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/era/1910/spad-svii/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/spad-svii/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:28:47 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=552 The famed American volunteers of the French Lafayette Escadrille were flying the SPAD VII in February 1918 at the time they transferred to the U.S. Army Air Service, becoming the 103rd Aero Squadron. Several other U.S. units also used the SPAD VII, although most American Expeditionary Force (AEF) fighter squadrons were equipped with the improved version, [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/spad-svii/feed/ 1 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/1910/henri-farman-hf20/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/henri-farman-hf20/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:18:10 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=544 A woefully underpowered machine, the H.F. 20 Series planes could only be used on observation flights in France. It also served as a trainer, and in secondary theaters, notably in German East Africa where an H.F.22 variant participated in the hunt for the Konigsberg. Top Speed: 65 m.p.h. Manufacturer: Farman Freres Year: 1914 Engine: 80 [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/henri-farman-hf20/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/sopwith-atlantic/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/sopwith-atlantic/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 15:11:31 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=563 An attempt was made to cross the Atlantic in a Sopwith Atlantic biplane by Com. Mackenzie Grieve and Maj. Harry Hawker on 18 May 1919. This plane generally followed the design of Sopwith warplanes, and had a 46 feet wingspan and was 31 feet long, weighing 6000 pounds fully equipped for flight. It was supposed [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/sopwith-atlantic/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/r-34/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/r-34/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 18:43:59 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=561 The British dirigible R-34 left East Fortune, near Edinburgh, Scotland, at 2 A.M., July 2, 1919 and proceeded via Newfoundland to Mineóla, New York, arriving at Roosevelt Field at 9 A.M., Sunday, July 6. To show that this was not merely good fortune, a return trip even more successful was made, leaving New York at [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/r-34/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/vickers-vimy-bomber/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/vickers-vimy-bomber/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 18:28:30 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=559 The first non-stop flight from America to Europe was accomplished in 1919 by the Vickers “Vimy” Bomber, a bi-motored Rolls-Royce airplane, piloted by Captain John Alcock and navigated by Lieut. Arthur W. Brown. The trip started at St. Johns, Newfoundland, at 12.13 P.M., New York time, on Saturday, June 14, 1919 and 16 hours and [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/country/british/vickers-vimy-bomber/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/era/1910/nieuport-delage-29/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/nieuport-delage-29/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 18:05:15 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=538 In 1920, the Nieuport-Delage Ni-D 29 was the fastest airplane in the world. Designed by the Nieuport firm for the French Aviation Militaire in 1918, the Ni-D 29 appeared too late for combat in WWI. Following its record-breaking performance in the 1920 Gordon Bennett Trophy race, when it flew 168 miles per hour, it was [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/nieuport-delage-29/feed/ 0 http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/morane-saulnier-l/ http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/morane-saulnier-l/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 14:24:11 +0000 Stephen http://acepilots.com/airplanes/?p=536 How do you fire a machine gun through the arc of a spinning propeller? Early in 1915, aviators engaged in the First World War wanted to solve that problem. Obviously, the bullets of the machine gun would smash a propeller to bits. So far in the war, German, French, and British airmen had fired at [...]]]> http://acepilots.com/airplanes/era/1910/morane-saulnier-l/feed/ 0