http://acepilots.com/airplanes Photos and summaries of historical aircraft Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:52:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/model-p47/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/model-p47/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 20:40:09 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=622 made for me by my friend Fred Olds]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/model-p47/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-nc/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-nc/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 20:50:33 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=557 The year 1919 was memorable in the history of aviation for the first successful flight across the Atlantic, achieved by aviators of the United States Navy using NC flying boats, jointly developed by the United States Navy and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation, the N in the designation standing for navy and the C for Curtiss. [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-nc/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/standard-twin-motored-seaplane/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/standard-twin-motored-seaplane/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:10:07 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=404 Whether equipped with floats as a seaplane or with a landing gear, the Standard twin- motored seaplane is of a size that is commonly termed a battle plane. It has a total weight of 2 1/2 tons fully loaded and, at an economical speed, has a cruising range of 450 miles. The fuel tanks, carried [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/standard-twin-motored-seaplane/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/gallaudet-d4/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/gallaudet-d4/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:02:36 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=402 The chief distinguishing feature of the Gallaudet seaplane is the employment a four-blade propeller acting as a pusher in connection with a fuselage design similar in most respects to the tractor type. Top Speed: 92 m.p.h. Engine: two Duesenberg inlines Wingspan: 47 feet Weight: 4,600 pounds Specifications from “Practical Aviation,” by Charles Hayward, 1919 The [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/gallaudet-d4/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-cruiser/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-cruiser/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:59:26 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=401 Curtiss “Cruiser”. Top Speed: n.a. Engine: two Curtiss eight-cylinders Wingspan: 75.8 feet Weight: over 4,000 pounds Specifications from “Practical Aviation,” by Charles Hayward, 1919 Designed for sporting rather than for military use, the design and equipment of the Curtiss “cruiser”, afford an indication of the trend that development undoubtedly will take once the war is [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-cruiser/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-h12-flying-boat/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-h12-flying-boat/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:50:04 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=400 Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of 1912 was the Curtiss flying-boat. Glenn Curtiss, who won the James Gordon Bennett race in 1909, had succeeded in rising from the water in 1913 with a similar biplane fitted with a central pontoon float instead of a wheeled under-carriage. This he made into a genuine flying-boat, consisting of [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-h12-flying-boat/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/burgess-scout-seaplane/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/burgess-scout-seaplane/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:41:51 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=398 In its wing plan, the Burgess scout seaplane, resembles a sesquiplane, such as the Nieuport, in that the lower wings are so much shorter than the upper that it is almost a monoplane with auxiliary wings. It is also distinguished by the elimination of interplane struts, their place being taken by two flat members, which [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/burgess-scout-seaplane/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/wright-martin-v/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/wright-martin-v/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:22:12 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=396 The Wright-Martin Type V, was a reconnaissance type with tractor propeller, and the observer’s cockpit being placed well forward of the entering wedge of the lower wings. Specifications from “Practical Aviation,” by Charles Hayward, 1919 Planes The span of the machine is 39 feet 8 ½ inches, both planes being the same size. The wings [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/wright-martin-v/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/standard-jr-trainer/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/standard-jr-trainer/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:13:19 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=394 The Standard J-R was a development of the preliminary training tractor machine built by the same makers. It was equipped with a 175-h.p. six-cylinder Hall-Scott motor, is capable of climbing 5000 feet in 10 minutes, and had a maximum flying speed of 95 m.p.h. and a landing speed of 48 m.p.h. Specifications from “Practical Aviation,” [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/standard-jr-trainer/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-jenny-jn-4/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-jenny-jn-4/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:58:47 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=392 The most famous and widely used American airplane of the World War One era. In the 1920′s countless ‘barnstormers’ flew Jennies in flight exhibitions all over the United States. The Curtiss tractor was identified by its manufacturers as Model JNB-4 and was been largely used for training purposes during the war. Specifications from “Practical Aviation,” [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-jenny-jn-4/feed/ 0