Trials Collection (page 3)

Bellanca XSE-2 9186
Bellanca XSE-2 A-9186. The Bellanca SE was a Carrier-based scout, with 2 seats intended as a scout aircraft for the United States Navy (USN)

General Airborne XCG-16A 44-76193 at Clinton County Field, Wilmington, OH.. Designed by Hawley Bowlus and Albert Criz, the sole General Airborne Transport Co

Grumman XA2F-1 Intruder 147864. The first prototype of the A2F Intruder (later A-6), at around the time of its first flight

Short SC. 1 XG905
Short SC.1 XG905, the second SC.1, on the tether rig at Belfast for initial tethered flight tests. The firstt SC.1, XG900

Heston Type 1 Phoenix G-AESV, owned by Standard Telephonics at Brooklands. G-AESV was impressed into the Royal Air Force as X2891for No.24 Squadron; Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at

United States Air Force - Lockheed F-94C-1-LO Starfire 50-0957 (msn 880-8002), at Naval Air Station China Lake, with weapon release camera on the fin leading edge, for trials

George Stephensons Rocket 1815
George Stephensons Rocket, coming first in Rainhill Trials, 1829. Date: 1815

United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223. Built as a landplane for racing and engine development testing, the XF3W-1 was later fitted with a pair of floats and also a single float with stabilisers

Hawker-Siddeley Buccaneer S. 2B XW988 of the RAE
Hawker-Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XW988 of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at RAE West Freugh, on static display at RAF Boscombe Down in July 1990

Avro York C. 1 LV639
Avro York C.1 LV639, the fourth prototype York, used for paratroop dropping trials from a hatch in the belly, but was found unsuitable due to slipstream effects. Date: circa 1943

Sea Vixen at Yeovilton
de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 XJ481 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton. XJ481 was used for various electro-optical equipment trials but is seen fitted with a Ferranti LRMTS

Sporting Spaniel Societys Field Trials, 1907
The Sporting Spaniel Societys Field Trials near Mansfield, Notts. Date: 1907

First British Aerospace ATP, G-MATP, at Rovaniemi, Finland
The first British Aerospace ATP, G-MATP, at Rovaniemi, Finland, during cold weather trials

The first Irish Water Spaniel club trials, 1908
The first working trials of the Irish Water Spaniel Society, near Mildenhall, Suffolk. 1909

The Irish water spaniel club trials, 1909
A page from The Illustrated Sporting Dramatic News, reporting on the Irish water spaniel club trials near Mildenhall, Suffolk, 1909. 1909

An early production Fairey Gannet AS1, probably WN341, d?
An early production Fairey Gannet AS1, probably WN341, during carrier trials aboard HMS Eagle in October 1953

Concorde 206 G-BOa during its first visit to Las Vegas
Concorde 206, G-BOa, during its first visit to Las Vegas during successful Braniff proving trials from 10-14 December 1978. Date: 1978

The second Gloster Javelin F(AW)8 built XJ125
The second Gloster Javelin F(AW)8 built, XJ125, was used by Armstrong Siddeley for development trials on the Sapphire Sa7R

Gloster Javelin F(AW)4 XA632 a Gloster trials aircraft
Gloster Javelin F(AW)4, XA632, a Gloster trials aircraft

The fifth Gloster Meteor F1 EE214 / G
The fifth Gloster Meteor F1, EE214/G. Before going to 616 Squadron this aircraft was used for ventral fuel-tank trials

Safari trials with vehicle, Africa. 1929

Inoculation by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a man smuggly and confidently going through a series of injections by different doctors, on different parts of his body

Alfred Dreyfus
ALFRED DREYFUS French soldier, wrongfully accused of espionage and condemned to Devils Island; eventually exonerated after a series of sensational trials. Date: 1859 - 1935

Sir Robert Christison
SIR ROBERT CHRISTISON Scottish medical, specialising in jurisprudence - he was an expert witness in the Burke & Hare and other trials - and in toxicology. A keen climber. Date: 1797 - 1882

Zeppelin Lz-4 Trials
ZEPPELIN LZ-4 She makes her trial flight over the Bodensee (Lake Constance) Date: 1908

Rumpler D I German fighter biplane (serial no. 1589/18) which came too late to take part in the First World War. It was apparently difficult to build

Pfalz DV II German single-seat fighter biplane, completed in late 1917, not progressing beyond the prototype stage. Seen here with other planes, taking part in competitive fighter trials at Alderhof

Fokker D II biplane at Adlerhof trials
German Fokker D II biplane at Adlerhof trials. It went into operation in early spring 1916, but was found to lack agility. Date: 1916

Avro 503 or Type H sold to German Navy
Avro 503 or Type H, a two-seater floatplane which made its first flight on 28 May 1913. Ironically it was sold to the German Navy, and is seen here undergoing their acceptance trials at Worthing

Thought to be a 1900 Benz Vintage Car, England. And thought to be at the London Brighton Car Race/Trials 1905 Date: 1904

Avro Tudor II G-AGRY
The second Tudor II completed G-AGRY undertook tropical trials for the Ministry of Aircraft production. Afterwards flown during the Berlin Airlift and then by Airflight and Air Charter

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)

Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller (1905 - 1980)
Attorney-General, Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, who led for the prosecution in the spy trials of 1961. Date: May 1961

Lord Parker of Waddington (1900 - 1972)
Lord Chief Justice Parker of Waddington (Hubert Parker), who passed sentence in the spy trials of 1961 Date: 1961

Judgment on the Captain of K�ick
Judgment on the bogus Captain of K� ick, Wilhelm Voigt. The tables turned: D Langerhaus, Burgomaster of Koepenick

Shamrock I and Shamrock III
During trials for the 1903 Americas Cup off the New York coast, Shamrock III, the challenger that year, races against the challenger in 1899, Shamrock I

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

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

Jeek the puppy on bath day
Jeek the mongrel puppy undergoing the trials and tribulations of bath day. Date: 1940

HMS Raleigh, cruiser, during her sea trials Date: 1920s

Badminton Glos
Badminton, Gloucestershire, viewed across the lake : the estate is famous for its horse trials and other sporting associations. Date: 1820s

Augustus Jessopp
AUGUSTUS JESSOPP English churchman, rector of Scarning, Norfolk, author of Trials of a country parson and other writings. Date: 1823 - 1914

Cyril Frank Uwins, 1896-1972, flew into third place at t?
Cyril Frank Uwins, 1896-1972, flew into third place at the 1926 Lympne Aeroplane Trials in the Bristol Brownie

Westland Wyvern TF1 during carrier trials

Standard-built Handley Page O / 400, 62448, during trials
Standard-built Handley Page O/400, 62448, during trials by the US Air Service over Aberdeen, Maryland, proving range with a 4, 000lb bomb in September 1921

Westland Welkin, DX340, carried out trials powered by two Merlin RM16SM engines with chin radiators

A flyingboat lands on the Thames, Hammersmith during trials
With limited facilities at Croydon Airport, plans for a new airport at Hammersmith, London, were considered. A flyingboat lands on the Thames during trials, with Hammersmith Bridge in the background

Cabinet Ministers at Salisbury for Army Aviation trials inspect a Martin Handyside in 1912

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