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/fokker-trimotor/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/fokker-trimotor/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:36:25 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=227 A long distance aircraft of the 1920s All-metal, high-wing monoplane The freezing Arctic wind penetrated the unheated, corrugated metal craft taking off from Spitsbergen, Norway. Navigator Richard Byrd, an ambitious U.S. Navy Commander, and pilot Floyd Bennett struggled to keep warm in their furs. They made a long flight north that day, and on their [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/fokker-trimotor/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/purpose/bombers/breguet-19/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/purpose/bombers/breguet-19/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:53:19 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=102 Most widely produced military aircraft of the interwar period The “Question Mark” made the Paris – New York flight in 1930 an aircraft featured on the Hall of Fame of the Air Captain Dieudonne Costes and navigator Maurice Bellonte flew this specially modified red Breguet 19, “Point d’Interrogation,” or “Question Mark” on the first non-stop, [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/purpose/bombers/breguet-19/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/purpose/bombers/french-latecoere-26/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/purpose/bombers/french-latecoere-26/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:34:35 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=64 A postwar French multi-purpose military aircraft. Designed in the 1920s as a mail carrier the Latécoère 26 first flew in 1926, based on the earlier Latécoère 25 with a longer fuselage. It had a parasol wing with a fixed tailskid landing gear Col. Charles Kerwood, an American who served with the French and Greek armies, [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/purpose/bombers/french-latecoere-26/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-o-1-falcon/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-o-1-falcon/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:09:57 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=53 click to enlarge. Curtiss O-1 Falcon (1920′s) East Boston Airport 1936 click to enlarge Curtiss Falcon (1930′s) East Boston Airport 1936]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/american/curtiss-o-1-falcon/feed/ 0