Modified Collection

Victoria and Albert Museum, London - Aston Webb Front - the final modified design - opened in 1909. Date: 1903

Spitfire Colour Photo
The legendary fighter is seen here in its original format; later it will be modified in various ways to adapt it to specific functions and enhance performance

United States Air Force - McDonnell F-4C-18-MC Phantom II 63-7478 (msn 471) of the 4453 CCTW, at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida

Super Constellation 145925 Project Magnet UFO Investigation
A very rare photograph of a modified Super Constellation 145925, fitted with highly sensistive magnetometers. The aircraft was part of the TOP SECRET Project Magnet - a UFO Investigation run by

Gloster Meteor F4 RA490
Gloster Meteor F4, RA490, following use as a Beryl engine testbed, the aircraft was heavily modified to take two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets for trials with a jet deflection system

Whitneys Cotton Gin
WHITNEYs GIN Eli Whitneys gin of 1793 enabled separation of cotton fibre from its seeds to be done mechanically : this is a modified version in use

Modified de Havilland Mosquito FBVI LR359
Modified de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, LR359, which made the first twin-engined carrier-borne landing on to HMS Indefatigable on 25 March 1944 piloted by Lt Cdr Eric Brown. Date: 1944

Mining Safety Lamps
Safety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine

Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 - Mk.7 combination (ex GAF) G-ANSO, at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough air-show. Built as an F Mk.8 airframe with strengthened outer wings, the Ground Attack Fighter (GAF) aka Reaper

Model T Ford
A modified (camouflaged?) Model T Ford

Cartoon, Two emancipated women
Modified wartime silhouette: skirts begin to evoke the barrel-line shape being narrower & court shoes are vying with high boots. Hats: tam-o shanter or high crown. Date: 1918

Avro 685 York transport used the Lancasters wings, modified tail unit and engines One used by Winston Churchill as his personal aircraft

William Rowland Ding (1885-1917 )
William Rowland Ding, 1885-1917, chief test pilot for Blackburn Aircraft. He is shown here sitting in the cockpit of a modified Handley Page G in 1914. Date: 1917

Advertisement for The Express Dairy Co Ltd, by appointment to Queen Victoria, with an aerial view of College Farm, Finchley, and a bottle of Humanized Milk (a modified form of cows milk)

German Grand Prix / 1935
The German Grand Prix won by Nuvolari driving a modified Alfa P.3. A fierce battle took place between Rosemeyer and Caracciola, but Nuvolari surged to take first place

Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792 (msn 18706). Built as an RC-135B specification from the outset and later modified by Martin as an RC-135C

Bede BD-2 N837BD
Bede BD-2 N937BD. at Rockford, Illinois in 1967. Powered by a 225hp modified Continental IO-360C, this heavily rebuilt Schweizer 2-32 sailplane was intended for a globe-circling

Leader Class. Loco number 36001 - Seaford Terminal
Leader Class. Loco number 36001, in siding at Seaford Terminal station before departure for Brighton via Bexhill and Crowhurst

Challenger 1 tank
A Challenger 1 tank derivative with modified turret and equipment, at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. Date: 1980

Boeing F4B-4 special NX9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce, (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

United States Marine Corps - Douglas C-117D Skytrain 50835 (msn 43321, unit code WZ, call-sign 835 ) in 1963-65(WZ is tail-code for AIRFMFPAC - Air Fleet Marine Force)

United States Navy - Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat 42874, NACA 158, of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at Moffett Naval Air Station

Martin B-26C-T XB-LOX Ay Jijos ! of PEMEX Built as Martin B-26C-20-MO Marauder 41-35071 for the United States Army Air Force, 35071 was modified to AT-23B and later redesignated TB-26C

Seversky SEV-S2 NX70Y (msn 43). Alexander de Seversky modified a P-35 for the National Air Races. Powered by a 950hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Sc

Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ARBZ
Druine D.31 Turbulent (modified) G-ARBZ (msn PFA 553) Date: 1960s-1970s

Boeing F4B-4 NR9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

Douglas DC-3 Dart Dakota
Bea Express Air Freight Douglas Dc-3 Dart Dakota Date: 1950s

Dayton-Wright KT Cabin Cruiser (aka Limousine), a heavily modified Dayton-Wright-built Airco DH-4. Date: 1921

Dayton-Wright Limousine (aka KT Cabin Cruiser), a heavily modified Dayton-Wright-built Airco DH-4. Date: 1921

Boeing XB-39 41-36914 Spirit of Lincoln
United States Air Force - Boeing XB-39 41-36914 (msn 3325) Spirit of Lincoln (MSN 3325), the number 1 YB-29 modified with Allison V-3420-17 liquid-cooled W-24 engines. Date: circa 1944

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R. 1 XV249
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. A replacement R.1 modified for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft, to replace XW666

H. M. S. Cygnet - modified Black Swan-class sloop
H.M.S. Cygnet (F38, formerly U38)- modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy - commissioned in 1943, built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. Date: circa 1950s

HMS Furious 47 aircraft carrier, a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser, seen in December 1931, with the removable con seen raised on the flight deck. This was removed for flying operations

HMS Hermes R12
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes R12, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, modified as an ASW - Commando - Air Defence carrier, seen entering Devonport after returning from the Falklands conflict, in 1982

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

HMS Furious
Royal Navy - HMS Furious, Fleet Aircraft Carrier, a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser, in July 1932. Date: 1932

GAF Jindivik Mk. 2 A92-68
Royal Australian Air Force - Government Aircraft Factories Jindivik Mk.2 A92-68 (msn 48), at the SBAC Farnborough Air-show, held from 1-7 September 1958

Bede BD-2 N937BD. at Rockford, Illinois in 1967. Powered by a 225hp modified Continental IO-360C, this heavily rebuilt Schweizer 2-32 sailplane was intended for a globe-circling

HMS Indomitable 92
Royal Navy - HMS Indomitable 92, a modified Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, being towed into Valletta harbour in March 1952. Date: 1952

English Electric Canberra PR. 9 WH793
English Electric Canberra PR.9 WH793 (msn EE-242), the prototype PR.9, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show from 3-9 September 1956

Douglas R4D-8 50772
United States Navy - Douglas R4D-8 50772 (MSN 43337) (ex USAAF 43-49092 / 14908/26353). Modified to R4D-8 with new MSN 43337 and operated as JM 772 from September 1952 to June 1954

Fiat G. 91PAN MM6249 Pony 1
Aeronautica Militare - Fiat G.91PAN MM6249 Pony 1, of the Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team, at RAF Greenham Common, on 31 June 1976 for the International Air Tattoo

McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC Eagle 72-0119 Streak Eagle (MSN 0019/A017)on display at the National Museum of the USAF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Grumman F-11A Tiger 141853 (msn 170). Taken from the bone yard by Grummanand Rohr for in-flight thrust control with a modified thrust reverser on the exhaust

North American SNJ-5B Texan N3259G - 43736
North American SNJ-5B Texan N3259G / 43736 (msn 88-15677) Modified with two 30mm machine guns and a bomb rack mounted below as an SNJ-5B. Date: circa 2000

Beechcraft YT-34C Turbo-Mentor 140861 (msn BG-195), one of two T-34B Mentors modified as prototype of the turbo-prop powered Turbo-Mentor. Seen on display preservation park at NAS Whiting Field, FL

Lockheed AC-130A-LM Hercules 53-3129
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed AC-130A-LM Hercules 53-3129 (msn 182-3001), of the 711th Special Operations Squadron, 919th Special Operations Wing (Air Force Reserve), Duke Field, FL

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