Aircraft
ANT-44/MTB-2A
Only two aircraft were built, the last one was destroyed in 1943. In December 1934, Tupolev was asked to design a naval heavy bomber (Morksoi Torpedonosets Bombardirovshik = naval torpedo bomber = MTB). With his seaplane specialist Ivan Pogosski dead, he gave the project to Aleksander Golubkov who came up with a more conventional design than the earlier ANT âhydroplanesâ…
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Lockheed Martin F-21
Lockheed Martin unveiled its newest member to the F-16 family â F-21, where 21 stands for 21st century. It is an enhanced version of F-16 Block 70. Though it carries a lot of identical systems that are already available on Block 70, it does have its own unique specifications- that…
Fiat G.50 Fighter
The Fiat G.50 was built in response to specifications issued by the Ministerio dellâ Aeronautica in 1936, calling for a lightly armed interceptor, a long-range escort fighter, and a fighter-bomber. While other manufacturers submitted four designs to address each of those requirements, Fiatâs Giuseppe Gabrielli designed his G.50 to satisfy…
Martin B-10
An unprecedented long-range mission and a severe test for the Air Corpsâ new B-10 bomber was made in the summer of 1934, when Lt. Colonel Henry H. Arnold led ten of the Martin bombers on a grueling 7,360-mile round-trip flight from Washington, D. C, to Alaska and return. The airplanes…
Convair XC-99
XC-99 at Kelly AFB, Texas while attached to the Military Air Transport Service 1700th Air Transport Group, 1954. Note San Antonio Air Materiel Area (SAAMA) tail marking, indicating the aircraft was assigned to the Air Materiel Command. During its operational life, the XC-99 logged over 7,400 hours total time, and…
Junkers Ju-86
It would be fair to say that the Junkers Ju 86 was already obsolescent at the beginning of World War 11, and was accepted rather grudgingly by the Luftwaffe, which preferred the Heinkel He 111. It is all the more surprising, therefore, that within two years the type was operating…
Caproni Ca.133 Type
CA.101 The Ca.101 was essentially an enlarged Ca 97 which appeared in 1927 as a commercial transport, powered by three AHa Romeo built 200 h. p. Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx radial engines. Specifications of this model included a span of 65 ft., a length of 44 ft. 8 in., a height of…