Launch Collection (page 4)

LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch at the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 3 waiting for launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 3, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch at the catapult, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Bardin B-1 glider, designed and built by Rene Bardin, about to launch using a bungee at the Congres experimental de vol sans moteur de Vauville 1923, in France

Poncelet Castar O-BAFG (meeting no. 7 ; flying as a glider with the engine removed) ready for bungee launch at the Congres experimental de vol sans moteur de Vauville 1923

RRG Prufling gliders preparing to bungee launch. (full image of the stereo pair) Date: circa 1928

Akaflieg Darmstadt D. 9 Konsul
Akaflieg Darmstadt D.9 Konsul glider preparing to bungee launch at an early Rhon glider meet. (full image of a stereo pair) Date: circa 1923-1924

Smart launch - Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
circa 1910s

Floating H. M.s Sultan out of dock 1870
Launch of H.M.S Sultan of Her Majestys ship Sultan, at Chatham Dockyard with crowds watching, most powerful ironclad afloat (at the time). Date: 1870

Launch of HMS Caledonia 1862
Launch of Her Majestys armour-plated screw-frigate HMS Caledonia at Woolwich Date: 24 October 1862

Leviathan later named SS Great Eastern under construction
Front cover for The Illustrated Times, dated 7 November 1857. Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Japanese Fishing Boat
Japanese fishermen at Honamuku, near Yokohama, launch their bulky boat into a river. Date: circa 1890s

ITALIAN BATTLESHIP
Italy joins in the race : the battleship Roma is launched at La Spezia Date: 21 April 1907

Handglider prior to launch - Inkpen Beacon, Berkshire. Date: circa 1980s

Launch of The Avenger Steam Frigate at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth
Launch of " The Avenger" Steam Frigate at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. The ceremony of christening the vessel was performed by Miss Harding, a niece of the gallant Admiral Superintendent

Paragliding in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire
A paraglider takes off from a hill in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Christening a Ship before she is launched. Date: circa 1910s

Christening a Ship before she is launched - Our Navy cover
Front cover illustration by Charles John De Lacy (1856-1929) for Our Navy - Christening a Ship before she is launched Date: circa 1910s

Tourists Landing at Katakolo for a visit to Olympia, Greece
Tourists Landing at Katakolo for a visit to the ancient Archaeological site of Olympia, Greece (ancient sanctuary & birthplace of the Olympic Games, with sculptures including Nike of Paionios)

Langley Aerodrome 1903 Failure at Launch, Take-Off Crash Date: 1903

An infographic dated 26 May 1961 of NASA?s proposed Nov?
An infographic dated 26 May 1961 of NASA?s proposed Nova space launch vehicle which clustered the boosters of the Saturn C-3

Westland Whirlwind HARMk10 XR454 of the RAF
Westland Whirlwind HARMk10 XR454 of the Royal Air Force above Rescue & Target Towing Launch 2759

An unarmed English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air ?
An unarmed English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air guided missile collides amidship with the target, a Jindivik, following its launch from Woomera, Australia, 5 December 1957. Date: 1957

Mechanics at the Canoga Park, California, plant of Rock?
Mechanics at the Canoga Park, California, plant of Rocketdyne make final adjustments to an engine for the first stage of a Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM)

WW1 - launch of 95 USA Transport Ships - 1918
A Bad Dream for Von Tirpitz translates into reality (Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz - German Grand Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office) - In a single day

Rosette Isle, H. B. Rose, Thousand Islands nr. Alexandra Bay
Rosette Isle, " H. B. Rose Mansion", Thousand Islands, nr. Alexandra Bay, NY, USA. Date: 1912

Harland & Wolff Collection - National Museums NI
Port stern view on old No. 9 slip, renumbered 4, North Yard, prior to launch. Ship No: 300. Name: Canada. Type: Passenger Ship. Tonnage: 8800. Launch: 14 May 1896. Delivery: 26 September 1896

Lusitania Cross Section
Cross section of the Cunard passenger liner which, at the time of her launch, is the largest of her kind. Date: 1906

Vought F4U-4 Corsair -ready to launch of aboard USS Randolph, June 1944

Saunders-Roe SR45 Princess G-ALUN during a trial launch
Saunders-Roe SR45 Princess, G-ALUN, during a trial launch on 19 August 1952 from the Columbine Slipway, Cowes, Isle of Wight

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