Pilots Collection (page 4)

RAF Avro Anson used for training pilots Date: 1938

Pilot's cockpit in a Tiger Moth aircraft Date: 1938

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13243
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13243 (msn 683-2026), of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 66-13625
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 66-13625, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Built for the Luftwaffe, but operated by the USAF for training German pilots

Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 63-8452
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 63-8452, of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13269
Luftwaffe - United States Air Force - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 63-13269 (msn 8002-KG102), of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Northrop T-38A-55-NO Talon 64-13302
United States Air Force - Northrop T-38A-55-NO Talon 64-13302 (msn N.5731), of the USAF Test Pilots School, at Edwards Air Force Base. Date: circa 1980

Sukhoi Su-27A 595
Russian Air Force - Sukhoi Su-27A 595 (msn 36911037511), of the Zhuovsky Test Centre - Test Pilots Team, at Boscombe Down for Air Tournament International 1992, on 13 June 1992. Date: 1992

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-600B ZF130
Royal Navy - Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600B ZF130 (msn 256059), of 899 Naval Air Squadron, operated as a Blue Vixen pulse-doppler radar training-development aid, for Sea Harrier FA.2 pilots

Heinkel He 111 H-20 WerkNummer 701152
Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1 WerkNummer 701152, a troop-carrying version seen before restoration for display at the RAF Museum Hendon, London marked as NT+SL

SAAB 105O, of the Karo AS aerobatic team
Austrian Air Force - SAAB 105O, of the Karo AS aerobatic team, with the pilots posing in front one of their aircraft. Karo AS was formed in 1975, flying four SAAB 105O trainers

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WJ730
English Electric Canberra B.2 WJ730, on the RAE Farnborough dump in June 1962, after being withdrawn from use by the Empire Test Pilot's School

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3 XT610
Empire Test Pilot's School - Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Series 3 XT610 (msn 561), at RAF Greenham Common for the 1973 International Air Tattoo in July 1973. Date: 1973

Martin-Baker MB3 -this was the company's second fighter offering in 1942 An engine failure led to the test pilot's death

Hawker Siddeley Andover C. 1 XS606
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1 XS606 (msn Set 13), of the Empire Test Pilot's School. Date: circa 1972

Aerospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil II ZJ635
Empire Test Pilots School - Aerospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil II ZJ635 (msn 5115), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 14 July 2006. Date: 2006

Agusta A. 109E Power Elite ZE416
Empire Test Pilots School - Agusta A.109E Power Elite ZE416 (msn 11173), at the RNAS Yeovilton Air Day on 13 July 2013 Date: 2013

SEPECAT Jaguar T. 2A XX145
Empire Test Pilots School - SEPECAT Jaguar T.2A XX145 (msn B.10) Date: circa 2000

BAe 146-RJ100 QQ101
Empire Test Pilots School - BAe 146-RJ100 QQ101 (msn E.3368), operated by QinetiQ - LTPA, at Boscombe Down. Date: circa 2015

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185)

Trans-Canada Lockheed Aircraft, Pilots cockpit fitted for blind flying Date: 1930s

Sicele O Brien (1887 - 1931), Irelands pioneering pilot, second woman to get her commercial licence

Helene Dutrieu
Hlne Dutrieu (1877 - 1961), Belgian world champion cyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, cyclist and motorcyclist and pioneer aviator

Interceptor aircraft pilots waiting to go up 1939
Interceptor aircraft pilots sitting on their parachutes as they wait for the order to fly, a few weeks after the outbreak of war

Diagrams showing air fighting techniques 1939
Set of diagrams detailing the techniques of fighter planes, taking into account their increased speed. Clatworthy shows the advantages of " dive

Aerial photography in World War One
A illustrated explanation of the uses of and how aerial photography worked in World War One. Aerial photography was introduced as an additional means of observation

Free French Air Force Memorial Arromanches
This is in the Place du Groupe d Alsace. The Lorraine and Alsace Groups were part of the FFAF formed by some 200 French pilots in England in July 1940

Air force pilot standing by his plane, Republic of Estonia. Date: 1922

Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary Service: Mrs G. Patterson, Miss Rosemary Rees and Mrs Marion Wilberforce. Date: 1940

French recruitment poster for pilots, design by Paul Colin. circa 1920

Hilda Hewlett
Hilda Beatrice Hewlett (1864 -1943), early aviator and aviation entrepreneur. She was the first British woman to earn a pilots licence

British Airmen with a big bomb, 1918
British Airmen of the Royal Air Force pictured examining a large bomb to be taken aloft and dropped. Date: 1918

A scouting squadron drawn up in line with pilots & mechanics
Eighteen aircraft, all of the same pattern, drawn up in line with pilots and mechanics posing next to them. Large distinguishing letters appear on the upper planes

Officers of the Royal Air Force Squadron (Canadian)
Officers of a Royal Air Force Squadron (Canadian) with their machines in France. Date: 1918

Pilots of the Royal Air Force Scouting Squadron
Airmen of the Royal Air Force scouting squadron posing for a photograph, together with various animal mascots, in July 1918. Date: 1918

Raymonde de Laroche (1882 -1919), born Elise Raymonde Deroche, French pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilots licence

Artists impression of an idea under consideration of the French Government - aeroplanes with invisible wings, to make them difficult to be spotted by the German Air Force pilots

KAMAKAZE JAP AIRMEN
The heroic crew of a damaged Japanese bomber, instead of seeking safety, crash their plane onto a Chinese gun emplacement, anticipating WW2 kamakaze pilots Date: September 1938

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1 XX341 ASTRA 1
Empire Test Pilots School - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1 XX341 ASTRA 1 (Advanced Stability Training Aircraft) (msn 312165), circa 1995

Empire Test Pilots School - Vickers Viscount 744 XR801 (msn 89). August 1954 - Contract signed by James Henry Slim Carmichael

Fokker C. II G-CAEV
Fokker C.II G-CAEV (msn 174), owned by Brock & Weymouth - P.Q. O Brien. A three-seat airliner with enclosed limousine style cabin behind the pilots open cockpit

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

Aichi AB-3 reconnaissance seaplane, ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy, for use on the Chinese Navys new warship ordered from the Harima shipyard in Japan

Folland Fo. 139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo.139 Midge G-39-1, taxiing for take-off at Chilbolton, Follands flight test base. First flown at Boscombe Down on 11 August 1954, the Midge was used to demonstrate the feasibility of W.E.W

GAF Nomad 24A VH-BRP
Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) Nomad 24A VH-BRP (msn 080), of BPA Bush Pilots Airways. First flown on 13 February 1978 and delivered to BPA Bush Pilots Airways on 28 February 1981

GAF Nomad 22B VH-RCC (msn 33) of Clubair. At some point this aircraft was operated by BPA (Bush Pilots Airways). Date: circa 1982

Crown Princess Cecilie greeting German Marine Flyers
circa 1930s

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