Trolley Gallery

Fairey Campania two-seat seaplane

Fairey Campania two-seat carrier-borne reconnaissance or coastal patroller seaplane, which entered production in early 1917. It was mounted on a wheeled trolley for takeoff from a ship's flight deck. Seen here is the fifth aircraft produced, serial no. N1004, with its wings folded for ease of storage aboard ship. Date: circa 1917-1918

© Hugh W. Cowin Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505

Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505 (msn 41H/680085, ex XJ632 and G-9-356), on the line with armourers preparing the ADEN gun pack for removal. A replacement gun pack rests on a trolley in the foreground, This aircraft is preserved at Jurong in Singapore. (The Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN, ADEN being an acronym for Armament Development ENfield, is a 30 mm revolver cannon used on many military aircraft, particularly those of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Developed post-World War II primarily to meet Air Ministry's requirement for increased lethality in aircraft armament, the cannon is fired electrically and is fully automatic once it is loaded.) Date: circa 1972

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans A The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

Railway station at Kettering, Northamptonshire

Railway station at Kettering, Northamptonshire, on the Leicester and Hitchin Railway route, with people waiting with their luggage on opposite platforms. Date: 1857

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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