Aviation Collection (page 10)

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981

Sud-Aviation SA. 316 Alouette III F-BLOO
Sud-Aviation SA.316 Alouette III F-BLOO of Heli-Union Date: 1970s

Max Holste MH. 260 Super Broussard F-WJDV
Max Holste MH.260 Super Broussard F-WJDV (msn 001), in the colours of Royal Air Maroc with French test registration, but not delivered at the 1961 Paris Air Show. Date: 1961

Miles M. 77 Sparrowjet G-ADNL
Miles M.77 Sparrowjet G-ADNL at Shoreham Airport. G-ADNL had a moderately successful racing career, winning the SBAC Challenge Cup at Yeadon on 21 May 1956

Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949 - Fouga CM. 8 R13 Cyclone
Fouga CM.8 R13 Cyclone at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Beechcraft B80 Queen Air D-IDIN at a Paris airShow on Le Bourget airport. Date: circa 1960

Vultee BT-13 Valiant Sprayer Conversion N75133, re built by Ken Tyler of Long Island as a single-seater with a 125 US gal capacity spray tank in the rear cockpit area. Date: circa 1958

Buhl LA-1 Flying Bull Pup N11162 at Elsinore. Date: 1960

United States Navy - McDonnell F3H-2 Demon 143487 (base code AE, call-sign 110) of VF-131, embarked on USS Constellation. 1961: VF-41 as AG-103.1962: VF-131 as AE-110.1963

Alabama Air National Guard - Republic RF-84F Thunderflash
Alabama Air National Guard - Republic RF-84F-35-RE Thunderflash 53-7529, of the 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, with 53-7526, 53-7542, 53-7547, 53-7611 (-40) and 53-7595 (-40)

Boeing YB-52 Stratofortress 49-0231 (msn 16249). The second B-52, initially ordered as an XB-52 and made the first B-52 flight on 15 April 1952, due to XB-52 49-230 having a hydraulic snag

Wisconsin Air National Guard - Northrop F-89J Scorpion 53-2536, of the 126th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. built as an F-89D-60-NO and upgraded to F-89J. Wisconsin ANG 126th FIS

Illinois Air National Guard - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Illinois Air National Guard - Republic F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak 52-6520, of the 169th Fighter Squadron. 1956: USAF 3600th CCTW.1958: Indiana ANG 113th FS.1962

United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom 155847 (unit code AE, call-sign 110 ) of VF-41, embarked on USS Roosevelt

United States Marine Corps - Douglas C-117D Skytrain 50835 (msn 43321, unit code WZ, call-sign 835 ) in 1963-65(WZ is tail-code for AIRFMFPAC - Air Fleet Marine Force)

SZD-48 Jantar Standard 2 732, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

SZD-38 Jantar 1 70, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Boeing 314 Clipper NC18601, seen at Seattle during modification of the tail: removal of the single tail fin and fitting a new tailplane with twin fins and rudders. Date: 1938

Indiana Air National Guard - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Indiana Air National Guard - Republic F-84F-40-RE Thunderstreak 52-7073 of the 163rd Fighter Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard

United States Air Force - North American F-86D Sabre 50-0496
United States Air Force - North American F-86D-5-NA Sabre (Dog) 50-0496 (Buzz number FU-496) *1952-53: USAF 3200th PTG.*1956

United States Air Force - Boeing B-52F Stratofortress
United States Air Force - Boeing B-52F-70-BW Stratofortress 57-0163 (msn 464152), of Strategic Air Command. Date: 1960s

United Consultants UC-1 Twin Bee N87589 (msn UC1-R158). One of twenty-three conversions of Republic RC-3 Seabee amphibians, with two 180 hp Lycoming IO-360-B1D engines

United States Air Force - North American JF-86F Sabre 52-4608 (msn 191-304), with belly mounted Rocketdyne AR 2-3 rocket engine and two large 200 gal hydrogen peroxide underwing oxidiser tanks

Chase XC-123A 47-787, jet-powered assault transport - powered assault glider. 47-787 was ordered on 2 December 1946 as a Chase XCG-20 assault glider prototype for Project MX-879

United States Navy - Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat 42874, NACA 158, of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at Moffett Naval Air Station

Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ARBZ
Druine D.31 Turbulent (modified) G-ARBZ (msn PFA 553) Date: 1960s-1970s

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJU John Roe (msn 47552 / Line Number640), first flown 19.08.71 and operated from new by Trans Australia Airlines

Boeing 707-344C VP-WGA (msn 20110) of Air Zimbabwe. After service with Air Zimbabwe, VP-WGA was acquired by the Israeli Defence Forces Air Force and converted to a tanker. Date: circa 1981

Ohm & Stoppelbein Special N6H, race no 15, midget racer. Designed and built by Richard Ohm and Gordon Stoppelbein at McLean VA, the Special was powered by an 85hp Continental C85. Date: circa 1950

Avro Lincon B. 2 G-APRJ
Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ (ex RF342 / G-29-1 / G-36-3), of Napier Icing Research Limited.This Lincoln first flew on 5 June 1945 as RF342 but saw no RAF service, going straight to long-term storage

Piper PA-23-250 Aztec G-ASHV (msn 27-2347), owned by Arthur Guinness and Co.(Park Royal). Date: circa 1965

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 VR-CKO (msn 47151 / Line Number 285), operated by Handlingair for Adnan Khashoggi (the worlds richest man at some stage), at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1990

Piper PA-24-250 Comanche G-APZG at Newcastle Airport. Date: 1960

USN - CIA - Republic of China Air Force Lockheed EP-3B
United States Navy / Central Intelligence Agency / Republic of China Air Force Lockheed EP-3A 149673 (msn 185-5014). Built as a Lockheed P-3A-15-LO Orion

Grumman G-79 XF9F-2 Panther 122477, 3rdt prototype of the F9F and second XF9F-2, powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, taxiing for take-off at the Naval Air Test Centre Patuxent River, Maryland

Gulfstream III TR-KHC (msn 326) of the Republique Gabonaise (Gabon Government). Date: circa 1990

Piel CP. 301B Emeraude G-ASVG
Piel CP.301B Emeraude G-ASVG (msn 109). An Ateliers Aeronautique Rousseau built CP-301B, previously F-BILV, keeping a Druine D.31 Turbulent company in a hangar, somewhere in England. Date: 1960s

Rollason-Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ASMM
Rollason-Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ASMM (msn PFA 1611). This Rollason-built Turbulent is seen on the airfield at Shoreham, in company with Chipmunks

The outside of the original negative wallet Date: 1931

Brown 1931 Southdown Skysailer towed back to launch point
The Brown 1931 Southdown Skysailer being towed back to the launch point at Ditchling Beacon, by a 1929 REO flying Cloud, imported from the United States

Dornier Do 335 V1 CP-UA (1st prototype), showing the oil cooler intake under the nose (incorporated into the annular radiator intake in all subsequent aircraft)

Bristol Buckingham B Mk. I KV335
Bristol Buckingham B Mk.I KV335. A victim of failure to meet the original specification and the success of Mosquito day raid and night strategic bombing

Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Me 410A-3 TF209 (Werk Nr. 10259) (Luftwaffe F6-OK formerly of 2(F)/122). Captured intact at Monte Corvino in Italy F6-OK arrived at the Royal Aircraft

Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk. III
Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk.III. This very leaky Stirling is flying with the tail-wheels extended, probably due to the notoriously unreliable electric retraction mechanism

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII PZ467 Tse-Tse. Armed with a 57mm (6 pounder) Molins quick-firing gun, the first Mk.XVIII was flown on 25 August 1943

United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk, a ship-board float-plane scout, for operation from capital ships with catapults, or seaplane tenders with launch and recovery apparatus. Date: circa 1945

Royal Air Force Folland Gnat T. 1 trainers of the Red Arrows
Royal Air Force Folland Gnat T.1 trainers of the Red Arrows, preparing to return to RAF Little Rissington after an airs-how itinerary away from their RAF Little Rissington base. Date: circa 1970

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