Cometracer 15 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Hi, Whilst trawling the web I cam across a site with all kinds of aerobatic teams. I read about all of the American ones and wondered if anyone knows of the markings, maybe even decals relevant to them. These are the teams for which I am hoping to find the information: High Hatters 1920's Boeing F2B-1 3 Sea Hawks 1927 F2B-1, F2B-2 3 Gallant Souls 1929 F6C-4, F4B-1, F2B-1 3 Flying Fish 1930 F6C-4 3 Men on the Flying Trapeze 1932 P-12 Skylarks 1935 P-12 Gray Angels 1948 FH-1 Phantom Comets 1948 T-33 Sabre Knights 1950 F-86F & F-86D Guardian Angels 1952 F-51H It was interesting to read about the rivalry between the early US Army Air Corps and US Navy teams. Any advice or direction is cheerfully accepted. Thank you, Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Toryu 2,165 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Hi - seems to be an interesting site. Could you post the link? Link to post Share on other sites
Junchan 338 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 7 hours ago, Toryu said: Hi - seems to be an interesting site. Could you post the link? Not sure, but it may be this site. https://aerobaticteams.net/en/teams/t1/Military-Aerobatic-Teams.html Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Holden 709 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 The pre-War US military teams just used standard squadron aircraft in this era, from the squadron the team members were attached to. So, no special colour schemes. The earliest military aerobatic team to have a distinctive colour scheme was I think Italian (Breda 19), followed by French (MS225) and Russian (Polikarpov I-16). The RAF team from the CFS also had distinctive markings. But no US before WW2. Link to post Share on other sites
Cometracer 15 Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 It looks like someone beat me to it. The site is aerobatic teams.net. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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