Museum of Flight
Seattle, Washington
July 2024
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| Left to right: Caproni Ca.20 (unknown). The first fighter aircraft design. |
Left to right: Aviatik D.I (101.40). A single-seater biplane fighter that was developed and manufactured by the Austro-Hungarian branch of the German aircraft company Aviatik Flugzeugwerke works in Leipzig from 1917.
Design of the D.I began in August 1916 by production director Julius von Berg of Automobil und Aviatik AG (hence known as the 'Berg Scout'), it was the first fighter aircraft designed in Austria. It was designed for high altitude operations and featured a distinctive high decking, rectangular fuselage that simplified manufacturing.
A rare survivor, 101.40 retains its original Austro-Daimler engine and machine guns. It is one of two surviving examples (the other is at the Vienna Technical Museum (Technisches Museum Wien) in Austria) from the 677 produced during World War One, representing an important part of Austro-Hungarian aviation history. Extensively restored in Arizona by Doug Champlin in 1978 after acquisition from the Berg estate, it had been was used by the Berg Company.
Nieuport 28 C.1 ('14'). It is a restored original from 1917, one of 12 aircraft ordered for the US Navy. |
Left to right: Yakovlev Yak-9U (36 white).
Hispano HA.1112 M1L (C.4K-122 registered G-AWHL).
Supermarine Spitfire LFIXC (MK923 registered N521R). |
| Curtiss P-40N Warhawk (44-7192 registered N10626). |
Left to right: Curtiss P-40N Warhawk (44-7192 registered N10626).
North American P-51D Mustang (unknown, marked as '463607') ex IDFAF.
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (42-8205 '88' registered NX14519) 'Big Stud'.
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| Left to right: Vought FG-1D Corsair (88382 'S-82') ex US Navy. |
Left to right: Lockheed A-12 (60-6940).
Lockheed F-104C Starfighter (56-0934 820 marked N820NA). |
Left to right: Boeing 80A-1 (NC224M) 'City of Auburn'. Built between 1928 to 1930. It is the only surviving example of the Boeing Model 80 series. It was recovered from an Anchorage dump in 1960.
Boeing P-12/F4B (AC29-354 '3' registered N872H) built as commercial export version, this example was delivered to Pratt & Whitney and used as a flying test bed.
Stearman C-3B Sport Commercial (NC7550 'CAM-12') Western Air Express. |
Left to right: Bowers Fly Baby 1A (N4339).
Curtiss-Robertson Robin C-1 (NX979K). 'The Newsboy' was purchased in 1929 by the Daily Gazette newspaper of McCook, Nebraska.
Lockheed Model 10-E Electra (?) flown by Linda Finch in 1997 when she recreated Amelia Earhart's final flight.
Beech C-45H Expeditor (51-11696 registered N115MF).
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Left to right: Stearman PT-13 Kaydet (37-099 registered N8FL).
Aeronca C-2 (N30RC) from 1929. |
| Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (1415) USCG. |
Left to right: LTV XF8U-1 Crusader (138899) ex US Navy.
Canadair Sabre Mk.5 (23363 '363') ex RCAF |
Left to right: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis (124079 '079') ex Chinese.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM (5411) ex Czech AF.
Pratt-Read PR-G1 Glider it is painted to represent the US Navy LNE-1 variant. |
| Left to right: Boeing KB-29 Stratofortress (44-69729 'T-54') under some onsite restoration. |
Left to right: Boeing 247D (NC13347) United Airlines.
Douglas DC-2-118B Skyliner 322 (N13711) Trans World Airlines.
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress (42-29782 registered N17W). |
Left to right: Boeing WB-47E Stratojet (51-7066).
Boeing 737-130 (N515NA) NASA.
Grumman F-9J Cougar (131232 'O-111') ex US Navy. |
Left to right: Grumman F-14A Tomcat (160382 'AJ-202').
Antonov An-2 Colt (N61SL c/n 1G17527).
Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation (CF-TGE) in TCA colour scheme. |
| On display at Seattle International Airport |
| Alexander Eaglerock (NC4648) The Museum acquired the aircraft in 1998. |
