8066.jpgIMG_8066A couple of unique characteristics: Soviet aircraft had no upper wing insignia; and notice the clear housings on either side of the cockpit, those are 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Really. I promise. Look reeeaaal close...https://planedave.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_8075.jpgIMG_80752020-08-02T01:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://planedave.net/aircraft-index-2/australia/2014-06-24T20:47:00+00:00weekly0.6https://planedave.net/aircraft-index-2/2014-06-23T21:25:16+00:00weekly0.6https://planedave.net/contact-me/2014-06-20T05:16:55+00:00weekly0.6https://planedave.netdaily1.02025-11-29T20:40:02+00:00