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NITED STATES MILITARY AIRCRAFT by Jos Heyman UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRCRAFT by Jos Heyman Undesignated Aircraft N-S Last updated: 1 July 2016 NAF BS Specifications: span: length: engines: max. speed: An aircraft design of which the US Navy ordered two BS.1 s with serials A-6289/6290, two BS.2 s with serials A-6291/6292, two BS.3s with serials A-6293/6294 and another five aircraft with serials A-6295/6299 of unspecified sub-type. All aircraft were subsequently cancelled. NAF Free balloon Specifications: diameter: max. speed: Two free balloons were built for the US Navy with serials A-6445 and A-6527. A-6445 was procured for racing in 1922. NAF GB-1 Specifications: span: 150', 45.72 m length: 65', 19.81 m engines: 9 Liberty 12 max. speed: 80 mph, 129 km/h (Source: NAF?) Also called the Giant Boat , this tri-plane flying boat had three Gallaudet built nacelles of three engines each. One aircraft was ordered by the US Navy with serial A-6059 on 7 June 1920 and construction was commenced in July 1920. In 1922, with the aircraft partially completed, further work was cancelled. NAF N Specifications: span: 51’0”, 15.54 m length: 37’7”, 11.46 m engines: 1 Liberty max. speed: 94 mph, 151 km/h (Source: Gary Smith, via 1000aircraftphotos.com photo #9085) The N.1 was an aircraft carrying a Davis gun. Two were procured by the US Navy with serials A-4341/4342 and another 10 with serials A-5030/5039 were cancelled. In addition two aircraft with serials A-2282/2283 were identified as Davis N.1 . Production of 2284 aircraft was cancelled. NAF PT Specifications: span: 62', 18.90 m length: 35’5”, 10.80 m engines: 1 Liberty 12A max. speed: 92 mph, 148 km/h (Source: Leslie Burgess, via Aerofiles.com) The PT.1 was a patrol flying boat using the fuselage of a Curtiss R.6 and the wing of a HS.1L. 15 aircraft were built for the US Navy with serials A-6034/6048. The PT.2 version had a HS.2L wing with a span of 74'1", 22.58 m, fitted and 18 were built with serials A-6326/6343. NAF SA Specifications: span: 30’2”, 9.19 m length: 20’3”, 6.17 m engines: 1 Lawrence L3 max. speed: 70 mph, 113 km/h (Source: US Navy?) The SA.1 was an experimental ship borne aircraft of which the US Navy procured two in 1919 with serials A-5570/5571. At the same time two examples of the SA.2 were procured with serials A-5572/5573. The acronym SA stood for ‘Ship’s Airplane’ and SA-1 had an uncovered fuselage whereas SA.2 had a covered fuselage. An initial order of twenty machines of each type was planned but these were never built as the US Navy judged the machines too low powered for the purpose. NAF TF Specifications: span: 60', 18.29 m length: 44'5", 13.54 m engines: 2 Hispano Suiza H max. speed: 107 mph, 172 km/h (Source: US Navy) The Tandem Fighter was a patrol boat that could also be used as a fighter. Four aircraft were procured by the US Navy with serials A-5576/5579. The first flight was on 1 October 1920 and the last aircraft was fitted with Packard engines. It has also been suggested that the last aircraft (A-5579) was not completed. NAF TG Specifications: span: 36', 10.97 m length: 30', 9.14 m engines: 1 Liberty max. speed: 97 mph, 156 km/h (Source: William T. Larkins, via Aerofiles.com) The TG series was a gunnery training aircraft. In total five were built and sometimes the first three are referred to as TG.1 and the remainder as TG.2 whilst other reference sources identify each aircraft individually as TG.1 to TG.5, and not necessarily in that order. The serials were A-6344/6348. The TG.3 (A-6346) and TG.4 (A-6347) were fitted with an Aeromarine T6 engine whilst the TG.5 (A-6348) was fitted with a Wright Hispano E4. NAS Pensacola Specifications: span: length: engines: max. speed: NAS Pensacola built an experimental seaplane with serial A-153. A second example with serial A-154 was cancelled. New Standard D-32 Specifications: span: 30’, 9.14 m length: 25’, 7.62 m engines: 1 Wright J-6 max. speed: 113 mph, 182 km/h (Source: New Standard?) One D-32 was built in 1931 with registration NC747Y (c/n 3000) and was tested as XPT-931 . It was based on the D-29A. New Standard XP-927 pursuit Specifications: span: 30’, 9.14 m length: 24’8”, 7.52 m engines: 1 Kinner B-5 max. speed: mph, km/h (Source: Frank Rezich, via Aerofiles.com) It has been suggested that the XP-927 was most likely the one D-29A that was modified as a D-31 after the 100 hp Kinner K-5 was replaced by the 125 hp Kinner B-5. Indeed, that aircraft (registered NC154M, c/n 1006) appears on a photo with USAAC markings applied over the civilian registration. A second aircraft was registered as NC775Y (c/n 1033). New York Aero Construction Specifications: span: length: engines: max. speed: The US Army ordered two pursuit type aircraft on 13 April 1917 with serials in the 541/556 block. They were cancelled on 27 August 1917. Nieuport 27 Specifications: span: 26'10", 8.18 m length: 18'6", 5.63 m engines: 1 Gnome max. speed: 110 mph, 176 km/h (Source: Bill McBride, via 1000aircraftphotos.com photo #9749) The US Army tested one type 27 aircraft with serial 94098. It was also flown with Project serial P-153. Nieuport 28C1 Specifications: span: 26'3", 8.00 m length: 20'4", 6.20 m engines: 1 Gnome max. speed: 121 mph, 195 km/h (Source: US Navy) The 28C1 was a French fighter bi-plane which first flew in June 1917. The US Navy acquired 12 from the French Navy and took these back to the US for testing of flying from platforms over the battleships' gun turrets. The serials were A-5794/5805. The US Army tested one aircraft with serial 94100 which was also flown with Project serial P-155. Northrop 3A Specifications: span: 33’6”, 10.21 m length: 21’10”, 6.65 m engines: 1 Pratt & Whitney R-1535-G max. speed: 278 mph, 447 km/h (Source: Dan Shumaker, via 1000aircraftphotos.com photo #12431) The 3A was developed from the XFT for an USAAC pursuit design competition as XP-948 (some photos state XP-983 ) but the aircraft was lost during a test flight on 30 July 1935. Design rights sold in 1936 to Vought Co and became Vought V-141. It has been stated that a V-141 with registration NR56V was also tested by the USAAC (perhaps also as XP-948, but not confirmed as such) and that this aircraft was subsequently modified wiith a R-1535-SB engine, extensive fuselage and tail redesign, and redesignated V-143. Northrop XP-929 pursuit Specifications: span: 32’, 9.75 m length: 21’8”, 6.60 m engines: 1 Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr max. speed: 212 mph, 341 km/h (Source: Northrop, via Aerofiles.com) The XP-929 designation may refer to the only Beta 3D, registered as NX12214, which was inspected by AAC engineers in early 1932 although this has not been confirmed. The aircraft was registered as NC12214 and was damaged on 16 January 1933. It was then acquired by Stearman for various wing flap tests and was destroyed in a crash on 5 June 1934. Northrop Delta Refer to RT Northrop Gamma Refer to C-100 Northrop MX-324/334 Specifications: span: 28', 8.53 m length: 12’, 3.66 m engines: 1 Aerojet XCAL-200 max. speed: 300 mph, 483 km/h MX-324 (Source: Johan Visschedijk, via 1000aircraftphotos.com photo #7027) In September 1942 Northrop was awarded a design study for a rocket propelled interceptor. Three research aircraft were built for the USAAF. The first two were used as gliders and are referred to as MX-334 . The first flight took place on 2 October 1943. It has been suggested the second of these aircraft carried two Westinghouse jets and crashed. The third aircraft, known as MX-324 , had the rocket engine and flew for the first time on 5 July 1944. It is not apparent that any of the aircraft carried serials or civil registrations. It has been reported that the aircraft still flew in 1964. Refer also to F-79 Northrop N9M Specifications: span: 60', 18.29 m length: 17’9”, 5.42 m engines: 2 Menasco C6S-4 max. speed: 257 mph, 413 km/h (Source: northrop.host.sk) The four N9M aircraft were scaled down development aircraft for the B-35 design. The first two were identified as N9M, the third as N9M-A whilst the fourth, propelled by two Franklin O-540-7 engines, was identified as N9M-B. The first aircraft flew for the first time on 27 December 1942 had made 45 flights totaling 22 hours when it crashed on 19 May 1943. The second aircraft flew on 24 June 1943 whilst the third one flew on 28 June 1944. Although carrying a military star, the aircraft did not carry any serials. One aircraft was rebuilt in 1995 and flew again for the first time on 8 November 1995. Refer also to B-35 Northrop Tacit Blue Specifications: span: 55'9", 17.00 m length: 48'2", 14.70 m engines: 2 Garrett ATF 3-6 max.
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