Category: Aviation History

Radial Engine Round Up – Civilian Single Engined Aircraft

Travel Air D-4-D Photos by Tim Adams, Ken Kula, Don Linn and Bob Finch Here’s a scrapbook containing photos of civilian aircraft all powered by a single radial piston engine, enjoy! A WACO biplane looking forward Antonov AN-2 Rare...

Airliners Special Color Schemes #3

Cape Air Cessna 402C Photos by Ken Kula and Scott Jankowski Airbus A-380 with Trent XWB97 colors Skywest CRJ-200 “Company Colors” Jetstar A-320 sports colors United Airlines B-737-900ER March of Dimes colors Republic Airlines ERJ-175LR in “Company Colors” Allegiant...

Sunset of the Harrier

Story and photos by Shawn Byers The United States Marine Corps retired the last of their world famous Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft on 3 June 2026. The primary mission of Marine Aviation is...

More Single Engined Radial Powered Aircraft From John Freedman

All photos by John Freedman Here are more aircraft photos by John Fedeedman, this time featuring single radial-engined airplanes. Yak 18 Antonov AN-2 Hudson, CAC Wirraway and pair of Harvards  Corsair Wildcat and Corsair Gee Bee QED replica Lavochkin...

The Convairliner

Mohawk Convair 240 at Las Vegas McCarran Airport, March 13, 1968 Story and Photos by Don Linn What many would say is a last-minute reprieve, as of this writing at least, the last Convairliner, a stretched CV-5800, C-GKFS, with...

Radial Engine Round Up – Civilian Multi Engined Aircraft

DC-6, Universal, N661TA, PHL Cargo City, Nov 1990 Photography by Don Linn, Scott Jankowski, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Lockheed L-1649A-98 Starliner Originally a U. S. Army C-47, it was converted to a Douglas DC-3C after World War II...

American Business Jets: An Important Tool For Doing Business

Cessna’s (Textron Aviation) Citation CJ2+  Story and photos by Don Linn Business jets are an important tool for doing business in today’s increasingly competitive world for several reasons. Foremost, for many corporations and companies, especially those with multi-office locations,...

Radial Engine Round Up – Military Multi Engined Aircraft

Florida Air National Guard Convair C-131D Samaritan Photos by Don Linn, Scott Jankowski, Tim Adams, Del Laughery, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Here’s a scrapbook of military multi radial-engined aircraft… including transports, bombers, fighters and patrol planes. A few...

U. S. Navy and Marines “CAG” Aircraft Scrapbook

“AA-100” is a Grumman F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Navy’s VF-11 fighter squadron. One or two aircraft in a Navy or Marine Corps squadron wear what has been called CAG (Carrier Air Group) colors, … special markings denoting a...

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