Airfield Collection

Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day Campaign Air Display (also known as Cobhams Flying Circus), Chapel Farm, Lochgelly Road, Kirkcaldy, 13-14 July 1935. Date: 1935

Concordes First Flight
Front page (not cover) of the Illustrated London News showing the first flight of the supersonic air liner Concorde at the Sud-Aviation airfield at Toulouse. The chief test pilot was M

Piper Tomahawk G-DFLY
Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk G-DFLY (msn 38-79A0450), of the British Airways Flying Club at Booker airfield (High Wycombe) Date: circa 1980

Royal Air Force BAC Jet Provost T. 4 XP551
Royal Air Force Central Flying School Jet Provost T.4 XP551 ar RAF Little Rissington (then the highest operational airfield in the British Isles) Date: 1960s

Vickers Vernon RAF air ambulance J7143 on an airfield. Date: circa 1925

The prototype Saab 90 Scandia, SE-BCA, during a single-e?
The prototype Saab 90 Scandia, SE-BCA, during a single-engine take-off from Saab?s airfield at Linkping

Gloster Meteor T. 7 WA669 27
Royal Air Force - Gloster Meteor T.7 WA669 27, of the Central flying School, at RAF Little Rissington, on 1 August 1970. (RAF Little Rissington is the highest active airfield in the British Isles)

B-24 Liberator bombers Neuberg Austria. 1945
Vintage World War II photograph - official US militaryphoto: b-24 Liberator bombers en route to drop fragmentation bombs on the airfield of Neuberg Austria. 1945

Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche B 5Y-ACV, at Wilson Airfield, Nairobi, in Kenya. Date: circa 1970

Four Supermarine Scimitars of 807 Squadron (XD243, XD245, XD249 and XD268) approaching the top of a loop. In the background is the disused airfield at Banff and the coastline of the Moray Firth

RAF Fayid, Egypt - The Shopping Centre
The Shopping Centre at RAF Fayid (LG-211), a former military airfield in Egypt, approximately 14 miles south of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah) and 72 miles northeast of Cairo. Date: circa 1920s

WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK
Sighted Sinkers - Sank Same! WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American airforce personnel relaxing with coffee and doughnuts

World War II German aircraft displayed in Hyde Park
Vintage World War II photograph - German jet aircraft displayed in Hyde Park following the end of the war

SZD-48 Jantar Standard 2 732, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

SZD-38 Jantar 1 70, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Rollason-Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ASMM
Rollason-Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ASMM (msn PFA 1611). This Rollason-built Turbulent is seen on the airfield at Shoreham, in company with Chipmunks

British airfield somewhere in Europe - WW1
British airfield somewhere in Europe during the First World War

de Havilland DH. 106 Comet 1 7610M - G-ALYT
de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 7610M / G-ALYT (msn 6006). ex BOAC, on the apron at RAF Halton airfield, for use by apprentices as an instructional airframe. Date: 1957

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Avro Lincolnian Freighter ZP-CBR-97 (msn, ex B.2 RE376), at Tollerton airfield, near Nottingham. One of three Lincoln B.2s converted to Lincolnian standard with large pannier freight holds

Morane-Saulnier MS. 406 C. 1 fighter
A damaged Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1 fighter, abandoned on a French airfield. Date: 1940

Morane-Saulnier MS. 406 C. 1 fighters
A pair of damaged Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1 fighters, abandoned on a French airfield. Date: 1940

Piper Tomahawk G-DTOO
Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk G-DTOO (msn 38-79A0312), of the British Airways Flying Club at Booker airfield (High Wycombe) Date: circa 1980

Partenavia Victor G-BFST
Partenavia P.68B Victor G-BFST (msn 30), at Booker airfield (High Wycombe). Date: circa 1975

Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531
CIA / Air America - Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531 (msn 8440, ex 44-85531). at Clark Field in the Philippines, either before, or after, covert missions over Tibet

Biplane over Stonehenge
A biplane is seen flying over the stone henge in Britain. There was to be a new army and navy aviation station near the monument in Salisbury, now called old Sarum airfield. Date: 1912

Gloster Javelin 7485M - WT830
Royal Air Force - Gloster Javelin 7485M / WT830, the fourth prototype Javelin, at RAF Halton on the airfield hard-standing in use as a training aid, in March 1961. Date: 1961

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-8846 Pink Lady
Boeing B-17G-85-VE Flying Fortress F-AZDX Pink Lady (msn 8245, ex 44-8846), marked as B-17F 42-5703 Mother and Country for filming of Memphis Belle at Duxford

Raymond Baxter interviewing an airline pilot: discussing the use of simulators for training navigation and airfield approach procedures, on 6 November 1958

Piper PA-34 Seneca G-AZTO
Piper PA-34-200 Seneca G-AZTO (msn 34-7250141), at Blackpool-Squire's Gate Airport in July 1972. (Written-off at Linley Hill Airfield on 27 August 1992). Date: 1972

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 50, single-seat Open-class high-performance sailplane, at Lasham airfield during a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1980

Flight Design CT2K G-CBIE (msn 7879), at Dunkeswell Airfield. Date: circa 2005

Gloster Meteor 7 and a halfs WL419 (msn G5-423772), of Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. (on loan from the Ministry of defence), at Boscombe Down for Air Tournament International 1992, on 13 June 1992

Cessna 172B Skyhawk ZK-BYH (msn 172B-47797). (This aircraft was written off on 4 December 1965 at Birch Hill airfield after over-running the strip on take-off). Date: circa 1963

Langley, British Columbia, Canada - Skyway Air Services, Ltd. A Piper PA-18 Super Cub about to take off. Date: 1961

de Havilland DH. 104 Dove 8 G-AVVF
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 8 G-AVVF (msn 04541), on the airfield at North Weald, on 7 May 1984. Date: 1984

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 21 G-AMUC (msn C1/0824), of Air Service Training Ltd. at Hamble Airfield. Date: circa 1958

Piper PA-28 G-BCIE
Piper PA-28-151 G-BCIE (msn 28-7415405). (Written off on 27 May 1999 when it landed long at Perth/Scone Airfield, ran out of runway and overturned.) Date: circa 1995

Gardan GY80 Horizon G-ATXF
Gardan GY80-150 Horizon G-ATXF Ste. Exupery-Grasse'(msn 40), at Halfpenny Green airfield in August 1966. Date: 1966

de Havilland DH. 106 Comet 2 7610M (ex G-ALYT)
de Havilland DH.106 Comet 2 7610M (msn 06006, ex G-ALYT), the prototype Comet 2, on the airfield at RAF Halton. This aircraft flew in to Halton, which has a relatively small grass airfield

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. IXb MH415, marked as N3314
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXb MH415, marked as N3314 CD-F, on the flight line for filming of The Battle of Britain, at Duxford airfield in July 1968

Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer EI-AKY
Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer EI-AKY (msn 22-6689), at Fairoaks Airfield for the C.S.E. Aviation Sales Weekend on 26-27 September 1959. Date: 1959

Folland Gnat F. 1 - XK739, XK740 and XK724
Folland Gnat F.1 - XK724 (msn FL2), XK739 (msn FL3) and XK740 (msn FL4), at Chilbolton airfield in Hampshire on 6 May 1957 Date: 1957

CAC CA-13 Boomerang VH-MHR - A46-122 Suzy-Q
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-13 Boomerang VH-MHR - A46-122 Suzy-Q (msn 945). Based at the Australian Army Museum of Flying at Oakey Airfield. Today, operated by Temora Aviation Museum

Westland Wasp HAS. 1 G-RIMM - XT435
Westland Wasp HAS.1 G-RIMM - XT435 (msn F.9605), at North Weald airfield on 25 April 2010, in the markings of HMS Achilles ship's helicopter call-sign 430'. Date: 2010

Westland Whirlwind HAR. 10 XP356 B
Royal Air Force - Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XP356 B, of the Central Flying School, at RAF Little Rissington. (RAF Little Rissington is the highest active airfield in the British Isles)

Fairey Gannet AS. 4 XG631
Royal Navy - Fairey Gannet ECM.6 XG831 (msn F9373), of 831 Naval Air Squadron. Built as an AS.4, converted to ECM.6, re-delivered on 31 May 1957

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