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A series of black and white photographs depicting various military aircraft, including fighters and reconnaissance planes, capturing their majestic structure and flight.

Anefo photo collection. Three aircraft for new Guinea at Schiphol .. July 2, 1957. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Sweden. April 20, 1946. Sweden

Lockheed P-38 "Georgia Peach Ii" In Flight Over Panama.

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

War Theatre #16 (Ladd Field, Alaska), Airplanes - Ground. Douglas A-20 Covered With Snow During A Snowstorm At Ladd Field, Alaska, 15 February 1944.

DN-SN-90-01191. State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Savoia Macchetti, S-82 Italian Troop Transport at Catania, Sicily.

O-47A airplane arrival at Ames Aeronautical Lab The O-47A was Ames first test plane

New empire flying ***** 29 building for imperial airways. October 4, 1950.;New empire flying ***** 29 building for imperial airways.

Lockheed 12A ground tests of cellular type heated wing

Passenger Airplane Junkers Ju 52 Number SE-AFA at Bromma Airport, 1938 Motiva: The Company Aerotransports Airplane Junkers Ju 52 number SE-AFA from the side of Bromma airport. The image scanned from Alan Granston's album. Only digital file in FVM's ownership.

Aviation Aircraft Crop Dusters. March 22, 1950.

North Africa-A Republic P-47 "Thunderbolt" stretches its wings and takes off on its initial test flight.

Aircraft S 14 marked number 67 Aircraft S 14 marked number 67 from F 3 With the engine running stands on a field. In the background, a crowd. View from the side.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC REP. Airports m.l. (Banjoemas, Semarang). A passenger plane rises. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC of No. 166 Wing in flight from Chittagong in India, May 1943. A Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC of a squadron from No. 166 Wing RAF based at Chittagong, formates on the port quarter of the photographing aircraft.

The Hawker FGA-50 Seahawk (radius) yacht plane with registration 61 (1957-1959) of the Marine Aviation Service (MLD) will land at the aircraft deck of the aircraft camp hr.ms. Karel Doorman (R 81, ex-venerable) in 1958. The brake hook on the tail of the hunter has one of the brake cables to grab the flight deck.

Hawker Hunter Fighters England. January 10, 1955.

Australian Mustang Takes ***** - An Australian Royal Air ***** Mustang leaves for the first RAAF strafing ***** somewhere in South Korea. July 10, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The Royal Navy during the Second World War This angle shows the advanced lines of the Blackburn Firebrand torpedo fighter. It will be seen that the cockpit is amidships with a long sweep of cowling ahead of the pilot. The Blackburn Firebrand IV, first single seater torpedo fighter ever built in Britain, during aircraft trials held on the Clyde on board the carrier HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. The Firebrand IV is powered by a Bristol Centaurus engine and is armed with four cannons.

A New Submarine Hunter - A photographic impression of Britain's latest long-range submarine-hunting aircraft - the Avro Shackleton Mark 3. The aircraft is already in production for R.A.F. Coastal Command and also for the South African Air Force. The Mark 3 is an unproved development of the earlier Shackleton. Its great ocean patrolling range is extended by additional fuel storage and improved visibility cockpit, sound proofing and other modifications give increased relief to the crews during t

Anefo photo collection. Flying party at Soesterberg T.G.V. The 45th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, the flying flies of different aircraft. July 5, 1958. Soesterberg, Utrecht

A.N.A. freighter service plane VH-INE. August 16, 1950.

High angle view of two military airplanes on a military base, B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing SB-17, B-50 Superfortress

DN-SN-89-01235. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Flight-Lieut. Whiteman's Mustang after leaving Sydney today on the Tasman record flight attempt. Whiteman's emergency equipment includes an inflatable Mae West lifejacket, a fighter-type inflatable dinghy and emergency rations, shark-repellent chemicals, hard rations and a water condenser. The Mustang airborne over Richmond. July 17, 1953. (Photo by Associated Newspapers Ltd.)

Vickers "Viking" Airliner in *****. April 24, 1947.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RESCUE War

DN-SN-88-07660. Country: Unknown

A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army Air Corps marking was the first ircraft to arrive at Ames. The Circular antenna on top of the canopy is for direction finding. A close look show that help from the front cockpit was needed for directional control when using a rope (instead of a tow bar) to tow the aircraft. (Sept 1940). W.H. McAvoy Ames test pilot returning from an early flight of first test airplane at Ames, a North American O-47A-1 (or 0-47 AAC37-323) This aircraft severed for a short time upon arrival as a research aircraft for heated-wing deicing. NOTE printed in NASA Ames Publications Adventures in Research - SP-4320 57 Years - Flight Research at AMES - NASA SP-1998-3300

Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. Albemarle ST Mark I series 2, P1514, of 'C' Flight, No. 511 Squadron RAF, parked at Lyneham, Wiltshire. One of six Mark I aircraft modified to Lyneham Standard transport configuration and used by the Squadron on the UK-Gibraltar-Algiers route.

Southern Sun - Aviation. January 1, 1931.

Resembles Flying Disc - Navy officials in Washington have said that the V-173 (above), a wingless plane called the "flying pancake", is the only craft they operate which would answer the description of "flying discs" reportedly seen in the Western U.S. Navy officials said, though, that the only plane of this type has never left Bridgeport, Conn. July 5, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).;Resembles Flying Disc - Navy officials in Washington have said that the V-173 (above), a wingless plane called th

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group, Settles Down Gracefully On The Runway At 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England.

A Lockheed P-38 leaves the runway at an air base in Corsica on its way to a mission.

DF-SC-89-11377. Country: Unknown

Poll photo collection. Report Schiphol. Work on the KLM DC-2 Gai starboard motor. 1935. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

"Little America"-England bound.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Barracuda Mk III carrying the lifeboat before the demonstration drop of the navy's airborne lifeboat off Lee-on-Solent. The lifeboat, which is 17 ft, 9 ins long, was dropped by parachute to an air crew who were supposed to have forced landed into the sea. The lifeboat, self-righting, and self-baling is equipped with sails and an outboard engine which gives it a range of 120 miles at 4 knots. It contains special water purifying units, first aid outfits, rations and cigarettes.

A Bell P-39 Airacobra in the NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratorys Icing Research Tunnel for a propeller deicing study. The tunnel, which began operation in June 1944, was built to study the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces and methods of preventing or eradicating that ice. Ice buildup adds extra weight to aircraft, effects aerodynamics, and sometimes blocks airflow through engines. NACA design engineers added the Icing Research Tunnel to the new AERLs original layout to take advantage of the massive refrigeration system being constructed for the Altitude Wind Tunnel. The Icing Research Tunnel is a closed-loop atmospheric wind tunnel with a 6- by 9-foot test section. The tunnel can produce speeds up to 300 miles per hour and temperatures from about 30 to -45? F. During World War II AERL researchers analyzed different ice protection systems for propeller, engine inlets, antennae, and wings in the icing tunnel. The P-39 was a vital low-altitude pursuit aircraft of the US durin

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Opening New Station Building Airport Medan. Junction aircraft. P-51 Mustang. March 30, 1948. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Hermes "Avian" Monoplane - England. Cirrus latest - the low - wing monoplane. January 14, 1931. (Photo by Cirrus Hermes).

Several aircraft parked inside the Flight Research Building, or hangar, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Anefo photo collection. Aircraft at Valkenburg. Hawker Sea Fury. September 17, 1948. Valkenburg (South Holland)

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

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

Aircraft TP 9 No. 78 from F 1, 1947 Motifs: Aircraft TP 9 No. 78 from F 1 Västmanland flying fleet flying over landscapes.

Britain's Four-Jet Delta Bomber May Fly Over Air Show -- An impressive view of Britain's first delta-wing jet bomber - probably the only one of its kind in the world - the Avro 698. The plane made a 36 minutes maiden flight recently, and is expected to put in a flying appearance at the society of British Aircraft Constructor's show at Farnborough, Hampshire. It has been disclosed that the British Government decided to order an appreciable number for Royal Air Force without waiting flight trails.

Vintage photograph. U.S. Air Force North American F-86 Sabre in flight.

DN-SN-90-02270. Country: Unknown

Picture of aircraft Seversky P-35 during flight.The picture was collected in by Evert Ingemansson, probably in connection with his education to fire managers during aircraft scutings 1938-1939 .. Picture of aircraft Seversky P-35 during flight.The picture was collected in by Evert Ingemansson, probably in connection with his training to fire managers during aircraft scutings 1938-1939.

AIRPLANES-Formation

DN-SN-90-02265. Country: Unknown

British Spitfire lands on airstrips in Corsica

A Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 (VAW-117) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft and a Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30) C-2 Greyhound aircraft stand on an elevator aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Base: Rio De Janeiro Country: Brazil (BRA)

Photograph of a Vought V-173, also known as, a Flying Pancake, an American experimental test aircraft built during the Second World War. Dated 20th Century

Aircraft, Burma, India &Maintenance,

French Potez-54 "Flying Laboratory" at a 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing base somewhere in North Africa.

The World's First - Marathon II, the world's first feeder-line propeller-turbine civil transport, which is engaged on flight trials. Built by Handley Page (Reading) Ltd., and powered by two A.S. Mamba engines. This new 22-seater airliner has the high cruising speed of 260 m.p.h., and a maximum range of 900 miles. August 12, 1949. (Photo by Reuter).

This side-rear view of the X-24A Lifting Body on the lakebed by the NASA Flight Research Center shows its control surfaces used for subsonic flight.

Type 97 - Kawanisi Kawa 94 - Torpedo Bomber Floatplane (Naval Air Service), Span 45'-6", Length 38', Height 13'-9", Serial 47. December 30, 1941.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5620 'OL-H', of No. 83 Squadron RAF, leads the queue of aircraft waiting to take off from Scampton, Lincolnshire, on the 'Thousand-Bomber' raid to Bremen, Germany. R5620, flown by Pilot Officer J R Farrow and his crew, was the only aircraft to be lost by the Squadron that night.

Single-seater piaggio. 1935.

A view of a Soviet M-type Bison long range bomber. Country: Unknown

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Two Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers with their wings folded, going out to take off at Royal Naval Air Station Hatston. The folding wings are controlled hydraulically from the cockpit.

Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. Consolidated Liberator Mark I, AL578 'Marco Polo', of No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, being loaded for a Transatlantic flight on the Return Ferry Service at Dorval, Montreal, Canada.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED831 'WS-H', of No 9 Squadron RAF, flown by Squadron Leader A M Hobbs RNZAF and his crew, taking off at Bardney, Lincolnshire, for a raid on the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen, on the shores of Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany.

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25), bottom, escorts a Soviet I1-20 Coot A aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: ' Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory used a Boeing B?29 Superfortress as a testbed for ramjet investigations in the late 1940s. Lewis researchers conducted a wide variety of studies on ramjets to determine basic the operational data necessary to design missiles. Extensive wind tunnel and test stand studies were augmented by actual flight tests. Lewis engineers modified this B?29 so that the ramjet could be stored in the bomb bay. Once the aircraft reached the desired altitude and speed, a mechanical arm suspended the ramjet 52 inches below the bomb bay. The ramjets angle-of-attack could be independently adjusted, and a periscope permitted a view of the test article from inside the aircraft. Researchers took measurements in free-stream conditions at speeds up to Mach 0.51 and at altitudes ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 feet. They then shut the ramjet down and retracted it into the aircraft. The researchers first determined that 14,000 feet was the maximum altitude at which the e

Largest American Experimental Bomber Warms Up At U.S. Air Field. The new American XB-19-A experimental bomber warms up its four, liquid-cooled, engines at an airport in the U.S. Larger than the B-29 Superfortress, the XB-19-A has a 212-foot wingspread and is built to carry an 18-ton bomb load or 124 fully armed men. Its 2,600- horsepower engines make possible high altitude operations and its use of reversible pitch propellers allows a shorter landing run by providing additional braking power. Th

Vultee L-5 carrying litter patient to hospital from a forward strip. This is much smoother riding than a long trip over the road in an ambulance, but the important factor is speed, which means immediate and adequate medical attention.

Ministry of Aircraft Production Second World War Official Collection Captured Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3, DG200, in flight while serving with No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight. Formerly 'Black 12' of 2/JG51, this aircraft force-landed at Manston, Kent, on 27 November 1940, after being attacked by Supermarine Spitfires of No. 66 Squadron RAF over the Thames estuary. After repair at the Royal Aircraft Establishment it was delivered to Rolls-Royce Ltd at Hucknall in February 1941 for engine performance tests. On 8 February 1942 it was passed to the Controller of Research and Development at Hatfield for propeller tests before going on to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down, and, in March 1942, to No. 1426 Flight at Duxford and later Collyweston. In 1943, DG200 was put into storage, eventually moving to St Athan in 1969 for refurbishment. Once restored to its wartime paint scheme, it moved to the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon in 1976, where it is presently on

Artist's concept of the Soviet Su-25 Frogfoot aircraft. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 57, page 57, right. Country: Unknown

A Douglas C-47 Takes On Passengers At The Yunnanyi Air Base, China. Officers And Enlisted Men Are Transported From One Base To Another On Cargo Planes Of The India China Wing, Air Transport Command. July 1943.

Vintage Photograph. Republic F-105 Thunderchief flying over.

Elsevier photo collection. huge grasshopper pavement produce Morocco French Government Encounces amount insect powder hexachloricahlohexane (H.C.H.) Noury & V.D company. purchase land DEVENTET transport record tempo endangered aircraft depart day transported average 7 tons. aircraft loading tons hch foreground. November 19, 1954. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Poll photo collection. Report Schiphol. "Arend" plane from Fokker in a hangar at Schiphol. 1934. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Bell X-1B fitted with a reaction control system on the lakebed

The mission was the synthetic oil refineries at Vienna. The plane broke in two parts but the crew was seen to bail out safely.-Vienna, Austria.

Britain's First Four-Jet Bomber -- The Vickers Valiant in flight over England. This is Britain's first four-jet bomber and a substantial order for the Royal Air Force has already been placed. The Valiant is powered by four Rolls-Royce Avon jet engines. Britain's four-engined Valiant in flight. August 3, 1951. (Photo by Fox Photos).;Britain's First Four-Jet Bomber -- The Vickers Valiant in flight over England. This is Britain's first four-jet bomber and a substantial order for the Royal Air Forc

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Short S.25 Sunderland Sunderland Mark III/Mark V prototype conversion, ML839 A, of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at Mount Batten, Devon, making a test flight off the South Coast. ML839 was refitted with Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 Twin Wasps in place of its Bristol Pegasus XVIIIs by No.10 Squadron

P-51 Mustangs (CS-E, serial number 44-13893) nicknamed 'Caroline', (CS-L, serial number 44-14733) nicknamed 'Ruggie's Ruthie'of the 359th Fighter Group.

An air-to-air left side close-up view of a Soviet I1-14 Crate aircraft as it intercepts an HC-130 Hercules aircraft involved in the search and rescue operations for the downed Korean Airlines 747 (KAL-007). KAL-007 was shot down by a Soviet aircraft when it was suspected of being a surveillance mission over Sakhalin Island. Country: Sea Of Japan

Warplanes Over Los Angeles

The US Air Force loaned a Republic F-84 Thunderjet to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in the spring of 1954. NACA researchers soon modified the aircraft for the first demonstration of a reverse thruster. Republic built over 4000 Thunderjets between 1947 and 1953 for the military as a successor to the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star. TheF-84s became successful multi-use aircraft during the Korean War. The use of traditional wheel brakes on high speed aircraft was problematic because the required braking system would weigh too much. The reverse thruster was developed as a method for stopping these aircraft without increasing the overall weight. Panels in the tail section near the jet engines nozzle opened up during a landing. These extended flaps not only caused resistance to the airstream but also reversed the engines thrust. In June 1964 Irving Pinkel, head of the Lewis Physics Division, oversaw a demonstration of this technology

A Bell P-59B Airacomet sits beside the hangar at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. In 1942 the Bell XP-59A Airacomet became the first jet aircraft in the US. The Airacomet incorporated centrifugal turbojet engines that were based on British plans secretly brought to the US in 1941. A Bell test pilot flew the XP-59A for the first time at Muroc Lake, California in October 1942. The General Electric I-16 engines proved to be problematic. In an effort to increase the engine performance, an Airacomet was secretly brought to Cleveland in early 1944 for testing in the Altitude Wind Tunnel. A series of tunnel investigations in February and March resulted in a 25-percent increase in the I-16 engines performance. Nonetheless, Bells 66 Airacomets never made it into combat. A second, slightly improved Airacomet, a P-59B, was transferred to NACA Lewis just after the war in September 1945. The P-59B was used over the next three years to stud

Lockheed Transport. This image depicts a R50-1 Lockheed Lodestar Transport Landplace, V-188.

The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius as seen from an Italian airfield.

Jeeps. April 11, 1946.

91,591 Overhead view. McDonnell XF-88B Experimental Jet Fighter. Langley used this aircraft in the mid-1950s to explore the potential of a supersonic propeller. Photographed in Engineer in Charge A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen. Page 508. **Note see L57-2259 for eye level view.

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. Halifax Mark II Series 1, W7671 W, of No. 462 Squadron RAAF based at Gardabia Main, Libya, in flight. This example is a standard production machine fitted with a Boulton-Paul typeC mid-upper turret.

Air-to-air right underside view of a Soviet I1-38 May aircraft. Country: Unknown

Britain's First Delta-Wing 'Plane -- Seen in flight is Britain's first 'delta winged' aircraft, the Avro 707, which made its initial flight earlier this month. The stubby aircraft, performance details of which are still secret, will be used for examination of the qualities of delta-wing configuration powered with one Rolls-Royce Derwent gas turbine engine, it is an experimental research aircraft designed to permit controlled flight at and above the speed of sound. The Avro 707 measures 38 feet i

Two aircraft J 9 S from F 3, 1948 Two aircraft J 9 S from F 3 Malmen flying in Rote over Lake Roxen.

Herr Hitler's New Aeroplane, Specially Built For His Personal Use -- A model of Herr Hitler's New plane, as it will look when finished. This model has been presented to the fuhrer by his pilots. Herr Hitler is having built for his personal use a huge focke-wolf "Condor" four-engined plane of the same type that made the first Berlin-New York crossing last summer. The interior will be most artistically decorated to comply with the fuhrer's ideas. It will also enable him to hold conferences in the

Stratofreighter Boeing XC-97 43-27472

Anefo photo collection. Flying machine without a pilot. January 3, 1946

A right rear view of a T-34C Mentor trainer aircraft parked on the runway apron. Base: Naval Air Station, Whiting Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Poll photo collection. Report Schiphol. Propeller of the KLM Post Vlieguig "Havik" at Schiphol. 1933. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

***** shaped fuselage looms hugely against a background of Sydney homes and factories. October 14, 1947.

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