Airfield Collection (page 2)

Vickers Varsity T. 1 WJ886 23
Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity T.1 WJ886 23, 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)

Heston Aerodrome in May, 1939. Heston was an airfield located to the west of London, England, operational between 1929 and 1947. Date: 1939

Hilary Charles at Heston in Matita advertisement
Advertisement for Matita sports clothes featuring model and socialite Hilary Charles looking wonderfully elegant at Heston air field. Date: 1932

Airfield B16 pumping station Moulineaux Normandy
This is proably the only remaining such structure and was stone built for its purpose to pump fuel to the airstrip at Villons le Buissons. Inspection will reveal the signs CARPE DIEM and JULY 1944

Carpiquet airport Canadian Memorial Normandy
Erected on the airfield by the French & unveiled on 8 July 1995 it pays homage to the Canadian Brothers who freed the area following the Hell of Carpiquet battle of 4-8 July. 1944

US Advanced Airfield A13 Marker Vaucelles Normandy
The Airfield was built by the 864th US Air Engineers Battalion & the Memorial was unveiled on 6 June 1989. The Franco-American 9th Airforce Normandy Airfields Association has marked all the 9th USaF

Aircraft refuelling truck at an airfield, possibly RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) Eglinton, now Derry (Londonderry) City Airport, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1948

RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) Eglinton, Derry, Ireland
RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) Eglinton, now Derry (Londonderry) City Airport, Northern Ireland -- De Havilland Sea Hornets on the airfield, April 1948. Date: 1948

Aerial view of Beauvais-Tille airport, France, with terminal buildings, aircraft, coaches and cars. Date: circa 1940s

Review of Maurice Farman military biplanes, France. Date: circa 1910

The Model Village at West Cliff Lodge, Ramsgate, Kent - The Aerodrome with models of the lockheed Constellation passenger airliner and the de Haviland Comet Date: circa 1953

The Pilot. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966

Union Air Terminal, Burbank, California, USA. Date: circa 1935

FLIGHT / AIRFIELD
A light aeroplane comes in to land over the heads of watchers in a car Date: 1935

Boeing KC-97G-145-BO Stratofreighter O-30272
(ex California Air National Guard) ??? Boeing KC-97G-145-BO Stratofreighter O-30272 (msn 17054, 53-0272), at the Milestones of Flight Museum (which is now closed), General William J

Mitsubishi A6M7 Reisen (msn 23186, allied reporting name Zeke), on display at Willow Grove Naval Air Station ca1957. This Mitsubishi A6M7 was built by Nakajima Hikoki as their 43rd Model 62 aircraft

Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander G-51-56 (msn 136), on 6 March 1970, at Ford airfield, prior to delivery to Air Tahiti. G-51-56: Britten-Norman F-OCOZ: Air Tahiti N6522T: 28 August 1990 N6522T

Piper PA-23 Apache G-ASDH
Piper PA-23-160 Apache G-ASDH (msn 23-2045), of the College of Air Training, at Hamble Airfield. On 10 January 1967, G-ASDH, a Piper PA-23 Apache of the College of Air Training at Hamble

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22A G-ARMB (msn C1-0099, ex WB660 ), of College of Air Training, at Hamble Airfield, circa 1962. Date: circa 1962

Junkers Ju 88 D-1 / Trop FE-1598
(ex Royal Romanian Air Force) - Junkers Ju 88 D-1/Trop FE-1598 (Werk Nr. 430650 / HK959 / Baksheesh ), in outdoor storage / display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

Bleriot XI 8, undergoing repair after landing Aux Vaches (among the cows - the French term for landing away from an airfield) Date: circa 1910

de Havilland DH. 82A Tiger Moth G-AHAN
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AHAN (msn 86553, ex PG644), at a PFA rally on Cranfield airfield. 1944: Constructed as a Tiger Moth II by de Havilland at Hatfield

North American F-100C Super Sabre 54-2117
District of Columbia Air National Guard - North American F-100C-25-NA Super Sabre 54-2117 (msn 217-378) (Note: incorrectly marked as 54-117) For disposal to MASDC on 14 June 1971

Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F. 40 1494
Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F.40 1494 (msn 1433) observation aircraft, at an airfield in France. Date: circa 1916-1917

Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F1. 40 trainers
Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F1, 40 trainers, at an airfield in France. The Renault truck displays the unusual, but fairly common at the time, centrifugal radiator

Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus CYF, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Schleicher ASW17 40, single-seat very-high-performance Open-class sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Scheibe SF-25c Motor-Falke G-HBOS, 2-seat motor-glider-light glider tug from the Husbands Bosworth Gliding Club, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition

Schleicher ASK13 199, 2-seat trainer from the Husbands Bosworth Gliding Club, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

SZD Jantar Standard 126, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Grob G-104 Speed Astir 114, single-seat 15m-class high-performance sailplane, on the Grid at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Glasflugel Mosquito I, single-seat 15m-class high-performance sailplane, on the Grid at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition

Glasflugel Mosquito 54, single-seat 15m-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

SZD-09 Bocian 740, 2-seat trainer from the husbands Bosworth Gliding Club, landing at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Schleicher ASW-20 N54JH - 4S, single-seat 15m-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Glasflugel Mosquito HD, single-seat 15m-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Scheibe SF-27M G-BCBN, single-seat medium-performance motor-sailplane with retractable engine, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 2 66, single-seat Open-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

SZD-09 Bocian 840, 2-seat trainer from the Husbands Bosworth Gliding Club, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

SZD Jantar Standard 609, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 D-8200 - DG, single-seat Open-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Caproni-Vizzola A-21 Calif 566, 2-seat Open-class high-performance sailplane at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito B Mk. 35
Ex Royal Air Force - de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk.35 TH988 at the de Havilland factory airfield at Hatfield in a static display

British Bombers Landing Date: 1941

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot
WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), RAF pilot shaking hands with a colleague. Date: circa 1942

FRANCE / ALPS / FLIGHTS 1931
French Alps: sight-seeing flights over Mont Blanc, from Passy airfield Date: 1931

Officers and Men of the R. A. F. Station at Abingdon, one of the main airfields of
Officers and Men of the R.A.F. Station at Abingdon, one of the main airfields of Transport Command, march past the Mayor of the Borough who is taking the salute

Yavovlev Yak-11 G-AYAK (msn 172701) at Wycombe Air Park (Booker airfield). G-AYAK was built, under licence, by STROJIRNY PRVNI PETILESKY in Czechoslovakia as a LET C.11. Date: 1980s

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