Aeronautical Collection (page 20)

The first long-distance Hawker Horsley, J8607

Hawker Horsley, J7993

Cockpit of Sikorsky S-55, OO-SHA, of Sabena

Sikorsky S-55, OO-SHA, of Sabena, over London (the Monument to the Great Fire of London is bottom right)

Sikorsky S-55

British Aerospace ATP freighter, SE-LGU, of West Air Sweden

Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton leaves Gloster Meteor EE549 at Fa?
Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton leaves Gloster Meteor EE549 at Farnborough after flying from Le Bourget to Croydon in 20 minutes at an average speed of 616mph on 16 January 1947

Flt Lt Peter G. Lawrence MBE, test pilot, Gloster

Group Captain Charles Joseph Philip Flood OBE, a test pilot at Blackburn

Hubert Stanford Broad, left, and Geoffrey de Havilland

Zeppelin L15 (LZ48) over Woodford Church, 13-14 October 1915. Date: 1915

Junkers G24, S-aBG, of AB Aerotransport, later SE-ABG, Uppland

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van ?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves hangar, Cape Canaveral
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves the hangar at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

A technician adjusts the microphones for astronaut Virg?
A technician adjusts the microphones for astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

Capt Virgil Ivan ?Gus? Grissom, USAF, 1926-1967, April 1961. Date: 1961

Zeppelin L15 (LZ48) foundering in Knock Deep, 12 April 1916. Date: 1916

Junkers G24

Junkers G24 (G23?), S-aA?. Unloading bullion to the ap?
Junkers G24 (G23?), S-aA?. Unloading bullion to the approximate value of $48, 000, 000 which was transported from Germany to Croydon as payment from Germany to Britain under the Dawes Plan, July 1925

Junkers G24, SX-ACE, Patrai, of SHCA

Junkers G24. Handwritten caption on back of photograph ?
Junkers G24. Handwritten caption on back of photograph states: ?German Junkers bringing over bullion. This was the first load by air of the German war debt.?

From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and?
From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and Sydney Albert ?Bill? Thorn with Avro?s chief designer, Roy Chadwick, alongside Avro Tudor 2, G-ASSU, March 1946. Date: 1946

P. J. Field Richards, Avro test pilot, left, and W. G. N. ?
P.J. Field Richards, Avro test pilot, left, and W.G.N. Saunders, Handley Page test pilot, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947

Aubrey G. Corbin, test pilot, in the Cunliffe-Owen Concordia, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947

Boulton Paul Chief Test Pilot, A. E. Gunn, with his assistant
The newly-appointed Boulton Paul Chief Test Pilot, A.E. Gunn, right, with his assistant Lt R. Mancus alongside a Boulton Paul Balliol, May 1949. Date: 1949

Mr Marsh, Handley Page test pilot (?), left, and Arthur?
Mr Marsh, Handley Page test pilot (?), left, and Arthur John ?Bill? Pegg, Test Pilot, Bristol, possibly at the 1946 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 15 September. Date: 1946

Hugh McKlennan Kendall, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page (Reading), at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947

Wg Cdr Walter F. Gibb DSO DFC, Bristol test pilot, alon?
Wg Cdr Walter F. Gibb DSO DFC, Bristol test pilot, alongside Bristol Brigand RH297 at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves his quarters at C?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves his quarters at Cape Canaveral for a second attempt at his sub-orbital flight following the earlier cancellation due to bad weather, 21 July 1961. Date: 1961

British Aerospace ATP, G-OBWL, of British World Airlines

Three aircraft in the fleet of Manx Airlines, a British?
Three aircraft in the fleet of Manx Airlines, a British Aerospace ATP, G-UIET; British Aerospace Jetstream 31, G-GLAW and a British Aerospace 146-100, at the Isle of Man Airport

1st Hawker Siddeley Andover C1, alongside Avro 780 prototype
The first Hawker Siddeley Andover C1, XS594, alongside the Avro 780 prototype G-ARRV, a conversion of the original Avro 748 prototype, G-APZV

Hawker Siddeley HS748 Coastguarder demonstrator, G-BCDZ

HMA No1 Mayfly after structural failure in Cavendish Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, 24 September 1911. Date: 1911

Gyrodyne XRON-1 Rotorcycle

Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse with Bullpup air-to-surface missile
Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse, 145762, carrying a Bullpup air-to-surface guided missile

Geoffrey de Havilland, Frank T. Hearle and Wilfred E. Nixon
From left: Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, Frank T. Hearle, General Manager and Wilfred E. Nixon, Company Secretary, in September 1949. Date: 1949

Sikorsky S-59 or XH-39, 49-2890

Saunders-Roe A17 Cutty Sark, G-aVX, in amphibious form

WB549, the first de Havilland Canada DHC1 Chipmunk TMk10 for the RAF

The prototype de Havilland Canada DHC1 Chipmunk, CF-DIO-X

Gemini spacecraft on its Titan II launch vehicle

The first Saunders-Roe A19 Cloud, G-ABCJ, at a RAeS Gar?
The first Saunders-Roe A19 Cloud, G-ABCJ, at a RAeS Garden Party (possibly at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex, on 10 May 1936)

Westland Whirlwind demonstrator G-APDY after conversion to a Series 3

Four Westland Whirlwind HARMk10s, including XP357 and XP358, during exercises with 38 Group Transport Command

Westland Whirlwind 7

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA, J8623

Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper, USA
Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper - USA. IN service 1939-1943 - crashed in Portugal when coming in to dock when the wing hit the sea when turning. Of the 39 people on board, 24 died

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