Take Off Collection

Lilienthal No 11 Glider
Otto Lilienthal Taking-Off in His Normal Segelapparat Number 11 Gleitflug, at His Fliegeburg in Lichterfelde, Germany Date: 1895

Graf Zeppelin Takeoff
GRAF ZEPPELIN People mill around as the Airship prepares for take off

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIU
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)

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

Sopwith Pup taking off from HMS Repulse, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane taking off from the B turret of HMS Repulse during the First World War. Date: October 1918

British Bristol F2B biplane preparing for takeoff, WW1
A British Bristol F2B biplane with members of 22 Squadron on an airfield, being prepared for takeoff during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Radioplane SD-1 surveillance drone developed from the OQ-19 family, seen on its zero-length launcher for JATO (Jet-Assisted Take-Off) boosted take-off. Date: circa 1953

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina N610FF
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) N610FF (msn CV-399) of Barringer Research Limited, based in Toronto, Canada. The aircraft is seen at London Heathrow Airport for the 60 Years of Heathrow

Boeing B707 F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean
Boeing B707-328B F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean (msn 18459, line no.335), of Air France. First flown on 12 March 1963, delivered to Air France on 30 March 1963

Grumman G-79 XF9F-2 Panther 122477, 3rdt prototype of the F9F and second XF9F-2, powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, taxiing for take-off at the Naval Air Test Centre Patuxent River, Maryland

Hawker Siddeley Andover C. 1 XS603
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1 XS603, of No.CXV Squadron, at Boscombe Down, taxiing for take-off. Date: circa 1990

Dewoitine D. 7 No. 3
Dewoitine D.7 No.3, about to take-off, flown by Marcel Doret at an unknown air race in France, on 13 September 1923. Date: 1923

Vickers Valiant WB215
Vickers 671 Valiant WB215, the second prototype, seen at the SBAC Farnborough International Air Show from 3-9 September 1956

Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat N212KA (msn D.902, ex BuAer 121528), fitted with a passenger compartment in the fuselage. This aircraft was destroyed on 12 December 1968 when the engine failed on take-off

Lockheed S-3A Viking 158864
United States Navy (USN) - Lockheed S-3A Viking 158864 (MSN 394A-1012), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for storage from June 1978 to March 1984

Auster J-5F Aiglet Trainer G-ANSV (msn 3124). This air craft was written-off on 11 August 1965, after attempting a take-off from a field after a forced-landing. Date: circa 1960

Cessna 172B Skyhawk ZK-BYH (msn 172B-47797). (This aircraft was written off on 4 December 1965 at Birch Hill airfield after over-running the strip on take-off). Date: circa 1963

Cessna 336 Skymaster ZK-CGF (msn 336-0168), at Ardmore, NZ. (Written off on 24 April 1978, when the rear propeller nut detached during take-off) Date: 1964

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 Series 1A N1135MK
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1A N1135MK (msn 25019), of Kewitt Construction Company. (Written off at Des Moines on 24 February 1966 after an aborted take-off with collapsed undercarriage) Date: 1965

Fuji FA-200 G-BEUK
Fuji FA-200-160 G-BEUK (msn FA200-284). (G-BEUK crashed on take-off at Glebe Farm Airstrip, Stockton, Warminster, on 8 January 1998) Date: circa 1995

Wallis WA. 116 G-ARZB
Wallis WA.116 G-ARZB Little Nellie (msn B.203, ex XR943), at Kirmington in June 1974, ready to taxi for take-off after Ken Wallis hand Started the rotor. Date: 1974

Airmark-Wallis WA-117 Series 1 G-AXAR (msn G/403/X). on the piano keys before take-off at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held from 4-10 September 1972. Date: 1972

Short S. 25 Sandringham 4 VP-LVE
Short S.25 Sandringham 4 VP-LVE Southern Cross (msn SH.55c, ex JM715), of Antilles Air Boats, registered in British Virgin Isles. View from the cabin during take-off at Calshot, in October 1977

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)

Fokker C-31A Troopship 85-1608
United States Army - Fokker C-31A Troopship 85-1608 (msn 10668, F27-400M), of the Golden Knights Parachute Display Team, taxiing for take-off. Date: 1997

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A G-PBYA Miss Pick Up (msn CV-283), seen flying in the colours of Canadian Vickers OA-10A Catalina 44-33915

Dassault Mirage IVP 25 - AX
Armee de l'Air - Dassault Mirage IVP 25 - AX (msn 25), of Escadron de reconnaissance strategique (00-091), at Base aerienne 112 Reims-Champagne on 14 September 1997

Fokker C-31A Troopship 85-1607
United States Army - Fokker C-31A Troopship 85-1607 (msn 10652, F27-400M), of the Golden Knights Parachute Display Team, taxiing for take-off. Date: 1997

Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter MM54226 - 4-23
Aeronautica Militare - Lockheed TF-104G-M Starfighter MM54226 / 4-23 (msn 583D-5767, ex 63-12685), of 4 Stormo, having last chance checks before take-off, at Grosseto Air Base, on 30 March 1998

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

Hawker Siddeley Andover C. 1 XS603
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1 XS603, of No.CXV Squadron, at RAF Wattisham, taxiing for take-off. Date: 1984

Slingsby T. 59D Kestrel 19 CFU
Slingsby T.59D Kestrel 19 CFU (msn 1762, BGA 1515), ready for take-off at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Sikorsky H-34B 80+20
Deutsches Heer (German Army) - Sikorsky H-34B 80+20, on the point of take-off. Date: circa 1965

McDonnell RF-4B Phantom
United States Marine Corps - McDonnell RF-4B-25-MC Phantom 153099Y (msn 1391), of VMCJ-2 Playboys. Whilst flying with VMFP-3 153099 stalled and crashed on take-off from Tinker AFB

Lockheed L-300-50A Starlifter N4141A (msn 300-6110), a civilian Starlifter used as a demonstrator, lined up for take-off somewhere in Europe

Boeing 707-379C PP-VJK (msn 19822, line number 726) of VARIG (Viacao Aerea RIo-Grandense). First flown on 28 June 1968, VJK was delivered to VARIG on 4 November 1968

Martin XB-51 46-0685 Ordered as a Martin XA-45 but redesignated XB-51 in 1948. 46-0685 was used in filming of Toward the Unknown as the fictitious Gilbert XF-120 and crashed on take-off from El Paso

United States Air Force - Lockheed F-94A-5-LO 49-2498 (msn 780-7020) built as a Lockheed EF-94A-5-LO, assigned to Flight Testing Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and redesignated EF-94A

Republic XP-91 Thunderceptor 46-0681 4 May 1949: 0680 (1st prototype) first flight. 14 October 1949: 0681 first flight. Summer 1951:engine failed on take-off summer 1951 at Edwards AFB

Claude Graham-White in his Farman biplane, preparing to take-off in front of a crowd. Date: 1911

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

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

United States Navy - McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee 123307 (msn 170, unit code NA:, call-sign 95) of VC-4. The F2H-2N was a single-seat night-fighter with an AN-APS-19 radar in the nose

Folland Fo. 139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo.139 Midge G-39-1, taxiing for take-off at Chilbolton, Follands flight test base. First flown at Boscombe Down on 11 August 1954, the Midge was used to demonstrate the feasibility of W.E.W

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

The Brown 1931 Southdown Skysailer on take-off at Ditchling Beacon. The Southdown Skysailer was designed by Leeroy Brown and built by him with assistance for the members of the Southdown Skysailing

Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk. IF V8341
Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF V8341, on take-off with the undercarriage retracting. Visible on the leading edges outboard of the engines are the receive antennae of the AI Mk.IV airborne

Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina Cessna 206 Stationair
Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina (GNA) Cessna 206 Stationair GN-805, taxiing for take-off. Date: 1980s

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