Fitted Collection (page 4)

United States Navy - Douglas A3D-1 Skywarrior 130356 (msn 9257), seen with JATO bottles fitted for trials. (Note: JATO became superfluous with development of the high-powered steam catapults in)

Republic XP-91 Thunderceptor 46-0681 4 May 1949: 0680 (1st prototype) first flight. 14 October 1949: 0681 first flight. Summer 1951:engine failed on take-off summer 1951 at Edwards AFB

United States Air Force - North American YF-100A Super Sabre 52-5754 (msn 180-1). The First YF-100A with a XJ-57-P-7 engine; flown by George Welch at Edwards AFB on 25 May 1953

United States Air Force - North American NF-100F Super Sabre
United States Air Force - North American NF-100F-1-NA Super Sabre 56-3725 (msn 243-1), with the Air Research and Development Command for trials with thrust reversers; seen with experimental thrust

Albatros L. 72c Albis D-1140
Albatros L.72c Albis D-1140 (msn 10108) of the Hamburger Fremdenblatt newspaper. The L.72 was most likely studied as a bomber during the early secret German rearmament programs

Curtiss Oriole - long wing
A long-wing Curtiss Oriole, of an aerial photography company, fitted with one of S.A. Reeds patented twisted flat-plate D-18 (Duralumin) propellers. Date: 1922

Curtiss-Cox Model 22 - Texas Wildcat
Curtiss-Cox Model 22 Texas Wildcat at the Morane-Saulnier factory in France. After the almost disastrous first flight of the monoplane Texas wildcat

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

Gloster Meteor F Mk. 4 RA435
Gloster Meteor F Mk.4 RA435, bailed to Rolls-Royce at Hucknall and fitted with afterburners on its Derwent engines. Date: circa 1935

English Electric Canberra B. 2 Sapphire-Canberra WD933
English Electric Canberra B.2 Sapphire-Canberra WD933 (msn EE-012), at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. Bailed to Armstrong Siddeley directly from the production line

Thai paratroop trainees group photograph before first jump
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 10:My dress with parachute is completed. Take a photo to be a good memory before take off the airplane

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)

Phillips and Powis T. 1-37 Gipsy Six engine installation
The Engine installation for the 220hp de Havilland Gipsy Six Engine fitted to the Phillips & Powis T.1/37 ( Miles M.15), trainer prototype. Date: 1938

Foster-Wikner Wicko G-AFKS
Foster-Wikner GM.1 Wicko G-AFKS (msn 6). First registered on 5January 1939 G-AFKS was used by Nash Aircraft Sales Ltd. As a demonstrator and was, at one time, fitted with skis

United States Air Force - Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
United States Air Force - Convair F-102A-25-CO Delta Dagger 53-1817, of Air Proving Ground Command. This photo shows the original short fin fitted to the proto Types and first 66 production aircraft

Albatros WRE. 1 16 amphibian monoplane
Albatros WRE.1 16 amphibian monoplane at Bodensee. The third RE.1 monoplane, powered by a 100PS Mercedes D.I, 6-cylinder in-line engine, was fitted with floats to make it amphibious

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

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight 124610 (msn 7481 {El Segundo}), at Friendship Airport in Baltimore. Used by Westinghouse to test the AN/APQ-72 radar, for the McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II

Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 2 (second aircraft)
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, powered by an air-cooled 70hp Renault V-8 engine, (R.A.F. - Royal Aircraft Factory), (F.E. - Farman Experimental)

GAF Nomad 22B VH-BRQ
GAF Nomad 22B amphibian VH-BRQ (msn 33) of Barrier Reef Airways. Fitted with floats in 1980, number: 33 was first delivered to the United States as N59365 in October 1977

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

Triangular Plough Date: 1865

Modern Bathroom Date: 1950

Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing cases 1907 Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing
Two travelling vanity cases made of crocodile and Morocco leather. Date: 1907

Advert for International Fur Store 1890
Womens wearing a fitted jacket with fur to sleeves and high collar. Date: 1890

HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN
A happy housewife cracks eggs in her stylish new fitted kitchen, with built-in cooker and oven - wow! Date: 1960s

SPECIAL THIMBLE
A boon to all bachelors who sew, this simple device, fitted to a thimble, makes it impossible to lose the needle, and saves time, temper and trouble. Date: 1930s

MAN AFTER 35 000 YEARS
MACHINE MAN OF ARDATHIA (Francis Flagg) 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays Date: 1927

Cover design, Amazing Stories. Machine Man of Ardathia (Francis Flagg) -- 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays. Date: 1927

Kaman K-125B N60377 - NX60377
Kaman K-125B N60377 / NX60377 (msn 1). The first helicopter designed and built by (Charles H) Kaman Aircraft Corp, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks CT

Royal Air Force Fairey Swordfish III (Searchlight), fitted with a searchlight under the starboard wing for night attacks and ASV radar between the undercarriage legs. - 12th November, 1943. Date: 1943

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

Hawker P. 1101 Hunter T Mk. 7 prototype
Hawker P.1101 Hunter T Mk.7 prototype XJ615. First flown on 8 July 1955, the initial shape of the canopy caused severe airflow problems

Stinson 108-1 Voyager D-EHAP, fitted with a dorsal fin extension. Date: 1950s

United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223. Built as a landplane for racing and engine development testing, the XF3W-1 was later fitted with a pair of floats and also a single float with stabilisers

Avro York C Mk. I LV626, the 1st prototype
Avro York C Mk.I LV626, the 1st prototype on 28th August 1942. LV626 can be seen with the original twin fin tail, fitted only to the 1st and 2nd Prototypes

Boulton Paul Balliol prototype VL935
Boulton Paul Balliol 3rd prototype VL935 at the 1948 Farnborough SBAC show, in company with Avro Athena prototype VW890. the four Balliol prototypes were to be powered by Armstrong-Siddeley Mamba

Jurca MJ. 5 C-1 Sirocco F-PJSX
Jurca MJ.5 C-1 Sirocco F-PJSX. The C-1 in the designation denotes the engine fitted and type of landing gear: C - 78.5 kW (105 hp) Potez 4 E-20; 1 - fixed landing gear Date: 1960s-1970s

de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines, nose AI Mk

Farnborough 92 - An-72P - Red 07
Farnborough 92 - Antonov An-72P Maritime Patrol Variant, Bort number Red 07, showing the UB-32-57 32-round rocket pod fitted under the port wing Date: 1992

Sea Vixen at Yeovilton
de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 XJ481 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton. XJ481 was used for various electro-optical equipment trials but is seen fitted with a Ferranti LRMTS

Curtiss-Wright propeller blade with wider hollow steel ?
Curtiss-Wright propeller blade with wider hollow steel blades, left, now being fitted onto the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, is compared with the previous blade used on the aircraft

Test pilot Gerard Demunk - front of Curtiss-Wright propeller
Test pilot Gerard Demunk stands in front of a Curtiss-Wright propeller with wider hollow steel blades, fitted to a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Napier experimental team in front of Hawker Tempest?
The Napier experimental team in front of Hawker Tempest V, NV768, fitted with an annular radiator, July 1946. Standing: F.S. Lester, Flight Test Engineer; R.C. Marcell, Chief Draughtsman; K.H

Fokker FVIIb-3m, J7986, fitted with a Monospar ST2 wing for tests at the RAE. H.M. Schofield, Monospar Test Pilot in the foreground, circa 1931. Date: circa 1931

Machine Gun, Light, 7. 92 Mm Mg15
MG15 7. 92 mm light machine gun, 1941 (c); manufactured by Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik, Suhl; issued to the German Army in World War Two; double drum magazine fitted. Date: circa 1941

Lee Enfield Mk I. 303 in bolt action sniper rifle, 1916 (c). Privately converted to a parapet rifle and fitted with a Fulton target grade barrel. Associated with World War One (1914-1918)

Vickers. 303 in Class C medium machine gun, 1910 (c). Commercially produced model; fitted with blast deflector; associated mount and tripod, wooden box of spares

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