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The gritty black and white image is of an F4U-1A Corsair. The Corsair is one of the most iconic fighters of WWII. With its bent 'gull' wing to accommodate its 13 foot propeller, the aircraft was very recognizable. This particular aircraft, built in mid-1943, is one of the oldest F4Us still flying. This specific aircraft saw combat service in the Pacific Theater, in part, with the famed VMF-214 \
Douglas AD-5N Skyraider dive bomber with extra fuel tank and torpedo taxiing. Photo taken in 1953.
Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA - June 1, 2024: An F6F Hellcat performas at the 2024 Legacy of Liberty Airshow at Holloman Air Force Base.
Beja Airport, Portugal: sonar buoys chutes - sonobuoys are used in anti-submarine warfare and submarine rescue - there are two main types, active buoys send out sonar pulses, which reflect off of the submarine, and the return is datal inked back to the aircraft, passive buoys listen for any radiated noise from the submarine contact - hydrophone sensors and stabilizing equipment are below the water surface, the buoy relays acoustic information from its hydrophone via UHF/VHF radio to operators on board the aircraft - Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft, a military derivative of the Lockheed L-188 Electra. Image obtained in a public non ticketed area.
historical aircraft in a hangar
Patuxent River, Maryland, USA - February 13, 2016: Close-up of a U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk jet fighter/trainer on static display at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
Chino, California, USA- May 4, 2014. Planes of Fame Airshow P-47 Thunderbolt vintage WWII aircraft fly-by. The 2014 Planes of Fame Airshow features 2 days of vintage aircraft performing fly-overs and many aircraft static displays.
Sea Vixen in clear blue sky over Poole Bay, English Channel, England. De Havilland Sea Vixen twin boom tail, twin engine jet airplane used by the British Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy for flight from aircraft carriers in air defence during the late twentieth century
Infrared Black and White Image - Propeller airplane with folded wings
Airplane taxiing at Ottumwa, Iowa, USA airport in 1963. Scanned film with significant grain.
Duxford, UK - September 20, 2015: a Spitfire Mk. XVIII fighter aircraft of the mid to late 1940s pictured in flight over Cambridgeshire, England.
Underside of a jet airplane wing.
Miramar, California, USA - September 23, 2023: The side view of a US Navy V-22 Osprey on display at America's Airshow 2023.
Lockheed Constellation Passenger Airliner
World War II era navy fighter plane with folded wings
Spitfire war plane
Odena, Spain – November 07, 2020: old biplane aircraft. Pitts Special S-2B rear
Douglas AD-5N Skyraider dive bomber with extra fuel tank and torpedo. Livingston Betsworth Field (Waterloo Municipal Airport), Waterloo, Iowa, USA 1953.
Bottom view of a WWII assault plane (SBD Dauntless), with a bomb
Tucson, Arizona, USA - March 25, 2023: An F-8F Bearcat warms up for a performance at the 2023 Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona airshow.
Aircraft propeller, Douglas TBD Devastator war torpedo bomber
Black and white image of the iconic fighter / bomber.
historical fighter plane on a runway
Stearman biplane in Western Air Express livery flying in blue sky. Hastings, Nebraska, USA June 22, 2008.
American WWII fighter plane (Vought F4U Corsair ) approaching
A restored US Navy F4U Corsair. Used by the Navy and Marine Corps in World War II and Korea.
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