sherry@marchfield.org, Author at March Field Air Museum

SNJ-4 Texan

The North American Aviation SNJ-4 is the United States Navy version of the venerable AT-6 “Texan.” The single-engine, tandem cockpit monoplane was developed as a design modification from the BT-9 […]

PT-6A Consolidated

Developed by the Consolidated Aircraft Company of Buffalo New York in 1930, the PT-6A, a derivative of the Fleet Model Two, was produced as a primary training aircraft for the […]

PT-19B Cornell

Built as a primary trainer by Fairchild the PT-19 had a respectable 560 feet per minute rate of climb. Cadets learned the initial skills of take-off and landing as well […]

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy after the collapse of the F-111B […]

RF-4C Phantom II

The F-4 was a two-seat, twin-engine tactical fighter designed to cover the entire tactical mission; close air support, interdiction and air superiority. Developed in 1953 by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation for […]

P-6 Hawk (Replica)

With its sleek lines and powerful 600 horsepower inline engine, the Curtiss P-6E fighter represents the pinnacle of 1930’s era bi-plane design. In the midst of the Great Depression, budget […]

P-59A Airacomet

The result of a top-secret project begun before the start of the Second World War, the single-seat Bell P-59A was the United States first jet fighter. Designed around a modified […]

P-39Q Airacobra

A product of Bell Aircraft, Buffalo, New York the P-39 Airacobra was designed in response to a 1937 US Army Air Corps request for a high-altitude interceptor. The resultant single-seat, […]

Nieuport 11 (7/8 Replica)

In the first year of the Great War, technological superiority in aircraft design and aviation associated equipment allowed the Imperial German Flying Corps to sweep Allied aircraft from the skies […]