Trev Clark's Obscure Aviation History 🚁さんのイラストまとめ

The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first US aircraft to be designed from the outset, as a night fighter. It served it all theatres during its relatively short career and took part in ejector seat trials, fire bombing and even thunderstorm penetration experiments😲, after WW 2.

The Bristol Brigand B1 was a post-war British anti-shipping/ground attack/dive bomber, developed by Bristol AC, as a replacement for the Beaufighter. It saw active service in Malaya and Kenya, but hot climates caused poor serviceability, leading to a premature retirement in 1953.

'X' marks the spot. The Bulgarian Air Force was one of the oldest in Europe, but the Bulgarian alliance with Germany in 1941, did not serve it well. Although equipped with (mainly) German aircraft, this relatively small force was no match against the might of Allied air power.

The first F-15!😎
This is the Northrop F-15 Reporter, a photo-recce development of the P-61 Black Widow night fighter. Although it only saw limited USAF service, F-15's mapped North Korea from their base in Japan, before the outbreak of the Korean War, which proved very useful!👍🏻

Today's 'Saturday Artwork' returns us to the super work of artist, Malcolm Root. Oh, how I wish I could swap places with the 'old' chap on the left of the painting! This is a BUA ATL 'Carvair' car ferry, approaching Southend Airport, in the 1960's. Just imagine that noise 😎

Governments and their panels of experts are under public scrutiny at the moment. History tells us that they do get it wrong, Speed and Power featured these wonderful 'White Elephants' both of the Brabazon Committee, created in 1942, to steer the future of British Civil aviation!

A wonderful pre-WW 2 amateur drawing, of an RAF Supermarine Scapa flying boat. I don't know about the origin of this lovely artwork, as I found it on-line whilst researching something completely different! One of those 'gems' of the internet, that I thought deserved to be shared.

Every Saturday is 'aviation art day' here, so this morning I offer you this wonderful piece by Frank Wooten. It features Hawker Hart light bomber aircraft of 11 Sqn RAF, flying over the Himalayas in the 1930's. The unit only relinquished their Harts in July 1939! @RAFConingsby

The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Grass snake) was a WW 2 German rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. The only manned flight ended in a fatal crash. About 200 were ordered for the SS and Luftawaffe, but none were delivered.

Ditching the tow rope!
This unusual glider towing method that was tested in 1950. Instead of a long (and sometimes slack) tow rope which had been used in WW 2, this WACO Hadrian is attached to the Curtiss C-46 Commando by a new rigid towing system. It wasn't used operationally.