united states army air service

A video series that popped up in my YouTube feed. The creator added captions to the footage to give context. View: https://youtu.be/IJjKS585yrg?si=zDQ_bNBKN98LyAUq View: https://youtu.be/CU5-yQTszuI?si=XPf2L8kw7yjPlt7q View: https://youtu.be/ZizdXNxZ9eY?si=raqJNDKwGo4pQHHE

Between 1919 and 1927 the Air Service's Engineering Division at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, was responsible for the solicitation of bids for Army aircraft designs. The Engineering Division released Type Specifications for an aircraft design and then expected the contractors to return a set of...

I'm seeking information about the NBL-4 AAS proposed/prototype two-engine bomber mentioned in a January 11, 1926 AAS memo. Unfortunately, the memo does not mention anything about who made the aircraft. Anyone have any information? AlanG

Following WWI, Air Corps planners saw the need for a ground attack aircraft, which was armored and carried a 37 mm cannon and eight .30 caliber machine guns. This resulted in the GA-1. Six aircraft were built: 1. Boeing GA-1 (1920) 2. Orenco IL-1 (1921) (Also known as a Model E) 3. Junkers...

I am trying to identify which monoplane aircraft were flown by the U.S. Army Air Service during its brief 1918-1926 existence in a largely biplane era. So far, I have come up with two: --Fokker T-2 transport/ambulance --Verville-Sperry R-3 racer Can anyone think of any more? Cheers...

I picked the enclosed picture up from http://www.edwards.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=530&?id=-1&page=1&count=48. It shows the G-3 aerial target glider that, as I can determine, was tested in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The target was to be used for aerial gunnery training in...

Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., and principal of Aeromarine Airways, developed training aircraft for the US Navy during WWI. After the war they attempted to capitalize on a number of Curtiss HS-2L and F-5L surplus seaplanes by converting them into civilian 'aerial yachts' for their airline...

I can't remember where I read about it. The story was in the end of World War I or in the early 1920s in the USA a very heavy bomb was designed, build and test. But the plane, for which this bomb was designed, never get into the service. Only after many years they build next bomber capable for...

Between 1918 and 1930, the U.S.A.A.S., and then the U.S.A.A.C, evaluated a number of aircraft at Wright Field that were usually modified by the Engineering division from existing designs. These were allocated a "P-" number ranging from P-1 (a Curtiss Jenny) to P-599 (a Curtiss A-3B). These were...

I finally got the microfilm in the mail of all four volumes of this study; and had them scanned by a local company. First up, the magnificient maidien known as the Valkyrie: Reading further; North American was very dead set against Active Defense in any form for the B-70; which isn't that...

this comany was amasing one ,and only we know about it GA-1,2,22,33,39,400,447 and FG series. can we complete the GA series ?, and we must know there are some airships in that series.