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Most nations used obsolete combat types for advanced training, although large scale training programs such as the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) required more aircraft than were available and aircraft were designed and built specifically to fulfill training roles. Intermediate trainers were used in several countries but ...
The two most produced biplane designs were the 1913 British Avro 504 of which 11,303 were built, and the 1928 Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 of which over 20,000 were built, with the Po-2 being the direct replacement for the Soviet copy of the Avro 504. Both were widely used as trainers.
The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is an American biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. [2] Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934.
Polikarpov I-15 biplane: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 228 mph 320 mi 32,200 ft 4 Polikarpov I-153 biplane: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 185 mph 290 mi 35,100 ft 4 Polikarpov I-16: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 288 mph 497 mi 31,800 ft 2 2 × 20mm Polikarpov I-185: Radial 18-cyl: Shvetsov 390 mph 519 mi 36,000 ft 3 × 20mm Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
The areas of the world covered by commercial air routes in 1925. Sometimes dubbed the Golden Age of Aviation, [1] the period in the history of aviation between the end of World War I (1918) and the beginning of World War II (1939) was characterised by a progressive change from the slow wood-and-fabric biplanes of World War I to fast, streamlined metal monoplanes, creating a revolution in both ...
The aircraft was designed by Nikolai Polikarpov to replace the U-1 trainer (a copy of the British Avro 504), which was known as Avrushka to the Soviets. [6]The prototype of the U-2, powered by a 74 kW (99 hp) Shvetsov M-11 air-cooled five-cylinder radial engine, first flew on 7 January 1928 piloted by M.M. Gromov. [6]
Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Army Air Corps (AAC) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) [1] during the Second World War.
Curtiss F11C Goshawk - Biplane fighter; Curtiss R5C Commando - Transport; Curtiss XF14C - Prototype carrier-based fighter; Curtiss SBC Helldiver - Carrier-based scout bomber; Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - Carrier-based dive bomber; Curtiss SOC Seagull - Observation aircraft; Curtiss SO3C Seamew - Observation aircraft; Curtiss SC Seahawk - ASW aircraft