Aviation Collection (page 9)

Harrier at RAF Stanley
Paul Salisbury standing near British Aerospace Harrier GR.3 (Phase 6) L on the 1453 Flight pan, RAF Stanley in the latter half of 1984 in the Falkland Islands Date: 1984

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, four planes
Advance Training Machines. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965) was a Scottish peer and record-breaking air pioneer who was later shown to have passed secret

Percival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean Batten
Percival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean Gardner Batten, CBE, OSC (19091982), - a New Zealand aviatrix - on two record-breaking flights in the 1930s. Date: circa 1937

Harry Hawker - Homecoming of the Australian Aircraft pioneer
Wild scenes greet the return, in 1914, of Harry Hawker (1889-1921) - Australian aviation pioneer - on his return to Australia (to demonstrate the advanced Sopwith Tabloid)

Sfecmas Nord 1402 Gerfaut Delta-Wing Experimental Resear?
Sfecmas Nord 1402 Gerfaut Delta-Wing Experimental Research Aircraft Parked Date: 1950s

Sfecmas Nord 1405 Gerfaut II / 2 Delta-Wing Experimental?
Sfecmas Nord 1405 Gerfaut II / 2 Delta-Wing Experimental Research Aircraft Parked Date: 1950s

Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident Super 3B-140
First-Flight Take-Off of the Hawker Siddeley Hs-121 Trident Super 3B-140 Most Powerful Variant of the Trident Family with a Photographer in the Foreground Date: 1975

Percy Pilcher Drawings
Percy Pilcher Drawing Date: 19th century

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-600B G-HALK
Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600B G-HALK (msn 256033), of Halkin Estates Ltd. at Luton Airport in May 1987. Date: 1987

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR. 2 XV466 K
Royal Air Force - McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV466 K, of No.56 Squadron at RAF Abingdon for a Battle of Britain air display on 16 September 1978. Date: 1978

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR. 2 XV494 G
Royal Air Force - McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV494 G, of No.56 Squadron. Date: circa 1970

Heinkel He 177A-5 - R6 Greif TS439
Royal Aircraft Establishment - Heinkel He 177A-5/R6 Greif TS439 at RAE Farnborough. (Marked as F8 of II/KampfGeschwader 40 when captured at Bordeaux by French resistance forces) Date: 1944

McDonnell Douglas - BA e AV-8B Harrier II
United States Marine Corps - McDonnell Douglas / BA e AV-8B Harrier II 163673 (base code GG, call-sign 03), of VMA-231. Date: circa 1990

North American F-100F Super Sabre O. 63946
Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri) - North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre O.63946 (msn 243-122, ex 56-3946). Allocated to the Turkish AF on 15 September 1978

Avro Vulcan B. 2 XL318
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan B.2 XL318, of No.617 (Dambusters) Squadron, with an inert Blue Steel missile, at Andrews Air Force Base

Hawker Hunter T. 7 XL618 87
Royal Air Force - Hawker Hunter T.7 XL618 87, of 229 Operational Conversion Unit, at RAF Chivenor on 22 August 1970 Date: 1970

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980. Built as the second TF-15A

Avro Anson C. 19 TX191
Royal Air Force - Avro Anson C.19 Series 1 TX191, at RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. Date: 1968

McDonnell Douglas F-4J UK Phantom ZE353
Royal Air Force - McDonnell Douglas F-4J(UK) Phantom ZE353, of No.74 Squadron, at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. (a.k.a. Phantom F.3)

Hiller YH-32 Hornet 55-4963
United States Army - Hiller YH-32-UH Hornet 55-4963 (msn 7), at an air display on a US Naval Air Station, (note the single-bladed tail-rotor and the hand-held starting engine)

Funeral procession for the victims of BOAC Flight 781 / de Havilland Comet G-ALYP, through the streets of Porto Azuro, Elba, on 14 January 1954. Date: 1954

Bede BD-2 N837BD
Bede BD-2 N937BD. at Rockford, Illinois in 1967. Powered by a 225hp modified Continental IO-360C, this heavily rebuilt Schweizer 2-32 sailplane was intended for a globe-circling

Avro Lancaster ASR. VII G-ASXX
Avro Lancaster ASR.VII G-ASXX (ex NX611, ex Aeronavale), at the Biggin Hill Air Fair in May 1965, shortly after arriving in the UK from Tahiti

Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714
Royal Air Force - Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714. Seen fitted with chin-mounted ASV Mk. III radar, retractable Leigh Light in the Ventral turret position and RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch)

Boeing YC-14 72-1874, seen at RAF Mildenhall, whilst en-route from the 1977 Paris Air Show. Date: 1977

McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender 79-1712
United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender 79-1712, of the 2nd Bombardment wing. Date: circa 1984

SEPECAT Jaguar T. 2 XX146 J
Royal Air Force - SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 XX146 J, of No.16(R) Squadron, at an RAF Marham air display in 1993. (SEPECAT - Societe Europeenne de Production de l avion Ecole de Combat et d Appui Tactique)

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

World War II B-17 Flying fortress makes food drop
World War II vintage photograph - B-17 Flying fortress makes food drop to Netherlands towards the end of the war

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - RAF Bedford coach
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The ubiquitous RAF Bedford SB3 (43AC42) with Strachans Pacesaver bodywork, used by the 1977 Ten Tors team

Andy Newman and Coastel 2, which was located between RAF Stanley and Stanley in the Falkland Islands. Date: 1984

Wright Brothers, aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, 1909
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, where they were giving various flight demonstrations to set new records for altitude and duration. 1909

Travel Air 2000 - Fokker D. VII mock-up N6268
Travel Air 2000 / Fokker D.VII mock-up N6268, of Tallmantz Aviation, at Orange County Airport, in California. Date: circa 1957

Smith DSA-1 Miniplane N90P (msn FWS-1). (DSA - Darn Small Airplane) Built in 1956 and registration cancelled on 17 May 2013. Date: circa 1970

Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu (msn 565, allied reporting name Rex ), on display at Willow Grove Naval Air Station circa 1957. After capture it was taken to Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Garland Lincoln N. 28 / Nieuport 28 10
Garland Lincoln N.28 / Nieuport 28 10 in the colours of the 94th Aero Squadron, United States Army Air Service. Garland Lincoln & Claude Flagg acquired several genuine Nieuport 28s

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M. F. 10
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service - Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.10. The M.F.10 (also known as the Hover M.F.10, after its designer) was a military trainer seaplane built in Norway in 1929

SZD Jantar 2 Standard 94, just about to launch from the grid at a UK gliding competition. Date: circa 1982

Schempp-Hirth Cirrus 123, the 17m Open-class sailplane (not to be confused with the Standard Cirrus). Date: circa 1982

Alvis FV101 Scimitar and FV107 Scorpion light tanks at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. Date: 1980

Challenger 1 tank
A Challenger 1 tank derivative with modified turret and equipment, at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. Date: 1980

Land Rover Centaur
A Land Rover Centaur, half-track conversion of the Land Rover V-8 Defender at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. Date: 1980

Chieftain tank
A Chieftaintank on display at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. Date: 1980

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK / RG333
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK / RG333 (msn 6339), at RAF Gaydon circa 1970. AIEK is seen painted to represent Messenger 1 RG333, which was used by Field Marshal B L Montgomery

Downer Bellanca 14-13-3 Cruisair Senior HB-DUN (msn 1637), circa 1961. The model designation is based on the technical data of the machine. The number 14 means that the wing area is 14 square feet

Levasseur Antoinette IV replica 8. One of two Antoinette IV replicas built by Hants & Sussex Aviation at Portsmouth Airport

Boeing 727-64 XA-SEJ Azteca de Oro (msn 19255, line no. 331) of Mexicana. First flown on 26 October 1966, delivered to Mexicana on 8 November 1966, but written-off when it crashed into Lake Texcoco

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

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