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Propellers Collection

Background imagePropellers Collection: Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a two-propeller plane nosediving. 1937

Background imagePropellers Collection: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Dakota

Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Dakota
Airmen Maintaining a Douglas Dc-3 / C-47 Dakota at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1949

Background imagePropellers Collection: Silver City plane at Lydd, Kent, for Channel crossing

Silver City plane at Lydd, Kent, for Channel crossing
Silver City plane at Lydd, Kent, with a car being loaded ready for a Channel crossing. Date: 1962

Background imagePropellers Collection: Pan American Airlines Flying Clipper, Lockheed Constellation

Pan American Airlines Flying Clipper, Lockheed Constellation
Pan American Airlines Flying Clipper - Lockheed Constellation. Date: circa 1947

Background imagePropellers Collection: de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito

de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito
Crew Boarding a Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito to Carry out an Intruder Raid on Enermy Territory at Night Date: 1943

Background imagePropellers Collection: Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake

Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake
Vought Xf5U-1 Flying Pancake Unusual Design Parked Flying Flapjack Date: 1948

Background imagePropellers Collection: RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock, Liverpool

RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock, Liverpool
RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock (Dry Dock), Liverpool, shortly before launch in 1899. Date: circa 1899

Background imagePropellers Collection: American Liberator bomber by G. H. Davis

American Liberator bomber by G. H. Davis
President Roosevelts promise is fulfilled as the American Liberator bomber arrives in Britain during the Second World War

Background imagePropellers Collection: WW2 - Ju88 attacked by Spitfires - ditched off Pagham, Essex

WW2 - Ju88 attacked by Spitfires - ditched off Pagham, Essex
1940

Background imagePropellers Collection: Heinkel He-111K-5A

Heinkel He-111K-5A
A Policeman and a Soldier Inspecting a Luftwaffe Heinkel He-111K Shot-Down and Crash-Landed in a Field in Surrey, UK During the Battle-Of-Britain on 30th August 1940 Date: 1940

Background imagePropellers Collection: Marquis d Ecquevilly Multiplane 1908

Marquis d Ecquevilly Multiplane 1908
Marquis D Ecquevilly Multiplane of 1908 Unusual Multiple-Winged Design Date: 1908

Background imagePropellers Collection: Stork-powered baby transport!

Stork-powered baby transport! Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePropellers Collection: Cunard Line, RMS Queen Mary - souvenir brass items

Cunard Line, RMS Queen Mary - souvenir brass items made from her propellers - four coasters, 3.5 inches diameter, two paperweights, 2 inches diameter, tie bar, lapel pin, and two sets of cufflinks

Background imagePropellers Collection: RMS Queen Mary, hull and propellers

RMS Queen Mary, hull and propellers
RMS Queen Mary's hull and propellers were subjected to minute inspection before her official trials Date: 1930s

Background imagePropellers Collection: RMS Queen Mary, one of the four propellers

RMS Queen Mary, one of the four propellers weighing 35 tons Date: 1930s

Background imagePropellers Collection: US Navy Consolidated Aircraft Corp flying boat

US Navy Consolidated Aircraft Corp flying boat Date: 1938

Background imagePropellers Collection: US Army Boeing YB-17 bomber aircraft

US Army Boeing YB-17 bomber aircraft Date: 1938

Background imagePropellers Collection: The De Havilland Frobisher airliner

The De Havilland Frobisher airliner Date: 1938

Background imagePropellers Collection: Four Bristol engines of Imperial Airways Airliner Scylla

Four Bristol engines of Imperial Airways Airliner Scylla Date: 1938

Background imagePropellers Collection: Croydon Airport ground crew service Handley Page Heracles

Croydon Airport ground crew service Handley Page Heracles
Croydon Airport ground crew service a Handley Page Heracles Date: 1938

Background imagePropellers Collection: Nord Aviation N 500 Cadet

Nord Aviation N 500 Cadet (msn 001), at the Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget in June 1967, with airshow serial 344'. In 1966 Nord (later part of Aerospatiale) built two Cadets

Background imagePropellers Collection: Sky divers belonging to the RAF Falcons freefall team, taking part in an activity in France

Sky divers belonging to the RAF Falcons freefall team, taking part in an activity in France, with a large aircraft in the background. Date: 1965

Background imagePropellers Collection: Vickers Viscount

Vickers Viscount and Dh-106 Comet Airliner Wreckage after Terrorist Explosion and Fire in December 1968 - Israeli Commandos Attacked Beirut Airport by Surprise Destroying 14 Civilian Airliner Date

Background imagePropellers Collection: Empire Air Day display, Biggin Hill, Kent

Empire Air Day display, Biggin Hill, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePropellers Collection: W Cochran with model plane at first Aero Club Trials

W Cochran with model plane at first Aero Club Trials
W Cochran holding his model plane at the first Aero Club Trials, Alexandra Palace, London. 1907

Background imagePropellers Collection: KLM Super Constellation Flying Dutchman passenger plane

KLM Super Constellation Flying Dutchman passenger plane
KLM Super Constellation The Flying Dutchman passenger plane. Date: 1950s

Background imagePropellers Collection: Conroy Super Turbo Three N156WC

Conroy Super Turbo Three N156WC. The second RR Dart powered conversion by Conroy was a surplus Douglas R4D-8-C-117D and was called the Super Turbo Three

Background imagePropellers Collection: Curtiss Oriole - long wing

Curtiss Oriole - long wing
A long-wing Curtiss Oriole, of an aerial photography company, fitted with one of S.A. Reeds patented twisted flat-plate D-18 (Duralumin) propellers. Date: 1922

Background imagePropellers Collection: Curtiss Wind Wagon - Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Scott Baldwin

Curtiss Wind Wagon - Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Scott Baldwin
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons with Thomas Scott Baldwin. Curtiss wind wgons and ice-boats were used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Background imagePropellers Collection: Curtiss Wind Wagon with Glenn Curtiss

Curtiss Wind Wagon with Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons, used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Background imagePropellers Collection: Blackburn YA. 7 WB781

Blackburn YA. 7 WB781
Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)

Background imagePropellers Collection: Futuristic hydroplane

Futuristic hydroplane
A futuristic hydroplane, skimming along the surface of the sea. Date: 1899

Background imagePropellers Collection: A Flying Fortress - Duxford Air Museum, Cambridgeshire

A Flying Fortress - Duxford Air Museum, Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1980s

Background imagePropellers Collection: Morane-Soulnier Ms-222C1 No-1 Parked with a Jupiter 500W?

Morane-Soulnier Ms-222C1 No-1 Parked with a Jupiter 500W?
Morane-Soulnier Ms-222C1 No-1 Parked with a Jupiter 500W Piston Aero-Engine

Background imagePropellers Collection: Avro 581 Avian prototype

Avro 581 Avian prototype
Australian Born Sqn Ldr Herbert (Bert) John Louis Hinkler Afc, Dsm with His Prototype Avro Avian G-Ebov with Kneeling Undercarriage to Allow Easy Engine Maintenance Date: 1930s

Background imagePropellers Collection: Avro 683 Lancaster B-1 FE Far East

Avro 683 Lancaster B-1 FE Far East
Royal Air Force RAF Avro 683 Lancaster Flying Engine-Testbed with Armstrong Siddeley Python Turboprop Engine Fitted to the Outboard Positions Date: 1951

Background imagePropellers Collection: Boeing 377 C-97 Stratocruiser

Boeing 377 C-97 Stratocruiser
Airmen Working on the Pw R-4360 Engine of a Boeing 377 C-97 Stratocruiser During the Berlin Airlift at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1949

Background imagePropellers Collection: Airmen Maintaining Components at the Headquarters of the?

Airmen Maintaining Components at the Headquarters of the?
Airmen Maintaining Components at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1947

Background imagePropellers Collection: The first Northrop XB-35 42-13603 after modification

The first Northrop XB-35 42-13603 after modification
The first Northrop XB-35, 42-13603, after modification to take four-blade, single-rotation propellers

Background imagePropellers Collection: Propellers for Britains Warplanes: Machining the Blades

Propellers for Britains Warplanes: Machining the Blades - The Edge-milling process, in which upper and lower fixed rotary cutters mill the leading

Background imagePropellers Collection: Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA, showing trainees with B25 bombers, learning the skills of aircraft assembly by night. Date: 1951

Background imagePropellers Collection: Loading a plane at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands

Loading a plane at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands
Loading an aeroplane on the tarmac at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePropellers Collection: Handley Page heavy bomber, WW1

Handley Page heavy bomber, WW1
Handley Page heavy bomber, First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Background imagePropellers Collection: Aircraft Firefighters School, Stansted, Essex

Aircraft Firefighters School, Stansted, Essex
Aircraft Firefighters School based at Stansted, Essex, where men and women from around the world were trained. Old aircraft were deliberately set ablaze to give crews realistic training

Background imagePropellers Collection: Aircraft provisioning the allies during the siege of West Be

Aircraft provisioning the allies during the siege of West Berlin by the Russians in the late 1940s, in the so-called Berlin Airlift. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany



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