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B-18, 3rd Observation Squadron, Langley Field

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O-43, 22nd Observation Squadron

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O-38, 115th Observation Squadron

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Aeronautical Section of the California National Guard.  Painted on the nose is the aircraft’s home “Griffith Park.”

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C-47, 103rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron

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Pennsylvania Air Guard, out for a drive.

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Thomas-Morse O-19E

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Assigned to the 12th Observation Squadron, she sits quietly on the Brooks Field turf in 1932.  Note the airship hangar.

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AU-1 Corsair (129342) of NAS Akron.

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F4U-4 Corsair (97263) of NAS Niagra Falls. 

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Vought-Sikorsky AU-1 Corsair 129411 based at Quantico, VA. 

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PBY-5A Catalina out of San Francisco.

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“West Point of the Air”

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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.

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A pair of Consolidated PT-3’s

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#1 is 29-64 of Brooks Field, #2 is 29-113 of Love Field.

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Convair in the 1950’s had something for everybody!

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P4M Mercator

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Martin Aircraft had a post-war string of bad luck that included the Mercator.  Though a capable aircraft, it lost out to Lockheed’s more versatile (and less expensive) P2V Neptune.  The Mercator did enter service, but only 21 were built.

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B-26 Marauders, 391st Bomb Group

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B-26 Marauders, 322nd Bomb Group

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XB-48 and XB-51

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A couple of Martin bombers that failed to enjoy a long life.  #1, the XB-48 was no match for Boeing’s B-47, and #2, the XB-51 fared no better in its efforts to be the USAF’s premier tactical bomber.

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Consolidated NY-2 of the USS Lexington

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Douglas Dolphin NC967Y of Wilmington-Catalina Airline arriving in Los Angeles Harbor. 

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B-32 Dominator 42-108480 awaits the scrappers at Kingman AAF, AZ

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A pair of oddball B-24 Liberators

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#1 is the XB-24Q (44-9916) which was used to test the remote controlled guns for the B-47. (The array at the tail says it all)  #2 is the EZB-24M (44-51228) used, as you guessed, for ice research.  The last B-24 in USAF service, the EZB soldiered on until the 1950’s, was salvaged and put on display at Lackland AFB. It eventually wound up at the museum in Duxford, UK.

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B-24D 42-63800, 3rd Bomb Squadron down Panama way

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B-24D 41-11832

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B-24J 44-40848 “Lil Texas Filley”

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Sadly sitting out the end of its days.  Interesting nose for a J model – perhaps it was converted to a VIP transport?

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B-24J 44-50725, 459th Bomb Group

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B-24J 42-73250, 308th Bomb Group

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