Tailplane Collection

Grumman S2F-1 or YS2F-1 Tracker
United States Navy - Grumman S2F-1 or YS2F-1 Tracker. An early pre-production or production Tracker, fresh off the production line, on the flightline at Bethpage for flight testing

Saunders-Roe P. 531-1 G-APNV
Saunders-Roe P.531-1 G-APNV (msn S2/5268), the development prototype of the P.531 with full-span tailplane and external hoist, seen at the 1958 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, 1-7 September

Keeler-Cornelius Fre-Wing X182W (msn PW-1). In the mid-1920s George Wilbur Cornelius started a program of experimentation on variable incidence wings, forming the Cornelius Aircraft Co

United States Air Force - Boeing RB-50F Superfortress 47-159 (msn 15843), built as a B-50B-60-BO, 47-159 was modified for reconnaissance with navigational radar, cameras and ElINT equipment

Dr C. Thomas frightens birds with flare, Manchester Airport
Dr (now Professor) Callum Thomas, in 1987 the countrys only full-time bird scarer, fires a maroon flare to frighten birds at Manchester Airport

Natives repair tailplane (McCarthy Island). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Barnwell notebook for a 2-seater scout. Page 1: Size of tailplane and elevators 1. 17 January 1916. Date: 1916

Short SB5 WG768 with the P1 tailplane position
Short SB5, WG768, with the P1 tailplane position

Sopwith 7F1 Snipe B9966
Sopwith 7F1 Snipe, B9966, with a redesigned experimental tail unit which incorporated a two-part tailplane

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