Airplane Collection (page 5)

Pilcher boat with umbrella sail

O E Simmonds aerial view of Granville Hotel Ramsgate Kent
O.E. Simmonds aerial view of Granville Hotel, Ramsgate, Kent

Major Frank Bernard Halford CBE FRAeS (1894-1955)
Major Frank Bernard Halford, CBE, FRAeS, 1894-1955, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1951 to 1952, in front of the prototype de Havilland Comet airliner. Date: 1955

Peter Ambrose Hearne - RAeS President (1980-1981)
Peter Ambrose Hearne, CEng, FRAeS, RAeS President 1980-1981. Date: 1980

Jaguars of No54 Squadron and a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1, XR370, Ajax, of No53 Squadron at RAF Coltishall. 1974. Date: 1974

Britten-Norman BN2 Islander G-AVCN on a full-size float
Britten-Norman BN2 Islander, G-AVCN, on a full-size float mock-up in the Bembridge Experimental Hangar

Pilots view from the Concorde simulator at BAC Filton. July 1977. Date: 1977

Concorde flightdeck

The second and fourth series production Concordes in the main assembly hall at Filton

The Concorde production line at Toulouse

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETX Ceres
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-AETX, Ceres

Concorde F-BVFA in Air France markings
Concorde, F-BVFA, in Air France markings

Samuel Franklin Cody c 1910
Samuel Franklin Cody. circa 1910. Date: 1910

Two Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvairs, including G-APNH, Menai Bridge of British Air Ferries

Douglas DC-7C PH-DSD Zwarte Zee of KLM
Douglas DC-7C, PH-DSD, Zwarte Zee, of KLM. This aircraft achieved the longest passenger flight up to that time flying non-stop from Long Beach, California, to Le Bourget, Paris, a distance of 6

Three RAF Armstrong Whitworth AW660 Argosy CMk1s in flight, including XP411 and XP412

The maiden flight of the first BAe146 G-SSSH from Hatfield
The maiden flight of the first BAe146, G-SSSH, from Hatfield on 3 September 1981. A BAe125 acts as chase plane. Date: 1981

The Bristol Brabazon under construction at Filton alongside an Avro Lancaster. 11 August 1948. Date: 1948

Aerial view of Wanstead from a balloon - 1909
Perhaps the chief interest in this photograph is the actual passing of a balloon under the basket of the one from which this picture was taken

The four-wheel main landing gear of a Convair B-36. Each main wheel has a diameter of 56in

1st Aeronautical Exhibition - Crystal Palace 1868
The first Aeronautical Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1868, showing the Stringfellow Triplane model and other exhibits. Altogether no fewer than 77 exhibits were collected together, including engines

Halford, Whittle, de Havilland and Walker
From left: Major Frank Halford, Sir Frank Whittle, Sir Geoffrey de Havilland and C.C. Walker in front of the first prototype de Havilland Comet airliner

Bristol Aeroplanes advert 1929
Bristol Aeroplanes advert, 1929. Date: 1929

Concorde 002 takes-off from Filton on its maiden flight on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969

Concorde 01 G-AXDN makes its first take-off from Filton
Concorde 01, G-AXDN, makes its first take-off from Filton

Two Gloster Javelin F(AW)6s of 85 Squadron XA832 and XH695
Two Gloster Javelin F(AW)6s of 85 Squadron, XA832 and XH695

English Electric Canberra B(I)8 for 2nd TAF at RAF Wildenrat
New equipment for NATO. A newly arrived English Electric Canberra B(I)8 for 2nd TAF at RAF Wildenrath in 1956. Date: 1956

English Electric Canberra B2 WD932
English Electric Canberra B2, WD932, was demonstrated at Martin Airport to 20, 000 employees of Martin and their families and civic and business leaders of Maryland and Baltimore. 11 March 1951

English Electric Canberra PR7 WH799
English Electric Canberra PR7, WH799

Three English Electric Lightnings flying from Warton in July 1968. Leading is the first Kuwaiti T55, 55-410/G27-78. Nearest the camera is the unpainted Saudi F53, 53-686/G27-56

Development English Electric Lightning F1 XG331 in flight
Development English Electric Lightning F1, XG331, in flight

Sopwith Pup N5186 of the RNAS
Sopwith Pup, N5186, of the RNAS, armed with Le Prieur rockets. October 1916. Date: 1916

Four Vought F8U-1 Crusaders from VF-211 on USS Midway fly over Mount Fujiyama in Japan

Convair B-58A Hustler

Concorde 002 G-BSST leaves the assembly hall at Filton
Concorde 002, G-BSST, leaves the assembly hall at Filton for the first time on 12 September 1968. Date: 1968

A 230 Squadron RAF Short Sunderland V in Yound Sound, North Greenland, 18 August 1952. Date: 1952

Gloster Meteor F8 WA820
Gloster Meteor F8, WA820, was used to test two Armstrong Siddeley Saphire axial-flow turbojets

Six generations of RAF fighters line up together on the tarmac. Hawker Hurricane IIC, LF363; Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX, PM631; Gloster Meteor F8, WL164; Hawker Hunter F6

Hawker Hurricane IIC PZ865 / G-AMAU
Hawker Hurricane IIC, PZ865/G-AMAU, The Last of the Many!, the final production Hurricane

Boeing-Stearman A75N1 N803RB
Boeing-Stearman A75N1 (PT-17) N803RB (msn 75-1668 - military serial 41-8109), Red Baron of the Stearman Squadron, sponsored by Red Baron Frozen Pizzas. Date: 1992

Supermarine Spitfire XII in echelon of No41 Sdn

Consolidated B-24 Liberator final assembly line at Ford Motor Companys Willow Run plant Of the total 18, 482 built, this one plant produced a half

Boeing B-29A Superfortess-the bomber that ended the war with two bombs-the first of the nuclear age

Boeing 747-300s in assembly hall

Avro Vulcan B2 XH534 Farnborough
The second B2 Vulcan built was based at A&AEE Boscombe Down for trials until 1965. The Vulcan display was always one of the highlights of Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1960

Republic F-105 Thunderchief

Supermarine Spitfire VIII, JC204

de Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide, G-AHKA

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