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The Avro 504K biplane was used, primarily, as a trainer by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I, and by the Royal Air Force until 1933. During World War I, 8,340 Avro 504K biplanes were produced and some were used for anti-zeppelin patrols. |
ROYAL AIR FORCE
MUSEUM AVRO 504K
NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF THE USAF AVRO 504K
CANADIAN
AVIATION MUSEUM AVRO 504K (G-CYCK)
OLD RHINEBECK
AERODROME AVRO 504K
AVRO
504K G-ABAA
AVRO 504K
The F4B biplane first flew on June 25, 1928, and was used by the United States Navy and the United States Marines, and in United States Army Air Corps service it was given the designation P-12. 586 of these biplanes were produced and they were, also, used by Brazil. Its maximum speed was 188 mph (303 km/h), with its 550 hp Pratt and Whitney engine. |
First flying on March 20, 1932, at Wright Field, the Boeing P-26 Peashooter was the first all-metal fighter monoplane that was mass produced for the United States Army Air Corps, the last fighter that it used with an open cockpit, and the fastest fighter it had, until 1938, with a top speed of 227 mph (227 365 km/h), using a 500 hp Pratt and Whitney engine. The P-26 was also used by the Philippines and China, during World War II, and Guatemala used it, until 1955. This particular P-26 belongs to Lt. Colonel Royce. |
BOEING
P-26
BOEING
P-26 PEASHOOTER
The Bristol F.2 Bristfit biplane first flew on September 9, 1916 and No. 48 Squadron was the first Royal Flying Corps squadron to receive them, in February 1917. The aircraft was used as both a fighter and a trainer, and it served with the Royal Air Force until 1932. These photos show Bristol F.2A Brisfits, with dark gray noses and light gray fueslages, from Royal Air Force No. 208 Squadron, in Egypt, during 1922, after they had escorted H.R.M. Prince of Wales through the Suez Canal. This squadron was based in Ismaila, Egypt, at the time these photos were taken. 5,308 Bristol Brisfits were built and they also served with the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and other air forces. |
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BRISTOL
F.2B
NO. 208 (RESERVE)
SQUADRON
A Consolidated 0-17 with its pilot and a passenger. |
The Consolidated PBY-5 flying boat first flew in November of 1939 and was used by the United States Navy, for reconnaissance and as a bomber, and the United States Army Air Force, for air rescue service, during World War II, and they remained in United States Air Force service until 1954. They were also used by the Royal Air Force, under the designation Catalina, and the Royal Canadian Air Force, under the designation Canso, and some were built in Canada by Canadian Vickers. The Consolidated PBY-5 had a crew of nine and a maximum speed of 179 mph (288 km/h) with its two Pratt & Whitney engines. |
The 1932 Curtiss A-10 Shrike. |
This variant of the Curtiss F8C Helldiver, with a Wasp engine, in United States Marines service. |
A Curtiss P-1A Hawk, from Bolling Field, in Washington, D.C., at Langley Field in Virginia, in July of 1927. |