Airplanes Collection (page 9)

A Boeing B-17 converted to an airliner by Saab for SILA on its transatlantic services under the designation F-17

Sud Aviation Caravelle wing box structure. Diagram from: European Aeronautical Congress report Caravelle Wing Aerodynamics by Jacques Lecarme

The second production Concorde taking shape at Filton

A Concorde centre section stowed on an Airbus Super Guppy

A Concorde forward fuselage loaded into Airbus Super Guppy
A Concorde forward fuselage is loaded into an Airbus Super Guppy for transportation to Toulouse

Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 of No 27 Squadron RAF Scampton
Avro Vulcan B2, XH558, of No 27 Squadron, RAF Scampton, checks a North Sea oil rig. February 1975. This aircraft was restored to airworthiness by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust in 2007. Date: 1975

A Thor missile is loaded into a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II for transport to the UK

Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta G-ABTI
Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta, G-ABTI, after Brackles delivery flight to begin Imperial Airways new service at Cape Town

Amelia Earhart; Wilmer Stultz (r) and Louis Gordon
Amelia Earhart, centre; Wilmer Stultz, pilot, right; and Louis Gordon, co-pilot. Burry Port, Wales, after their non-stop flight from Newfoundland starting on 17 June 1928. Date: 1928

Vickers Vimy Commercial G-EAUL at Martlesham Heath in 1920
Vickers Vimy Commercial, G-EAUL, at Martlesham Heath in 1920. Date: 1920

Prototype Handley Page Victor B2 XH668
Prototype Handley Page Victor B2, XH668

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-ADHM Caledonia
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-ADHM, Caledonia, at the beginning of its first flight at Rochester. 11 September 1936. Date: 1936

Amy Johnson with her de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth G-aAH
Amy Johnson with her de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth, G-aAH, Jason, at Croydon Airport before her flight to Australia in 1930. Date: 1930

First Armstrong Whitworth AW650 Argosy Series 100 G-AOZZ
The first Armstrong Whitworth AW650 Argosy Series 100, G-AOZZ

The last production Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I V1599
The last production Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I, V1599, became the prototype STI

Reginald Denny - American actor
Reginald Denny, an American actor, was also the chief of a company that manufactured model aircraft and ships. He opened a shop in Hollywood, California, which became very popular

Rolls-Royce Pegasus turbofan

The R34 airship being walked out by the workers of the Beardmore factory at Inchinnan

English Electric Canberra B2 WH699 Aries IV
English Electric Canberra B2, WH699, Aries IV, arrives at Wingfield Aerodrome, Cape Town, after breaking the record from London. 17 December 1953. Date: 1953

English Electric Lightning F3s from No 29 Squadron at RAF Episkopi, Cyprus

Gloster Meteor F4 RA490
Gloster Meteor F4, RA490, following use as a Beryl engine testbed, the aircraft was heavily modified to take two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets for trials with a jet deflection system

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A Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser G-ALSD Cassiopeia of BOA
A Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser, G-ALSD, Cassiopeia, of BOAC at the 1954 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at London Airport. Date: 1954

The first prototype Junkers G38 D-2000
The first prototype Junkers G38, D-2000

Curtiss JN4 Jenny of the RNAS

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Two Harriers manoeuvre into position for landing on the deck of HMS Eagle during sea trials in 1970. Date: 1970

The first Fairey Delta 2 WG774 in 1957 markings
The first Fairey Delta 2, WG774, in 1957 markings as a showcase to the British aircraft industry. Date: 1957

de Havilland Mosquito FBVI G-AGGD of BOAC landing
de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, G-AGGD, of BOAC coming in to land in October 1943. Date: 1943

Avro Lancaster I Aries, PD328, of the Empire Air Navigation School, Shawbury, warming up prior to its England to Cape Town record-breaking flight of 32hrs 21min

Salon Aeronautique at the Grand Palais, Paris, in September 1909. Date: 1909

Samuel Cody on horseback with one of his man-lifting kites in 1901. Date: 1901

RAF flying boats over Felixstowe in June 1935 on their ?
RAF flying boats over Felixstowe in June 1935 on their way to a fly-past at the RAF Display at Hendon. Clockwise from left: the first prototype Supermarine Stranraer, K3973; Short S14 Sarafand

Yeager, Charles Elwood Chuck (centre) and his P-51D -later Brig Gen US Air Force

Vought OS2U-2 Kingfisher-departs USS Texas

SPAD XIII with Le Prieur rockets attached for anti-balloon or anti-airship use. Extremely popular with French and American forces, over eight thousand were built by the time of the Armistice

Short S29 Stirling towing Horsa

Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette
Four Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette, formed of French commanded American volunteer pilots. The squadron was formed in April 1916

Nieuport 11 Bebe, used by the Italian air force, built under licence in Italy by Nieuport-Macchi. Seen here is serial no. Ni 3227. Date: circa 1916-1917

Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Dinah -constant improvements ensured that this Jabpanese Army reconnaissance type remained faster than most Allied fighters

Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation of Varig (forward view) aloft

Malan, AG Sailor, Grp Capt and Spitfire

Kawasaki Ki-45 Nick - one of the Japanese Armys most effective high flying fighters against such as the Boeing B-29

Junkers Ju 87G -showing its formidible 37mm anti-tank cannons

Fokker Dr I with Pfalz D III in background
Fokker Dr I German fighter triplane with a Pfalz D III in the background. The Fokkers pilot prepares for takeoff, with a mechanic ready to swing the propeller and two more in attendance

De Havilland DH98 Mosquito III in close up

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -early examples had a tendency to break up during recovery from a dive

Consolidated PBY-5 seen clad in drab 1942 livery Catalinas flown by the US Navy and RAFs Coastal Command helped defeat the U-Boat threat across the Atlantic

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