Trials Collection (page 6)

Hawker Hart K3012 was fitted with a Bristol Perseus radial
Hawker Hart, K3012, was fitted with a Bristol Perseus radial and an enclosed cockpit and used for cold weather trials in Canada. It is seen here fitted with a ski undercarriage

Hawker Woodcock II J7974
Hawker Woodcock II, J7974, was used for trials by the RAE

Blue Steel en route to trials preparation

Three Avro Vulcans, Vickers Valiant and Handley Page Victor
Three Avro Vulcans, a Vickers Valiant and a Handley Page Victor during Avro Blue Steel trials in the UK

Short Seacat ship-to-air missile during trials aboard a Royal Navy destroyer

English Electric Canberra B2 used by Flight Refuelling for air-to-air refuelling trials

A Sopwith Pup with early arrester gear during deck-landing trials, possibly aboard HMS Furious

A Beardmore-built Sopwith Pup during the fifth alighting trials aboard HMS Furious

Northrop 2L Gamma Commercial G-AFBT
Northrop 2L Gamma Commercial, G-AFBT, used in early flight trials for the Bristol Hercules radial

Gloster Meteor F8 WK935
Gloster Meteor F8, WK935, was used by the RAE Farnborough for prone-pilot trials

Gloster Meteor NF11 WD597
Gloster Meteor NF11, WD597, was used by Rolls-Royce for flight trials of the Derwent 8

Hawker Sea Hawk I WF145
Hawker Sea Hawk I, WF145, was an early production aircraft used in trials, including landing and catapult trials aboard HMS Eagle

Hawker Sea Hawk I WF144
Hawker Sea Hawk I, WF144, was an early production aircraft used in trials, including landing and catapult trials aboard HMS Eagle

A Swiss Air Force Hawker Hunter F58 is armed with Maverick air-surface missiles during successful trials. November 1981. Date: 1981

An early Hawker Sea Fury X TF898 during sea trials aboard
An early Hawker Sea Fury X, TF898, during sea trials aboard HMS Victorious

LCC-LFB fire engine trials at Crystal Palace
The Merryweather Hatfield pump was first developed by Merryweather of Greenwich in the late 1890s. By 1916 the decision was taken to move totally to motorised fire engines

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta III on sea trials
Civilian marine engineers on the Beta III fireboat during her sea trials prior to being placed in operational service

The witch no. 3. Date c1892 Feb. 29

The witch no. 1. Date c1892 Feb. 29

The witch no. 2. Date c1892 Feb. 29

Wreck of HMA1, the Royal Navys first airship
The wreck of HMA1, The Mayfly. Built by Vickers, this was the first naval airship built in the UK; work began on it in 1909 at Cavendish Dock

Advanced Passenger Train
The Advanced Passenger Train, photographed during its testing trials, Britain. Date: 1977

The Queen and Princess Margaret at Badminton
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret make friends with the famous Foxhunter during the third day of the British Horse Societys Olympic Horse Trials at Badminton. Date: 1952

Members of the royal family at Badminton Horse Trials
The Queen, Queen Mother, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret in a grandstand made from a farm wagon at the Badminton Three-day Horse Trials

Royal family at Badminton 1961
A candid shot of the royal family at Badminton horse trials in 1961. From left, Lord Snowdon, Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh), Prince Charles, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1961

Queen Elizabeth II at Badminton Horse Trials
Royal spectators at Badminton. Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother sit on the ground to watch the horse trials on the Duke of Beauforts estate at Badminton House in 1958. Date: 1958

Porter in Thessalonika
Indigenous barefooted elderly Turkish porter, carrying a small wooden cabinet - Thessalonika Date: circa 1910s

Weighing a Dutch Witch
A witchcraft trial in Holland - the unfortunate suspect is weighed in a balance, though what that proves isn t clear... What is a witch supposed to weigh ? Date: 17th century

Stephensons Great A locomotive and Fenton, Murray and Jacksons broad gauge locomotive Date: 1897

Stephensons Great A locomotive coaching engine, side elevation Date: 1846

Broad gauge locomotive built by Fenton, Murray and Jackson, Leeds, side elevation Date: 1897

Caterpillar track trials WWI
Trials of the American caterpillar-tractor intended to draw heavy artillery at Vincennes during World War I

Sheep Dog Trials at Alexandra Palace, 1882
Engraving showing a number of scenes from the Sheep Dog Trials held at the Alexandra Palace, London, in 1882

The Flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, February 193
Photograph of the 37-ton flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris during public trials on the Etang de Biscarosse in the Landes, France

Military Multi-Cycle On trial at Aldershot, 1887
Illustration showing the British Army trials of a Multi-cycle, a pedal machine for twelve soldiers and their equipment, at Aldershot, 1887

The First Production Model of the De Havilland Albatross
Photograph of the first De Havilland Albatross delivered to the British Air Ministry in 1938. This four-engined airliner is pictured at Hatfield where it was to help in development trials for a

SS Carmania, 1905
Photograph of the Cunard turbine steamer Carmania, built in 1905 by the John Brown Shipyard of Clydebank. The Carmania was reputed to be the first very large turbine steamer

The Prussian War-Steamer, Nix, 1851
Engraving of the Prussian War-Steamer Nix, built by Robinson and Russell of Millwall, London, 1851. This paddle steamer underwent trials on the Thames river in March and April of that year

The Rotor Ship Buckau, 1924
Photograph of the experimental Rotor ship Buckau, on sea trials, 1924. Anton Flettner equipped the 680 ton schooner, Buckau, with two rotating cylindrical towers to test his Flettner rudder

25-50h. p. Talbot car
Photograph of the 25-50h.p. Talbot car. The vehicle gained 62 awards in competitive trials during the season of 1913

Miss Dorothy Levitt & 12h. p. Gladiator car
Miss Dorothy Levitt and the 12h.p. Gladiator car which she drove in a series of reliability trials in 1903

Sheep Dog Trials
Sheep dog trials, Kent

Witch Trial / Valenciennes
La chambre de Justice at Valenciennes, northern France, during the witchcraft trials. The throne is for the king (Louis XIV)

Witch Trial
A witch-trial in south- west Scotland

Trench Life 1916
A Square Meal in a Square Hole! : British troops take comfort in a meal amid the discomfort of trench life and the trials of warfare

Langleys Failure
Samuel Pierpont Langleys full-size flying machine fails over the Potomac, Washington, though trials with models had been successful

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