Engines Collection (page 19)

The first prototype de Havilland DH10 Amiens C4283
The first prototype de Havilland DH10 Amiens, C4283, after being modified to take Liberty engines

First flight of the first Short Skyvan G-ASCN
First flight of the first Short Skyvan, G-ASCN, on 17 January 1963 at Queens Island, Belfast, powered by two Continental piston engines. Date: 1963

From left: Packard and Liberty engines

Packard and Liberty engines. From left: Packard Models 1 to 3 and Liberty Models B and A

Bleriot monoplanes owned by Messrs Gilmore and Radley
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Cover of Rolls Royce Aero Engines
Cover of Rolls-Royce Aero Engines and the Great Victory Aeroplanes by Boyd Cable. circa 1919. Date: 1919

The second Do31 hovering rig was known as the Big Rig and first flew on 7 February 1967. It was powered by six lift-jet engines. Date: 1967

The first Do31 hovering rig was known as the Control Systems Test Rig and first flew in 1964. It was powered by four Rolls-Royce RB108 lift-jet engines. Date: 1964

Handley Page O / 100 B9446
The first Handley Page O/100, B9446, to be powered by Sunbeam Cossack engines at Cricklewood in November 1917. Date: 1917

The after gondola of the R34 containing two engines geared to one propeller. The emergency elevator wheel may be seen through the central window

The four prototype B1 Canberras, VN850 nearest; then VN813 with Nene engines; next is VN828, the first aircraft without the dorsal fin; then VN799, the first prototype

English Electric Lightning F1 XM145
English Electric Lightning F1, XM145, of No 74 Squadron with engines running in full reheat at night

R101 at the mooring mast
The R101 at the mooring mast where she is being prepared for her flight to India; she has been lengthened by 50ft and fitted with two new engines

Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress with engines running

The Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress had improved engines and increased weights over the B-17C

The sole Boeing Y1B-17A 37-369
The sole Boeing Y1B-17A, 37-369, was used as a flying test bed for the development of turbo-supercharged engines

Junkers Ju52 / 3m powered by Hispano-Suiza engines
Junkers Ju52/3m powered by Hispano-Suiza engines

An improvement in locomotive steam engines
?An improvement in locomotive steam engines? II, G Stephenson & W Howe, 1846 Date: 1846

Centrifugal pumping engines by W H Allen & Co. London

The Vickers Viscount (four Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines) in the colours of British West Indian Airways. Jane?s all the world?s aircraft 1955-56 Date: circa 1956

Lanchester flying testbed used to develop engines for the Gloster Meteor, from 1943 Date: 1943

London Fire Brigade Minis - London 2012 Olympics
London Fire Brigade Minis, used at the Olympic Park, Stratford, East London, for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games

LFB Athletic Association meeting programme
LFB Athletic Association 24th Annual Athletic Meeting programme for 24 July 1926

A hydraulic lift in action at scene of fire, Penge
Scene of fire at commercial premises, 23 Green Lane, Penge, SE London, showing a hydraulic lift in action

Firefighters at scene of fire in Ealing
Firefighters at scene of fire, Ealing, West London

LFB horse-drawn steamer at modern review
Lambeth LFB headquarters hosted annual displays and regular reviews. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire pump

LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Southwark HQ
The Brigade introduced these enclosed pumps in 1935, designed for the Brigade by its then Chief Officer, C C B Morris. The pump also carried breathing apparatus sets for three of its crew

LCC-LFB motorised pump at hose drills, Southwark HQ
Working in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, firefighters getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump

LCC-LFB Braidwood style motorised pump at Southwark
An example of the Braidwood style fire engine at the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark SE1

LCC-MFB Shand Mason steamer
Shand Mason steamer ready for the turnout from Manchester Square Fire Station. This is a more powerful two-cylinder model. Water in the boiler was kept warm by a small gas ring

LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape at Greenwich
LCC-London Fire Brigade motorised pump-escape at Greenwich, SE London. This fire engine also carried an in-built 60 gallon chemical extinguisher which fed through a hosereel

LCC-LFB solid tyre Turntable Ladder
LCC-London Fire Brigade solid tyre Turntable Ladder

LCC-LFB Mercedes battery-electric turntable ladder
One of four similar turntable ladders (TL) which the London Fire Brigade had in service at this time

LCC-LFB station officer standing by Lambeths TL
With his LFB cap badge and undress uniform, this Station Officer is probably the officer in charge of Lambeth Fire Station, standing next to a turntable ladder

London Fire Brigade -- recruiting for the AFS
The hose laying lorry at Lambeth (Fire Brigade HQ) being pasted with Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) recruitment posters as part of a countrywide recruitment campaign before the outbreak of the Second

NFS (London) Heavy Unit (Pump) in a street, WW2
A heavy unit, which was the workhorse of the National Fire Service throughout WW2. Built to a Home Office design and specification

LCC-LFB Dennis open pump escape at a fire station
Readying for the outbreak of WW2, a regular London pump-escape pictured with the wartime fire appliances which would greatly outnumber the pre-1938 London appliance fleet

Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance room
Motorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions

Firefighters on parade with an appliance, LFB HQ
Firefighters on parade with an appliance during the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

Appliance Room at Lambeth HQ

London Fire Brigade appliance at headquarters

Fire engines at scene of fire, Kensington, SW London

New training appliance. Southwark Training Centre

Firefighters working at scene of fire in Walthamstow, with a hydraulic lift in action

A hydraulic lift in action at a fire, Walthamstow
Fire at commercial premises, Walthamstow, with a hydraulic lift in action

Water drawn from Thames to fight a fire in Bow
Scene of fire at warehouse in Bow, East London, showing water being drawn from the Thames to help fight the blaze

Firefighers at the scene of a house fire, SE London
Firefighers at the scene of a house fire at 56 Farmstead Road, SE London

Firefighters using turntable ladder
Firefighters using a turntable ladder to fight a fire in London

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