Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy.For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States.
A US Navy HSS-1 Seabat of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2) aboard aircraft carrier Yorktown , circa 1959. A US Marine Corps F4H-1 Phantom II jet of Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron 314 (VMF (AW)-314) firing an AIM-7 Sparrow missile, circa 1961. This list of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962) includes prototype ...
Basler BT-67. Conroy Turbo-Three. Conroy Tri-Turbo-Three. The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller -driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II . It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version of the Douglas DC-2 .
The 1922 system. On 29 March 1922, a new designation system was introduced with a reorganization of U.S. naval aviation under the Bureau of Aeronautics. [ 5] The system conveyed its information in the form: For example, F4U-1A referred to a minor modification ( A) to the first major subtype ( 1) of Chance-Vought's ( U) fourth ( 4) fighter ( F ...
Low-wing aircraft designed for trans-pacific flight between the United States and Japan. 5. Vega. 1929. Modified Vega with Wasp radial engine. 6. Y1C-17. "Speed Vega" derivative modified by the United States Army Air Corps. 7.
Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats.A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.
Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined Douglas DC-6 (1946) and its last propeller-driven commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-7 (1953). The company had moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the U.S. Navy — the straight-winged F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more "jet age" style F4D ...
1958–1972. Number built. 556. The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company . Work began in 1952 towards the United States Air Force 's (USAF) requirement for a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker .