Planes Collection (page 9)

LZ 129 Hindenburg being consumed by fire shortly after a?
LZ 129 Hindenburg being consumed by fire shortly after arriving at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on 6 May 1937, with the loss of 35 on board plus one ground crew

SSZ28 at Slindon Mooring-Out Station, Polegate

USS Guam (LPH-9), an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship

HMS Hermes (R12) entering Algiers Harbour, August 1960. Date: 1960

de Havilland DH60M Moth, G-ABHN, over London
de Havilland DH60M Moth, G-ABHN, over the London Aeroplane Club, Hatfield, in 1933

The Aquila Airways Solent III, G-AKNU Sydney in Funchal Bay, Madeira

Model of the proposed Boeing 7J7 twin-aisle, UDF-powered project

Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

AM Sir Charles Pringle KBE MA CEng FRAeS RAeS President
AM Sir Charles Pringle, KBE, MA, CEng, FRAeS, RAeS President 1975-1976, on the occasion of his flight on Concorde, 12 September 1975. Date: 1975

Bristol Jupiter and Bristol Lucifer engine production in the early 1920s. Date: 1920

Martin-Baker MB5 R2496
Martin-Baker MB5, R2496

A Ferret armoured scout car at Belize with a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1 in the background. 1975. Date: 1975

Cutaway drawing of the Rolls Royce / Snecma Olympus 593 engine
Cutaway drawing of the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engine installation on Concorde

Armstrong Whitworth AW650 Argosy Series 222 of BEA

Avro Anson 19 VM331 1954
Avro Anson 19, VM331. 1954

Hawker Fury LA610 of 1945 was powered by a Napier Sabre VI
Hawker Fury, LA610, of 1945 was powered by a Napier Sabre VII which probably made it the fastest piston-powered Hawker aircraft. Date: 1945

Fairey Barracuda II MD717
Fairey Barracuda II, MD717

Avro Vulcan production line

Avro Vulcan landing

North American FJ-1 Fury plans

Douglas DC-4 of Pan American World Airways with its crew prior to a route check flight

Bristol Britannia 314 CF-CZA Empress of Buenos Aires
Bristol Britannia 314, CF-CZA, Empress of Buenos Aires, of Canadian Pacific Airlines, making its maiden flight from Sydenham Airport on 11 January 1958

The Gloster Meteor FR9 prototype VW360
The Gloster Meteor FR9 prototype, VW360

Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGH Caledonia of BOAC in flight
Boeing Stratocruiser, G-AKGH, Caledonia, of BOAC. In flight

The first Lockheed Model 1049 Super Constellation N67900
The first Lockheed Model 1049 Super Constellation, N67900, alongside a standard Constellation

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress from above

Handley Page Halifax VI RG815 Mercury of the RAF
Handley Page Halifax VI, RG815, Mercury of the RAF Empire Radio School, Debden, prior to its 25, 000-mile tour of Palestine, Iraq, India, Burma, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand in 1946

Pilots cockpit of a spitfire 1940
Cockpit, with its amazing array of dials, is the epitome of intensive mechanical warfare. 1940

The Sketch travel number front cover 1956
Front cover of The Sketch magazines travel number featuring a dapper couple, her in a roomy red coat and head scarf, he in tweed suit and flat cap, about to board a plane to, no doubt

Pobjoy Cataract seven-cylinder radial engine

Public warning, German and British aircraft, WW1
Public warning and information sheet, German and British aircraft during the First World War. 1914-1918

Miles Monitor -another, even more expensive dedicted target tug from the Miles stable

Klemm Kl 35 -over 1, 300 of these basic trainers were delivered to the Luftwaffe from late 1937 to 1943

Rene Paul Fonck, leading French fighter ace
Rene Paul Fonck (1894-1953), leading French fighter ace and his SPADs VII, which he flew as a member of the Escadrille SPA 103, part of the famous Groupe de Chasse 12, the Storks

Henschel Hs 126 -the Luftwaffes standard tactical reconnaissance airtcraft

Focke Wulf Ta 154 -too late to be encountered in any numbers, this was one of Germanys last night fighters

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless -the stalwart US Navy carrier -going dive bomber served throughout the Pacific War, sinking most of Japans aircraft carriers

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -early examples had a tendency to break up during recovery from a dive

Douglas C-47 G-AKGX Cyprus Airways Beirut 1955
Douglas C-47 G-AKGXCurion of Cyprus Airways at Beirut, Lebanon on 21 November 1955 Date: 1955

Short Sunderland flying boat, RAF Wig Bay, WW2
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat B9604/RBJ, in service with RaF (Royal Australian Air Force) 10th Squadron. Seen here on water at RAF Wig Bay, Stranraer, Scotland, 11 June 1942. Date: 1942

Army tanks in battle with planes overhead, WW2
Army tanks in battle with planes overhead. Date: 1940

Saab J35A Draken

Gordon M. McCoombe, OBE, CEng, MIMechE, FRAeS, President?
Gordon M. McCoombe, OBE, CEng, MIMechE, FRAeS, President of SLAET, 1986, RAeS President 1991-1992

Westland Wessex 52 helicopters for the Iraqi Air Force

Hawker Siddeley Harrier T2, XW270

Aerial view of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland
Aerial view of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. Date: c. 1919

British Hovercraft Corporation BH7 Mk2, 12 April 1972, on its return to HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent, after nine weeks of trials in the Baltic Sea. Date: 1972

Rolls-Royce Clyde powered prototype Westland Wyvern TF2, VP120, during thrust measuring trials at Yeovil

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