open-cockpit

The Navy got planes back for its carriers before WWII started, but they were open-cockpit biplanes (Swordfish).

Matthew Yglesias » Air Force Strikes Back 2009

He also sprinkles this quick read with juicy tidbits, such as the first known members of the "mile-high club" (who were only about 500 feet up in an open-cockpit biplane, but achieved their notoriety in 1916, merely 13 years after the Wright Brothers 'first flight).

Shrinking the World Daniel Michaels 2010

As Pennington observes, “The idea of using an open-cockpit bi-plane as a combat aircraft might seem inconceivable to us today, but dozens of Soviet women (and hundreds of men) flew the Po-2 as a night bomber in the Second World War” (73).

Deathride John Mosier 2010

An interesting commentary on how destitute the Red Air Force was by 1942: the 46th Guards Bomber Unit, which began flying combat missions in 1942, used Soviet Po-2 aircraft: open-cockpit biplanes.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

They will also be joined by a brand new open-cockpit Aston Martin prototype.

Silverstone hosts European farewell to two Le Mans heavyweights 2010

As Pennington observes, “The idea of using an open-cockpit bi-plane as a combat aircraft might seem inconceivable to us today, but dozens of Soviet women (and hundreds of men) flew the Po-2 as a night bomber in the Second World War” (73).

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Rural America was being introduced to the telephone, to the moving picture show, and to barnstorming aviators, who toured the country, putting on shows and taking young ladies for rides in their open-cockpit planes.

One From The Hart Stefanie Powers 2010

An interesting commentary on how destitute the Red Air Force was by 1942: the 46th Guards Bomber Unit, which began flying combat missions in 1942, used Soviet Po-2 aircraft: open-cockpit biplanes.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Squint and you were looking into the eyes of an aviator from the open-cockpit days.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

Squint and you were looking into the eyes of an aviator from the open-cockpit days.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009