Experimental Collection

First airmail letter delivered, Windsor Castle
The first airmail letter ever to be delivered is handed to the Postmaster of Windsor, to whom it is addressed, on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle

Brownsea Island Experimental Scout Camp
Site of the 1907 Brownsea Island Experimental Camp. Date: 1907

Bristol Type 188
Engineers Working on the Bristol Type 188 Supersonic Experimental Test-Bed Aircraft Parked at Filton, UK Preparing for Test on the de Havilland Gyron Junior Jet-Engine Date: 1960s

Northrop YB-49
Yb-49 Flying Wing Prototype with a Rear Bubble Canopy Modification High over the Mojave Desert, with Eight Allison J-35 Jet Engine Date: 1940s

Britten-Norman BN2 Islander G-AVCN on a full-size float
Britten-Norman BN2 Islander, G-AVCN, on a full-size float mock-up in the Bembridge Experimental Hangar

The tube railway form Charing Cross to Hampsted. Platform at
A view of the platform at Highgate during the running of experimental trains. The new tube railway from Charing Cross to Hampstead

Robert Owen / New Harmony
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1928

Sea trip by rail, Brighton electric railway
A sea trip by rail, the electric railway between Brighton and Rottingdean. The line was constructed along the seashore eastwards of Brighton from the Paston Jetty, for a distance of four miles

Ufos / New Mexico / Villa
Not a UFO, but an experimental disc made by Paul Villa to a design generously offered by visiting aliens from Coma Berenices 2 of 2

Brownsea Island Experimental Scout Camp
Robert Baden Powell outside his tent during the 1907 Brownsea Island Experimental Camp. Date: 1907

Vought V-173 Flying Pancake
The Vought V-173 Flying Pancake Unusual Design Also Known As the Flying Flapjack Flying Towards the Coastline During a Test-Flight Date: 1942

Zeppelin Train 1930S
The Rail Zeppelin, an experimental vehicle developed and tested by Franz Kruckenberg in 1930 - 1931. It was capable of speeds of well over 200 kilometers per hour. Date: 1930s

Dassault Mirage 4000 Prototype Parked

McDonnell Douglas YF4H-1 Phantom pre-production
Mcdonnell Douglas Yf4H-1 Phantom Pre-Production Model Which Set an Absolute World Speed Record at 1606Mph in 1961 Flown by Lt Col Robert B Robinson Date: 1961

Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake
Vought Xf5U-1 Flying Pancake Unusual Design Parked Flying Flapjack Date: 1948

Consolidated Liberator GRV FL927 / G
Consolidated Liberator GRV, FL927/G, fitted with rocket projectile sponsons and a Leigh Light under the starboard wing, under test at the Aircraft and Armaments Experimental Establishment

HMS Vindictive aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Vindictive, a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser (then called HMS Cavendish) converted to an experimental aircraft carrier and renamed

Royal Aircraft Factory S. E. 2
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2 (Scouting Experimental 2) with Geoffrey de Havilland at the controls. One of a series of incremental steps at the Royal Aircraft Factory

Saunders Roe SR A1 fighter flying boat
Saunders Roe SR A1, an experimental fighter flying boat, in flight. Date: 1947-1951

de Havilland Mosquito FBVI HJ732 / G
de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, HJ732/G, fitted with an experimental 57mm cannon

Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor with the airmail
The aviator Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor from Hendon on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor

Gustav Hamels plane ready to leave Hendon for Windsor
Gustav Hamels aeroplane ready to leave Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor

Etienne Ohemichens experimental helicopter, 1921 Date: 1921

Chemist Demonstrates

Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, Hendon
The aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Marquis Raul Pateras Pescara Experimental Prototype Coax?
Marquis Raul Pateras Pescara Experimental Prototype Coaxial Helicopter Barcelona December 1930 Flying Date: 1930

Hawker P. 1121
Hawker P.1121 Full-Scale Mock-Up Model in the Hawker Kingston-On-Thames Richmond Road Factory Date: 1957

Saunders Roe SR-177
Cutaway Drawing of a Saunders Roe SR-177 Date: 1950s

SNECMA C-450 Coleoptere
Snecma C-450 Coleoptere Prototype Parked Outside the Snecma Factory Held in Place by a Mobile Rig before a Test-Flight Date: 1959

SNCASE SE-2100
Sncase Se-2100 Prototype Unusual Design Parked Date: 1945

Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789 ( Percival P.46 G-AMBL), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. The High Lift was a one-off experimental, flying test-bed for the system of slotted flaps invented by R.T

Seversky SEV-S2 NX70Y (msn 43). Alexander de Seversky modified a P-35 for the National Air Races. Powered by a 950hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Sc

Robert Owen - New Harmony, Indiana, USA
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1828. Date: 1838

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

United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain 41-18608 (MSN 4769) to USaF 25 October 1942, bailed to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down

Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB at the 1964 Paris Air Show, shown with the two 3, 300 lbf Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines originally fitted

BAe EAP
Bae Eap Experimental Aircraft Programme Test-Bed Fighter Date: 1988

Coanda-1910 motor-jet biplane
The Coanda 1910 Biplane, Exhibited by Romanian Inventor Henri Coanda at the Second International Aeronautical Exhibition Salon in Paris in October 1910

Taylor McDaniel Rubber Plane
Men Working on the Taylor Mcdaniel Rubber Plane Date: 1929

Phillips Multiplane 1907 Unusual Multiple-Winged Design Date: 1907

Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet
Northrop Xp-56 Black Bullet Prototype Unusual Design Parked Date: 1943

Entwicklungswing EWR Sud VJ-101C
Entwicklungswing Ewr Sud Vj-101C Prototype Unusual Vtol Design During a Test-Flight Hop with Tilting Rolls-Royce Rb-145 Engine Date: 1966

Waterman Arrowbile Unusual Design Flying Car Aerocar Date: 1936

Bell XV-3 XH-33 Convertiplane
Bell Xv-3 Xh-33 Convertiplane Hovering During the First Test-Flight at the Bell Aircraft Corp Factory Date: 1955

Saunders Roe SR-53 Parked on a Concrete Apron Date: 1950s

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin
Mcdonnell Xf-85 Goblin Unusual-Design This Was the First Prototype Built But it Was the Second to Fly Date: 1949

Filper Beta 200 Unusual Design Twin-Rotored Helicopter Date: 1966

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