Arjun Sarup's Photo Gallery

Total 750 photos. 750 in this folder.  Contact Photographer

Aircraft and airport photos are sorted separately. Airport photos always shown after aircraft photos.

N41867 @ KIAD - Lawrence Bell saw a market for the helicopter as a personal means for Americans to move around after the war. Along with Arthur Young and Bartram Kelly, Bell produced the Model 30 Genevieve, which flew in 1942. - by Arjun Sarup
Arjun Sarup
@ KIAD
VT-EDE @ VIDP - Taxiing in to IGIA T-3 on a winter morning. - by Arjun Sarup
Arjun Sarup
@ VIDP
83479 @ KIAD - Helldivers were the last dive-bombers in the U.S. Navy. This Helldiver never saw combat, having reached Guam before the war ended. It was assigned to VB-92 Battling Beasts aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) from Sept. to Dec. 1945. - by Arjun Sarup
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@ KIAD
41834 @ KIAD - Hellcat Bu.No. 41834 was built at Bethpage in Feb. 1944. Assigned to VF-15 aboard USS Hornet (CV-12), it made its way to Hawaii. It was then assigned to VF-3 and VF-83.  It was converted into a drone and used for radioactivity tests at Bikini Atoll, 1946. - by Arjun Sarup
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@ KIAD
50375 @ KIAD - On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum. This Corsair is painted in the colors of VMF-114 Death Dealers. The squadron was deployed to Peleliu from Sept. 1944 to June 1945. - by Arjun Sarup
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@ KIAD
41-31773 @ KIAD - 'Flak-Bait' undergoing restoration at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. This B-26 flew 207 missions over Europe, the most by any USAAF bomber. Gen. Arnold decided to preserve this veteran of D-Day. - by Arjun Sarup
Arjun Sarup
@ KIAD
VT-IEH @ VIDP - Taxiing in to IGIA T-1. - by Arjun Sarup
Arjun Sarup
@ VIDP
VT-AII @ VIDP - Pushback at IGIA T-3. - by Arjun Sarup
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@ VIDP
7161 - This Albatros is a late war build that served with Jasta 46 that was formed at Graudenz. It was damaged in combat and was not repaired, eventually finding its way to the USA and was acquired by the Smithsonian. - by Arjun Sarup
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N211 - The original 'Spirit of St. Louis' under protective sheets in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum. Charles Lindbergh took 33 hours 30 min. to cross the Atlantic solo from New York to Paris non-stop in May 1927. - by Arjun Sarup
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44-74939 - This Mustang has been painted as “Willit Run?” of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd FG, 8th Air Force based at Raydon in Suffolk. - by Arjun Sarup
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15392 - This Wildcat was built at Linden, New Jersey in 1943 and operated for only thirteen months with the Navy, mainly at Naval Air Station Norman, Oklahoma. It was placed in storage until its restoration by Grumman in 1975 for the NASM. - by Arjun Sarup
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