Tests Collection (page 3)

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman attaches sensors to a patient. Date: 1972

Horse doping tests in a laboratory, Newmarket
Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat pours a sample from a large glass jar into a smaller container as part of the testing process at the Horse Doping Test Centre in

Cattaneos Rocket Plane
Italian pilot Cattaneo tests his rocket-powered monoplane. Date: 1932

Albatros D Va German fighter biplane, believed to have belonged to a Bavarian Jasta, seen here with wheel chocks and the mechanic holding the tail down during engine running tests

Firefighters training at Lambeth HQ, extinguishing an oil fire using water fog

Mr Attlee attending hosepipe tests at Wimbledon, WW2
Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965. The firefighter is retrieving a motor cycle tyre from a burning oil tray, in crouch position

Recruit undergoing heart tests, WW1
Testing a new recruit whose heart conditions the Army authorities are doubtful about. Rather worryingly, the photograph shows the man sitting with one bare foot

Dr. Griffith Pugh, leader of the British medical team for the 1968 Mexico Olympics, peforms high altitude tests, checking an athletes heart readings during a five-minute race

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

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

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

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

Focke Achgelis Fa223 Drache (Dragon) during mountain tes?
Focke Achgelis Fa223 Drache (Dragon) during mountain tests in 1944

Saab J29A takes-off during tests with the aid of JATO bo?
Saab J29A takes-off during tests with the aid of JATO bottles

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

The Granville R-6H, NR14307, QED, during engine tests the evening before the start of the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

A Grumman Hellcat pilotless aircraft is catapulted away
A Grumman Hellcat pilotless aircraft is catapulted off the carrier Shangri-La, off San Diego, California, during tests, c.September 1952

Miles M18-1T, U-0222, when fitted with a tricycle undercarriage for ground tests

The sole Curtiss XP-87 Blackhawk, 45-59600, at the Columbus, Ohio, plant of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, where it carried out taxi tests prior to shipping to Muroc Army Air Base, California

Messerschmitt Me163 Komet during tests at Peenemunde
Messerschmitt Me163 Komet during tests at Peenemest in 1941. Date: 1941

Messerschmitt Me163A V1 Komet prototype during tests at Peenemest in 1941. Date: 1941

Jaguar S07 XW563 during a ten-day servicing appraisal
Jaguar S07, XW563, during a ten-day servicing appraisal exercise. Over 200 separate tests were completed. c.March 1971. Date: 1971

Martin XP6M-1 Seamaster during structural tests in its Baltimore hangar

Dassault Etendard IVM during tests aboard Clemenceau 1960
Dassault Etendard IVM during tests aboard Clemenceau, 1960. Date: 1960

The Northrop XB-35 during taxi tests at Northrops Hawthorne, California, plant

Bristol-Coanda Monoplane during wing loading tests at Filton

Saunders-Roe A33 K4773
Saunders-Roe A33, K4773, following structural failure of the mainplane during high-speed taxy tests in the Solent

The first prototype Avro Shackleton MR1 VW126
The first prototype Avro Shackleton MR1, VW126, during propeller tests at Hatfield

The prototype Supermarine Seagull V, now identified as N-2, during catapult tests at RAE Farnborough in January 1934. Date: 1934

Objects used in soaring tests. Hargrave Slide 54

The fin of the sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW
The fin of the sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, immediately prior to taxy tests on 3 September 1939. Date: 1939

The first Bristol Britannia G-ALBO undergoes engine test
The first Bristol Britannia, G-ALBO, undergoes engine test prior to taxy tests. 14 August 1952 at Filton. Date: 1952

The first Hawker P1127 XP831 during hovering tests
The first Hawker P1127, XP831, during hovering tests

The first Hawker P1127 XP831 during tethered hovering test
The first Hawker P1127, XP831, during tethered hovering tests

Vought F8U-1 Crusader comes in for a landing
Its arrester hook down, a Vought F8U-1 Crusader comes in for a landing during instrumented tests of new arresting gear installed on Hensley Field, Dallas

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965

LCC-LFB fire engine trials at Crystal Palace
The Merryweather Hatfield pump was first developed by Merryweather of Greenwich in the late 1890s. By 1916 the decision was taken to move totally to motorised fire engines

NFS-London Region open water exercise, WW2
Four heavy units and trailer pumps at work by an emergency dam undertaking a pumping exercise

An oil fire test at Shoeburyness, Essex, WW2
Firefighters put out an oil fire during a test at Shoeburyness, Essex

Japanese navy department tests balloons in front of the American Consulate. Date 1867

ALASKA PIONEER WOMAN
A modern Pioneer woman, a kind of American District Nurse, who looks after kids whose parents are working, tests simple illness and gives advice about kids, Alaska, USA Date: 1930s

Medal, Derby Scholarship Tests
Medal for a 1st Prize in the Derby Scholarship Tests. Date: 1924

Mitchell Hedges tests a sub machine gun, 1921
Archaeologist and explorer Mr. F.A Mitchell Hedges(1882-1959) demonstrates how to hold a Thompson sub machine gun, which was invented during World War One

Test your Strength
A man tests his punch at a fairground sideshow, while some impressed onlookers gather round to watch. Date: 1950s

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