Runway Collection

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

Aer Lingus Viscount, Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland
Aer Lingus Viscount airliner at Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa early 1970s

Three Vickers Valiant B(K)1s on the runway

Terminal Building, Cork Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Boy Admires Spitfire
Spitfire Summer: A little boy wearing shorts and braces admires a Spitfire on the runway at Biggin Hill, Kent, England

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

Airport Scene Paris 1934
A De Havilland Dragon of Hillmans Airways and a private Swiss plane on the runway at Paris airport, France. Date: 1934

British Airways passenger jets at Ringway Airport
Two British Airways VC-10 passenger jets at Ringway Airport, now known as Manchester International Airport. Date: circa 1975

Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507
Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar KC. 1 ZD948
Royal Air Force - Lockheed L-1011 TriStar KC.1 ZD948 (msn 1157), at RAF Fairford in Autumn 2005, during runway repairs at RAF Brize Norton. Date: 2005

Fleet Air Arm plane practising deck landing, WW2
A Fleet Air Arm Plane practising deck landing on a special runway Date: circa 1941

Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584 (MSN 18567), airborne command post. (Overshot runway at Pope AFB, NC, undercarriage collapsed)

Piper PA-28 G-BCIE
Piper PA-28-151 G-BCIE (msn 28-7415405). (Written off on 27 May 1999 when it landed long at Perth/Scone Airfield, ran out of runway and overturned.) Date: circa 1995

Gates Learjet 23 D-IHAQ (msn 23-027), of H. Quandt, at Prestwick Airport, during its delivery flight in 1965. (This aircraft was written off at Zurich Airport, on 12 December 1965)

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar KC. 1 ZD948
Royal Air Force - Lockheed L-1011 TriStar KC.1 ZD948 (msn 1157), at RAF Fairford in Autumn 2005, during runway repairs at RAF Brize Norton. Date: 2005

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1A XX278
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1A XX278 (msn 103/312103), on the runway at RAF Valley in February 1998. Date: 1998

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1A XX321
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1A XX321 (msn 164/312146), on the runway at RAF Valley in February 1998. Date: 1998

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 56-0689 (msn 464060) at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. before construction of the American Air Museum building

Lockheed L-1329 Jetstar-6 N871D (msn 5067), of Abakan-Avia (written-off at Luton Airport in a runway over-run on 29 March 1981). Date: circa 1966

World War II Lancaster bomber takes off
Vintage World War II photograph - Lancaster bomber takes of from runway lit with oil in an attmept to disperse fog

Port Columbus Airport, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Date: 1937

Idea for an air port on the Thames, London 1940
Artists (quite ludicrous) idea, suggesting a central London airport on the River Thames near Charing Cross station. Date: 1930

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

View of Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Holland. Date: early 1960s

Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Aerial view of Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, USA, a large military airport. Date: circa 1940

Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ARCZ
Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ARCZ, at Redhill aerodrome circa 1970. Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 1 June 1984 when crashed near Stapleford, Essex

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

Thai paratroop trainee jump over Royal Air Force Sembawang
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 11: The paratrooper jumped out from the airplane door to Sembawang airport, Singapore. You can see runway at the downside

Vickers Viscount 708 G-ARER (msn 012) of Maitland Drewery Aviation at Southend Airport. Registration history: First flown on 3 July 1953

LONDON AIRPORT 1950S
One of the B.O.A.C. Speedbird Aeroplanes of the Argonaut class being towed from the hangar at London (now Heathrow) Airport. Date: 1950s

LONDON AIRPORT 1960S
Watching the aeroplanes on the runway at London (now Heathrow) airport, including an Aer Lingus, Irish International Airlines plane. Date: 1960s

at RAF Stanley
View across the runway to the 1312 Flight pan, jammed tight with Lockheed C-130 Hercules, both visitors and resident 1312 Flt C-130K tankers

Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa early 1970s

St. Louis Municipal Airport - Lambert Field - Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Surabaya, Indonesia - matting runway
Surabaya, Indonesia. The matting runway used by Ross and Keith Smith during their England to Australia flight in 1919. Date: 1919

New Extended Gatwick Airport, South London 1958
Illustration by George Horace Davis, showing the transport links by road and railway to the new extended international Gatwick airport, and the 7000ft long runway with reflective lights

Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport

Lockheed Lodestar, South African Airways
Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ASN, belonging to South African Airways. Date: 1940s

Cover design, A Look at London Airport. 20th century

Poster, Air France, Barcelona to Paris in three hours. 20th century

Greater Cincinnati Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Aerial view of the Greater Cincinnati Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Gravel pit arrester being tested by RAF
Testing a gravel pit arrester for stopping runaway jets, using an RAF lightning jet fighter. The idea was that an aircraft unable to stop before the end of the runway would be brought quickly

Boarding a Plane 1960S
Passengers boarding a BEA Trident aeroplane on the runway of London Airport. Date: 1960s

Lancaster Taking Off
The City of Lincoln is just one of 7378 Lancaster bombers built during WW2 - the most successful heavy night bomber used by the R.A.F. Maximum speed is 462 km/h. Date: 1942 - 1945

Young girl at an airport, with a Swissair passenger plane out on the runway. Date: circa 1970s

Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, with an Eastern Airlines Douglas DC3 on the runway. Date: 1937

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