Category: Army Air Corps & Army Air Service
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
Stearman YBT-3, 31-461
Busy day at the Stearman factory
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.”
Thomas-Morse O-19E
Assigned to the 12th Observation Squadron, she sits quietly on the Brooks Field turf in 1932. Note the airship hangar.
“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
#1 is 29-64 of Brooks Field, #2 is 29-113 of Love Field.
Fairchild PT-19 (40-2418)
Boeing B-9
When the Boeing B-9 went aloft in 1931, it was one speedy airplane. Its top speed of almost 200 MPH equaled or bettered that of the pursuit planes who vainly tried to intercept it. Within a year or two, it was eclipsed by the Martin B-10, but the B-9 had now set the standard for all future bomber and pursuit aircraft.
The CO-1
A somewhat tricky plane to pin down. Though built by the Engineering Division at Wright Field, the CO-1 here was actually a design by Edson Fessenden Gallaudet. (That name is on the tail)
Bellanca C-27 Airbus
She wears the emblem of the Rockwell Air Depot.
BT-2
Air Corps pilots trade their BT-2 cockpits for the saddle. Might have been the first time they rode a horse, and probably the first time the horses had a close look at an airplane.
All star lineup at Boeing Field in the 1930’s
Model 221 Monomail is tucked behind the P-12’s.
2nd Bomb Group B-17’s over New York City
86th Observation Squadron, Wheeler Field, 1941
O-46, 91st Observation Squadron
Bellanca C-27 Airbus
The Jive Bomber 