Vought AXV1 V-143 Imperial Japanese Navy Naval Air Technical Arsenal finding new lives in roles

finding new lives in roles their designers never imagined

The Blackburn rack was a removable steel rack system fitted to SP's F-50 series flatcars — the Southern Pacific's family of standard 50-ton capacity flatcars

Crews affectionately nicknamed it the "Hoover" for the distinctive sound of its engines

A fascinating late-life subject for the Mustang family

aiding search and rescue efforts in the event of a forced landing

Vought AXV1 V-143 Imperial Japanese Navy Naval Air Technical Arsenal finding new lives in rolesThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Vought AXV1 (V 143), evaluated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the Naval Air Technical Arsenal (), wearing overall natural metal with hinomaru national markings in four sizes and "VOUGHT V 143" manufacturer's stenciling. The AXV1 was the Imperial Japanese Navy's designation for the Vought V 143 a single seat monoplane fighter that Vought sold to Japan for technical evaluation in 1937. The V 143 was itself a