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/british/supermarine-spitfire/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/supermarine-spitfire/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:35:08 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=581 Probably the most famous British aircraft of all time, the great fighter played a secondary role in the Battle of Britain to the less glamourous Hawker Hurricane. But the Spitfire’s elegant looks, excellent handling characteristics, and huge production give it a unique place in aviation history. There was a bit of happenstance in the Spitfire’s [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/supermarine-spitfire/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1940/mitsubishi-a6m-zero/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1940/mitsubishi-a6m-zero/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 20:38:59 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=520 Early in World War Two, American fliers thought they were facing a “wonder weapon,” in the Pacific: Japan’s A6M2 Zero, the main fighter plane of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). It flew rings around the Brewster Buffalo’s, the Bell P-39′s, and (to a lesser extent) the Grumman F4F Wildcats. The Zero pilots were superb; their [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1940/mitsubishi-a6m-zero/feed/ 0