Airframe Collection

Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 - Mk.7 combination (ex GAF) G-ANSO, at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough air-show. Built as an F Mk.8 airframe with strengthened outer wings, the Ground Attack Fighter (GAF) aka Reaper

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina N610FF
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) N610FF (msn CV-399) of Barringer Research Limited, based in Toronto, Canada. The aircraft is seen at London Heathrow Airport for the 60 Years of Heathrow

Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507
Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

Hughes XF-11 44-70156, 2nd proto Type. First flight 5 April 1947 by Howard Hughes. Arrived at Eglin Field, Florida, in December 1948 from Wright Field, Ohio

SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-ATBG at Elstree, with another Pingouin II G-ASTG. The Nord 1000 family was post WWII production of the Messerschmitt Bf 108

Hiram Maxim Test-Rig 1891 Early Use of Steel Tube Constr?
Hiram Maxim Test-Rig 1891 Early Use of Steel Tube Construction of Airframe Date: 1891

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

Douglas XB-43 44-61508
United Sates Air Force - Douglas XB-43 44-61508, first prototype produced using the static test XB-42 Mixmaster airframe, seen at Muroc Army Air Base (Edwards AFB / Armstrong Flight Research Center)

Avia S-199 Sakeen 112. T
Avia S-199 Sakeen 112.T (msn 782358), at the Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim AFB, Israel. The Avia S-199 was produced by Avia after the war

Aermacchi MB. 326A MM54165 / 6-62
Aeronautica Militaire Italiano - Aermacchi MB.326A MM54165 / 6-62 (msn 6141/14), formerly of 6 Stormo, on the dump / battle-damage repair training airframe, note the bullet holes

Saab 2000 SE-002 (msn 002), as an instructional airframe at Flygteknik Technical Traning School, Nykoping. Date: 2001

Messerschmitt Bf-109G Replica N700E, (msn 577), Messerschmitt Bf 109G replica, constructed (poorly) using a Hispano HA-1112 M1L as the airframe. Date: circa 1990

Aero L-29 Delfin 376 (msn 591376), formerly of the Hungarian Air Force, in use as an instructional airframe. Date: circa 1990

Aermacchi MB. 326E MM54194 - 6-74
Aeronautica Militaire Italiano - Aermacchi MB.326E MM54194 / 6-74 (msn 6199/44), formerly of 6 Stormo, on the dump / battle-damage repair training airframe, note the bullet holes

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1A XX218
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1A XX218 (msn 054/312054), of N0, 208(R) Squadron. (Retired to FAF Cosford as an instructional airframe in 2020). Date: 1976

Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter 20441
United States Air Force - Northrop F-5B-50-NO Freedom Fighter 20441 (msn N.8092, 72-0441), of 425th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron - 405th Tactical Training Wing

Northrop T-38A Talon 61-0941
United States Air Force ??? Northrop T-38A-40-NO Talon 61-0941 (msn N.5307, buzz number TF-941), at a Point Mugu Naval Air Station air display, on 15 May 1965

Short Skyvan 2 G-ASCO (msn SH1829), at the 1966 SBAC Farnborough air show, 5-11 September 1966, in the colours of Ansett-Mal

Parnall Heck 2C G-AEGI, seen with race number 33 at Elmdon for the 1949 Kings Cup Air Race. On 29 July 1949, G-AEGI flew in the Kings Cup Race at Elmdon airport

Republic XP-91 Thunderceptor 46-0681 4 May 1949: 0680 (1st prototype) first flight. 14 October 1949: 0681 first flight. Summer 1951:engine failed on take-off summer 1951 at Edwards AFB

United States Air Force - Fairchild XC-119A (XC-82B)
United States Air Force - Fairchild Model 105 XC-119A - XC-82B 45-57769 (MSN 10139). A C-82A rebuilt as the prototype XC-82B, then redesignated XC-119A (Model 105)

Aichi AB-3 reconnaissance seaplane, ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy, for use on the Chinese Navys new warship ordered from the Harima shipyard in Japan

United States Air Force - North American AT-28D 51-3681 (msn 174-219), in storage at the Sacramento Air Materiel Area (SMaR), McClellan AFB, CA

Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K. 1A 8517M - XA932
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K.1A 8517M (XA932) at RAF Marham as a ground instructional airframe. Built as a B.1A, to BK.1A when converted to tanker/bomber

Royal Air Force Gloster Javelin F AW. 4 XA634
Royal Air Force Gloster Javelin F(AW).4 XA634, delivered on 18-05-1956, transferred to 7641M as a training airframe ans later preserved at the Jet Age Museum, Staverton. Date: 1975

Piper Comanche G-AHRI
Piper PA-24 Comanche G-AHRI (msn 24-2260), built in 1960. Airframe hours - 1881 at 31-Dec-2007. Date: 1970s

Grumman FF-1 9350
The first production Grumman FF-1, Bureau of Aeronautics number 9350, (company designation Grumman G-5), photographed prior to delivery to the United States Navy in 1933

SAH Kestrel FGA. 1 XS695 - Culdrose
School of Aircraft Handling Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 XS695. The seventh Kestrel in use as a deck handling training airframe

SAH P. 1127 XP980 - Culdrose
School of Aircraft Handling P.1127 XP980. The fifth prototype P.1127 in use as a deck handling training airframe with the School of Aircraft Handling RNAS Culdrose - seen at Royal Naval Air Station

Boeing Stratocruiser N1024V Pan Am Singapore
Originally named Clipper America N1024V was refitted as a Super Stratocruiser and renamed Clipper Kathay and used on the Pacific routes

The Gloster Meteor F8 prototype VT150
The Gloster Meteor F8 prototype, VT150, was a modified F4 airframe with a new tail and cockpit canopy

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