#scout plane

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Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless diving for a simulated attack run at the 2019 Chino Airshow

[usafphantom4]

The Dewoitine HD.730 was a late 1930s seaplane reconnaissance aircraft designed to be catapulted from warships. The first prototype flew in 1940 but WWII caused the cancellation of the project.

@MarleneAviation via X

[carbone14]

Bombardiers en piqué Douglas SBD Dauntless en formation au-dessus du Pacifique – Guerre du Pacifique – Octobre 1943

©Naval History and Heritage Command - 80-G-K-1608

[electronicsquid]

Scout plane preparing to launch during maneuvers in the Pacific

(Carl Mydans. 1941?)

[empressxmachina]

A bitty blaze in the skies.

Source sauce.

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XOSE-1 on a test flight in 1946

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A Vintage SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber at the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Field

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1943 SBD-4 Dauntless Dive Bomber seen at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow 2022