Classic warbirds and other aviation vids.

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Anybody know what this aircraft is and was used for?

 

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Anybody know what this aircraft is and was used for?

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That is a Supermarine S6B. Designed in the late 1920’s for speed racing. It held some speed records until 1933 when the Macchi M72, attached below, beat the Supermarines record.

 

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The S6B was a development that led to the Spitfire.

 

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Spitfire or spitting fire...

 

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Cool jet with a "ricer" tail added...

 

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The aftermath of war...

 

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The new pilot just showed up...

 

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The Crew...

 

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Neil Armstrong...

 

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The first powered flight of the X-1 was made on Dec. 9, 1946, at Edwards Air Force Base with Chalmers Goodlin, a Bell test pilot, at the controls.

 

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Escape pod? Like a life raft for air planes?

 

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