/r/HistoricalAircraft
Any historical aircraft or content related to them is allowed here so long as it is at least over 30 years old.
Historical Aircraft
This is a place to share and dicuss content related to different Historic aircraft. So long as it's relevant most things are allowed from photographs, videos, paintings and schematics.
Aircraft have to be at least 30 years old, modern photos and videos are fine so long as the subject is old enough
Civilian and military aircraft are allowed
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Happy Cakeday, r/HistoricalAircraft! Today you're 6
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 1 posts:
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Happy Cakeday, r/HistoricalAircraft! Today you're 5
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 10 posts:
- "Looks like so much fun (PBY in Kodiak Bay)" by u/AmmoRacks
- "Here's a B-18 Bolo with an Experimental lo drag wing design, Note the P-43 Lancer in the Background" by u/AmmoRacks
- "PBY at NAS Jacksonville in 1942, look a little more fun than Kodiak Bay" by u/AmmoRacks
- "This was in a mystery show I was watching. 1.question what kind of plane is it? 2. Why aren't planes, idk, amazing, amazing anymore? 3. Is there a way I can ride in one of these somewhere?" by u/GoblinsNtheNight
- "Hawker Sea Fury in crash" by u/ovenreadydeal
- "I need some help." by u/_Kulio_
- "Santos-Dumont - an unsung aviation hero" by u/themasterbabyyoda
- "Radio identification" by u/letsbuildasnowman
- "Happy Cakeday, r/HistoricalAircraft! Today you're 4" by u/AutoModerator
- "Does anyone know or have HP Victor aircraft footage in the gulf war" by u/AmmoRacks
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Here's a B-18 Bolo with an Experimental lo drag wing design, Note the P-43 Lancer in the Background
23:49 UTC
PBY at NAS Jacksonville in 1942, look a little more fun than Kodiak Bay
21:19 UTC
Looks like so much fun (PBY in Kodiak Bay)
20:47 UTC
Does anyone know or have HP Victor aircraft footage in the gulf war
I’m helping out a friend for a video and we cannot find any videos of the victor in the gulf war. If y’all could help that’d be amazing
04:19 UTC
Radio identification
Can anyone help me identify the radio compliment of a Vultee BT-13? I would love to restore one.
19:42 UTC
This was in a mystery show I was watching. 1.question what kind of plane is it? 2. Why aren't planes, idk, amazing, amazing anymore? 3. Is there a way I can ride in one of these somewhere?
22:58 UTC
I need some help.
So i am a English Electric Lightning enthusiast my favourite is a 1965 F.6 XR754 his nose cone is still around and i would love to know where it is if anyone could tell me i would appreciate it deeply
21:42 UTC
Happy Cakeday, r/HistoricalAircraft! Today you're 4
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 10 posts:
- "Fairey Firefly of 1770 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the flight deck of HMS Indefatigable during the carrier-borne air strike on the Japanese oil refinery at Pangkalan Brandan, Sumatra" by u/Crowe410
- "F7F Tigercat I saw at the WWII plane museum in Colorado." by u/pon_con
- "North American XB-70A Valkyrie - The North American Aviation XB-70A Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command." by u/BillyPilgrim1954
- "Fiat G.91 at Amendola Air Force Base, Italy, June 1978" by u/Crowe410
- "A Very pretty Po-2" by u/TheBoostedBass
- "U.S. Army Air Forces Bell Airacobra of the 67th Fighter Squadron on Guadalcanal, in 1942" by u/Crowe410
- "Cross Section of the Bristol Beaufort" by u/Bevans-12
- "B-25 Mitchells at North American Aviation, Kansas City, October 1942" by u/Crowe410
- "Curtiss A-12 Shrike, Fort Crockett, Texas, 1933" by u/Crowe410
- "US Army airship RS-1 docked at Ford Airport, Dearborn, 18 September 1926 [2875 x 3500]" by u/girusatuku
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Where is this airplane engine nose cone from?
Found this airplane engine nose cone in the basement of a retired airplane mechanic. Notches for four propeller blades. Only markings on the item are the phrase “Caution: External Deicing Heater Handle with Care” (in English). No other markings or serial numbers on item. Base is 21 inches wide, and 21 inches tall from base to tip of nose.
Picture was taken in the rain, so it looks much shinier than in reality. Actual finish is much flatter. Any ideas? Thanks!
Edited Nov. 2, 2020. I found some additional information found on the inside of the airplane part. I have included a new photo with some information. Not all could be easily read. I was wondering if it was called a spinner assembly. Would this help in the identification? Thank you.
17:15 UTC
THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT Air Force One, Concorde & M-21 Blackbird
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The Museum of Flight Seattle: WWI & WWII Aircraft
01:40 UTC
F7F Tigercat I saw at the WWII plane museum in Colorado.
21:26 UTC
Can anyone help identify this aircraft? No markings or indications of age, it is the only model in my Dad's collection he has not been able to ID. Ta! (Pls let me know if this is the wrong place for this post)
13:14 UTC
Rare Aircraft: Handley Page Hampden at the Canadian Museum of Flight
23:13 UTC
I was driving through Indian Springs NV today and saw this. I thought it was a Sabre at first glance but there are too many things that are just slightly different. What is it?
23:18 UTC
Douglas DC-3 in Nazi Livery (Lufthansa Aircraft in Portugal 1943)
I was watching some historical footage from Portugal in 1943[1] and spotted this interesting tidbit: a Douglas DC-3 in Nazi Livery. I was initially confused, but turns out they operated several of them. From the tail number I was able to discover that this particular one was most likely acquired after the invasion of Czechoslovakia, and destroyed later in the war during a daylight bombing raid [2]. Links to the video and source.
12:07 UTC
Low flying (~300ft) plane with two chopper escorts, SF Bay Area
I wondered if anyone knew what this plane was? I'm new to this subreddit so my apologies if this is the wrong place.
20:35 UTC
What's this plane?
I'm wondering if someone on this subreddit can help me identify this plane. It's a pic of my father who was in WWII. It's probably 1943 when he was in training in the Navy Air Corps. (In '45 he was flying B29s).
19:35 UTC
Cross Section of the Bristol Beaufort
18:23 UTC
Fairey Firefly of 1770 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the flight deck of HMS Indefatigable during the carrier-borne air strike on the Japanese oil refinery at Pangkalan Brandan, Sumatra
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Fiat G.91 at Amendola Air Force Base, Italy, June 1978
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Does anyone know what happened to the Philippine Mars?
The Philippine Mars (1 of 7 Martin JRM Mars Aircraft built) was supposed to be donated to the Pensacola Naval Museum. The last I can find about it is an article from 2016 saying that the deal had fallen through.
*Edit. Forgot to add picture
22:51 UTC
Imperial War Museum Duxford Tour - WW1, WW2, Cold War and Modern Aircraft
18:07 UTC
North American XB-70A Valkyrie - The North American Aviation XB-70A Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command.
19:04 UTC
Chuck Yeager in front of the Bell X-1, which, as with all of the aircraft assigned to him, he named Glamorous Glennis (or some variation thereof), after his wife. Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the X-1 Glamorous Glennis at Mach 1.05 at an altitude of 45,000 feet.
22:59 UTC
Boeing Model 299, the B-17 Flying Fortress prototype. On 30 Oct 1935, USAAC test pilot Major Peter Hill, and Boeing's Les Tower, took the Model 299 on an evaluation flight. They forgot to disengage the "gust locks", which locked the control surfaces in place, and it crashed, killing Hill and Tower.
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