Great shots! They show good detail of early Mk IXs converted from Mk V airframes.

They are great photo,s & one of them was originally marked as a MK V.
I guess the press, even back then made mistakes??

Anyway this weeks bonus, & a wonderful side shot of a RS-3 amphibian of Utility Squadron VJ-6 at Quantico Virginia.

Four this week from the "Flight Archives"
Handley Page Halifax Mk.III, R9534 in prototype form, fitted with Hercules VI engines. She was tested by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at Boscombe Down in December 1942. Here it was found that the engine's 'gills' caused drag resulting in disappointing climb rates.

Three this week

Curtiss-Wright P-36

Curtiss XP-36F

CurtissP-36A 1st PG

I've always thought the P-36 was a cool looking aircraft, especially when shined up in those bright 1930s colors.

Two this week.
Focke-Wulf Fw190G-3, 160016, EB-104, Wright Field, 1946 victory display.

Three this week



19 August 1940: At Mines Field (now LAX), the first North American Aviation B-25 twin-engine medium bomber, serial number 40-2165, took off on its first flight with test pilot Vance Breese at the controls and engineer Roy Ferren in the co-pilot?s position. The airplane, with company model number NA-62, was developed from two earlier designs which had been evaluated by the U.S. Air Corps, and it was ordered into production without a prototype being built and tested. The first few B-25s built?sources vary, but 8?10 airplanes?were built with a constant dihedral wing. Testing at Wright Field showed that the airplane had a slight tendency to ?Dutch roll?, so all B-25s after those were built with a ?cranked? wing, giving it the characteristic ?gull wing? appearance. The two vertical stabilizers were also increased in size. 40-2165 was retained by North American for testing while the next several aircraft were sent to Wright Field.

Ooh...Nice. Rudder kinda looks like a Harpoon's

5 this week





Taken in Florida.