Fokker S.14 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #245
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Fokker S.14 Mach trainer is a two-seater military training jet aircraft designed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker for the […]
Fuji T-1 Hatsutaka – Warbird Wednesday Episode #244
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Fuji T-1 Hatsutakawas Japan’s first jet-powered trainer aircraft. Its first flight was in January 1958. A total of 66 T-1 planes were […]
BAC Jet Provost – Warbird Wednesday Episode #243
The BAC Jet Provost is a British jet trainer aircraft that was in use with the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1955 to 1993. It was originally developed by Hunting Percival from the earlier piston engine-powered Percival Provost basic trainer, and […]
Fouga CM.170 Magister – Warbird Wednesday Episode #242
The Fouga CM.170 Magister is a 1950s French two-seat jet trainer aircraft that was developed and manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer Établissements Fouga & Cie. Easily recognizable by its V-tail, […]
T-2 Buckeye – Warbird Wednesday Episode #241
The North American T-2 Buckeye was the United States Navy‘s intermediate training aircraft, intended to introduce U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps student naval aviators and student naval flight officers to jets. It entered service in 1959, beginning the replacement […]
Temco Model 51 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #240
The Temco Model 51 had been initially proposed to the US Air Force in response to an Air Force competition for a jet-powered primary trainer, which was won by the […]
Percival Prentice – Warbird Wednesday Episode #239
Designed to meet Air Ministry Specification T.23/43, the Prentice was the first all-metal aircraft to be produced by the Percival Aircraft Company. The first (of 5) prototypes, Prentice TV163 was […]
Yak-17 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #238
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Yakovlev Yak-17 USAF/DOD designation Type 16, NATO reporting name Feather is an early Soviet jet fighter. It was developed from the Yak-15, […]
Yak-7 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #237
The Yakovlev Yak-7 NATO reporting name: (Mark) was developed from the earlier Yak-1 fighter, initially as a trainer but converted into a fighter. As both a fighter and later reverting […]
Mitsubishi J8M – Warbird Wednesday Episode #236
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Mitsubishi J8M Shūsui literally “Autumn Water”, used as a poetic term meaning “Sharp Sword” deriving from the swishing sound of a sword, […]
Kyushu K11W – Warbird Wednesday Episode #235
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Kyushu K11W Shiragiku made by the Kyushu Aircraft Company, was a land-based bombing trainer aircraft that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy […]
Beech 18 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #234
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Beechcraft Model 18 (or “Twin Beech”, as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured […]