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_B-17 Flying Fortress #44-8135 DF-A, of the 324th Bomb Squadron , 91st Bomb Group with battle damage from a mission over Hamburg, November 6, 1944

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The Do 335 V1 first prototype CP+UA, flew on 26 October 1943 under the control of Flugkapitän Hans Dieterle, a regular Heinkel test pilot and later primary Dornier test pilot.

🎥 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Fux9xeqxc5c

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Northrop XB-35 being wheeled on to the runway for its first taxi tests at Hawthorne, California.

Date: May 25, 1946

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Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CAC Boomerang

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Junkers Ju52/3m

German paratroopers take part in a training exercise as they attempt to somersault over crouching comrades - Mecklenburg, Germany, exact date unknown

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Vought Corsair

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Naval Air Factory N-1 floatplane (A2282) conducting a test run from the Philadelphia Naval Aircraft Factory.

Date: May 24, 1918

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Grumman Wildcat

@ron_eisele via X

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English Electric Lightning

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de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth G-AOEI

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De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito

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At the end of 1937, it became evident that the French aeronautical industry was not in a position to supply the Air Force with the modern fighters it so badly needed. It was logically foreign countries that the Air Ministry turned to try to make up for the delay.

The Curtiss P36 had just been ousted by the Seversky P-35 in the USAAC equipment contest. The Curtiss P36 becomes Curtiss H75 for export, which will be chosen by the French services. The negotiations were rather lengthy: the price of the Curtiss H75 was indeed very high, but the tensions in Europe left little choice to the French emissaries. This aircraft was appreciated by its pilots for its ease of piloting, its large cokpit, and its general stability which made it a good platform of shooting. On the other hand, its armament was far too weak: 4 machine guns of 7.5mm, 6 for the last versions, and its engine, although reliable and robust, was not powerful enough. Its protection was perfectible, including unprotected tanks.

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Fiat CR 42 Falco

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Luxury aloft in the Martin Mars flying hotel. Ad from an unrealized Martin Aircraft proposal - 1945.

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Fairey Fantôme Féroce. Built in 1935 to the specifications of the Belgian Aéronautique Militaire. Only 4 were built