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 […]
AT-10 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #233
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! Beechcraft began designing the Model 25 early in 1940 in response to the requirement of the then-named United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) […]
BT-9 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #232
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The North American BT-9 was the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) designation for a low-wing single engine monoplane primary trainer aircraft that […]
Yokosuka K5Y – Warbird Wednesday Episode #230
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Yokosuka K5Y Type 93 Intermediate Training Aircraft, Allied reporting name: “Willow” was a two-seat unequal-span biplane trainer that served in the Imperial […]
MS 230 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #229
The Morane-Saulnier MS.230 aircraft was the main elementary trainer for the French Armée de l’Air throughout the 1930s. Almost all French pilots flying for the Armée de l’Air at the […]
Hs 123 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #228
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Henschel Hs 123 was a single-seat biplane dive bomber and close-support aircraft flown by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War […]