Tag Archives: Brainard Field

Consolidated P-30

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

The Consolidated P-30 (PB-2) was a 1930s United States two-seat fighter aircraft. It was the first USAAC fighter to have retractable landing gear, an enclosed and heated cockpit for the pilot, and an exhaust-driven turbosupercharger for high altitude operation.
Two images:

Brainard Field, Hartford, CT, 1938

Brainard Field, Hartford, CT, 1938

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Stinson 105

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

a Stinson 105 at Brainard Field, in East Hartford, CT, photograph taken in 1936

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