Bad Guy Planes

Bad Guy Airplanes

The Aircraft of Bill Barnes, his Friends
& his Enemies

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Some Early Bad Guys

The big float plane (a two seater?) on the right belongs to the criminal Japanese organization, Yako in The Blood Flower. Here it machine-guns a civil airplane. The Dragon appears in The Flaming Circle.

The Projectile

On the right, a Scarlet Stormer tangles with a couple of Projectiles. You can see the planform here. Above is a detail of another angle on a Projectile

Planes From "The Black Ghost"

The Lancers Last Flight

The Merideth Falcon belonged to Bill Martinson and, along with an incendiary planted in the engine compartment, it was instrumental in destroying the Lancer.

Earmarked Gold

These are "Burton Hawks" A squadron of them forced Bill and his Lancer to land on the sea, and took him prisoner.

An interesting fleet of biplanes. Shaft drive??
I don't know if one could be made to fly without cheating a bit and enlarging the fin. The solution- Cheat and enlarge the fin.

According to the text, these are Red and Black.

Note the Eaglet on the left

One Shall Die	.

	According to the text these are gray. And very fast. One shot down Cy Hawkins in a Snorter. --------------- The novel cabin arrangement is shown in the detail on the left.

The Crest
of the Cordillera

This a Mordecai Murphy Story. The planes are green

The plane had a rocket assist. And was the centerpiece of a complex plot in which the bad guys convince an eccentric millionaire that he flew to the moon where aliens were about to launch an attack on Earth and. . .
.

Silver with "beryllium skin" - Launched at a 45 degree angle on the rockets alone - Ceiling 60,000 ft (?) - Retractable amphibian - The rocket exhaust was used as a weapon

Philippine Gold

These planes attacked by ramming their opponent. In the picture below you might be able to make out the conical steel shield in front of the pilot.

After a successful attack the plane was to separate giving the pilot a chance to parachute to safety.

I have no idea why the landing gear is down in the picture to the left.

The
Saver of
Souls

This fighter was especially built for Mordecai Murphy
to avenge his earlier defeat by Bill Barnes.

A plan for a peanut of this model appears in the plans and 3vus section

Hand- rubbed black mirror finish
Dart written on the side in silver
Belly reinforced against wheel up landings
Pivoting cockpit cover forms skylight cover
Trim tabs on all the control surfaces
Safety glass top & side lights
Oxygen feed to sealed cabin
Range nearly 2,000 miles

1,500 hp Twin Vulcan engine
3 bladed constant speed prop
Automatic pilot
Twin .50 cal machine guns
50 Watt two way radio
Oil capacity 25 gal
Gas capacity 230 gal.

The Great Impersonator

These robot planes were sliver- "The most hellish devices ever devised by man"