Built in Fort Worth, TX in the 30's, the Flea TC-1 triplane offered an airframe kit for free to customers who purchased the motor. It had a 20ft wingspan and 460lb empty weight. Powered by 40hp it hit 100mph using variable incidence wings and drew from the Mignet Flying Flea.👀
Blériot 110 'Joseph Le Brix' was a record plane.
It broke several world records for distance, in 1931, then in 1933, with Codos and Rossi, who broke the world record for straight-line distance, having flown 9,100 km from New York in the USA to Rayak in Syria after 55 flying hours
The Tupolev Tu-114 was the Soviet giant based on the Tu-95 Bear. First flown in 1957, it entered service in 1961 with four Kuznetsov turboprops. It cruised at 480mph, over 5,500mi range and seated up to 220. It was the fastest prop airliner ever and largest at the time.👀
The Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.66, designed and built in 1931 by Savoia-Marchetti as an enlarged S.55 with three Fiat engines. It served Ala Littoria on Mediterranean routes before military use with the Regia Aeronautica until 1943. 👀
✈️ “One of the most forgotten fighters of WWII never actually fought for the U.S…”
The North American P-64 was originally built as an export fighter , sleek, fast for its era, and armed better than many trainers of the time. But after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. seized the aircraft before delivery.
Instead of becoming a famous warbird like the Mustang, the P-64 faded into aviation obscurity.
And honestly… it still looks incredible. 🔥
If you had to bring back ONE underrated WWII aircraft for an airshow today, what would it be? 👀👇
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