Undercarriage Collection

BAC TSR-2 XR219 in flight with undercarriage down
BAC TSR-2, XR219, in flight with undercarriage down

The first prototype de Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, CF-FHB-X, fitted with a ski undercarriage

Avro Canada CF105 Arrow I 25201
Avro Canada CF105 Arrow I, 25201, after undercarriage failure at touchdown, 11 June 1958. Date: 1958

FAIREY FLYCATCHER
This is the main fighter used by the British Fleet Air Arm during the 1920s : depicted is the seaplane version, in which floats replace the undercarriage

Dornier Do 335 V1 CP-UA (1st prototype)

Boeing B707 F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean
Boeing B707-328B F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean (msn 18459, line no.335), of Air France

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

Rausch Star 250 N8186H. The Star 250, 12-seat ttricyce undercarriage conversion of Beech TC-45G N8186H. Date: circa 1960

Polikarpov UTI-4 fighter trainers, captured by German forces during Operation Barbarossa

Helmy Aerogypt II G-AFFG, at Heston Aerodrome. The Aerogypt was designed and built by Saleh Helmy at Heston Aerodrome, initially with a hinged roof, acting as a landing flap

Fairchild EC-82A-15-FA Packet 44-23004
United States Air Force - Fairchild EC-82A-15-FA Packet 44-23004 (MSN 10048) converted to EC-82A with tracked all-terrain undercarriage units 1945-1951. Date: 1948

Vickers Valiant WB215
Vickers 671 Valiant WB215, the second prototype, seen at the SBAC Farnborough International Air Show from 3-9 September 1956

Beech Model H18 G-ASNX (msn BA-663), of the Cameron Iron Works Ltd. of Leeds, Yorkshire, at Gatwick Airport in April 1969

Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584 (MSN 18567), airborne command post

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 Series 1A N1135MK
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1A N1135MK (msn 25019), of Kewitt Construction Company. (Written off at Des Moines on 24 February 1966 after an aborted take-off with collapsed undercarriage) Date: 1965

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

McDonnell Douglas T-45A Goshawk 163638
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas T-45A Goshawk 163638 (msn A040), jacked up for undercarriage functionals. in the hangar Date: circa 2000

Convair CV-990 N810NA - NASA 810
Convair CV-990-30A-5 N810NA / NASA 810 (msn 30-10-29, ex N5617), the Landing System Research Aircraft, used for testing the Shuttle Orbiter undercarriage systems. Seen Date: circa 1998

AMX international AMX
Aeronautica Militare - AMX international AMX, of 3 Stormo at Amendola Air Base, near Foggia, on jacks with undercarriage removed for maintenance - inspection

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk P-144
Royal Danish Air Force - de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk P-144, seen with ski undercarriage, circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Vickers-Slingsby Vega Sport ECL

Vickers-Slingsby Vega Club ELD
Slingsby Vega Club ELD, circa 1982

Airspeed AS. 5 Courier G-ADAY
Airspeed AS.5 Courier G-ADAY (msn 27), of Portsmouth Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation (PSIOWA)

Mitsubishi 2MR1 Tobi reconnaissance biplane. Designed and built for an Imperial Japanese Army Air Service competition for a reconnaissance aircraft

L-W-F Model H Owl - AS64012
L-W-F Model H Owl AS64012, in later guise with extended centre nacelle and four-wheel main undercarriage

XNBL-1 AS64215 main undercarriage bungee shock absorber
Main undercarriage unit bungee shock absorber of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303)

Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215 main undercarriage
Main undercarriage unit of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303), during manufacture at Witteman-Lewis Co

Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk. IF V8341
Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF V8341, on take-off with the undercarriage retracting

Royal Air Force Fairey Swordfish III (Searchlight), fitted with a searchlight under the starboard wing for night attacks and ASV radar between the undercarriage legs. - 12th November, 1943. Date: 1943

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito B Mk. IV DK336
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk.IV DK336

Cessna 195 floatplane CF-GCK, with land undercarriage having engine maintenance. Date: 1960s

Sopwith 2F. 1 Camel N7366
RNAS - Fleet Air Arm Sopwith 2F.1 Camel N7366 being started prior to flight.This photo of a Ships Camel shows the lack of hump

Dassault Rafale C 01, at the SBAC Farnborough International Air Show in September 1992

Morane-Soulnier Ms-10 Types During WW1 1915-16 Date: 1915 1916

Curtiss Hawk 81a2 or Curtiss Tomahawk in RAF service
Curtiss Hawk 81a2 or Curtiss " Tomahawk" in RAF service 1940s

Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane
The Kellett Hughes Xh-17 Flying Crane Unusual Design First-Flight of the Then Worlds Largest Helicopter Date: 1952

Hawker Hedgehog, N187 with modified undercarriage and enlarged centresection fuel tank

Hawker Siddeley Andover C1, effect of kneeling undercarriage
Superimposed photograph of the Hawker Siddeley Andover C1 showing the effect of the kneeling undercarriage to ease loading through the rear door

German Gotha G. V heavy bomber, WW1
A German Gotha G.V heavy bomber, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War, mostly for night bombing. Bombs can be seen attached to the undercarriage. 1917-1918

Horsa glider to Normandy by G. H. Davis
Britains Horsa glider -- the mount which carried the airborne spearhead of invasion to Normandy on D-Day, Second World War

Concorde starboard undercarriage and engine intake

The first Fairey Delta 2 WG774 with drooped nose
The first Fairey Delta 2, WG774, with drooped nose and undercarriage down

Tram Construction at Belfast, Electro-Motor Carriage and Tram Base in Finishing Shed - a view of the undercarriage and wheels of a tram and a finished tram base ahead in a large indoor workplace

Tram Construction at Belfast, New Cars Approaching Completion in Finishing Shed - a general view of the finishing shed with tram bodies and undercarriage

Man in overalls working on miniature train
Man in overalls in a workshop, working on the undercarriage of a miniature train. Date: circa 1930s

A hand-made wooden model of a WWI biplane
A hand-made wooden model of a First World War bi-plane with a metal undercarriage. Together with wooden replicas of its pilot and observer. Trench Art

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

de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth, G-aDV, fitted with Short amphibian undercarriage

Undercarriage and wing assembly of a Blackburn RT1 Kangaroo during manufacture

de Havilland DH14A Okapi G-EAPY in its original form
de Havilland DH14A Okapi, G-EAPY, in its original form with two-wheeled undercarriage

Close-up of the port undercarriage and Bristol Perseus XIIC engine installation on the de Havilland DH95 Flamingo

Grahame-White E 4 The Ganymede showing the undercarriage
Grahame-White E.4 The Ganymede showing the undercarriage

Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913) in front of his hydro-bipla
Samuel Franklin Cody, 1862-1913, in front of his hydro-biplane fitted with land undercarriage. Date: 1913

Dufaux Biplane - 1910
Dufaux Biplane. 1910. Ailerons were attached to the rear struts between the planes. The undercarriage was not sprung. 25hp Anzani engine. Date: 1910

Cody No VIA for the Seaplane Circuit of Britain was flown only with land undercarriage. This is the machine in which Cody was killed

Airspeed AS10 Oxford I L4539
Airspeed AS10 Oxford I, L4539, was fitted experimentally with McLaren drift correcting undercarriage

Hawker Audax K3100 - delivered to Canada
Hawker Audax, K3100, was delivered to Canada and fitted with a ski undercarriage

Hawker Hart K3012 was fitted with a Bristol Perseus radial
Hawker Hart, K3012, was fitted with a Bristol Perseus radial and an enclosed cockpit and used for cold weather trials in Canada. It is seen here fitted with a ski undercarriage

Arrester gear hooks on the undercarriage of a Sopwith Pup. The curved strip was an airscrew guard

Junkers Ju287V1 RS-RA prototype
Junkers Ju287V1, RS-RA, prototype with fixed spatted undercarriage and forward-swept wing

Set of old pram wheels in a pond
A set of old pram wheels half submerged in a pond, near a wooden stump

Installing an engine for a diesel locomotive
Three railway engineers install a large diesel engine onto the positioned wheel, axle and undercarriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Assembling an undercarriage
A factory worker assembling the main section of a car undercarriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Flying and ploughing in Weybridge, Surrey
A primitive aeroplane flies over a field which a man and his team of horses are ploughing

Undercarriage of a train
The bootm of a train carriage viewed from the bottom of a pit in a railway shed, cut out of the floor to allow engineers to access the undercarriage for repairs and adjustments

First aid, Ashford Litter
The Ashford Litter, for use in first aid etc. This is the 1899 model, with a two-wheeled undercarriage, prices from 8 10s to 17 2s 6d

8-Horse Rolling Wagon
A team of eight horses pulls a heavy wagon with an undercarriage mounted on four rollers. The text below gives instruction for the operation and loading of the wagon

Petrocsy Helicopter
Austrian lieutenant Stefan Petrocsy proposes a remarkable helicopter design in which the cockpit is above the rotating blades : note, too, the balls serving as undercarriage

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