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The P-61 radar operator occupied a separate compartment in the rear of the fuselage accessed from a hatch below. In August 1940, sixteen months before the United States entered the war, the U.S. Air Officer in London, Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons, was briefed on British research in radar ("Radio Detection And Ranging" as it was then known), which had been underway since 1935, and had ...
The Northrop F-15 Reporter (later RF-61) was an American unarmed photographic reconnaissance aircraft.Based on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter, it was the last piston-powered photo-reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced for the United States Air Force. [1]
P-61 Black Widow; F-15A Reporter was a postwar photographic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the P-61 night fighter. Thirty-six produced; most sent to Japan. Extensive aerial photos were taken of beaches, villages, road networks, and cultural centers.
The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is an American fighter aircraft that was developed by Vought aircraft during World War II.Based on the preceding Bell P-39 Airacobra, the P-63's design incorporated suggestions from P-39 pilots and was superior to its predecessor in virtually all respects.
The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...
After World War II, the Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the Far East Air Forces (FEAF) main interceptor. However, a lack of spare parts and maintenance issues made it difficult to keep the war-weary aircraft in the air. Until an all-weather jet interceptor became available, the F-82G Twin Mustang was seen as the interim solution.
A regional plane carrying 61 people crashed Friday in a residential neighborhood in Brazil, killing all on board, the airline said, as emergency crews blanketed the area.
Northrop P-61 Black Widow, an American night fighter aircraft; BRM P61, a Formula One racing car; P61 road (Ukraine) Papyrus 61, a biblical manuscript; P61, a state regional road in Latvia; Sea Tiger (P61), a fictional submarine in the film We Dive at Dawn