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Prototypes Collection

Background imagePrototypes Collection: 1st two prototypes of the Scottish Aviation Bulldog

1st two prototypes of the Scottish Aviation Bulldog
The first two prototypes of the Scottish Aviation Bulldog, G-AXEH and G-AXIG, along with the first production Bulldog, G-AYWN, for the Royal Swedish Air Force

Background imagePrototypes Collection: BAC TSR-2

BAC TSR-2
A Vickers Valiant Wing with the British Aircraft Corporation Tsr.2 Prototype and One of the Two Bristol 188 Prototypes Xf926 Parked Behind at Proof and Experimental Establishment

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Northrop YB-49

Northrop YB-49
Yb-49 Flying Wing Prototype with a Rear Bubble Canopy Modification High over the Mojave Desert, with Eight Allison J-35 Jet Engine Date: 1940s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Vought V-173 Flying Pancake

Vought V-173 Flying Pancake
The Vought V-173 Flying Pancake Unusual Design Also Known As the Flying Flapjack Flying Towards the Coastline During a Test-Flight Date: 1942

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (1st prototype)

Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (1st prototype)
Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (msn 1), the first prototype of the aerobatic version of the Fournier RF-3 at the 1966 Paris Air Show

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake

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

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Blackburn YA. 1 Firecrest RT651

Blackburn YA. 1 Firecrest RT651
Blackburn YA.1 Firecrest RT651 at the 1947 SBAC Radlett air-show, parked next to the first prototype Boulton Paul Balliol VL892

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Martin-Baker Mb-5 Parked

Martin-Baker Mb-5 Parked Date: 1944

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Handley Page Clive III G-ABYX

Handley Page Clive III G-ABYX of Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day flying circus. One of the Hinaidi I prototypes, J9126

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Martin-Baker Mb-5 Flying

Martin-Baker Mb-5 Flying Date: 1944

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Saunders Roe SR-177

Saunders Roe SR-177
Cutaway Drawing of a Saunders Roe SR-177 Date: 1950s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: SNECMA C-450 Coleoptere

SNECMA C-450 Coleoptere
Snecma C-450 Coleoptere Prototype Parked Outside the Snecma Factory Held in Place by a Mobile Rig before a Test-Flight Date: 1959

Background imagePrototypes Collection: SNCASE SE-2100

SNCASE SE-2100
Sncase Se-2100 Prototype Unusual Design Parked Date: 1945

Background imagePrototypes Collection: McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin
Mcdonnell Xf-85 Goblin Unusual-Design This Was the First Prototype Built But it Was the Second to Fly Date: 1949

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Boeing Model 83 NX7133

Boeing Model 83 NX7133 (msn 1039, aka XF4B-1 number 1, A8129), first flown on 25 June 1928. The first of two XF4B-1s (Model 83 and Model 89), which remained Boeing-owned

Background imagePrototypes Collection: USN - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo

USN - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo
United states Navy - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo 131630 or 131631. Turbo-Prop conversion of the R7V-1 for the US Navy

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Boulton Paul Balliol prototype VL935

Boulton Paul Balliol prototype VL935
Boulton Paul Balliol 3rd prototype VL935 at the 1948 Farnborough SBAC show, in company with Avro Athena prototype VW890. the four Balliol prototypes were to be powered by Armstrong-Siddeley Mamba

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Dornier Do 32E ultra-light helicopter D-HOPS

Dornier Do 32E ultra-light helicopter D-HOPS
the Dornier Do 32E was a simple, collapsible one-man helicopter from Germany powered by a BMW 6012L gas turbine, driving a compressor which supplied compressed air to the rotor tip jets

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Thorp T-11 Sky Scooter NX91312

Thorp T-11 Sky Scooter NX91312. Designed in the US by John Thorp in 1945, the T-11 was intended to be home-built. NX91312 was one of eight prototypes built by Thorp in 1946

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Platt-Lepage Aircraft Company Xr-1 Experimental Helicopt?

Platt-Lepage Aircraft Company Xr-1 Experimental Helicopt?
Platt-Lepage Aircraft Company Xr-1 Experimental Helicopter Flying Date: 1940s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: de Havilland DH-108 Swallow

de Havilland DH-108 Swallow
Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-108 Swallow Flying Enroute over Fields, As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes

Background imagePrototypes Collection: de Havilland DH-100 Vampire

de Havilland DH-100 Vampire
Signature in Sky by Eric Brown. the First Jet-Aircraft a de Havilland Dh-100 Vampire 1 (The 3Rd Prototype) to Ever Take-Off from the Deck Runway of an Aircraft-Carrier

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet

Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet
Northrop Xp-56 Black Bullet Prototype Unusual Design Parked Date: 1943

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Entwicklungswing EWR Sud VJ-101C

Entwicklungswing EWR Sud VJ-101C
Entwicklungswing Ewr Sud Vj-101C Prototype Unusual Vtol Design During a Test-Flight Hop with Tilting Rolls-Royce Rb-145 Engine Date: 1966

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Waterman Arrowbile

Waterman Arrowbile Unusual Design Flying Car Aerocar Date: 1936

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Bell XV-3 XH-33 Convertiplane

Bell XV-3 XH-33 Convertiplane
Bell Xv-3 Xh-33 Convertiplane Hovering During the First Test-Flight at the Bell Aircraft Corp Factory Date: 1955

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Saunders Roe SR-53

Saunders Roe SR-53 Parked on a Concrete Apron Date: 1950s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Caproni STIPA Tubular Fuselage

Caproni STIPA Tubular Fuselage
Caproni Stipa Tubular Fuselage Unusual Design Parked with Pilot Boarding Helped by a Ground-Engineer Date: 1932

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Filper Beta 200

Filper Beta 200 Unusual Design Twin-Rotored Helicopter Date: 1966

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Kellett XR-8

Kellett XR-8
A Kellett Xr-8 Egg Shaped Synchropter Helicopter Unusual Design During a Test-Flight Also Known As the Egg-Beater Date: 1945

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Hiller VZ-1E Pawnee

Hiller VZ-1E Pawnee
Hiller Vz-1E Pawnee Vtol Prototype Flying Platform Unusual Design During a Test-Flight Date: 1958

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Saro P. 531-0 XN332 - G-APNV

Saro P. 531-0 XN332 - G-APNV
Royal Navy - Saro P.531-0 XN332 / G-APNV (msn S2/5268), the first of three development prototypes (following a single aerodynamic prototype), at Eastliegh on 2 November 1960. Date: 1959

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Hawker Siddeley P. 1127 XP831

Hawker Siddeley P. 1127 XP831
Hawker Siddeley P.1127 XP831, the first of the V/STOL development prototypes, at the RAF Museum Hendon. Date: circa 1980

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H

Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H
Transland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Background imagePrototypes Collection: de Havilland DH. 115 Vampire Trainer T. 11 WZ419

de Havilland DH. 115 Vampire Trainer T. 11 WZ419
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire Trainer T.11 WZ419, the fourth production aircraft used for development, in the de Havilland line-up at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough Air Show

Background imagePrototypes Collection: SEPECAT Jaguar A-04, the fourth pre-production Jaguar

SEPECAT Jaguar A-04, the fourth pre-production Jaguar on display at the Air and Space Museum on Le Bourget Airport. Of note are the intake splitter plates which were only fitted to prototypes

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Curtiss XF15C-1 01215

Curtiss XF15C-1 01215 A large mixed-power naval fighter powered by a piston engine and a turbojet engine. 01215, the sole survivor of the three prototypes built

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Heston JC. 6 VL529

Heston JC. 6 VL529
Heston JC.6 VL529 1st prototype at the 1947 SBAC Radlett airshow. The Heston JC.6 was designed and built to meet Air Ministry Specification A.2-45 for an Air Observation Post (AOP)

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Avro York C Mk. I LV626, the 1st prototype

Avro York C Mk. I LV626, the 1st prototype
Avro York C Mk.I LV626, the 1st prototype on 28th August 1942. LV626 can be seen with the original twin fin tail, fitted only to the 1st and 2nd Prototypes

Background imagePrototypes Collection: MFI-10B Vipan SE-CPH

MFI-10B Vipan SE-CPH
Malmo MFI-10B Vipan SE-CPH. the second MFI-10 completed as an MFI-10B. the two MFI-10B prototypes were produced to a Swedish Army contract under the designation Fpl 54

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Short S-31 Stirling M4

Short S-31 Stirling M4
The Half-Scale Model Short S.31 Stirling Flying As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer. Date: 1938

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Blohm & Voss BV-141 V3

Blohm & Voss BV-141 V3
A Luftwaffe Blohm & Voss B&V-141 V3 Parked As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer Date: 1940s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Hawker P. 1040 Sea Hawk

Hawker P. 1040 Sea Hawk
Hawker P.1040 Flying over Cloud and Fields, As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer Date: 1947

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Nemeth Umbrellaplane aka Roundwing

Nemeth Umbrellaplane aka Roundwing
Nemeth Umbrellaplane Aka Roundwing Unusual Design Parked Date: 1946

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Gurney Grice Mosquito

Gurney Grice Mosquito Unusual Coffin-Like Design Parked Date: 1950s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Fabre Hydro Floatplane 1910

Fabre Hydro Floatplane 1910
Fabre Hydro Floatplane of 1910 Unusual Design after the First Successful Take-Off from Water by Henri Fabre Date: 1910

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Northrop YRB-49A

Northrop YRB-49A
Yrb-49A Flying Wing Prototype Converted from a Yb-35 with a Rear Gunners Position High over the Mojave Desert, with Six Allison J-35 Jet Engine Including 2 in Pods under the Wing Date: 1940s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Ryan X-13 Vertijet Unusual Vtol Design Flying Date: 1956

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Douglas X-3 Stiletto

Douglas X-3 Stiletto Prototype Unusual Design Date: 1952

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Lockspieser LDA-1 Land Development Aircraft

Lockspieser LDA-1 Land Development Aircraft
Lockspieser Lda-1 Land Development Aircraft Unusual Design Flying Date: 1960s

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Norris X-99M

Norris X-99M Unusual Design by Rolla V Norris Date: 1929

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig / Flying Bedstead

Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig / Flying Bedstead Hovering During a Test-Flight

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Horton Wingless

Horton Wingless
The Horton Wingless Unusual Design Twin-Engined Light-Aircraft Parked Date: 1954

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane

Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane
The Kellett Hughes Xh-17 Flying Crane Unusual Design First-Flight of the Then Worlds Largest Helicopter Date: 1952

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Mach 3 Aircraft (Concorde) by G. H. Davis

Mach 3 Aircraft (Concorde) by G. H. Davis
The Question for the 1960s - Mach 3 aircraft - a prototype for tomorrow or a manifestation of yesterdays dream? Diagrammatic illustration by G. H

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Emma Booker and Clare Peploe

Emma Booker and Clare Peploe, standing in front of a butcher, both wearing yellow embroidered Afghan sheepskin jackets, which are prototypes of ones they will sell in their shop The Yellow Room

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Arado Ar 234-the prototypes of this pioneering jet used

Arado Ar 234-the prototypes of this pioneering jet used detactable dolleys for take-off and skids to land

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Airco DH 10 Amiens three-man bomber

Airco DH 10 Amiens three-man bomber. Seen here is the second of four prototypes, serial no. C 8659. The production phase came too late for the planes to take part in the First World War

Background imagePrototypes Collection: The first three Sud-Aviation SO4050 Vautour II prototypes

The first three Sud-Aviation SO4050 Vautour II prototypes

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Two prototypes of the Saab J29

Two prototypes of the Saab J29

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Aircraft static park at the 1939 RAeS Garden Party

Aircraft static park at the 1939 RAeS Garden Party
Aircraft static park at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Saab AJ37 Viggen prototypes

Saab AJ37 Viggen prototypes

Background imagePrototypes Collection: 2nd two prototypes of the Martin XB-51 46-685 and 46-686

2nd two prototypes of the Martin XB-51 46-685 and 46-686
The first two prototypes of the Martin XB-51, 46-685 and 46-686

Background imagePrototypes Collection: 1st two prototypes of the Martin XB-51 46-685 and 46-686

1st two prototypes of the Martin XB-51 46-685 and 46-686
The first two prototypes of the Martin XB-51, 46-685 and 46-686

Background imagePrototypes Collection: One of the two de Havilland DH6 prototypes

One of the two de Havilland DH6 prototypes

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Bristol Brigand prototypes under construction at Filton

Bristol Brigand prototypes under construction at Filton

Background imagePrototypes Collection: The two Avro Vulcan prototypes VX770 and VX777

The two Avro Vulcan prototypes VX770 and VX777
The two Avro Vulcan prototypes, VX770 and VX777, escorted by four Avro 707s at the 1953 SBAC show. Date: 1953

Background imagePrototypes Collection: The de Havilland DH106 Comet first and second prototypes

The de Havilland DH106 Comet first and second prototypes in flight

Background imagePrototypes Collection: Flying machine. ca. 1487. Renaissance art. Cinquecento

Flying machine. ca. 1487. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Drawing. FRANCE. Paris. Library of the Institute of France



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