Converted Collection (page 6)

Boeing XB-47D Stratojet 51-2103 (msn 450176) flying as the Wright XT49 Test-bed in the 1950s built as a Boeing B-47B-30-BW Stratojet and re-designated EB-47B in April 1952.December 1954

United States Air Force - Martin B-57E Canberra 55-4251
United States Air Force - Martin EB-57E Canberra 55-4251 of the 4713th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron at Otis Air Force Base

United States Air Force - Boeing C-97K Stratofreighter 53-0343 (msn 17125) at El Paso. Built as a KC-97G-29-BO, then converted to KC-97G-145-BO, then to C-97K. Date: 1965

Georgia Air National Guard - Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter
Georgia Air National Guard - Boeing C-97G-135-BO Stratofreighter 52-0925 at Baltimore. Built as a KC-97G-23-BO and converted to C-97G for service with the Georgia ANG

United States Air Force Thunderbirds - C-119F Flying Boxcar 51-8166 (msn 169). Support aircraft for the Thunderbirds formation aerobatic team

United States Air Force - Lockheed C-130B Hercules 58-0741 (msn 282-3538) of Tactical Air Command. 0741 was converted to WC-130B and back to C-130B

Piasecki YH-16A Transporter 50-1270, converted to YH-27 (later redesignated YH-16A) and broke up in mid-air near the Delaware River in December 1955

Short S. 45 Solent Mk. 3 N9946F
Short S.45 Solent Mk.3 N9946F Isle of Tahiti of South Pacific Airlines at San Francisco. Delivered to the Royal Air Force as Short Seaford I NJ203

Kaiserliche Marine - Friedrichshafen FF. 34 117
Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) - Friedrichshafen FF.34 117. The sole FF.34 was converted to the FF.44, with a tractor engine in the nose of a normal fuselage, retaining the serial 117

United States Air Force - Fairchild EC-82A 45-57746 (msn 10116, buzz number CQ-746). A C-82 converted to EC-82A with tracked landing gear in 1948. Date: 1948

L-W-F Model H Owl - AS64012
L-W-F Model H Owl AS64012, in later guise with extended centre nacelle and four-wheel main undercarriage. The Owl was distinctive for its tube-like twin booms with central nacelle fuselage

United States Army Air Corps - USaC - Curtiss P-40
United States Army Air Corps (USaC) - Curtiss P-40 (Model 81). The first production standard, delivered with the stars and stripes on both wings, unusually

USAF - Boeing KC-97G-24-BO Stratofreighter 52-2632
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-97G-24-BO Stratofreighter 52-2632 (msn 16663) (Note -Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer NASA 212 (BuNo 139208) in background.) number

PENN Air National Guard - Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar 51
Pennsylvania Air National Guard - Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar 51-8167 (msn 170), at Reading, PA. Delivered to the United States Air Force as Kaiser-Frazer C-119F-KM Flying Boxcar

United States Air Force - Martin B-57B Canberra 52-1564 taken in the 1960s - Converted to EB-57B in the late 1960s to provide electronic target and threat simulation after service in Vietnam

United States Navy - Lockheed P2V-5F 124870 (Model 426-42-06), of Fleet Air Service Squadron-102 (FASRON-102). This aircraft was later converted to a P2V-5FE (EP-2E) Elint - EW platform. Date: 1950s

United States Army Air Corps - Curtiss Y1O-26 Falcon 29-322. Built as a Curtiss O-1E Falcon then converted to XO-26, powered by a geared Curtiss GIV-1570A Conqueror engine, then Y1O-26

United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H Hercules 64-14866
United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H-LM Hercules 64-14866 (msn 382-4099) of Military Airlift Command Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS), at RAF Lakenheath

United States Air Force Reserve - Fairchild C-123K 54-0681 (msn 20131) at Westover Air Force Base (AFB). Built as a Fairchild C-123B-9-FA Provider, number: 681 was converted to C-123K

United States Air Force - Lockheed MC-130E-LM Combat Talon I 64-0566 (msn 382-4080). 0566 (MSN 382-4080). Built as a C-130E this aircraft was converted to a MC-130E Combat Talon I special forces

Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K. 1A 8517M - XA932
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K.1A 8517M (XA932) at RAF Marham as a ground instructional airframe. Built as a B.1A, to BK.1A when converted to tanker/bomber

United States Navy - Lockheed EP-2E Neptune 127765 call-sign 202, unit code 7V. Built as a P2V-5 Neptune (Model 426-42-13)

United States Navy - Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind 13172 of VR-2 at Naval Air Station Alameda. Number 13172 was converted to a 4-hose refuelling tanker. Date: 1956

Lockheed P-38L Lightning CF-GDS
Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning CF-GDS (msn 422-8342 / 44-53087) of Spartan Air Services Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario, (December 1951-1956)

Garrett Showmans Road Locomotive 33353, The Chough, at Redruth steam rally (later converted to Tractor). Maker: Richard Garrett & Sons, in Leiston

Garrett General Purpose Engine 33305, The Mighty Atom at the 1969 Stourpaine rally, later converted to Showmans Tractor:- Maker: Richard Garrett & Sons, in Leiston

United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544 (msn 25), of Detachment 14, 42nd Aerospace Rescue Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base

United States Navy - Vought TF-8A Crusader 143710
United States Navy - Vought NTF-8A Crusader 143710, of the Test Pilot School, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, with a ground run intake guard fitted

United States Air Force - Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker
United States Air Force Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker 44-92026 (msn 23), of the7th Bombardment Wing, at Detroit, Michigan. Built as a Consolidated B-36B-1-CF Peacemaker, first flown 8 July 1948

6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Wagon Merlin UR 1328
Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Wagon, regn. UR 1328, number: 13156, Merlin. Built in 1928 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a compound steam engine

Saunders ST-27 C-GYCR (msn 004 - 14059) of Cite Express. This aircraft was converted by Saunders Aircraft in Canada from ex Royal Air Force Heron CC.3 XH375

Hibernia, a converted Thames sailing barge, luxuriously fitted as a permanent home. Date: 1930s

The Belle Tout Lighthouse - Beachy Head, East Sussex
1905

DICKENS / THE CHIMES
Trotty Veck - a poor ticket porter whose outlook is converted from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Years Eve. Date: First published: 1844

CONVERTED CHEFFONIER
A converted cheffonier. Date: 1873

PANOPTICAN, LONDON 1854
Built in 1854 by T Hayter Lewis as The Royal Panopticon, used for scientific exhibitions. Converted to the Alhambra Music Hall in 1864. Date: 1854

HARDING, HOWELL & CO HARDING, HOWELL & CO
The 1st department Store was opened in 1796 when Harding, Howell & Co converted a London townhouse into a departmented shop which even included a restaurant. Date: 1809

RUSSIA / 1923 / BATUM RIOT
The Orthodox cathedral of Batum is converted into a cinema. Locals riot and destroy the screen and equipment. Date: 1923

NEW ZEALAND MISSIONARYA
Horomona (Solomon), a Maori chief, is converted by Henry Williams at Otawhao and proceeds to preach to his fellow countrymen even after he goes blind, led by his wife Date: circa 1840

The Thames Tunnel is an underwater tunnel, running beneath the River Thames connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, built between 1825 and 1843

Garrett 4nhp 5 ton Tractor BJ 5597 (msn 33987), built in 1920, at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. Later converted to Garrett 4nhp 5 ton Showmans Tractor - The Leader

Riley Turbo Skyliner N416SA (msn 14060) Built in 1954 as de Havilland Heron 2 and exported to Turkey as TC-HAT. Converted to Riley Turbo Skyliner ca 1977

Avro York C Mk. II prototype LV626
The sole Avro York C Mk.II prototype LV626, converted from the 1st prototype York, fitted with Bristol Hercules radial engines and the central auxiliary fin, as fitted to production Yorks

(Royal Naval Air Service) Sopwith Dove / Pup N5180
(Royal Naval Air Service) Sopwith Dove/Pup N5180. This aircraft was built by Sopwith in 1919 as a 2-seat Sopwith Dove, registered G-EBKY, eventually acquired by Richard O

Fleet Super Bonanza N174SV
Fleet Super V Bonanza N174SV (msn SV115) (donor aircraft msn D-422 built in 1947). In the late 50s Bay Aviation (formerly Oakland Airmotive produced a twin-engined conversion of the V-tailed Beech)

Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Mk. 1A G-ALIK
Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Mk.1A G-ALIK (msn WA/H/3) at the Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party on 15th June 1952. In the background can be seen British European Airways Bell 47B-3 G-AKFB

Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya Lockheed AT-33A Shooting Star FAU-206
Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (FAU) Lockheed AT-33A-LO Shooting Star FAU-206, on gate guardian duty. Ex USAF T-33A-1-LO 52-9521 (MSN 580-7656)

Miles M. 65 Gemini 3A G-AKHC
Miles M.65 Gemini 3A G-AKHC (msn 6490) at Baginton. Converted to Gemini 3A in 1954, G-AKHC was operated by Flight magazine until broken up at White Waltham in 1965. Date: 1961

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