10 results found
Registration / Serial: | N9003R |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): |
City / Airport: | Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (KPHX / PHX)Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 December 1971 |
Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
Photo ID: | 724901Submit Correction |
View count: | 118 |
Preserved at Pima Air & Space Museum, Arizona, as 311727/USAAF (43-11727). Photo by Steve Kraus.
Registration / Serial: | N9003R |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | |
City / Airport: | Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (KPHX / PHX)Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 December 1971 |
Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
Registration / Serial: | N9003R |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): |
City / Airport: | Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (KPHX / PHX)Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 December 1971 |
Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
Photo ID: | 724901Submit Correction |
View count: | 118 |
Preserved at Pima Air & Space Museum, Arizona, as 311727/USAAF (43-11727). Photo by Steve Kraus.
Registration / Serial: | N9003R |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | |
City / Airport: | Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (KPHX / PHX)Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 December 1971 |
Photo from: | John Visanich Collection |
Registration / Serial: | 8 yellow |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 13 October 1984 |
Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
Photo ID: | 715859Submit Correction |
View count: | 131 |
Delivered to the USAAF as 43-11727. To Honduras as 400 in 1948. Returned to the USA as N9003R in 1960 and stored at Phoenix-Skyharbor. To the museum by 1973 and painted in Soviet colours. Repainted into USAAF colours by 1997.
Registration / Serial: | 8 yellow |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 13 October 1984 |
Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
Registration / Serial: | 8 yellow |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 13 October 1984 |
Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
Photo ID: | 715859Submit Correction |
View count: | 131 |
Delivered to the USAAF as 43-11727. To Honduras as 400 in 1948. Returned to the USA as N9003R in 1960 and stored at Phoenix-Skyharbor. To the museum by 1973 and painted in Soviet colours. Repainted into USAAF colours by 1997.
Registration / Serial: | 8 yellow |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 13 October 1984 |
Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 697821Submit Correction |
View count: | 93 |
Despite improvements over the P-39, the P-63 was inferior to other fighters and the vast majority of the 3,303 built were supplied to Russia. With its mid-mounted Allison engine exposed by a viewing panel, this Kingcobra dates back to 1943 when it was built for the USAAF, being sold to the Honduran AF in 1948. In 1960 it was repatriated as N9003R and ended up in open storage at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. In the early 1970s, now under the care of the USAF Museum, it was loaned to Pima and was painted in a Soviet scheme, before the restoration that saw it brought inside in the mid-1990s
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 697821Submit Correction |
View count: | 93 |
Despite improvements over the P-39, the P-63 was inferior to other fighters and the vast majority of the 3,303 built were supplied to Russia. With its mid-mounted Allison engine exposed by a viewing panel, this Kingcobra dates back to 1943 when it was built for the USAAF, being sold to the Honduran AF in 1948. In 1960 it was repatriated as N9003R and ended up in open storage at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. In the early 1970s, now under the care of the USAF Museum, it was loaned to Pima and was painted in a Soviet scheme, before the restoration that saw it brought inside in the mid-1990s
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11728 |
Alternate Serial: | 311728 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | United States Air Force Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 January 1968 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
Photo ID: | 632564Submit Correction |
View count: | 337 |
Taken at the outdoor aircraft display area at the original USAF Museum. This P-63E was built new in 1945 and kept at Bell for flight testing. To the Honduran AF in October 1948. Damaged on delivery flight toTegucigalpa Air Base and then used as a spare parts hulk. Back to Bell in 1957 where it was restored and donated to the USAF Museum. It is currently falsely marked as RP-63A 42-69654 and is now at the Museum of Aviation at Warner Robins AFB, GA.
Registration / Serial: | 43-11728 |
Alternate Serial: | 311728 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 20 January 1968 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11728 |
Alternate Serial: | 311728 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | United States Air Force Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 January 1968 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
Photo ID: | 632564Submit Correction |
View count: | 337 |
Taken at the outdoor aircraft display area at the original USAF Museum. This P-63E was built new in 1945 and kept at Bell for flight testing. To the Honduran AF in October 1948. Damaged on delivery flight toTegucigalpa Air Base and then used as a spare parts hulk. Back to Bell in 1957 where it was restored and donated to the USAF Museum. It is currently falsely marked as RP-63A 42-69654 and is now at the Museum of Aviation at Warner Robins AFB, GA.
Registration / Serial: | 43-11728 |
Alternate Serial: | 311728 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 20 January 1968 |
Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
Registration / Serial: | "214" |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11732 ] |
Operator Titles: | Honduras - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Tegucigalpa - Toncontin (MHTG / TGU)Map |
Country: | Honduras |
Collection: | Museo del Aire de Honduras |
Photo Date: | 23 November 1999 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Photo ID: | 558284Submit Correction |
View count: | 325 |
One of five Kingcobras acquired by Honduras in 1948/49. Four returned to a collector in the US in 1960 but this one remained to be displayed outside the officers club at Base Aérea Coronel Hernán Acosta Mejía, Toncontin. Displayed variously as '401' and '214' the correct serial is in fact 403 ex 43-11732. The aircraft has since been refurbished and now carries correct serial.
Registration / Serial: | "214" |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11732 ] |
Operator Titles: | Honduras - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Tegucigalpa - Toncontin (MHTG / TGU)Map | Country: | Honduras |
Photo Date: | 23 November 1999 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Registration / Serial: | "214" |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11732 ] |
Operator Titles: | Honduras - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Tegucigalpa - Toncontin (MHTG / TGU)Map |
Country: | Honduras |
Collection: | Museo del Aire de Honduras |
Photo Date: | 23 November 1999 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Photo ID: | 558284Submit Correction |
View count: | 325 |
One of five Kingcobras acquired by Honduras in 1948/49. Four returned to a collector in the US in 1960 but this one remained to be displayed outside the officers club at Base Aérea Coronel Hernán Acosta Mejía, Toncontin. Displayed variously as '401' and '214' the correct serial is in fact 403 ex 43-11732. The aircraft has since been refurbished and now carries correct serial.
Registration / Serial: | "214" |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11732 ] |
Operator Titles: | Honduras - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Tegucigalpa - Toncontin (MHTG / TGU)Map | Country: | Honduras |
Photo Date: | 23 November 1999 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 29 April 1997 |
Photo by: | John VisanichContact |
Photo ID: | 544885Submit Correction |
View count: | 515 |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 29 April 1997 |
Photo by: | John VisanichContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 29 April 1997 |
Photo by: | John VisanichContact |
Photo ID: | 544885Submit Correction |
View count: | 515 |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 29 April 1997 |
Photo by: | John VisanichContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 November 2018 |
Photo by: | John OlafsonContact |
Photo ID: | 402560Submit Correction |
View count: | 323 |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 November 2018 |
Photo by: | John OlafsonContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 November 2018 |
Photo by: | John OlafsonContact |
Photo ID: | 402560Submit Correction |
View count: | 323 |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 November 2018 |
Photo by: | John OlafsonContact |
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Other Marks: | IL76 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
Photo Date: | 22 June 2016 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 297329Submit Correction |
View count: | 289 |
On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Kingcobra is ex 43-11728, painted as an RP-63A manned target aircraft for aerial gunnery practice.
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 June 2016 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Other Marks: | IL76 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
Photo Date: | 22 June 2016 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 297329Submit Correction |
View count: | 289 |
On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Kingcobra is ex 43-11728, painted as an RP-63A manned target aircraft for aerial gunnery practice.
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFB (KFFO / FFO)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 June 2016 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 22 February 2012 |
Photo from: | Gert Jan Mentink CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 142518Submit Correction |
View count: | 471 |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 February 2012 |
Photo from: | Gert Jan Mentink CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 22 February 2012 |
Photo from: | Gert Jan Mentink CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 142518Submit Correction |
View count: | 471 |
Registration / Serial: | 43-11727 |
Alternate Serial: | 311727 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11727 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 February 2012 |
Photo from: | Gert Jan Mentink CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Other Marks: | IL76 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
Photo ID: | 56802Submit Correction |
View count: | 765 |
This P-63 is in reality 43-11728 but is on display at the National Museum of the USAF painted in the unusual colour scheme of a 'pinball' RP-63A. Aerial gunnery students fired at these manned target aircraft (RP-63A and RP-63C) using .30-cal. lead and plastic frangible machine gun bullets which disintegrated harmlessly against the target's external armor plating. Special instruments sent impulses to red lights in the nose of the 'pinball' aircraft, causing them to blink if a hit was registered.
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Other Marks: | IL76 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-63 Kingcobra |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
Photo ID: | 56802Submit Correction |
View count: | 765 |
This P-63 is in reality 43-11728 but is on display at the National Museum of the USAF painted in the unusual colour scheme of a 'pinball' RP-63A. Aerial gunnery students fired at these manned target aircraft (RP-63A and RP-63C) using .30-cal. lead and plastic frangible machine gun bullets which disintegrated harmlessly against the target's external armor plating. Special instruments sent impulses to red lights in the nose of the 'pinball' aircraft, causing them to blink if a hit was registered.
Registration / Serial: | "42-69654" |
Alternate Serial: | 269654 |
Aircraft Version: | Bell P-63E Kingcobra |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-11728 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |