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Vought VE-7H

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  • wolf4max said:
    Cool !!!
  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    A Vought VE-7 two-seater on floats should be a VE-7H Stig

Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of the "Bluebird", with crowd, 1926 - 1936

from Powerhouse Museum

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  • carlosbezz said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called artland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • ABDULLA S RSD L N G said:
    Modern design comparing with that time
    nice collection you have here
  • beanbag1957 said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sepia tones.... Australia and around the World :) , and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Storm Dickinson said:
    That is so cool!
  • William Gibson said:
    such a beautiful design

Vought VE-7 US Navy photo

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    The date here is when the aircraft was designed. The US Navy bought theirs much later during the 1920s Stig
  • TVL1970 said:
    As per the Joe Baugher site, this Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) manufactured VE-7 was converted to a VE-9. www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/firstseries1.html "A5970 converted to VE-9."
  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    TVL1970 To be honest, I can't tell the difference between a VE-7H and VE-9H, so perhaps you can point me how you can see this was after any conversion? As far as I know this photo has always been ID as a VE-7 and since it is shown here on floats I have myself 'upgraded' it to VE-7H since that is what my sources tell me it was designated when equipped with floats (and remained a two-seater). None of my sources say any VE-7 were upgraded to VE-9 standard, but who knows? Sorry to say I have no access to USN record cards where probably the answer can be found. Stig
  • TVL1970 said:
    Stig Jarlevik Hi Stig, I wasn't noting that this image depicts A-5970 in its converted form. That was just a note about its later fate. With respect to the notation about the upgrade to VE-9 standard, I based that upon the Joe Baugher site and Jos Heyman's work: usmilitaryaircraft.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/undes-t-z1... See Page 30: "Based on the VE-7, the US Army procured 24 VE-9 aircraft with serials 64310, 64316 and 23-379/400. Several of these were also flown with Project serials: 64310 as P-203, 64316 as P-216, 22-399 as P-330 and 22-400 as P-331. Other known serials include 22-375 and 22-377 with the possibility of others. The US Navy had 17 aircraft with serials A-6465/6481 whilst VE-7 A-5970 was also brought up to this standard. The VE-9H version had a single float and four were built for the US Navy with serials A-6461/6464 although these had been ordered as VE-9."
  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    TVL1970 Thanks I wasn't aware of that site. I know Jos a little since he is a fan of old NEI aviation stuff. Unfortunately I have yet to come across someone who can advise me the difference between the two types. The VE-7H had the same float system as the VE-9H so that does not work. All I can find are references saying the difference was minute, and then we are back to dates, and somehow accurate dates are mostly lacking on old photos..... Stig