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On today's date in 1956, Lockheed Aircraft Corpora

On today's date in 1956, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation unveiled the first production F-104A Starfighter.

The F-104 Starfighter is an iconic American single-engine, supersonic air superiority fighter. It saw extensive service as a fighter bomber during the Cold War era. Renowned for its remarkable speed and sleek design, the F-104A was the first operational variant of this legendary aircraft, featuring advanced avionics and a powerful Pratt & Whitney J79 engine.

Do you know what the F-104A's top speed is?

The first photo is of the first production F-104A at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California. The second is an F-104 launching two AIM-9B Sidewinder infrared-homing air-to-air missiles. The third photo is our F-104C.

Who knows what cockpit these controls are from?

Who knows what cockpit these controls are from?

This is our North American SNJ-5 Texan! In 1937 No

This is our North American SNJ-5 Texan! In 1937 North American won the Air Corps design competition to produce the new combat trainer that developed into the AT-6, the most universally used trainer in the Allied Air Forces. The Navy called it the SNJ and the USAAF designated it the AT-6, which was later redesignated as the T-6. Cadet training consisted of 26 weeks of pre-flight training, 11 weeks of primary training in the N3N, and 22 weeks of advanced training in the SNJ. Carrier landings, gunnery, bombing, and rocket attacks were completed and, finally, the reserve officers moved to a combat training team.

The attack on Pearl Harbor found the Navy with only 4,000 combat pilots. By the end of the war, there were 60,747 Navy aviators. Over 2,000 AT-6s remained in service after WWII also serving abroad as the famous T-6F Harvard. This powerful trainer was very successful in prepping pilots for fighter aircraft.

Ours was purchased and restored in 1976 by Stan Hoefler, Yanks’ former curator. We acquired it in 1999. We try to fly it as often as we can and in this video, you can see our wonderful maintenance team working on it!

Thanks @rc.planedaily for the video!

How many biplanes can you recognize here? What's y

How many biplanes can you recognize here? What's your all-time favorite biplane?

📷 @uretskyaviation

This is our Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless. The Dauntless

This is our Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless. The Dauntless is a two-seat Scout/Bomber Aircraft with a state-of-the-art low-wing monoplane with multi-cellular wing. This revolutionary development allowed for no external wing braces or stays. Because multi-cellular wings could not fold, the SBD was made very compact.

SBDs carried a center-mounted 1,000 lb. bomb on a trapeze that swung the bomb down and forward to clear the prop. The SBD sank more tons of Japanese shipping than all other aircraft combined. Sinking the carrier Shoho and disabling the Shokaku during the Battle of Coral Sea stopped the Japanese from taking Port Moresby, New Guinea, and advancing into the Pacific. Prior to their attack on Midway, the Japanese believed the Yorktown was sunk alongside the Lexington at Coral Sea and the Hornet and Enterprise were out of range. The Imperial Japanese Navy would never recover from the loss of four carriers sunk by SBDs during the Battle of Midway.

This SBD was used by MGM Studios as a wind machine. We acquired and restored it in 1984.

Thanks @RC.PlaneDaily for the video!

Ever heard of a dog fight being fought with M1911

Ever heard of a dog fight being fought with M1911 handguns? On April 11th, 1945 1st Lieutenant Merritt Duane Francies, and forward observer Lieutenant William S. Martin were flying a Piper L-4J Grasshopper on a reconnaissance mission near Dannenberg, Germany when they spotted a German Fi 156 Storch flying a similar mission. Francies flew within 30 feet of the Storch and both men unloaded their 7-round 1911 magazines into the enemy aircraft, circled back, reloaded, and fired again. They hit the windshield and fuel tank causing the Storch to enter a spin and crash. Francies then landed his Grasshopper nearby and chased the two enemy aircrew down capturing them.

Learn more about this incredible act here: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/11-april-1945/

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On today's date in 1956, Lockheed Aircraft Corpora

On today's date in 1956, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation unveiled the first production F-104A Starfighter.

The F-104 Starfighter is an iconic American single-engine, supersonic air superiority fighter. It saw extensive service as a fighter bomber during the Cold War era. Renowned for its remarkable speed and sleek design, the F-104A was the first operational variant of this legendary aircraft, featuring advanced avionics and a powerful Pratt & Whitney J79 engine.

Do you know what the F-104A's top speed is?

The first photo is of the first production F-104A at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California. The second is an F-104 launching two AIM-9B Sidewinder infrared-homing air-to-air missiles. The third photo is our F-104C.

Who knows what cockpit these controls are from?

Who knows what cockpit these controls are from?

This is our North American SNJ-5 Texan! In 1937 No

This is our North American SNJ-5 Texan! In 1937 North American won the Air Corps design competition to produce the new combat trainer that developed into the AT-6, the most universally used trainer in the Allied Air Forces. The Navy called it the SNJ and the USAAF designated it the AT-6, which was later redesignated as the T-6. Cadet training consisted of 26 weeks of pre-flight training, 11 weeks of primary training in the N3N, and 22 weeks of advanced training in the SNJ. Carrier landings, gunnery, bombing, and rocket attacks were completed and, finally, the reserve officers moved to a combat training team.

The attack on Pearl Harbor found the Navy with only 4,000 combat pilots. By the end of the war, there were 60,747 Navy aviators. Over 2,000 AT-6s remained in service after WWII also serving abroad as the famous T-6F Harvard. This powerful trainer was very successful in prepping pilots for fighter aircraft.

Ours was purchased and restored in 1976 by Stan Hoefler, Yanks’ former curator. We acquired it in 1999. We try to fly it as often as we can and in this video, you can see our wonderful maintenance team working on it!

Thanks @rc.planedaily for the video!

How many biplanes can you recognize here? What's y

How many biplanes can you recognize here? What's your all-time favorite biplane?

📷 @uretskyaviation

This is our Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless. The Dauntless

This is our Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless. The Dauntless is a two-seat Scout/Bomber Aircraft with a state-of-the-art low-wing monoplane with multi-cellular wing. This revolutionary development allowed for no external wing braces or stays. Because multi-cellular wings could not fold, the SBD was made very compact.

SBDs carried a center-mounted 1,000 lb. bomb on a trapeze that swung the bomb down and forward to clear the prop. The SBD sank more tons of Japanese shipping than all other aircraft combined. Sinking the carrier Shoho and disabling the Shokaku during the Battle of Coral Sea stopped the Japanese from taking Port Moresby, New Guinea, and advancing into the Pacific. Prior to their attack on Midway, the Japanese believed the Yorktown was sunk alongside the Lexington at Coral Sea and the Hornet and Enterprise were out of range. The Imperial Japanese Navy would never recover from the loss of four carriers sunk by SBDs during the Battle of Midway.

This SBD was used by MGM Studios as a wind machine. We acquired and restored it in 1984.

Thanks @RC.PlaneDaily for the video!

Ever heard of a dog fight being fought with M1911

Ever heard of a dog fight being fought with M1911 handguns? On April 11th, 1945 1st Lieutenant Merritt Duane Francies, and forward observer Lieutenant William S. Martin were flying a Piper L-4J Grasshopper on a reconnaissance mission near Dannenberg, Germany when they spotted a German Fi 156 Storch flying a similar mission. Francies flew within 30 feet of the Storch and both men unloaded their 7-round 1911 magazines into the enemy aircraft, circled back, reloaded, and fired again. They hit the windshield and fuel tank causing the Storch to enter a spin and crash. Francies then landed his Grasshopper nearby and chased the two enemy aircrew down capturing them.

Learn more about this incredible act here: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/11-april-1945/

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