Launch Collection (page 2)

Laister-Kauffman TG-4A NC46324
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A, (LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2 ), NC46324 awaiting launch at a gliding club in the US. After brief use by the United States Army Air Force (USaF) during the war

Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachi?
Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachim Kuettner at Cape Canaveral after witnessing the launch of a Mercury capsule carrying a chimpanzee on top of a Redstone launcher

The Turkish State Barge Seughudlu, built at Elswick Shipyard, Newcastle upon Tyne for His Imperial Majesty Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918) - September 25, 1903

WW2 - The Motor Launches of E-Boat Alley. (2/2) Date: 1942

SZD Jantar 2 Standard 94, just about to launch from the grid at a UK gliding competition. Date: circa 1982

United states Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335
United States Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335 of VU-3 at Miramar NAS. Built as an F7F-2N, the majority of the -2Ns, including 80335

Brown 1931 Southdown Skysailer towed back to launch point
The Brown 1931 Southdown Skysailer being towed back to the launch point at Ditchling Beacon, by a 1929 REO flying Cloud, imported from the United States

United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk, a ship-board float-plane scout, for operation from capital ships with catapults, or seaplane tenders with launch and recovery apparatus. Date: circa 1945

Boat launch Robin Hoods Bay
Using an old farm tractor, three fishermen wearing oilskins launch a small lobster boat down the wet cobble slip of Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - British Destroyer
A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - Britains Biggest Destroyer (at this time). Date: circa 1939

Gemini spacecraft on its Titan II launch vehicle

Westland Whirlwind HARMk10 XJ429 of ?C? Flight of No. 22?
Westland Whirlwind HARMk10 XJ429 of ?C? Flight of No.22 Squadron, RAF Valley, lowers a winchman aboard Range Safety Launch 1657 of 1113 Marine Craft Unit, RAF Holyhead

The 32nd Guided Weapons Regiment of the Royal Artillery?
The 32nd Guided Weapons Regiment of the Royal Artillery at Ty Croes, North Wales, working on the English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air guided missile

Launching of a Dhow - Aden Maalla Village, Yemen Date: 1910s

WW2 - German V2 Rocket captured - October 1945. Date: 1945

After launch being towed to fitting-out basin, construction of RMS Queen Elizabeth

Ready to launch, Construction of RMS Queen Elizabeth

Launching a lifeboat, early 1900s

Launching a sailing lifeboat

Lockheed DC-130A Hercules 57-0497
United States Air Force - Lockheed DC-130A Hercules 57-0497 (msn 182-3204), seen carrying a Northrop / Radioplane Q-4B target drone under one wing

White Star Line, printed ephemera, Georgic and Britannic
OCEAN LINER: Large collection of printed ephemera including White Star Line Georgic and Britannic, mixed liner and period photograph of the launch of Mauretania

Ocean liners, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary launch brochures
OCEAN LINER/CUNARD: Colour launch brochures for Queen Elizabeth 27-9-38 and Queen Mary. (2)

Henley on Thames Regatta early 1900s

Bowness Lake Windermere Steam Launch early 1900s

Scott's Antarctic Expedition Simpson launch weather balloon
Scott's Antarctic Expedition Simpson launching a weather balloon

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight on USS Antietam CVA-36
United States Navy - Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight performing touch and goes on the newly installed Angled Deck of USS Antietam CVA-36

Douglas D-588-2 Skyrocket number 3 37875
NACA - Douglas D-588-2 Skyrocket number 3 37875, suspended in the modified bomb bay of its launch aircraft, Boeing P2B-1S 84029 (msn, ex B-29-95-BW 45-21787), circa September 1950. Date: 1950

Air-Sea Rescue Launch Cut-Out Book
An illustrated cover for a WW2 children's model cut-out book, containing instructions to make models of a wartime air-sea rescue launch vessel. Date: circa 1940s

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, postcard of launch
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, rare J. Johnson of Belfast real photo postcard of Titanic?s launch on 31 May 1911, postally unused. Date: 1911

Schlachtschiff Bismarck lapel badge, German battleship, WW2
MILITARIA/THIRD REICH: Extremely rare enamel Bismarck lapel badge possibly a launch souvenir or an item purchased on board. Made by B. H

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, three illustrations
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic brochure, printed by Liverpool Printing and Stationery Co Ltd, published May 1911, likely to coincide with Titanic's launch

Ocean Liners - selection of jigsaw puzzles and books. Victory plywood jigsaw puzzle of RMS Queen Mary. Victory plywood jigsaw puzzle of Southampton Docks, aerial view featuring Olympic, Majestic

Lifesavers by Stettman. Date: circa 1908

The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911
The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out

White Star Line, RMS Britannic - brochure cover
White Star Line, RMS Britannic - cover design, promotional launch brochure dated 26 February 1914. Date: 1914

White Star Line - RMS Britannic, five postcards - real photo and other postcards including Britannic's launch and an unusual photo of the ship in hospital livery

White Star Line, RMS Olympic - four postcards, including a Rapp real photo of Olympic after collision with HMS Hawke, and a Walton colour card of launch

RMS Mauretania launch brochure
RMS Mauretania, Cunard White Star, launch brochure. (1 of 2)

QSS Lusitania - souvenir of launch, commemorative 18 carat gold handled scissors, with stainless steel blades, the crossover engraved with John Brown and Co

Illumination of the Grand Canal, Venice
The illumination of the Grand Canal in Venice, in honour of the launch of the new ironclad (warship) Francesco Morosini'. Date: 1885

Schneider Trophy Preparations
British seaplanes being prepared for the Schneider Trophy competition. This race was held twelve times between 1913 and 1931. Date: 1931

Workmen watch RMS Queen Mary on River Clyde
Workers down tools to watch RMS Queen Mary making her way down the River Clyde Date: 1936

RMS Queen Mary bathed in floodlight before launch Date: 1936

RMS Queen Mary awaiting launch Date: 1936

Launch of RMS Queen Mary, Clydebank
The elaborate launching of RMS Queen Mary at Clydebank functioned perfectly Date: 1936

RMS Queen Mary, telephone engineer prior to launch
Telephone engineer working on RMS Queen Mary prior to launch Date: 1936

RMS Queen Mary, decorative artists before launch
RMS Queen Mary, decorative artists working inside before launch Date: 1930s

RMS Queen Mary, coils of chains piled under hull
RMS Queen Mary, coils of chains piled under the hull to check progress down the slipway Date: 1930s

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