Greeting all; An impromtu display of American air power on this birthday celebration. The rest of you gents set out your eagles and give us a show. Someone strike up the band for a round of Pomp and Circumstance with a dash of Yankee Doodle please. First in line Is a English built AEF purchaced Sopwith F.1 Camel of the 185th Aero. The premier night fighter i interceptor unit. Note the wing lights and Holt flares. This machine was F1445 equipped with a Grapeshot cannon in the prop boss. (Yes a single shot cannon.) Note the Bat in the yellow oval unit insignia. Oct-Nov. 1918.

Now before you go saying that couldn't be...

A single shot cannon that fired grapeshot?

I suppose it was an improvement on dropping rocks on the plane below...

Here is a Nieuport 24 of the Cadre unit 31st Aero Sqdn, Field Five, 3rd Aviation Instructional Center, Issoudon. France 1918.

Here is a Nieuport 28 of the famed 94th Aero "Hat-n-the-Ring" Lt. Jimmy Miesner.

Here is a Nieuport 28 from the 27th Aero, though it has a cowling from the 95th Aero it is thought to be the Cmdr's aircraft of the 27th 6301 (#16).
Static display cutaway.

Next is the Spad XIII from the 94th Aero flown (when it was not being a hangar queen) by Lt. Joe Eastman S.15006 (#19).

Hi Stephen,

Those are great looking models of a great era!

More, please???

Thanks JPTRR!

Com'on folks! If your not at some park or fairgrounds yet post some of your favorite American marked birds.

JPTRR at your request. Here is the Cmdr's aircraft (Capt Reed Chambers) of the 94th Aero Sqdn while stationed in occupied Germany the 94th Aero decided to spend the winter months dressing up their camouflaged Spad XIII type. Their 1918-1919 Spad XIII types were christened "The Showbirds." Documentation from the neighboring 147th Aero called this "The Flag Bus" The 30 plus gallons of paint applied so impaired the flight characteristics, that it was considered unpleasant to fly.

Where is the WWII stuff? Jets? Those are aircraft too aren't they.

Sorry Stephen I've only just spotted this, I'll start with this F104 Starfighter
one of my few 1/72 scale kits.

Mal

Sorry, my only American aircraft i have built to date :-) . Others are planned for the future, at some point .
F-86 Sabre, served in the Korean war.

Andy

How about a P-47 Thunderbolt

Mal

Build 30 some years ago, but it still hasn't fallen apart

and a little newer, but still an old Jet build

a couple more old smokers