Air Plane Gallery

British aircraft camouflage, 1941

British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941. Aircraft include Blenheim Bomber, Hudson Bomber, Wellington Bomber, Skua Bomber, Sunderland Flying Boat, Hurricane Fighter, and Fulmar Fighter

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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United States Air Force - Consolidated XC-99 43-52436

United States Air Force - Consolidated XC-99 43-52436. First flight 23 November 1947. Flew from San Antonio, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany via Bermuda and the Azores on maiden transatlantic flight and first stop outside USA on 12 August 1953, returning on 19 August, 1953.Following its retirement due to metal fatigue, the XC-99 was placed on public display at Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas. Eventually the air-plane deteriorated and in 1993 was donated to the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Disassembly of the aircraft began at Kelly Field in April 2004. By the summer of 2008, the XC-99 had been transferred to Dayton. The aircraft was moved again in 2012 to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson for storage in the dry desert environment to prevent any further corrosion, waiting until funding for restoration is available. Date: 1950s

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

Good Housekeeping front cover June 1932

Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine for 1932 with a little boy swept along by the craze for aviation. With toy aeroplane in hand, and his Biggles style flying helmet on his head, he gazes up into the sky at a plane as it casts a shadow on the ground

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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