Month: February 2018
Thomas-Morse O-19
120th Observation Squadron, Colorado National Guard.
Douglas O2H
103rd Observation Squadron, 28th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard. Note the 28th’s keystone emblem on the tail and wheels.
Fledgling birdmen and their PT-13’s
Well, “Yee-Haw”
Stearman YBT-3, 31-461
Busy day at the Stearman factory
The one and only Douglas XB-19
B-18, 3rd Observation Squadron, Langley Field
O-43, 22nd Observation Squadron
O-38, 115th Observation Squadron
Aeronautical Section of the California National Guard. Painted on the nose is the aircraft’s home “Griffith Park.”
C-47, 103rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Pennsylvania Air Guard, out for a drive.
Thomas-Morse O-19E
Assigned to the 12th Observation Squadron, she sits quietly on the Brooks Field turf in 1932. Note the airship hangar.
AU-1 Corsair (129342) of NAS Akron.
F4U-4 Corsair (97263) of NAS Niagra Falls.
Vought-Sikorsky AU-1 Corsair 129411 based at Quantico, VA.
PBY-5A Catalina out of San Francisco.
“West Point of the Air”
This classic was filmed at Randolph Field in 1934. Promising “‘Contact’ for Thrills”, and “‘Happy Landings’ for Romance”, the film, starring Wallace Beery, was popular and profitable.
A pair of Consolidated PT-3’s
The Jive Bomber 