Dornier Do 335 Pfeil – Warbird Wednesday Episode #271
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) is a heavy fighter built by Dornier for Germany during World War II. The Pfeil’s performance was […]
Bartini Beriev VVA-14 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #270
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 (vertical take-off amphibious aircraft) was a wing-in-ground-effect aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the early 1970s. Designed to […]
Northrop Tacit Blue – Warbird Wednesday Episode #269
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Northrop Tacit Blue was a technology demonstrator aircraft that was created to demonstrate that a low-observable stealth surveillance aircraft with a low-probability-of-intercept […]
Me P. 1109 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #268
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! This aircraft was designed near the end of WWII, it was an evolution from the concept of the BV P.202, the sweep of […]
XF-85 Goblin – Warbird Wednesday Episode #267
The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the Convair […]
Hiller X-18 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #266
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Hiller X-18 was an experimental cargo transport aircraft designed to be the first testbed for tiltwing and V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) […]
Lockheed XFV – Warbird Wednesday Episode #265
The Lockheed XFV (sometimes referred to as the “Salmon”) is an American experimental tailsitter prototype aircraft built by Lockheed in the early 1950s to demonstrate the operation of a vertical […]
Goodyear Inflatoplane – Warbird Wednesday Episode #264
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Goodyear Inflatoplane is an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, well […]
F2Y Sea Dart – Warbird Wednesday Episode #263
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Convair F2Y Sea Dart is an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis during takeoff and landing. It flew only […]
AR-2 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #262
The Arkhangelsky Ar-2 was a Soviet dive-bomber used in small numbers during World War II. Its design was a refinement of the earlier Soviet Tupolev SB.
North American A-36 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #261
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The North American A-36 (company designation NA-97, listed in some sources as “Apache” or “Invader”, but generally called Mustang) is the ground-attack/dive bomber […]
Petlyakov Pe-2 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #260
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Petlyakov Pe-2; NATO reporting name: Buck was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical […]