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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 ...
Data from Cliche and the Virtual Ultralight Museum General characteristics Crew: one Length: 17 ft (5.2 m) Wingspan: 28 ft (8.5 m) Height: 5 ft (1.5 m) Wing area: 120 sq ft (11 m 2) Empty weight: 220 lb (100 kg) Gross weight: 700 lb (318 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 U.S. gallons (19 L; 4.2 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Cuyuna 430R twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 35 hp (26 kW) Performance ...
P-38L 44-53232 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The Lockheed P-38 Lighting is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.
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.
On 22 October 1942, Luftwaffe Fw 200C-4/U3 "F8+EK" of 1.(F)/120 and I./KG 40 was shot down by two USAAF P-38 Lightning fighters and crashed at Kleppatagl, Iceland, killing all seven on board. On 9 July 1943, a Luftwaffe Fw 200 of III/KG 40 was shot down by a British fighter and struck a cliff near Aljezur, Portugal, killing all seven on board.
Aircraft such as the P-38, P-40, P-51A, and North American P-82E used close-coupled propeller reduction gears, a feature of the V-1710-F series. The accessory end had a one- or two-speed engine-driven supercharger that might have a second stage with or without an intercooler , the ignition magnetos and the customary assortment of oil and fuel ...
The Curtiss SO3C Seamew was developed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation as a replacement for the SOC Seagull as the United States Navy's standard floatplane scout. Curtiss named the SO3C the Seamew but in 1941 the US Navy began calling it by the name Seagull, the same name as the aircraft it replaced (the Curtiss SOC a biplane type), causing some confusion.
North American P-64 fighter/advanced trainer; North American P-82 Twin Mustang; Northrop A-13/A-16/A-17/A-33 attack aircraft; Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet prototype fighter; Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter; Northrop XP-79 prototype interceptor; Piper L-4 Grasshopper observation/liaison aircraft; Republic P-43 Lancer fighter; Republic P ...