X-Nico

unusual facts about surveillance aircraft


John Crampton

Squadron Leader John Crampton DFC (21 August 1921 – 12 June 2010) was a British pilot who conducted spy flights into the Soviet Union in the early 1950s.


Bellanger-Denhaut 22

The Bellanger-Denhaut 22 (sometimes known by the military designation Bellanger-Denhaut HB.3) was a twin-engined bomber/reconnaissance flying boat designed by François Denhaut the technical director for seaplanes for the car manufacturer Bellanger.

Vought

Vought died from septicemia in 1930, but in that short time period succeeded in producing a variety of fighters, trainers, flying boats, and surveillance aircraft for the United States Navy and the United States Army Air Service.


see also

Letov Š-1

The Letov Š-1 was a Czechoslovak single-engined, two-seat biplane surveillance aircraft, it was first military aircraft built in Czechoslovakia.