These race cars were built using WWII surplus fighter aircraft “external fuel drop tanks,” also called “belly tanks” and frequently the same tanks used on the P-38 Lightning.

Last April archaeologists left for a very interesting dig in Burma. The archaeologists were out to find a number of British Spitfire fighter aircraft that were allegedly buried as surplus after ...

The first aerial tankers were converted World War II military surplus aircraft. Called “borate bombers” by the public after the fire suppressant mixture dropped on fires, they flew out of what was ...

The postwar lives of many of these aircraft were as action-packed as their military days. The air-racing community modified surplus fighters for events like the Reno Air Races.