The aircraft
of
North American

The first prototype NA-16 flew in April 1935. A total of about 17000 aircraft were built

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Developed by General Aviation (the precursor of North American Aviation) to meet a US Army specification for an observation aircraft, ...

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Similar in appearance to the Douglas B-18 Bolo, but intended to achieve significantly improved performance, the North American NA-21 ...

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Conceived as a low-cost fighter for use by smaller nations demanding comparatively simple warplanes, yet embodying such modern features as an enclosed cockpit ...

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The NA-40 was North American's offering to a 1938 Air Corps request for a twin engine attack bomber. The all-metal plane had the ...

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On of the best fighters of the World War II. The first prototype flew on October 26, 1940. Entered production ...

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The first B-25 flew on August 19, 1940. More than 12000 aircraft built. ...

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The P-64 designation falls out of chronological order and belongs to a North American product the USAAC never intended to ...

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Envisaged originally as a high-altitude version of the B-25 Mitchell, the North American NA-63 (XB-28) emerged finally as an ...

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A significant aircraft in North American Aviation's history, the FJ-1 Fury was the company's first gas turbine powered aircraft, the ...

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In 1943, aware of Nazi Germany's advances in the field of jet propulsion, the Army Air Forces (AAF) asked the ...

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To meet a US Army Air Force requirement for a day fighter that could be used also as an escort ...

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The long-range, high-altitude escort fighter, development of the P-51 "Mustang.
The Twin Mustang was formed by two ...

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The first naval combat aircraft designed to carry an atomic bomb and for a time the world's largest carrier based ...

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First flown in 1949, the Trojan was put into production as the T-28A two-seat basic trainer for the USAF. Power ...

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The F-95 designation was assigned initially to the radar-equipped, all-weather interceptor version of the North American F-86 Sabre. The first ...

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The North American YF-93A, developed from the F-86 Sabre and originally designated F-86C, eventually became the third design in the ...

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The XFJ-1 marked the entry of North American into the field of jet-propelled military aircraft. The first prototype flew on ...

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In 1948 North American began work on the NA-163 turboprop-powered derivative of the AJ-1 Savage, two prototypes being ordered ...

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First of the "Century fighters", the prototype F-100 flew on 25 May 1953. The initial production version was the F-100A, ...

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The North American F-107, or company NA-212, was the last USAF fighter to bear this famous manufacturer's name. Originally designated ...

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The Vigilante was designed as a Mach 2 carrier-based attack aircraft capable of carrying nuclear or conventional bombs. The first ...

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With a requirement in 1956 for a multi-role jet trainer, the US Navy awarded North American a contract to build ...

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Successful in both civil and military markets, the North American NA-246 Sabreliner was developed originally as a private venture although the ...

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The X-15A was a high-performance research aircraft used to provide date about heating, stability, control and the problems of re-entry ...

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Developed to USAF General Operational Requirement 38 for an intercontinental bomber to replace the Boeing B-52, the Mach 3 ...

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A US Marine Corps requirement of the early 1960s for a Light Armed Reconnaissance Airplane (LARA) was met by the ...

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