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On 16 October 1951, a formation of four NF.21 aircraft flew non-stop from Gibraltar to Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, in 3 hours 10 minutes at an average speed of just under 330 mph; on 24 November 1951, a single Sea Hornet flew the same route in 2 hours 45 minutes at an average speed of 378 mph. [10] During a brief deployment in 1952 ...
USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid.
If the date of an aircraft's entry into service or first flight is not known, the aircraft will be listed by its name, the country of origin or major wartime users. Aircraft used for multiple roles are generally only listed under their primary role unless specialized versions were built for other roles in significant numbers.
Vultee XA-41 - Prototype ground attack aircraft; Culver PQ-8/A-8 - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Culver PQ-14 Cadet - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Curtiss A-12 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss XA-14/Curtiss A-18 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep - Advanced twin-engine pilot trainer; Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando - Transport
An aerial photo of the Pima Air & Space Museum in 2013. This is a list of aircraft in the collection of the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The identity of an aircraft may be its civil registration or its military serial number. An aircraft may have had civil use following its retirement from the military; furthermore an aircraft ...
The RAF Museum's Me 410, with the doors of its nose bomb-bay open, 2016 The RAF Museum's Me 410 with the engines and the outer-wings removed, 2020. The principal difference between the Me 210 and Me 410 was the adoption of the larger (at 44.5 litres, 2,720 cu in displacement) and more powerful Daimler-Benz DB 603A engines.
de Havilland Hornet (RAF) twin engine fighter; de Havilland Sea Hornet (FAA) twin engine fighter; de Havilland Vampire (RAF) jet fighter prototype; Fairey Spearfish (FAA) torpedo/dive bomber; General Aircraft Fleet Shadower (RAF) maritime patrol; Martin-Baker M.B.5. General Aircraft GAL.47 (RAF) Army cooperation; General Aircraft GAL.55 (RAF ...
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 (VMFA-321) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets. Known as "Hell’s Angels", the squadron participated in action during World War II and was then transferred to the Marine Forces Reserve. The squadron was decommissioned on 11 September 2004.