Aviation Collection (page 11)

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

Auster J-1N Alpha G-AHAT (msn 1849). G-AHAT was built as a J-1 in 1946 and converted to a J-1N Alpha in 1957. Date: 1960s

Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR. 5 WK281
Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281. Built by Vickers Armstrong and delivered on 5 November 1956, WK281 joined No 79 Squadron at RAF Gutersloh

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver CF-AWA (msn 1430) of Air West. Date: circa 1979

Hawker-Siddeley HS-125-3B / RA D-CAMB
Hawker-Siddeley HS-125-3B/RA D-CAMB (msn 25157) of Mercedes Benz AG, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1976

Grumman Gulfstream II VH-ASG (msn 095), the 95th Gulfstream II, of Associated Airlines Pty. at Perth Western Australia. Date: circa 1972

Grumman F9F-8 Cougar Date: 1972

Boeing F4B-4 NR9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

King Haakon VII of Norway and Crown Prince Olav in exile in the UK 1940-45 inspecting Norwegian troops. Date: circa 1943

Boeing 707-138B G-AVZZ (msn 17699) of Caribbean International airways at Newcastle Airport. Date: 1973

Sud-Aviation SA. 318B Alouette II G-AWAP
Sud-Aviation SA.318B Alouette II G-AWAP (msn 1966) of Film (Flight) Limited, at Duxford for the filming of Battle of Britain. Date: 17 September 1968

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

Boeing 737-204 G-AVRM (msn 19710) of Britannia Airways at Newcastle Airport (Woolsington). Date: 1970s

Hawker Hunter FGA Mk. 74B G-BABM
Hawker Hunter FGA Mk.74B (msn S4/R/S4/U/3308) for export to the Royal Singapore Air Force, at the 1974 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. De-registered on delivery 16 October 1972. Date: 1972

Airspeed AS. 57 Ambassador 2 G-AMAH
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 G-AMAH (msn 5230), Elizabethan Class airliner named RMA Sir Christopher Hatton, of British European Airways at Blackbushe Airport. Date: 1953

United States Air Force Martin MGM-13 Mace 60-6726, tactical surface to surface missile. The Mace was to be armed with a nuclear warhead and was deployed in West Germany, South Korea and on Okinawa

Indian 1914 Hendee Special motorcycle with sidecar, powered by a 988 cc V-twin. Owned by a very happy couple! Date: circa 1915

Boeing 737-204 G-AWSY (msn 20236) of Britannia Airways at Newcastle Airport (Woolsington). Date: 1970s

United States Air Force - Convair VT-29B O-51-3811
United States Air Force Convair VT-29B (msn 239) O-51-3811. Entering service as a standard T-29B, 3811 was converted to NT-29B with extra dorsal and ventral radomes

Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series 1B D-CKCF (msn 25105) of Condor Flugdienst. Became G-AYRY with McAlpine Aviation in December 1970, then HZ-FMA with Saudi Arabian Carpets, later stored - WFU

Amy Johnson alongside a Zogling primary glider
Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot (the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia) standing beside a Kegel-built Zogling primary glider, near Wendover

Lady members of the Heston Park flying club
A 3000 mile holiday tour by air by members of the Heston Park flying club, including a number of women pilots, set out from Heston Air Park (Aerodrome) in twenty aircraft

Marjorie Vereker and Adelaide Cleaver - Heston Aerodrome
Mrs Marjorie Rosamond Seton Dower Vereker (nee Mulliner) (1902-1992) and Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (nee Pollock) (1885-1939)

Fokker D. VII replica - G-BFPL - Duxford
Williams Flugzeuge Fokker D.VII replica - G-BFPL - Duxford Date: 1983

Canberra at Fairford
English Electric Canberra B.2 99+34 from WTD-61 at Manching, Bavaria, at the 1993 Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 21 to 27 July 1993. Date: 1993

Red Arrows at Gibraltar
British Aerospace Hawk T.1 trainers of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team Red Arrows, lined up waiting to start-up for their routine at the air display. Date: circa 1989

Black Buck bomb crater
One of the Operation Black Buck1 1, 000 lber bomb craters, in the bondu surrounding Stanley Airport in the Falkland Islands. Date: 1984

Jaguar at Seeb North - Oman
SEPECAT Jaguar S(O)1 ?220? of the Royal Air Force of Oman, on detachment at Seeb North, near Muscat. Date: circa 2000

B-52 at Greenham Common
Boeing B-52G Superfortress ?57-6484? from the 2nd BW United States Air Force - International Air Tattoo 1977, Greenham Common on 25 June 1977 Date: 1977

Jaguar at Farnborough
A SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 on display with a selection of the weapons it can carry, at Farnborough 1976. Date: 1976

Static line-up for the air display at RAF Gibraltar
line-up for the static display at RAF Gibraltar ca 1988/89 l to r Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1, Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B of 237 OCU RAF, RAF Panavia Tornado GR.1 of the TTTE

Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 at RAF Gibraltar
Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WL757 of 8 Squadron RAF at RAF Gibraltar circa 1988/89 Date: circa 1988 / 1989

Aerospatiale SA-316 Alouette III / 3
Aerospatiale Alouette III / 3 Helicopter

Aerospatiale SA-315 Alouette AH-2
Uk Army Air Corps Aac Sud-Aviation Alouette II / 2 Ah.2 Flying Date: 1960s

Republic XF-12 Rainbow
Republic Xf-12 / Xr-12 Rainbow Flying Date: 1940s

Aviation Traders ATL-90 Accountant
The Prototype Aviation Traders Atl-90 Accountant at Southend Refuelling Date: 1957

Line-Drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci Ornithopter Design Cir?
Line-Drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci Ornithopter Design Circa 1500 Date: 1500s

The first Saunders-Roe A19 Cloud, G-ABCJ, at a RAeS Gar?
The first Saunders-Roe A19 Cloud, G-ABCJ, at a RAeS Garden Party (possibly at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex, on 10 May 1936)

Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper, USA
Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper - USA. IN service 1939-1943 - crashed in Portugal when coming in to dock when the wing hit the sea when turning. Of the 39 people on board, 24 died

Short SD3-30-200 G-BJFK (msn SH.3077), of British Midland Airlines (operated by Inter-City airlines), at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1982

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