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Watneys Happy Families - Mr Reid, the Brewer. circa 1930
Reitsch, Hannah, test pilot in sailplane, 19 May 37
A Thor IRBM is launched from Air Force Missile Test CentreA Thor IRBM is launched from the Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick AFB, Florida, USA
The second de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSR ready for flightThe second de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSR, ready for flight test just before dark following the pre-race accident
William Rowland Ding (1885-1917 )William Rowland Ding, 1885-1917, chief test pilot for Blackburn Aircraft. He is shown here sitting in the cockpit of a modified Handley Page G in 1914. Date: 1917
Townshend Esp TestTesting a hypnotised subject for ESP : the hypnotiser holds up a card, concealed from his subject who tries to name it. Townshend found mesmerism enhanced psi ability
Artists impression of the Hall-Scott A-8 500hp inline engineArtists impression of the Hall-Scott A-8 500hp 12-cylinder inline engine on a test stand
The first Hawk XX154 during its second flightThe first Hawk, XX154, during its second flight, 22 August 1974, chief test pilot, Duncan Simpson, again at the controls. Date: 1974
Psychometric TestA young woman, wired up to a Psychometer machine, undergoes a psychometric test. Date: early 1930s
The Egg Test For Brakes / W H RobinsonIllustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library
Gas mask trialsA trial of gas masks, to test their effectiveness
H. Verity after Englands 1934 Test Match victoryHedley Verity (1905-1943), cricketer, resting in his hotel in London with a newspaper after Englands victory against Australia at the 1934 Test Match
The King with the English cricket teamKing George V, accompanied by Lord Cromer, President of the M.C.C and Mr. R.E.S Wyatt, the captain, shakes hands with the English cricke players at Lord s. Left to right are:- Mr. C.F Walters, H
V T Trumper - CricketerVictor T Trumper - Australian Test cricketer
EYE TEST / 1958The school matron tests the eye sight of a few young boys
Testing RasmussenApparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained
Spirit Photo BoddingtonH Boddington and a female spirit form, photographed under test conditions
Joule / Electricity TestJames Prescott Joule, English physicist, measures the rate at which heat is produced by an electric current. The joule, a unit of work or energy, is named after him
Black and white television test card. 1950s
Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a vis?Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a visit to Rotol Ltd, Gloucester. Capt N.F. Harrison, DSO, SaF, extreme right; and H. Read, Rotol Instruction School, in civilian dress
Geoffrey Haig Pike, test pilot, de Havilland, alongside a de Havilland Vampire
Robin Lindsay Neale, Chief Test Pilot, Boulton Paul Aircraft, alongside the Boulton Paul P108
Brothers Maurice, left, and Joseph ?Mutt? Summers, Vick?Brothers Maurice, left, and Joseph ?Mutt? Summers, Vickers test pilots, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
Leader Class. Loco number 36001 - Seaford TerminalLeader Class. Loco number 36001, in siding at Seaford Terminal station before departure for Brighton via Bexhill and Crowhurst
Vought F-8 Crusader. An early F-8 - F8U, at the Naval Air Engineering Laboratory, on Mustin Field, part of the Philadelphia Naval Yard
Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789 ( Percival P.46 G-AMBL), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. The High Lift was a one-off experimental, flying test-bed for the system of slotted flaps invented by R.T
Leduc 0. 21 01, mounted on a S. E. 161Leduc 0.21 01, mounted on its SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother-ship, parked next door to the second 0.21, also mounted on a Languedoc mother-ship
Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507Convair 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
Max Holste MH. 260 Super Broussard F-WJDVMax Holste MH.260 Super Broussard F-WJDV (msn 001), in the colours of Royal Air Maroc with French test registration, but not delivered at the 1961 Paris Air Show. Date: 1961
United States Navy - Douglas F3D-1 Skyknight 123751 (msn 7058, unit code FT, call-sign 751) of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC), at Patuxent River Naval Air Station (PAX) Date: circa 1950
Wright (Armstrong Siddeley) J65 Sapphire turbojet engineWright J65 (Armstrong Siddeley) Sapphire turbojet engine. The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was a British turbojet engine licence- Built in the United States by Curtiss-Wright of the Wright
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
Slingsby T. 7 Kirby Cadet G-ALMXSlingsby T.7 Kirby Cadet G-ALMX of the Handley Page Gliding Club at Radlett, with Handley Page Hastings in the background awaiting flight -test - delivery. Date: 1950s
Supermarine Scimitar Type 544 N113Royal-Navy Supermarine Scimitar N-113 with Steam from the Catapult System During Catapult Tensioning Trials Operating on Aircraft-Carrier Hms Ark Royal Date: 1950s
Squadron Leader Eric George Franklin, OBE - Chief Test PilotSqn Ldr Eric George Franklin, OBE, DFC, AFC, Chief Test Pilot Armstrong Whitworth
Lt Cdr Peter Melville Lamb, DSC*, AFC - Chief Test PilotLt Cdr Peter Melville Lamb, DSC*, AFC (1923-2000), Chief Test Pilot, Saunders-Roe, with the SRN1 hovercraft in 1959. Date: 1959
Group Captain Wilson?s team from the Empire Test Pilots? School at Cranfield visited A. V. Roe and Co Ltd on 19 November 1945. From left: P. Kidson, Avro; R.E. Clear, Airspeed; Sqn Ldr E
Flt Lt Peter G. Lawrence MBE, test pilot, Gloster
Group Captain Charles Joseph Philip Flood OBE, a test pilot at Blackburn
From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and?From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and Sydney Albert ?Bill? Thorn with Avro?s chief designer, Roy Chadwick, alongside Avro Tudor 2, G-ASSU, March 1946. Date: 1946
P. J. Field Richards, Avro test pilot, left, and W. G. N. ?P.J. Field Richards, Avro test pilot, left, and W.G.N. Saunders, Handley Page test pilot, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
Aubrey G. Corbin, test pilot, in the Cunliffe-Owen Concordia, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
Boulton Paul Chief Test Pilot, A. E. Gunn, with his assistantThe newly-appointed Boulton Paul Chief Test Pilot, A.E. Gunn, right, with his assistant Lt R. Mancus alongside a Boulton Paul Balliol, May 1949. Date: 1949
Mr Marsh, Handley Page test pilot (?), left, and Arthur?Mr Marsh, Handley Page test pilot (?), left, and Arthur John ?Bill? Pegg, Test Pilot, Bristol, possibly at the 1946 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 15 September. Date: 1946
Hugh McKlennan Kendall, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page (Reading), at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
Wg Cdr Walter F. Gibb DSO DFC, Bristol test pilot, alon?Wg Cdr Walter F. Gibb DSO DFC, Bristol test pilot, alongside Bristol Brigand RH297 at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
Kellett XR-10, 45-22793, on the day of its first flight?Kellett XR-10, 45-22793, on the day of its first flight at Kellett?s North Wales (PA) plant on 24 April 1947. From left: J.D. Driskill, Chief Test Pilot, Kellett; Col A.T. Culbertson; A.W
Blue Streak test rig installation at Hatfield, c1958Blue Streak test rig installation at Hatfield, circa 1958. Date: circa 1958