Classic Aircraft Innovations

Vintage aircraft on display, including seaplanes and military models, highlighting aviation advancements and preparations for missions.

Airplane crashed in a field

T-6 Texan aircraft on flight line at Hector Field circa 1947.

Aircraft and Airports - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

World's Largest Flying Boat Will Carry Eight Jeeps - This giant flying boat, one of twenty now nearing completion for the Navy, is capable of carrying as cargo. The eight jeeps lined up underneath its wing at the Glenn L. Martin seaplane base on Middle River near here. The huge flying boat will be christened "Hawaii Mars" at launching ceremonies here today. July 21, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

R.A.F. Aircraft Types. - The Handley Page Halifax *****The Handley Page Halifax - ***** the new four-engine bombers of the R.A.F. Bomber ***** has a span of 99 feet, a length of 70 ***** is 22 feet high. It is powered with four ***** Royce Merlin engines. In build it is a mid ***** with twin fins and ***** assembly.A Handle Page Halifax bomber. September 12, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

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Off for A Raid.One of our magnificent bombers taking off from a bomber station "somewhere in England". October 15, 1940. (Photo by L.N.A.)

992 B - Trans World - Airlines. September 22, 1949. (Photo by Trans World Airlines).;992 B - Trans World - Airlines.

Atlantic Flight Crossed In 17 Hours -- Picture taken at Le Dourget, Paris, shows the question Mark Plane, with Capt. Costes and M. Bellonte leaving on their historic flight from Paris to New York. October 24, 1930. (Photo by Photopress).

France Flies Biggest Air Liner -- This giant French Airliner, the S.E. 2010 "Continental" recently completed its first test flights near Toulouse. The prototype, seen here at Toulouse, January 6, has a cruising speed of over 300 mph and can carry 88 passengers on three decks. It has four motors totalling 10,600 H.P., weights 70 tons and has a wingspan of 50 metres, a length of 40 metres. January 08, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Two aircraft S 16 in the air, 1940s . Two aircraft S 16, marked 25 and 30, respectively, in the air above field.

Departure of the first Consolidated Pby-5A Catalina Maritime Patrol Amfibie (registration 16-214, 1951-1956) of the first Consolidated PLAYER FACTORY-5A CATALINA (registration 16-214, 1951-1956) (MLD) on Sept. 14. 1951.

New Aircraft for The Royal Navy. The "Gannets" ***** on the runways after a flight ***** the remarkable features of this *****. The Royal Navy's first unit of Fairey "Gonnet" aircraft, designed solely ***** anti-submarine work, was officially inaugurated at the Royal Naval ***** at Ford, Sussex. Now a "super priority" aircraft ***** "Gannet" will eventually replace the ***** built "Avenger" now serving with the *****. April 6, 1954. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. A Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 Squadron RAF prepares to take off on a patrol over the North Atalantic from Kaldadarnes, Iceland.

CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE AIRFIELD: Until the landing strip is completed, planes like this Curtiss C-46 land in the mud-covered area near the runway.

This Heinkel Bomber Just Landed In Italy And Attracted American, British, Yugoslav And Italian Soldiers Who Curiously Mill Around The Plane.

North American P-51 "Mustang" With Arrows Indicating Formation Lights. These Lights Are Used During Night Formation To Organize Formations Of P-51 "Mustangs" Of The 78Th Fighter Group Based At 8Th Air Force Staton F-357 In Duxford, England. 29 April 194

"Guba" - Flying Boat. July 15, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).;"Guba" - Flying Boat.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Haagse Courant. Plane transavia. August 15, 1967

In a flower covered field in France a CG-4 Glider stood ready for the first snap take-off since D-Day on foreign territory. The take-off was successful under the supervision of Col. Glynne M. Jones, of 9th Troop Carrier Command.

R.A.F. activities. Plane taxiing out Ramleh Aerodrome. 1934, Israel, Ramlah

Past, Present and Future of Pacific flight. Twenty years ago Pan American World Airways established the first trans-Pacific airline with the famous China Clipper (top). These flying boats, Martin-built M-130's, had a top speed of 130 miles per hour. December 07, 1955.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on shuttle mission to Russia.

Anefo photo collection. Strato Cruiser "Norway" by AOA at Schiphol. January 12, 1950. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Air Feeding -- Heavy demands on fuel by jet engines are met here by this unique air-feeding system. The aircraft - a Gloster Meteor (shadow visible on ground lower right) - has a special fuel intake pipe in its nose. Pilot flies right in behind an Avro Lincoln fuel-bearing aircraft, slips his fuel pipe into the big black nozzle. Refueling is accomplished quickly and the jet plane can go on with its flight, without the inconvenience of landing. April 9, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Maospati Madioen airport. A military plane (a Dakota) lands. 19 April 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Fog and mud delayed the departure of the visiting U. S. Air Force units from Melbourne today.One of the two American KB29 flying-tankers bogged down in, mud at Melbourne airport when it was taxi-ing from in front of a hangar.Airport towing cars and trucks freed the four engined giant after about 20 minute.The 100,000 lb. plane with 12 men aboard, then took off for Sydney nearly half an hour behind it companion tanker. May 27, 1955.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A four-engine plane from Skyway has landed and is on the platform of an airport. Flags were stabbed from the cockpit. A tank car in tanks. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Airline collision at Hillegom. April 14, 1954. Hillegom

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Piper L-4J cub grash shopper exploration of military aviation. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

North American Aviation's "over-475-mile-an-hour" P-82 Twin Mustang flies side by side with a P-51 Mustang, the world's fastest propeller driven airplane before advent of the P-82. February 4, 1946. (Photo by North American Aviation, Inc.)

Air Cargo - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

High angle view of a fighter plane in flight, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, December 1941

Winging out to sea, this Martin B-26 Marauder of the first Tactical Air Force, leaves behind a smoking bridge at Ventimiglia, on the Riveria Railway. On the wing and fuselage of the planes can be seen the insignia of the French Air Force which is

Vintage Photograph. All metal glider sores over Wright Patterson Air Force Base as it comes in for a landing

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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

"Fearless Freddie", a Hollywood stunt man, clinging to a rope ladder slung from a plane flown by A.M. Maltrup, about to drop into automobile below: automobile not shown, circa 1920

Arrival of the plane with the delegation of Governor A.H. Neijs for a visit to the Leprozerie Pelantoengan, 1931 photograph Arrival of the aircraft of the Royal Dutch-Indian Aviation Company with the delegation of Governor A.H. Neijs for a visit to the Semarang leprosy in Pelantoengan in May 1931. Loose photo in the folder with remembrance photos of the visit offered to Governor A.H. Neijs. Semarang photographic support Pelatoengan

HR.MS. Flying Campschip Karel Doorman (2) (1948-1968), Opening Seahawk

Paris International Air Show 1953. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Two Flying ofrtresses collided in mid-air over England recently but due to excellent piloting, both were able to land safely at their home base. This photo shows damaged rudder and verticle fin being inspected by part of the ofrtunate crew. Tail

Subjects: Jim King Collection; Transportation; Aircraft; Aircraft; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

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R.A.F. Buys This Aircraft - The Lockheed P2V Neptune, an American long range anit-submarine reconnaissance aircraft on service with the U.S. Navy. Rockets are being used for jet-assisted take-off in this picture. March 5, 1951. ;R.A.F. Buys This Aircraft - The Lockheed P2V Neptune, an American long range anit-submarine reconnaissance aircraft on service with the U.S. Navy. Rockets are being used for jet-assisted take-off in this picture.

A Republic AT-12 Guardsman aircraft in flight near Chino, California

Photo collection Government information service. DIAS Schiphol Continuous series of 10. Undated. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Low angle view of an aircraft in flight, Twin Engine Cessna

Solent flying boat of British Overseas Airways Corporation. January 1, 1951. (Photo by Whites Aviation Limited).

he North American P-51 'Donna-Mite' Of The 352Nd Fighter Squadron, 353 Fighter Group, Lands At Its English Base After An Escort Mission Over Europe. February 1945

Paris International Air Show 1953. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

British Overseas Airways Corporation and Qantas, 1940-1945. An Armstrong Whitworth Ensign of BOAC landing at Khartoum, Sudan.

Rain Makers.. CSIRO Radio Physic Rain Physic Group -- The New Avro Anson of the Rain Group working with a RAAF Dakota. On the wing of the Anson can be seen the silver Iodide smoke generator that sprays the clouds with the mixture.The usual process is to spray from the bottom it being lighten Pierces the clouds and causes the Rain to falls. The Anson will work from Wagga. August 18, 1955. (Photo by Gordon Herbert Short/Fairfax Media).

Meiktila Reserves -- Reserves For Seventeen Divisions Were Flown From Palel, India To Meiktila, Burma, Through The Efficient Efforts Of The 1St And 2Nd Air Commando Groups. Here, A 1St Air Commando Douglas C-47 Is En Route To Meiklita, Flying Over Mounta

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Hawker Hurricane. Hurricane Mark I, P2728, parked outside a hangar at Gosport, Hampshire, while on the station strength. The aircraft later served with No. 607 Squadron RAF and was shot down over Kent by German fighters on 9 September 1940.

First French Jet-Propelled Plane Tested -- An experimental jet-propelled plane - the first constructed in France - Rests atop the French four-Motored plane "Languedoc" Oct. 21 before being taken up 9,000 metres for its first flight. The French engineer Leduc, who designed this jet plane, said the test was successful. The flight was made from the Francazal Airfield, toulouse. In this photo the pilot is already in the jet plane, called "Leduc ready for the take-off. October 24, 1947. (Photo by Ass

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fairey Battle. Battle Mark Is of No. 12 Operational Training Unit, lined up at Benson, Oxfordshire.

Crowds Greet China Clipper - Here is the China Clipper, which will make the first Air mail flight of Pan American Airways' Transpacific service November 22, Tied up to the float at her home Base, Alameda Airport, today After her arrival from Miami Via San Diego and Los Angeles. This picture gives a good Idea of the size and the lines of the huge four-motored flying boat. A portion of the crowds which greeted the clipper may also be seen on shore. November 11, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Lockheed YP-38 (1943)

A right underside view of a Soviet Tu-4 Bull bomber aircraft in flight. (Substandard image). Country: Unknown

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Kuma class cruiser taking...

Paris International Air Show 1953. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Poll photo collection. National Aerial Jource Holland. The CIERVA Autogiro PH-HHH (Donna Dulcinea) of the Dutch Aviation School in Rotterdam Waalhaven is ready to get ready, the instructor takes place, two mecanicians watch. 1935. Rotterdam, Waalhaven

Aircraft and Airports - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mayo Composite Aircraft Ready For Flight -- A view of the two components of the Mayo Composite aircraft in position at Messrs. Short Bros. yard at Rochester, Kent.The two planes which go to make the Mayo Composite aircraft have now been put together and the whole is ready for trials. The mercury, a seaplane, is mounted on the Maia, a flying-boat the Maia whilst in the air. February 9, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. At Schiphol, aircraft are treated against snow and ice deposits. December 27, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Europe - Skidding On Snowy Runway, This Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, After Landing, Crashed Into Parked Lane, Note Man Running From Accident.

Airplane in flight

Poll photo collection. Berlin airport - Tempelhof. Engines with propellers of the Fokker F.XX PH-AIZ Herring Gull. October 1934. Berlin, Germany

The 'Norge' airship, hired from Italy by Amundsen, at the start of its flight over the North Pole. From Spitzbergen it made a 17-hour flight to Alaska. Date: April 1926

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Loading car on to New Zealand Rlys (Railways) Airlift Freighter plane, 24 March 1959, Wellington, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of Adkin Family, 1997.

Republic P-47D-15-RE Thunderbolt Serial 42-75855 of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Boxted.

Spanish Civil War, August 30, 1938. One of the pieces taken by the nationals from the enemy: the "Rata" plane.

Boeing 314 Airplane

Anefo / London photo collection. Fokker C.VII W Explorations of the MLD on the aircraft seat of a Dutch cruiser .. 1933

US Army fighter plane in flight

Researchers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory conducted an extensive investigation into the composition of clouds and their effect on aircraft icing. The researcher in this photograph is installing cameras on a Beach AT-11 Kansan in order to photograph water droplets during flights through clouds. The twin engine AT-11 was the primary training aircraft for World War II bomber crews. The NACA acquired this aircraft in January 1946, shortly after the end of the war. The NACA Lewis icing research during the war focused on the resolution of icing problems for specific military aircraft. In 1947 the laboratory broadened its program and began systematically measuring and categorizing clouds and water droplets. The three main thrusts of the Lewis icing flight research were the development of better instrumentation, the accumulation of data on ice buildup during flight, and the measurement of droplet sizes in clouds. The NACA research

Airplane P1 SpaMannjagaren Motifs: Airplane P1 The savings hunter marked number 97 from F 1 Hässlö is on an airfield.

SK 50 / SAAB 91 at F 8 BARKARBY CA 1950-1951 SK 50 / SAAB 91 landed on F 8 Svea Flight Fleet at Barkarby about 1950-1951. Photographed by Georg Eriksson, consignificant on F 8 during these years.

The Dornier Do X seaplane - landed at Southampton Water after a flight from Amsterdam to Calshot on November 10th 1930 under the command of Captain Christiansen. 1930

The Imperial Airways new Empire Flying-boat 'Canpous' taking off. December 7, 1936. (Photo by Flight).;The Imperial Airways new Empire Flying-boat 'Canpous' taking off.

Paris International Air Show 1953. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A B-17G Flying Fortress of the 490th Bomb Group taxies along the runway at Eye.

Principality of monaco. boat show.

Two planes flying in the clouds

Anefo photo collection. Lockhead "Shooting Stars". July 1, 1948

Bering Sea Expedition - Postman Artic Style (7 of 9). Swooping down over the ice, a Coast Guard PBY from the Air Detachment at Kodiak, Alaska, makes an aerial pick-up of the NORTHWIND's mail. Note the plane's tail hook, poised to snatch the line. The postman had to ring only once. On the first attempt, he hooked the line from which the mail bag was suspended. Members of the NORTHWIND's crew crouch on the ice as they steady the vertical poles which hold the line.

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CLARK AFB, PHILIPPINES--After a perfect crash landing, a U.S. Air Forces C-119 "Flying Boxcar" rests in low tides off Luzon island in the Philippines. One engine of the giant cargo craft failed and the other engine began vibrating, forcing the

A BREGUET BR1150 ATLANTIC (SP-13A) maritime patrol range (1969-1984) above the Starbaan of Marineliegkamp Valkenburg.

Poll photo collection. View from the cockpit of a KLM plane. 1948. America

Launching of the USS Toro (SS 422) at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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North American P-51 "Mustangs" Parked On The Line At A 14Th Air Force Base In China.

Aviation 863I - Hastings. March 19, 1948.

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