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Cynthia and the sea of clouds 2024 21x13cm acrylic on canvas michael pontieri

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Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK Dive Bomber

The Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK was a dive and torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy starting in 1944. After only five examples had been built, with the first two being flying prototypes; the contract was terminated in September 1946.

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“An SB2C Helldiver of Bombing Squadron (VB) 81 passes over the fantail of the carrier Wasp (CV-18) on approach for recovery.”

(National Naval Aviation Museum: NNAM.1996.488.021.024)

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The only flying example of the Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldiver, dive bomber. #keepemflying #flying #flight #fly #ww2 #warbird #airplane #airshow #airport #aviation #divebomber #aviationphotography #aviationlovers #aviators #military #museum #twitter

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Northrop BT-1

Northrop BT-1 of Bombing 6 aboard USS Enterprise in a pre-war photo. The Northrop BT-1 was a dive bomber operated by the US Navy. First flying on 19 August 1935, a total of 55 were built. Poor handling characteristics restricted its use to only two aircraft carriers, USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6). A revised version, incorporating fully retracted undercarriage, leading edge slots, a more powerful engine and a redesigned canopy became the BT-2. An order for 144 was received for the US Navy and they were delivered as the Douglas SBD Dauntless, as Northrop had been taken over and incorporated in Douglas.

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Vultee XA-41

Originally designed as a dive-bomber, the role of the Vultee XA-41 was changed to a low level attack aircraft when the USAAF decided that dive bombers were too vulnerable. Changing priorities and the coming end of the Second World War saw the order for two prototypes changed to just one.

The only prototype first flew on 11 February 1944. It was used predominantly as an engine test bed for the R-4360, although the US Navy evaluated it against other attack aircraft (Douglas AD-1 Skyraider and Martin AM-1 Mauler). Engine tests continued until 1950 when the XA-41 was scrapped.

More photos here.