Airplane Collection (page 16)

The forward gondola of the R34. The airship is being eased up, preparatory to flight, when the lines held by the groundcrew will be released from the handling rail. 14 March 1919 (the first flight)

The walking way in the keel of the R34, shown when the airship was still under construction. Some of the aluminium fuel tanks and canvas bags for the water ballast may be seen. 24 November 1918

British Aerospace 125-700 production line at Chester. March 1977. Date: 1977

The first English Electric Canberra B2 for Venezuela, 1-A-39, takes-off from Samlesbury on the first stage of its delivery flight

Two RAF English Electric Canberra PR9s over Malaya, XH133 and XH168

Martin TM-61C Matador immediately prior to launch from its zero-length launcher

The sole Sopwith Wallaby G-EAKS
The sole Sopwith Wallaby, G-EAKS, 3 October 1919. Date: 1919

The first Hawk XX154 during its second flight
The first Hawk, XX154, during its second flight, 22 August 1974, chief test pilot, Duncan Simpson, again at the controls. Date: 1974

The first Hawk XX154 is rolled out at Dunsfold
The first Hawk, XX154, is rolled out at Dunsfold, 12 August 1974. Date: 1974

North American J26 Mustang of the Swedish Air Force

Sir Frank Whittle (centre) and his associates experimenting with an early gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet

Pre-production Concorde 01 G-AXDN
Pre-production Concorde 01, G-AXDN, the third Concorde to join the flight test programme

Rolls-Royce Flying Bedstead was powered by two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets

Bristol Britannias of BOAC

Egyptian Gloster Meteor F4s

Overhead view of a cabin in a Sikorsky S-42

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Two rows of nose sections of Boeing B-29s at Boeings Wichita, Kansas Division

The main centre wing section of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress is lowered to join the fuselage bomb bay section at Boeings Wichita, Kansas Division

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24523 in flight
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, 41-24523, in flight

The Junkers Ju87G-1 was armed with a pair of 37mm Flak 18 cannon for anti-tank use

Supermarine S6B S1595 now on display in the Science Museum
Supermarine S6B, S1595, now on display in the Science Museum

Hawker Hurricane prototype K5083 in the air
Hawker Hurricane prototype, K5083, in the air

Hawker Tempest V EJ743
Hawker Tempest V, EJ743

Fairey Rotodyne XE521 side view in flight
Fairey Rotodyne, XE521, side view in flight

Avro Lincoln RF403 testbed
Avro Lincoln, RF403, testbed for the Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprop. This aircraft was scrapped in Australia in 1958 following high altitude bombing trials at Woomera. Date: 1958

Avro Lincoln B2 RA657 used by Flight Refuelling
Avro Lincoln B2, RA657, used by Flight Refuelling for probe and drogue trials. Seen here with a Gloster Meteor F4, VZ389

Officers of No24 Squadron RAF in France 29 November 1918
Officers of No24 Squadron RAF in France, 29 November 1918. Back row: Lt R.D. Bridgewater, 2nd-Lts J.V. Flanagan, R.A. Eldridge and H.A. Young, Lt V.H. Simmers, 2nd-Lt G.H. Whitehead, Lts N.H

North American P-51D Mustang N7710C
North American P-51D-20-NA Mustang N7710C (msn 122-31615, ex 44-63889), owned by Dan Furtrell. Date: circa 1971

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)

GAF N-22S Searchmaster L VH-HTG
Government Aircraft Factories N-22S Searchmaster L VH-HTG (msn N22S-160). Date: circa 1988

Advert for the Puss Moth aeroplane 1930
Advertisement for the Moth airplane, manufactured by the De Havillalnd Aircraft Company Ltd. The illustration shows a Puss Moth flying of the Epsom Derby, while the advert claims

Dassault Falcon 20C N622R (msn 15), of Winrock Farms, between May 1966 and September 1968. Date: circa 1967

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

Virginia Air National Guard - Republic F-105D Thunderchief
Virginia Air National Guard - Republic F-105D-31-RE Thunderchief 62-4353 (msn D552). Date: 1970s

Tennessee Air National Guard - Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker O-53-0315 (msn 17097) Built as a KC-97G-29-BO, then to KC-97G-145-BO and converted to KC-97L. Date: 1960s

Lockheed JetStar N1 of the Federal Aviation Administration flying unit, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1980

Royal Air Force - Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C. 1 XN857
Royal Air Force - Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1 XN857, of RAF Transport Command at the 1964 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1964

Agusta Bell AB204B Iroquois Huey
Agusta Bell 204B Huey Helicopter

WW2 Fighter Air Ace Red Tobin of 71 Eagle Squadron Sitti?
WW2 Fighter Air Ace Red Tobin of 71 Eagle Squadron Sitting in the Cockpit. Tobin Was Killed in Action 7th September 1941 Date: 1940s

de Havilland DH-106 Comet
Flight Crew in the Cockpit a de Havilland Dh-106 Comet Date: 1960s

Avro 504K
Wing-Walking on an Avro 504K Flying over Fields Date: 1920s

Santos Dumont No 14bis
Mr Alberto Santos Dumont Taxiing His 14Bis before Flying a Distnce of 60 Metres at a Height of 3 Metres to Gain the Archdeacon Prize, Paris, France Date: 1906

Zeppelin L-15 Flying over Hangars Landing Date: 1910s

R M Bolstons Large Model Ornithopter in 1907 Date: 1907

Captain Joe Kittinger

Hawker Siddeley Andover C1, XS639, at Middle Wallop

de Havilland Canada DHC1 Chipmunk, CF-DJF-X

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