air-fan

[atena-0]

Come, I'll take you on a tour of memories_

[fionaantonella1]

Messerschmitt Me-262

[usafphantom-2]

In 1943, Nishizawa Hiroyoshi aboard a Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 0 carrier fighter Model 22 in the Solomon Islands. The aircraft number "105" can be confirmed on the tail fin of the fuselage, and it is introduced in many books and models as the aircraft of Japan's top-class ace pilot, Chief Petty Officer Flight Warrant Officer "Nishizawa Hiroyoshi (Nishizawa Hiroyoshi)," who belonged to the 251st Naval Air Group.

@MaximumOden via X

[thestonecuttersguild]

When you turn a DC-3 into a strategic bomber.

B-18 Bolo, NMUSAF

[usafphantom10]

Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking seaplane in Souda, Crete.

@Destroye83 via X

[nocternalrandomness]

1945 General Motors TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber at NAS Pensacola

[livingfiercly]

[nocternalrandomness]

The highly polished Red Bull 1944 P-38 Lightning visiting Nellis AFB in Nevada from Salzburg, Austria

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Flettner Fl 265 (D-ELFV), an experimental helicopter designed by Anton Flettner. It was developed for the Luftwaffe and featured intermeshing rotors, also known as a synchropter. Only six prototypes were built, with the first flight occurring in 1939. It was the first helicopter capable of transitioning between powered rotary flight and autorotation

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Heinkel He 177 'Greif' 1944, location unknown

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Future 7 victory ace Leutnant Georg Strasser of Jasta 17 in front of his Albatros D.V/DVa(?). Seen here as a Vizefeldwebel which would date the photo between 10 July and 13 August 1917, when he received a field promotion to Leutnant. He was WIA in December 1917 and as far as I can ascertain didn't fly combat again. He survived the war but was killed on 4 December 1925 as a test pilot for Junkers. Sanke card #638, text reads "Our brave battle flyer Vizefeldwebel Straßer"

[nocternalrandomness]

The beautifully restored 1945 Mustang "Val-Halla" pulling into Snohomish County Airport

[nocternalrandomness]

"Puff the Magic Dragon"

[usafphantom10]

Henschel Hs 123B-1 behind Leutnant Josef Menapace, Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) holder and Staffelkapitän of 7./SchlG 1. He flew 723 missions and was KIA on 6 October 1943, his aircraft was hit by enemy flak and he crashed into the Pripet Marshes.

@Destroye83 via X

[usafphantom10]

29 May 1935. The Bf 109 V1 prototype was powered by a liquid-cooled, supercharged, Rolls-Royce Kestrel VI single overhead cam V-12 engine. The intended Junkers Jumo 210 inverted V-12 engine was not yet available.

@ron_eisele via X

[j-r-macready]

[nocternalrandomness]

An immaculate 1941 Ryan PT-22 Recruit seen parked at Hemet-Ryan Airport near Egan California