Air Enthusiast 1972-07
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One of the eight examples of this aircraft fitted with twin Edo floats and delivered to Brazil for operation as torpedo-bomber.
The prototype of the V-11-G attack bomber (NR14980).
A V-11-GB attack bomber of the Brazilian Army Air Service.
One of the YA-19s delivered to the US Army Air Corps for evaluation.
One of the seven ex-American Airlines V-1As originally acquired by the Spanish Republican government and four of which survived the Civil War to enter Nationalists service as illustrated.
The last production V-1A (NC16099). This aircraft, now the sole remaining example of its type and fully restored, illustrated as flying at the present.
The last production V-1A (NC16099) with the Panamanian registration (HP-158) as it appeared in the film "Jungle Queen".
When originally obtained by the Spanish Republicans, the ex-American Airlines V-1As were adapted for the attack bombing role, the example illustrated by these photograph being one of those fitted with a dorsal gun position aft of the pilots' compartment. Additional machine guns were mounted in the wings and above the nose.
When originally obtained by the Spanish Republicans, the ex-American Airlines V-1As were adapted for the attack bombing role, the example illustrated by these photograph being one of those fitted with a dorsal gun position aft of the pilots' compartment. Additional machine guns were mounted in the wings and above the nose.
The general arrangement drawing illustrates the standard production V-1A, the upper sideview illustrating the original V-1 prototype.
V-12Ds being assembled for China at Hindustan Aircraft's Bangalore factory after transfer of the components and tools from the CAMCO factory at Loiwing.
The V-12 prototype in its original form apart from the framing of the pilot's windscreen (the first tests having been conducted with a single-piece windscreen).
The V-12 prototype in its final form with modifications to engine cowling and cockpit canopies.
This cutaway drawing reveals the structure and equipment of the V-12-C manufactured for the Chinese National Government. By comparision with the original V-12 prototype, the V-12-C featured a shorter-chord engine cowling enclosing the single-row radial of the latter, and revised windscreen and canopy framing.