Trials Collection (page 2)

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Harland and Wolff date book
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Extremely rare Harland and Wolff hardbound employees build/date book chronicling the history of the ships built at the yard

Vickers VA. 1 hovercraft G-15-252
Vickers VA.1 hovercraft G-15-252, under way during trials off Southampton, 27 October 1961. Date: 1961

Vickers VA. 3 hovercraft G-15-243
Vickers VA.3 hovercraft G-15-243, under way during trials on the Solent, 17 May 1962. Date: 1962

Vickers Wellington B. III BK461, with Dunlop Compacta tyres
Vickers Wellington B.III BK461, at Honiley with Dunlop for trials of its Compacta wheel covers. Seen with the smallest diameter wheels fitted

Poster, Indianapolis 500 Time Trials, May 1975
Indianapolis 500 Time Trials, 10-11 May and 17-18 May 1975, promotional race poster. 14 x 22 inches. Date: 1975

The Trial of Louis Riel, Regina, Canada
The Courtroom Trial of Louis Riel in Regina, North-Western Territory, Canada. He was on trial for his leadership of the North-West Rebellion of Spring 1885, in which the Metis people

Dog Trials
Canines being put through their paces at dog trials held at Crystal Palace. Date: 1931

RMS Queen Mary, hull and propellers
RMS Queen Mary's hull and propellers were subjected to minute inspection before her official trials Date: 1930s

McDonnell Douglas F-15A-4-MC Eagle 71-0287
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-15A-4-MC Eagle 71-0287 (MSN 0009/A008), the ninth F-15 built, used for a wide variety trials and testing at Edwards Air Force Base

McDonnell Douglas F-15B Eagle 71-0291
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-15B-4-MC Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002). The second TF-15A / F-15B, used for trials and testing

Grumman F-11A Tiger 141824 (msn 141), on display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.. Taken from the bone yard by Grumman

Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander G-AVUB (msn 9), of the Hants & Sussex Aero Club at RAF St. Mawgan during July 1968. (AVUB was used for trials on board the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes)

AJEP W-8 Tailwind G-BALR
AJEP W-8 Tailwind Series 1 G-BALR (msn TW4-381), at Southend Airport in October 1977. This aircraft was destroyed when it flew into Steeple, Scoat Fell, in bad weather on 29 February 1984

Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L. Rawson flying over Alexandra Palace, London. Date: 22nd July 1905

North American F-100F Super Sabre N418FS
North American F-100F-15-NA Super Sabre N418FS (msn 243-272, ex 56-3996, GT-996, N3251X), of Flight Systems Inc / Hunting Flight Trials Group, at RAF Binbrook on 22 August 1987. Date: 1987

United States Air Force - Boeing NKC-135E Stratotanker 55-3135 (MSN 17251), an instrumented tanker during refuelling trials with an F-16, at Edwards Air Force Base on 3 April 2018

Aviation legere de l'armee de Terre - Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II 0010 / ABN (msn F4060010), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 21 to 15 July 2006

Dassault MD. 312 Flamant F-AZAI (msn 228), w/o at Issoire 05/09/1999 Date: circa 1988
Dassault MD.312 Flamant F-AZAI (msn 228), w/o at Issoire 05/09/1999 Date: circa 1988

Sud-Aviaton SO. 4050 Vautour IIN 348 - F-AZHP
Sud-Aviaton SO.4050 Vautour IIN 348 / F-AZHP (msn 348), operated by CEV (Centre d'Essais en Vol) for radar and missile trials. Date: circa 1995

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak 51-1346
Republic F-84F-1-RE Thunderstreak 51-1346, on display at Rickenbacker ANGB, Columbus, Ohio.. Used exclusively for trials and testing, this aircraft was assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

Beech NC-12B Huron 161311
United States Navy - Beech NC-12B Huron 161311 (MSN BJ-28)m converted for sonobuoy trials. Date: circa 2000

Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 142256
United States Navy - Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 142256 (MSN 11582), the prototype YA3D-2P photo-reconnaissance version, modified for use in several special reconnaissance missions and trials

Beech T-34C 161800
United States Army - Beech T-34C 161800 (msn GL-195), one of six acquired from the US Navy for use in trials and testing at Edwards Air Force Base and Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Date: circa 1990

North American F-107A-NA 55-5119 (msn 212-2) Originally ordered as F-100B but constructed as F-107A, first flown on 28 November 1956

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Hereford: Automobile Club Small Car Trials 1904
In 1904 The Automobile Club organised a trial of light cars from August 29 to September 3, on routes radiating daily from Hereford for six days

modified Douglas B-26 Invader makes a jet assisted takeoff
Vintage World War II photograph - official US military photo: modified Douglas B-26 Invader makes a jet assisted takeoff during trials in Florida

Page from The Tatler featuring a photograph of a group at the 8th birthday part of the Master of Carnegie, son of Lord and Lady Maud Carnegie (formerly Princess Maud of Fife)

W Cochran with model plane at first Aero Club Trials
W Cochran holding his model plane at the first Aero Club Trials, Alexandra Palace, London. 1907

Trials at the Law Courts -- two barristers in action. Date: 1892

Sir Malcolm Campbell in Sunbeam on Saltburn Sands
Sir Malcolm Campbell in his 350 hp Sunbeam on Saltburn Sands, North Yorkshire, during speed trials in June 1922. 1922

Auto Union during speed trials on Avus motor racing track
Rear view of Auto Union racing car during speed trials on the Avus motor racing track when the car first made its appearance. 1934

Auto Union with enclosed cockpit during Italian speed trials. 1935

Wolseley Team for Isle of Man Eliminating Trials
Early Motor Car Racing - Wolseley Team for the Isle of Man Eliminating Trials, 1904. 1904

Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials
Early Motor Car Racing - Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials (left to right) Stocks, Fuller, Mayhew, Jarrott, Edge, Earp. Date: 1903

Isle of Man Course, Gordon-Bennett Cup Race
Early Motor Car Racing - Isle of Man Course, English Eliminating Trials, Gordon-Bennett Cup Race of 1904. 1904

Argonne Circuit, Gordon-Bennett Cup Race
Early Motor Car Racing - Argonne Circuit, French Eliminating Trials, Gordon-Bennett Cup Race 1904. 1904

Trial of Charles I of England
From a print in Nalsons Report of the Trial of 1684

Automobile club reliability trials, 1903
The Automobile Club reliability trials: notes at the Crystal Palace and of the run to Margate. Date: 1903

Prototype De Havilland Iris I biplane, possibly undergoing trials on a loch. Date: circa 1926

German field guns being tested at the secretive Krupp works at Essen in 1916. The weapons were put through extensive trials to ensure the gun-mechanism could withstand the rigors of travel during

McDonnell F-4D Phantom II 65-0770A
United States Air Force - McDonnell F-4D-28-MC Phantom II 65-0770A (msn 1840), at Lambert Field, Missouri on 30 May 1971, with McDonnell Douglas for testing and trials. Date: 1971

Vickers VA. 1 hovercraft
Vickers VA.1 hovercraft, (G-15-252) at Royal Naval Air Station Lee on the Solent, for trials. Date: circa 1961

Boeing P-12J 32-42 (msn 1538, Model 234) built as a P-12E, 32-42 was converted to P-12J, by fitting a Pratt & Whitney SR-1340H supercharged engine and a special bomb sight

Royal Air Force - Hawker Hurricane IIc PZ865 Last of the Many of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, seen on display fitted with a non-standard four-bladed propeller

United States Navy - Douglas A3D-1 Skywarrior 130356 (msn 9257), seen with JATO bottles fitted for trials. (Note: JATO became superfluous with development of the high-powered steam catapults in)

United States Air Force - North American NF-100F Super Sabre
United States Air Force - North American NF-100F-1-NA Super Sabre 56-3725 (msn 243-1), with the Air Research and Development Command for trials with thrust reversers; seen with experimental thrust

Martin MO float-plane observation aircraft, on catapult trials in harbour. Date: 1924

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