Flew Collection (page 3)

146 Typhoon Wing RAF Memorial ALG B3
The Memorial plaque is on the wall of the small commemorative area in Ste Croix-sur-Mer. Both RAF and RCAF Squadrons operated from here. It is thought that 126 Wing RCAF flew into here on 13 June

Yakovlev Yak-4 -seen having its engines serviced was one of 90 built Designed as a light bomber, it first flew in February 1940

Latecoere 298 -entered service with the French Navy in October 1938 as a torpedo bomber, but flew as a dive bomber against the Germans invading France in May 1940

Heinkel He 177 -the British captured an example from its base in South East France in September 1944 and flew it back to the UK for testing

Fairchild C-82A-While the XC-82 first flew in September 1944, protracted problems prevented any production before wars end

De Havilland DH103 Hornet F I first flew in July 1944 and was still in development when hostilities ended

Consolidated B-24D Liberator of 93rd Bomb Group flew the costly 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti raid

Airbus A300-B4-203 VH-Ta James Cook Ta Sydney
Photographed landing at Sydney airport in November 1981 this Airbus A300 was named James Cook. First flew for Trans Australia Airlines in July 1981 Date: 1981

Avro Lancastrian G-AGWJ BSa LAP
Avro Lancastrian G-AGWJ of British South American Airlines seen at London Airport on 18 May 1946, just 3 months before it was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident in the Gambia

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar A40-TW Gulf Air Heathrow
Originally holding the UK registration G-BDCW, A40-TW was Gulf Airs first Tristar when delivered in 1976. It flew with Gulf until 1993. Date: 1982

Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR942 British Army Biggin Hill
Built by Beagle Aircraft to the design of ex-RAF bomber pilot Wing Commander Ken Wallis, the Beagle-Wallis WA-116 was an autogyro created mainly for military reconnaissance and surveillance

Junkers Ju86A1 D-AXEQ B�rg of Lufthansa
Junkers Ju86A1, D-AXEQ, Brg, of Lufthansa. Windowless, it had extra fuel tanks fitted in the fuselage and on 22-23 August 1936 it flew non-stop from Dessau to Bathurst, a distance of 3, 603 miles

Bristol Bulldog IIA K2227 formerly G-ABBB
Bristol Bulldog IIA, K2227, formerly G-ABBB, alongside a Bristol Fighter. This aircraft flew until the 1960s, finally with the Shuttleworth trust. Date: 1960

Animals of Mount Everest, 1924
Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17, 000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18

Admiral Byrd / Ilz
ADMIRAL RICHARD EVELYN BYRD American naval officer and explorer. Flew over the North Pole in 1926 and the South Pole in 1929. Date: 1888-1957

Hensons Aerial Carriage
HENSONs AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE the most practicable of the early projects : though it never flew, it was a remarkable prevision of the flying machines to come. Date: 1843

Aeroplane that flew itself
A British biplane flies on, though the pilot and observer are both dead. The aeroplane was observing artillery when set upon by enemy Albatros scouts

Sunbeam Bomber built for the RNAS, this single seat torpedo bomber flew in late 1917 but proved a failure

SPAD A II a two seat scout first flew in May 1915 Unusual in having propeller behind the gunner to give a good field of fire 99 built for France and Russia

Twiss, Peter test pilot flew Hurricanes catapulted from merchantman

Savoia Marchetti SM79 -Italys finest bomber of the war Fast and well armed it flew against Malta and Allied Mediterranean convoys

Potez-CAMS 141 -only one built and first flown in January 1938 It sub sequently flew with both Vichy and Free French, where it sank a U-boat in June 1943

Percival Proctor -a militarised Vega Gull, the type first flew in October 1939 and was the standard RAF communications and radio trainer throughout the war

Northrop N-3PB -only 24 built for Norway and based in Iceland flew as No330 Squadron RAF from April 1941 through early 1943

Kyushu J7W1 Shinden -this extremely novel Japanese back-to-front fighter first flew on 3 August 1945

Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat -most F7N flew with the US Marines from land bases as night fighter

Bristol 156 Beaufighter -born from an urgent need to find a long ranged fighter, the prototype shown flew in July 1939 and used many parts from the earlier Beaufort

Bristol 142M Blenheim I as a light bomber modified from the original Type 142 Britain First that flew in April 1935

Bloch 162-The sole example of this French long ranged bomber first flew in June 1940, soon falling into German hands

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows Wineglass Finningley 1988
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks flying a small Wineglass formation in the year when two pilots were lost and they flew their displays as a seven ship team. Finningley 1988 Date: 1988

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows Diamond Finningley 1988
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks flying a Diamond Seven in the year when two pilots were lost and they flew their displays as a seven ship team. Finningley 1988 Date: 1988

Agusta AZ8-L MM564 Italian Air Force
Designed to carry 22 passengers the Agusta AZ8-L failed to gain orders. Only one aircraft was built, MM564, which flew from 1958 to 1963 with the Italian Air Force and was then scrapped Date

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar C-FTNK Air Canada Toronto
Lockheed Tristar C-FTNK of Air Canada shown the year after its manufacture at Toronto-Pearson Airport. This aircraft flew with Air Canada before being sold to Royal Airlines

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar C-FTNI Air Canada Toronto
Lockheed Tristar C-FTNI of Air Canada shown the year after its manufacture at Toronto-Pearson Airport. This aircraft flew with Air Canada before being sold to Royal Airlines

Boeing Stratocruiser N74606 North West Idlewild
Stratocruiser Washington of North West Airlines was delivered in 1949. Initially used on the Honolulu route it eventually flew the long distance Tokyo route as well. Date: 1954

Boeing Stratocruiser N1022V Pan Am Singapore
N1022v was Pan Ams first Stratocruiser delivered. It had been Boeings prototype. Pan Am flew it as Clipper Nightingale until 1960. Date: 1954

Bristol 170 Freighter G-AGPV prototype
Bristol Freighter G-AGPV was Bristol Aircrafts prototype which first flew in 1945. Date: circa 1946

Bristol 170 Freighter Mk. 31 VH-BFB Ansett-MAL Bankstown
A Bristol 170 freighter operated in Australia by Ansett-MAL, created when Ansett took over Mandated Air Lines. Flew with them from 1962 to 1967 mainly between Bankstown, Sydney and Madang

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, G-EBJQ, flew in the 1924?
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, G-EBJQ, flew in the 1924 King?s Cup Race piloted by Flt Lt H.W.G. Jones

Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-2104, modified to test the Ge?
Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-2104, modified to test the General Electric TF34 turbofan. The combination flew for the first time on 21 January 1971

Cyril Frank Uwins, 1896-1972, flew into third place at t?
Cyril Frank Uwins, 1896-1972, flew into third place at the 1926 Lympne Aeroplane Trials in the Bristol Brownie

Mr Barnard and his dog Dan, who sometimes flew with him, were members of the London Aero Club at Stag Lane Aerodrome

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - Westland
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (right) is welcomed aboard the Westland 30 by Roy Moxam, Divisional Director, Flight Operations, Westland Helicopters

Churchill, Mr McKenna, Lord Montagu, Claude Grahame-White
Winston Churchill, Mr McKenna, Lord Montagu and Claude Grahame-White at the Parliamentary aerial demonstration held at Hendon in May 1911

Dassault MD410-01 Spirale which flew for the first time on 8 April 1960. Date: 1960

T OB Hubbard with the Martinside F4A G-EAPP
T. OB. Hubbard, HonFRAeS, with the Martinside F4A, G-EAPP, which he flew to eighth place in the 1920 Aerial Derby. RAeS Secretary 1911-1912. Date: 1920

Fernandez stand at the Salon Aeronautique in 1909. This aircraft flew at the aviation meeting at Rheims in 1909 but the designer/pilot was killed later in the year due to the failure of a wire in

Avro Triplane G-AUCR
Avro Triplane, G-AUCR, was the first postwar designed and built commercial aircraft to be introduced to Australia. Hudson Fysh flew this aircraft into second place in the 1921 Aerial Derby at an

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