Test Collection (page 11)

Crews for British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Seeing in the dark: stringent eyesight tests precede the selection of crews for British night fighters during the Second World War. The men selected have highly developed vision. Date: 1944

Balloon bursting at RAF display by G. H. Davis
Balloon bursting: a new contest at the RAF display. A supreme test of skill in manoeuvring: fast little gamecock aeroplanes ramming elusive balloons that dart rapidly here

Rocket firing tests by G. H. Davis
Firing rockets across half a continent: the new V2 test range. The UK-Australian experimental guided missiles range, with 1200 miles from firing point to coastline

Testing the Hoover Dam, Nevada, USA
Testing the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Nevada, USA - view of the downstream face and the Power House. Date: 1936

Two hundred policemen test stands before Coronation
Two hundred policemen test the strength of the viewing stands along the processional route for the Coronation of King George V in 1911

Atom bombers view of Bikini Atoll by G. H. Davis
Target for annihilation: an atom bombers view of Bikini Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean, with the fleet of warship victims assembled in the lagoon. Date: 1946

Racing yacht tests in a tank by G. H. Davis
Did trials of models bring Ranger victory? Tests in a tank. How science is called in to help the designers of racing yachts in the United States

R. A. M. C. Sanitary Detachment
The Sanitary Detachment of the Royal Army Medical Corps, whose role was to test water and inspect food on the front line. Date: August 1914

Testing a petrol-driven car, Russia
Two men captivate a Russian audience as they test a petrol driven car in 1901. Date: 1901

Firefighter undergoing ergometer test
Fireman undergoing an ergometer test whilst wearing full gear, including breathing apparatus at Lambeth headquarters. Date: 1950s

Behind the scenes in a Test Match
The Australian eleven in their dressing room on the Melbourne cricket ground. In the right hand corner of the picture is C. Hill smoking a pipe. Other players are M. A. Noble, W.P. Howell, R.A

Royalty at Hurlingham: the social side of the polo test, 1921
The royal party at the international polo match: the Prince of Wales(later Edward VIII then Duke of Windsor)(second from left in the front row), King George V(fourth from the left), Queen Alexandra

The Earl of Darnley, Vanity Fair, Spy
IVO FRANCIS WALTER BLIGH, 8th Earl of Darnley (1859-1927) Cricketer who captained England in the first ever Test series against Australia for the Ashes in 1882/83. Caption: Ivo Date: 1859 - 1927

Building the Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

The Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

Training with Hotchkiss Machinegun - Aldershot
Training with a Hotchkiss Machinegun - Aldershot. Date: 1916

August Wassermann
AUGUST von WASSERMANN German physician, notable for the diagnostic blood-test for syphilis named after him. Date: 1866 - 1925

EYE TEST 1933
A little girl with dark hair in ringlets has an eye test, a service provided by London County Council. Date: March 1933

LFB strength test for recruits
LFB strength test -- every recruit must carry a man of approximately his own weight 100 yards in one minute

The whirling table on propeller test at the shed at Bald?
The whirling table on propeller test at the shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim constructed his steam-driven aeroplane, 1890

The second Armstrong Whitworth Siskin II, G-EBHY, on tes?
The second Armstrong Whitworth Siskin II, G-EBHY, on test in Sweden in March 1926

The Maxim 80hp water-cooled, four-cylinder engine for th?
The Maxim 80hp water-cooled, four-cylinder engine for the 1910 biplane in a test rig at Crayford, Kent

Wg Cdr ?Dickie? Martin, Chief Test Pilot, Gloster

The LZ129 Hindenburg over Friedrichshafen during a test ?
The LZ129 Hindenburg over Friedrichshafen during a test flight on 6 March 1936

The first Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, 66-8303, with a Lockheed?
The first Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, 66-8303, with a Lockheed T-33 chase plane, during an early test flight

EWR VJ101C X1 on the control test telescope

EWR VJ101C X2 with afterburners on the test telescope

The first Convair XB-36, 42-13570, before test flights h?
The first Convair XB-36, 42-13570, before test flights had started

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapie?
Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapier engine for test and demonstration work

Vickers Venom, PVO-10 [photograph autographed by Jeffrey?
Vickers Venom, PVO-10 [photograph autographed by Jeffrey Quill, test pilot]

Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-2104, modified to test the Ge?
Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-2104, modified to test the General Electric TF34 turbofan. The combination flew for the first time on 21 January 1971

Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 51-5257, takes off from the Air ?
Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 51-5257, takes off from the Air Force Test Center with the aid of JATO units

Test pilot Alfred William ?Bill? Bedford, OBE, AFC, FRAe?
Test pilot Alfred William ?Bill? Bedford, OBE, AFC, FRAeS, 1920-1996

Gold Prospecting party testing the reef, South Africa Date: 1904

Avro From left: Roy Dobson, Sir John Higgins
Avro. From left: Roy Dobson, ?, Sir John Higgins, ?, H.A. Sam Brown, Chief Test Pilot; Frederick Basil Tomkins, Test Pilot and Roy Chadwick, Chief Designer

Test pilots and staff RFC Farnborough

Bristol Centaurus radial reverse flow test unit, ventral exit type

Bristol Coupled Proteus turobprops under test

Hawker Hart engine test bed, G-ABTN

Miles M18 HL, JN703, used to test a high-lift wing

First prototype of the Sopwith Triplane, N500, at RNAS Chingford. The pilot is Flt Lt Hardstaff, an Admiralty Test Pilot

de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSP, Black Magic (Jim Mollison and Amy Johnson) after a successful test flight prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race, October 1934

The ornithopter flying fox design of Major R F Moore u
The ornithopter flying fox design of Major R.F. Moore under test. Each bat-pattern wing (7 feet span) was flapped on a test rig powered by a gas engine

A Rolls-Royce RB211 in one of six newly-built test beds at Derby. April 1969

The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, during a preliminary taxy test prior to its first flight at Filton, 4 September 1949

Saunders-Roe SR53, XD145, during a ground test

The Royal Aeronautical Society memorial to the R38 and its crew which crashed on a test flight in August 1921

Supermarine Swift F4 WK198 on test
Supermarine Swift F4, WK198, on test before the World Airspeed Record attempt

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