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Historic Aircraft at Airports

Vintage aircraft from various decades displayed at airports. Captures include military planes, cargo carriers, and passengers boarding, set against cloudy skies.

Vintage Photograph. TWA Super G Constellation with wing-tip fuel tanks, elongated radar nose and two separate passenger entrances.

Anefo photo collection. 75 tons of heavy armagnaz plane at Schiphol (Sageta). September 27, 1955

Anefo photo collection. Visit from the Canadian Governor General Roland Michener, are. Arrival of the guests at the Twente airport. 15 April 1971. Overijssel, Twente

By itself, the cargo-carrying fuselage or "pod" of the revolutionary new Fairchild XC-120 Packplane looks just like what it is - a trailer - truck of the air. The "pod" is easily towed away from the plane, either empty or full of cargo or equipment. October 01, 1950. (Photo by Dan Frankforter, Fairchild Aircraft).;By itself, the cargo-carrying fuselage or "pod" of the revolutionary new Fairchild XC-120 Packplane looks just like what it is - a trailer - truck of the air. The "pod" is easily towed

Douglas Dakota max by Royal tour. March 9, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Bus transport KLM from plane to lobby. April 19, 1956

Anefo photo collection. 75 tons of heavy armagnaz plane at Schiphol (Sageta). September 27, 1955

Anefo photo collection. National Air Aviation Day Schiphol, O.A. Visit students. April 20, 1954. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

For Substratosphere Flights - The huge $300, 000 Boeings Stratoliner pictured recently after it landed at the grand central air terminal here after a flight from its home base in Seattle, Washington. The plane was flown by Howard Hughes, Noted sportsman and pilot, who will take it into the Substratosphere on several flights soon. July 17, 1939. (Photo by Wide World Photo).

Trip to New York and Connecticut: Commencement Address at Yale University, 11:30AM. View of Air Force One at Tweed New Haven Municipal Airport in New Haven, Connecticut; President John F. Kennedy traveled to New Haven to attend commencement exercises at Yale University. Members of the Second Company, Governors Foot Guard of Connecticut march in background (right of airplane).

Vintage Photograph. TWA Super G Constellation with wing-tip fuel tanks, elongated radar nose and two separate passenger entrances.

Anefo photo collection. DC-8 Teaching plane from KLM makes emergency landing with two jumped tires, Schiphol; DC-8 after landing with fire brigade. September 28, 1970

Anefo photo collection. First flight Amsterdam Paramaribo. 19 May 1949. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

First Canadair Brings Newfoundi And Atc Boys -- The Canadair aircraft coming in at Northolt today.A Canadiar aircraft, one of the type which Britain is purchasing from the Canadair company, and the first to land in this country, brought with it a detachment of Newfoundland ATC cadets when it touched down at Northolt airport today. The lads are on a visit to this country, and a reciprocal visit of British cadets will be made to Newfoundland when the plane leaves again for Canada on Friday. August 04, 1948. (Photo by Fox).

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

Britannia Leaves For Jo'burg -- Airliner takes off from the Airfield at Filton, near Bristol, England, yesterday March 12 En Route to Johannesburg, South Africa, and New Tropical test lasting five weeks.Aboard are 42 Technicians and crew members. At the controls is wing commander Walter Gibb, Bristol aeroplane Company's assistant chief test pilot. March 13, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Fokker F7 from 1927 returns to Schiphol. December 30, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Missing KLM Super Constellation Hugo de Groot. August 14, 1958

No Subject Heading. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Schiphol airport overviews. December 15, 1962

475 - Italian Flat aircraft. April 14, 1949.

Poll photo collection. Berlin airport - Tempelhof. 3rd from left Harry Laponder, 4th of the left pilot Willem Beekman at the Fokker F.XX PH-AIZ Herring Gull. October 1934. Berlin, Germany

Vintage Photograph. International Arrivals Building and Control Tower at New York International Airport with plane at gate. Frame 1

The Douglas DC6 which was bought by the Australian Government at cost of £250,000 and is to be used here as a passenger plane. April 24, 1948. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

New Helicopter Demonstrated -- A new tandem-rotor, two-place helicopter designed for such jobs as crop dusting, pipe line patrol and forest fire spotting is demonstrated for the first time here today. The craft, built by McCulloch Motors Corp., can climb 1,520 feet per minute or travel horizontally at 100 miles per hour, according to its builders. March 20, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Water Type Muffler Test

Anefo photo collection. Montage Avio-Bridge for passengers at Schiphol. April 13, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. First Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 from Pan am Landt at Schiphol. The Boeing 747 taxite to the arrival place at Schiphol. July 2, 1970. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

All Aboard For Air Travel Everywhere! Carrying their own baggage, passengers board the newest Lockheed regional transport, the Saturn, conceived by Lockheed to fill the need for a special kind of airplane to meet the exacting performance, payload and economy requirements of small towns served today only by surface carriers. Hundreds of people were questioned by Lock-heed's experts to see just what this regional transport should look like. They wanted to know what the Saturn should carry in the w

The arrival of the Nepalese royal couple king Mahendra and Queen Ratna at the Soesterberg airbase.

USA, New York, La Guardia Airport, landing plane

Paris-Saigon-Wings of Mercy. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage photograph. Nose of DC4

A plane taxiing off to the main runway at the municipal airport, in Washington, DC, July 1941

DN-SN-85-05923. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Qantas Aircraft Series. "Turn Around" complete the Super Constellation is towed from the hangar. October 7, 1955. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

TAA plane, John Batman. February 23, 1955.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC airbases. Dakotas (Douglas C-47) from the Royal Navy at an airport. April 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Municipal Airport, Washington, D.C., USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1941

USA, Washington DC, National Airport with plane in foreground

Anefo photo collection. Review of aircraft engines. February 21, 1949

Anefo photo collection. First Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 from Pan am Landt at Schiphol. The Boeing 747 to the pier on the platform. July 2, 1970. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Photo collection Government information service. New Guinea, a Twin Pioneer plane from the crown pigeon, a subsidiary of the KLM for the domestic transport in New Guinea. undated. New Guinea

Jimmy Durante Outnosed This unusual view of the nose of a giant C-124 Cloberaaster gives Comedian Jimmy Durante a good run for his money. The picture was taken Just after the aircraft had taxied to the parking ramp of an airlift base somewhere in Korea. The 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) which operates the airlift between Japan and Korea carrying troops and cargo recently placed the C-124 into regular service. The huge aircraft can carry 200 troops or 127 litter patients with attendants or 3

Vintage Photograph. Northeast airline used for flight from Worcester to Miami in Worcester Massachusetts.

The Royal Plane This morning's picture from London Airport where the BOAC Stratocruiser Canopus is being prepared for its flight to the West Indies with Princess Margaret on Monday afternoon next. January 26, 1955.

Airport in Warsaw. Aircraft standing on the airport plate; Photography from the series to the photojournalism "Please open!" (from the work of the Customs Office at the Foreign Station of the Airport in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

British Aircraft On Show To The World -- The Vickers Armstrong "Nene Viking" at the exhibition.The annual exhibition of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, which opened yesterday at Farnborough, Hampshire, introduced some of the latest British aircraft to the public and the world. September 08, 1948. (Photo by Fox Photos).

High angle view of an airplane at airport, Lockheed Prop-Jet Electra

Vintage photograph. People boarding constellation airliner of Trans world airlines

Vintage Photograph. Cargo area - John F Kennedy International Airport.

Douglas C-54 "Skymaster"Parked On Kadena Strip Preparing To Load The 187Th Para-Glider Troops. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 29 August 1945.

Seville, 12/27/1971. San Pablo Airport in Seville, where a part of the fuselage of the second Mercure airplane prototype, which was built in collaboration with the Spanish aeronautical industry, was shipped to France.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival urns victims of the Franeker (Bombay). July 25, 1949

Vintage Photograph. Passengers boarding a vintage Eastern Air Lines aircraft in the 1950s.

Vintage Photograph. Planes and flight deck at airport.

Anefo photo collection. Residentie orchestra to New York left, Willem van Otterlo (second from the left) in the middle of the members of the orchestra. March 5, 1965

Missing Comet: Oil Patch Sighted -- A picture of the lost Comet airliner, G-ALYY which is to-day the subject of an intensive search. A large patch of oil was found in the sea ***** by an Italian corvette which is engaged ***** search for the missing aircraft. The oil ***** found at a point 80 miles south of ***** della Campanella, on the extreme ***** tip of the Sorrento Peninsular. The ***** which should have reached Cairo ***** GMT last night, had left Rome at 6.25 ***** last message by radio was 'over ***** climbing.!This picture ***** when the Comet, carrying 36 passengers ***** Santa Cruz airport in a bad weather ***** attempt in July, 1953, setting down ***** on a tiny nearby airstrip, blowing out the ***** July 16, 1953.

German Heinkel III aircraft, in Spain, during the Spanish Civil War

Anefo photo collection. Car accident on the Rijksweg under Gouda. A heavily damaged truck in the central reservation. October 23, 1963. Gouda

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration Russian helicopters at Schiphol. March 14, 1966. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Youth aviation day 1960 at MarineLiegkamp "Valkenburg" The naval gentlemen are viewed by the youth. April 20, 1960

10/17/1967. At the Barcelona airport, the blessing of the second Iberia reactor was celebrated, which was baptized with the name "city of Barcelona".

Anefo photo collection. Arrival DC2 (on Dekschuit) at Breederfabriek Schiphol, the famous "Uiver" will flue again between London and Melbourne. September 3, 1983. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

This is an image of a Seabee NC 741 and Widgeon NC 722 aircraft at Yakutat. Subjects: Work of the Service; Aircraft; Aviation; History. Location: Alaska.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival of the onion at Schiphol, after Motorpech in Saoudi Arabie; The onion is covered with flags. March 31, 1984. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. New starting unit at Schiphol. Demonstration at a Comet 46. October 5, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Departure Dutch participants to Maccabiade in Tel Aviv The participants on the plane staircase. August 20, 1965. Israel, Tel Aviv

Anefo photo collection. Heavy fog at Schiphol. February 16, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Finish Of First Pacific Flight -- The airplane after it had landed at Wenatchee. The airplane "Miss Veedol" piloted by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr., photographed just after it had landed at Wenatchee, Washington, after completing the first non-stop flight from Japan to America. They shed their landing gear shortly after leaving Japan, to lighten their load, which made the landing at their destination a very precarious one. December 16, 1931. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Navy USS Macon Moored at south circle, Mt. View from inside Hangar 1

Vintage Photograph. KLM Super Constellation at Tocumen Airport. Passengers pass the Gelegert Statue.

Freight being unloaded from moving truck onto American Airlines plane

Anefo photo collection. Three DC8 beam aircraft from KLM. May 20, 1960

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration Russian helicopters at Schiphol. March 14, 1966. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Lockheed Hudson. August 9, 1947

Vintage Photograph. Freight handling at night at the Kennedy International Airport. Frame 1.

Creator: External Affairs Office Anchorage AK. Subjects: Jim King Collection; Transportation; Aircraft; Amphibious vehicles; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

NC-130B in front of NASA Ames Research Center Hangar. A Study of STOL Operational Techniques. BLC instrumentation

Putting the Guba into the water at Rose Bay prior to her Pacific Flight. June 14, 1939.;Putting the Guba into the water at Rose Bay prior to her Pacific Flight.

Vintage photograph. Convair Liner 340 in flight

Anefo photo collection. Departure Korea volunteers from Rotterdam. August 28, 1952. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Doping KLM device Ellehammer in Copenhagen. September 11, 1957. Denmark, Copenhagen

Anefo photo collection. First DC 10 for KLM lands at Schiphol, DC 10 on platform. December 16, 1972

Anefo photo collection. Schrase Dakota at Schiphol for her first flight. September 2, 1963. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Douglas DCGA by Mrs. Damme. July 21, 1953

The Record Breaking Comet II Arrives Back In England -- General view of the Comet II ***** it landed, most of the people who welcomed the ***** in were the workers that helped to make it.The record-breaking Comet II first of the new series of bigger models, arrived back in this country this afternoon at Hatfield ***** On its outward journey, the jet airliner established a new record from London to ***** by covering the 3,080 miles in six hours 22 minutes. February 06, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival first KLM DC8 at Schiphol, DC8 on the platform. March 25, 1960. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Commissioning of new cleaning combination at Schiphol. September 3, 1958. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

SO-1310 Farfadet, Convertible Helicopter. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Trip to South America: Caracas, Venezuela, arrival, 9:00AM. Air Force One sits at Maiquetía International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela, following the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

DN-SN-89-03481. Country: Unknown

Vintage Motor Cars for Industrial Fair (a Peugeot Valentigney, 1896; Gladiator, 1901; and Oldsmobile, 1901). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

1940S Rear View Of Boy & Girl Standing Together Looking At Propeller Airplane Outdoor

Anefo photo collection. Sinterklaas arrives with Fokker Friendship. The Sint is welcomed by the director of Fokker. December 4, 1961

Low angle view of an airplane taking off, Boeing 737, Seattle, Washington State, USA

Anefo photo collection. Arrival President Eisenhower in Bonn, interest in the Eisenhower plane. August 26, 1959

in crains austalia little popular plane parking in the airport

Vintage photograph. Man seen servicing the engine on the new PanAm clipper.

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