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The Kinecar by William Heath RobinsonDouble page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film
Captain Woolf Barnato with his BentleyCaptain Woolf Barnato with his Speed Six Bentley fitted with a racing body. Woolf Barnato had just beaten the Blue Train from Monte Carlo to Calais in this (or similar) car
The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934Photograph of the launch of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, viewed from the slipway she had just left, 26th September 1934
Titanic and Olympic - Harland & Wolff, BelfastFascinating photograph taken on 6th March 1912, showing The RMS Titanic (left) and The RMS Olympic (right), the brand new ships of the White Star Line at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast
de Havilland Mosquito FBVI HJ732 / Gde Havilland Mosquito FBVI, HJ732/G, fitted with an experimental 57mm cannon
Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamshipTurbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time
de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth G-aade Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth, G-aa, the private aircraft of Captain Geoffrey de Havilland
Latest 1950S KitchenWoman enjoys cooking in her new kitchen fitted with all the latest mod-cons
Sir Francis RonaldsPortrait of English inventor, Sir Francis Ronalds (1788-1873), inventor of the electric telegraph in 1816
Macmillan BicycleMacmillans lever-driven bicycle is the first to be fitted with a drive mechanism of any kind
Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock, ScotlandLeith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock (Sheds 4 and 5), Scotland, fitted with nearly 100 Kinnear rolling metal shutters in total. Date: circa 1930s
Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet II - AM958A Grumman Martlet II of the Fleet Air Arm
Advert for English Rose kitchens 1952Young housewife cooking in her new English Rose fitted kitchen. Comes with a cause of softglow worktop colours, scarlet red, steel blue and amulet green. Date: 1952
Super Constellation 145925 Project Magnet UFO InvestigationA very rare photograph of a modified Super Constellation 145925, fitted with highly sensistive magnetometers
The first prototype de Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, CF-FHB-X, fitted with a ski undercarriage
Consolidated Liberator GRV FL927 / GConsolidated 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
NFS (London Region) narrow boat fitted with fire pumpsThere were 18 river fire stations along the length of the River Thames during WW2. They were used to accommodate the crews on a 24 hour standby to operate the fireboats
Outdoor Baby CageA handy baby cage, which can easily be fitted outside the window of even a modest flat. The baby can sleep soundly in the fresh air while the mother relaxes indoors... Date: 1930s
Busy tailors workshopA busy tailors workshop, with a gentleman being fitted for a new suit
Bauhaus Kitchen 1930Bauhaus-style fitted kitchen
Western Garage and Engineering Works, Newton Abbot, Devon, fitted with two Kinnear rolling metal shutters. circa 1930s
English Rose kitchen advertisementAdvertisement for the wonderfully retro English Rose fitted kitchens of the 1950s depicting a housewife in a jolly yellow pinny proudly showing off her pristine new kitchen. c.1955
Louis Vuitton advertismentAdvertisment for the Louis Vuitton showroom in New Bond street, London. 1928
Gloster Gorcock fitted with a D-shaped radiator
Vickers Valiant second prototype WB215Vickers Valiant second prototype, WB215, was fitted with Super Sprite rocket packs under each wing
Bristol Bulldog TM K3183 with Napier Rapier I engineBristol Bulldog TM, K3183, fitted with a Napier Rapier I engine, suspended in the 24ft wind tunnel at the RAE Farnborough
NFS-London Region 100ft turntable with pump, WW2A Merryweather turntable ladder fitted with an integral fire pump that feeds the monitor at the head of the ladder and therefore does not require a separate pumping appliance to feed it
Beach DressA perfect outfit for the seaside: sleeveless dress with fitted bodice, bow detail, 3/4 length skirt with contrasting fringing, strappy sandals, straw hat & bucket bag
Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installationA Rover car fitted with a neatly made coal-gas installation. The gas bolster originated by Wood-Milne Ltd. was a recepticle built along the lines of a pneumatic tyre
Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time
Harvesting / Mill LoaderHarvesting with an International Cutter by a Massey-Fergusson 35 tractor, fitted with a Mill Loader
Titanic Leaves BelfastThe Titanic leaving Belfast, Ireland, for Southampton, England for its maiden voyage New York, USA. It was built in Belfast 1909-1911, and fitted and furnished there 1911-1912
HMS Warrior R31Royal Navy - HMS Warrior R31, a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, in March 1946. (Warrior was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior)
Motor Cycling Magazine Page 149 of 20 December 1909 Issu?Motor Cycling Magazine Page 149 of 20 December 1909 Issue with Image of an All British Monoplane - Built at Orpington for Mr M Campbell (Motor Cycling Club)
Fitters local protectionPhotograph: Fitters local protection. Shows a White scout car fitted with a gun and a number of men lying on the ground aiming machine guns to the left of the photograph
Advert for Carron Company - Cooking Range 1910New range the Carron with thermometer fitted and an inner door that was of transparent glass so the cook could see the progress of the food. Date: 1910
Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825United States Navy - Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825 (MSN 12071), at an air display on 15 May 1965
Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG511Royal Air Force - Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG511 (msn HP67/15), of the Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS), at RAF Odiham
Canadair Silver Star 3 21077Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 3 21077 (msn T33-077), fitted with a target winch under the rear fuselage. Date: 1964
de Havilland DH.9A E775, the first of eleven new Whitehead-built airframes fitted with Napier Lion engines at RAE Farnborough in 1919. (E746, E748 - E750, E752 - E757, E775) Date: 1919
Handley Page Victor B.1 XA930Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor B.1 XA930 (msn HP80/16), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show in September 1958, seen fitted with refuelling probe and overload underwing fuel tanks for AAR trials
Boeing Fortress III EM988 - BU-WRoyal Air Force - Boeing Fortress III EM988 / BU-W, of No.214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, 100 Group
Fitted evening frock of cered lace, 1935Fitted evening frock of cered lace with matching shoulder straps. Casaque, trailing flounce. Evening coat of velvet with fox collar and cuffs
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980
Currie Jet Wot G-APWT, the second Currie Wot, first flown on 20 October 1959, fitted with a 70hp Rover TP.60/1 turboprop engine in November 1960
W D & H O Wills cigarette factory, Swindon, Wiltshire, showing an engine in a railway siding, and a Kinnear rolling metal shutter at the entrance to the factory
Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk
McDonnell Douglas F-4J UK Phantom ZE353Royal Air Force - McDonnell Douglas F-4J(UK) Phantom ZE353, of No.74 Squadron, at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. (a.k.a. Phantom F.3)
Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714Royal Air Force - Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714. Seen fitted with chin-mounted ASV Mk
Photograph of the steam locomotive Lord Faringdon 1169, fitted with the Robinson superheater. Signed Mr G Robinson, with specifications for the locomotive on the verso. Date: circa 1880s
Skircoat Depot, Halifax Corporation Tramways, Halifax, West Yorkshire, fitted with a Kinnear patent steel rolling shutter. Date: circa 1930s
Piper PA-11 Cub Special N4873M (msn 11-390), seen fitted with the Whittaker tandem-wheel landing gear system
Royal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B. VIRoyal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B.VI, one of nine aircraft converted from B.IIIs, fitted with Rolls-Royce Merlin 85/87 which had two-stage superchargers
English Electric Canberra B. 2 WD952English Electric Canberra B.2 WD952. Bristol Olympus test-bed at the 1952 Farnborough SBAC show
Rifle, Bolt Action, Lee Enfield, . 303 In No 5 Mk ILee Enfield. 303 in No 5 Mk I bolt action rifle, 1944 (c); known as the Jungle Carbine; fitted with flash eliminator, sling swivels and a rubber cushion on the buttplate
Avro York C Mk. II prototype LV626The 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
United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 2 G-ANAR (msn 80) at the 1958 SBAC Farnborough Air Show
Boulton Paul Balliol prototype VL935Boulton Paul Balliol 3rd prototype VL935 at the 1948 Farnborough SBAC show, in company with Avro Athena prototype VW890
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
de Havilland Venom prototype VV612. The prototype Venom F.1 was produced by fitting moderately swept wings on the fuselage and tail of a Vampire FB.5 whilst on the production line
Gloster Meteor F.8 VZ473, fitted with a Meteor PR.10 nose at Stansted Fire School. (note: the nose sections of the F.8, FR.9 and PR.10 were interchangeable). Date: circa 1960
Handley Page Hastings C.2 WD480Royal Aircraft Establishment - Handley Page Hastings C.2 WD480, at RAF Abingdon on 15 September 1973
Vought F-8 SCW 810 - N810NA - 141353NASA - Vought F-8 SCW 810 / N810NA / 141353 (msn 23), fitted with Richard Whitcomb;s Supercritical wing, to investigate drag in the transonic region. Date: 1970
Helmy Aerogypt II G-AFFG, at Heston Aerodrome. The Aerogypt was designed and built by Saleh Helmy at Heston Aerodrome, initially with a hinged roof, acting as a landing flap
Lockheed C-130H Hercules 84-0211United States Air Force - Lockheed C-130H-LM Hercules 84-0211 (MSN 382-5050), of the 142nd AS / 166th AW, Delaware ANG, at New Castle County AP
Douglas VA-3B Skywarrior 144858United States Navy - Douglas VA-3B Skywarrior 144858 (MSN 12104, unit code GD, cal-sign 126), of VAQ-33 at NAS Point Mugu
Alfa Romeo 12C-36. The 12C-36, introduced in 1936, was a Tipo C fitted with the new V12 instead of the 3.8 litre straight-eight. Date: circa 1990
Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12 XM563 (msn S2/5118), at Eastleigh on 15 February 1961. Seen fitted with a Turbomeca/Blackburn Turmo engine for trials with the Ministry of Supply. Date: 1961
Vickers Viscount C-FTID-XVickers 757 Viscount C-FTID-X (msn 384), operated by Pratt & Whitney Canada as a flying engine test-bed
Avro Lincoln B.2 SX953Royal Air Force - Avro Lincoln B.2 SX953, of the Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS), at RAF Lindholme
Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG518Royal Air Force - Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG518 (msn HP67/22), of the Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS), at RAF Lindholme on 17 April 1961
Supermarine Swift F.2 7299M - WK218Royal Air Force - Supermarine Swift F.2 7299M / WK218, on the airfield at RAF Halton with No.1 School of Technical Training (No.1SofTT), fitted with intake screens for ground running training
Convair CV-580 TIFS N21466 (msn 466), an in-flight Simulator fitted with a Boeing 707 nose. (one of two TIFS - Total In-Flight Simulator, based on the CV-580 and NC-131H) Date: circa 1990
Folland Fo-141 Gnat FR.1 GN-113Ilmavoimat - Folland Fo-141 Gnat FR.1 GN-113, one of two photo-reconnaissance Gnats delivered to Finland fitted with three 70mm Vinten cameras in the nose, privately owned at Malmi Airport
Grumman TC-4C Academe 155728United States Navy - Grumman TC-4C Academe 155728 (msn 185), in storage at Davis-Monthan Air Base waiting for disposal
Zlin Z.226A Akrobat OK-KMB (msn 02.08), a single-seat aerobatic version of the Z.226 T Trener 6
Gloster Javelin FAW.9 XH897 A of the A&AEE Boscombe Down. This Javelin was used as a chase aircraft and for airspeed calibration, fitted with an accurate calibrated instrument system
Vickers Matilda I Infantry Tank reproduction T3447, at the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day, manoeuvring on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground
Curtiss Model 42 R3C-1United States Navy & Army - Curtiss Model 42 R3C-1, a racer for the 1925 season. Three were built for the Navy and Army all flown as R3C-1s with Navy serial numbers
Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter 55-2956United States Air Force - Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter 55-2956 (MSN 183-1002), the number 2 YF-104 seen with a pilot in partial pressure suitat its unveiling at Palmdale, CA. on 17 April 1956
Avro Shackleton MR. 2Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton MR.2, fresh off the production line, waiting for markings to be applied and armament to be fitted. Date: circa 1952
Hispano HA. 1112-M1L Buchon N109JHispano HA.1112-M1L Buchon N109J (msn 186), a converted Buchon fitted with a Daimler Benz engine, at Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field, Mesa AZ. Date: circa 2000