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Vintage Aircraft Moments

Historical images of notable airplanes at various airports, depicting aviation evolution and significant air travel events from the early to mid-20th century.

1930S Newark Nj Airport American Airlines Condor Plane With Disembarking Passengers

Vintage photograph. Airplane at Bendix Air Terminal

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Side-View in Flight

Saab 210 Draken on airfields, 1953. Sampling Saab 210 Lillryktaken is monitored by military at the airfield at F 8 Barkarby. Seen from behind.

Plane Controlled By Radio -- This light plane, ***** on catapult prior to take off, is the OQ - ***** radio-controlled target plane, used at ***** Field, Air Technical Service Command Head Quarters. The pilotless plane, which is capable of speed up to 140 miles per hour was used during the war for training air force gunnery students. After take off, elevator and rudder controls are operated by radio from the ground. September 15, 1945. (Photo by ACME).

S 31 in front of hangars on F 3, 1950 Aircraft's 31 standing in front of hangars on F 3 ore.

'Concertina' Plane Neatly 'packaged' and ready for stowing - Fairey Gannett with wings folded and with multi-bladed propeller at front at Ford to-day. The Navy to-day (Monday) formally received its first aircraft specially designed for anti-submarine duties - the Fairey Gannet - in a a ceremony at the Royal Naval Air Station, Ford, Sussex. Sir Richard Fairey, Chairman and Managing Director of Fairey Aviation, Limited, handed over log books of the aircraft and later watched a demonstration fly pa

IWM text: 'Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Handley Page Halifax B Mark III Series 1A of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit undergoes maintenance at night in a T2 Type hangar at Rufforth, Yorkshire'. Comment: This has Merlin engines so it can't be a Mk III. Appears to be a B Mk II Series I as it has no nose gun provision.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain 'Tail Wheel'. Nielson Field, Philippine Islands. June 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Arrival of the Government Plane at Schiphol Airport. September 7, 1945. Schiphol

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- De Havilland Dh.82 Tiger Moth. DH.82A Tiger Moth Mark II, R5130, in flight. This aircraft served with No. 3 Ferry Pilots Pool, the Air Transport Auxiliary and No. 3 Flying Instructors School during the Second World War, before a further eight years service with the RAF in the post-war years. It was finally sold for civilian use as G-APOV in 1953.

The Lockheed P2V - 4 ordered by Australia as a super patrol - bomber, over Cateline Island. January 1, 1951. ;The Lockheed P2V - 4 ordered by Australia as a super patrol - bomber, over Cateline Island.

Flettner Helicopter With Counter-Rotating, Intermeshing Blades, Once Landed On The Deck Of A Submarine Which Was Moving At 18 Knots. France.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Hawker Tempest. Tempest Mark V, JN682 JF-Z, of No. 3 Squadron RAF, parked at Newchurch, Kent, as another pair of aircraft takes off to patrol the Normandy beachhead.

This Way Up. - This picture of the XFV-1, ready to take off straight up, was released recently by the U.S. Navy. It is designed to fly from the smallest ships, and land vertically. It's two powerful turbines are aided by rockets. The pilots seat rotates as the plane's angle changes. Flying speed is 700 miles an hour. The first plane completed, Now under test, is Temporarily Equipped with conventional landing gear for normal take-off and landing until vertical flight abilities have been thoroughly checked. March 19, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. A Fokker T-VIIIW seaplane of No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF, flying west over Milford Haven after taking off from Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire.

President Kennedy departs the White House for Atlantic City, New Jersey, 9:09AM. A United States Marines helicopter sits on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C., prior to its departure for Andrews Air Force Base; the President traveled to Andrews AFB en route to Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Jefferson Memorial is visible at left in background.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,Transportation War

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, "Heavenly Daze" flying over Power Plant and Nitrate factory in Norway.

Anefo photo collection. Fly accident VCG. Overview. May 1, 1948

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War The Naval Airship Willow II on the ground next to a RE 1 aircraft. The balloon sheds and other workshops can be seen in the background.

High angle view of an airplane in flight

***** Tasman type flying boat new type with separate compartments. July 30, 1946.

Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF, 1941. Artist: Unknown

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A Bleriot monoplane on the ground with a crowd of onlookers. Two small dogs are wandering around the aircraft.

Douglas C-47 with special Venturi attachment spraying DDT over camp area in Manila, Philippine Islands.

Jet Assists Largest Plane To Be Launched From Carrier - Largest plane ever to be launched from an aircraft carrier, a Lockheed P2V Neptune, twin-engined search-patrol plane, takes off from deck of U.S.S. Carol Sea with jet assistance. This and another P2V Neptune, both unmodified operational versions, were not equipped for carrier landings. Both planes landed at Patuxent, Md., after being launched from the Coral Sea off the Virginia Capes. Takeoffs were made to test practicability of operating l

DH Dove. June 17, 1946.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford. Oxford Mark Is of No. 14 Service Flying Training School, lined up at Cranfield, Bedfordshire.

Wooden mockup of the Northrop Pioneer, new cargo-passenger transport designed especially for operation in rugged and difficult country, shows the spacious fuselage of the plane. Three-engine design provides high performance and flying dependability, and high-wing plan raises the wing propellers above the heads of passengers or crew members working near the plane on the ground. Full-span flaps and Northrop-designed retractable ailerons, used successfully on the famous Northrop Black Widow P-61 night fighter during the war, enable the Pioneer to operate from runways too small for other similar cargo craft. January 14, 1947.

DN-SN-90-01189. State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Skiopticone image with motifs of aircraft. Lufthansas Nordwin.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- De Havilland Dh 98 Mosquito. Mosquito B Mark XVI, MM183 'P3-A', of No. 692 Squadron RAF, lined up with other aircraft of the Squadron at Graveley, Huntingdonshire.

Expedition in antarctic. 1957-1958.

Pilot standing near a military airplane, Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft, US-NASA Project

Poll photo collection. National Aerial Jource Holland. Starting the Cierva Autogiro (Donna Dulcinea) of the Dutch Aviation School at the Rotterdam Airport Waalhaven. On the left the Mecano with raised hands. 1935. Rotterdam, Waalhaven

Anefo photo collection. A campaigned by Arabs is landed at Schiphol and fired. The burned aircraft. March 4, 1974. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

One-half right front view of a North American RF-51D Mustang 'Mike and Cindy' (s/n 44-84851; c/n 44707) parked in a nose hangar, somewhere in Korea. Two men stand under the nose, two in front of the aircraft, one in the cockpit, and one beside the right wing. The canopy and one of the nose panels have been removed. A ladder stands beside the nose, and other equipment appears beside the aircraft. Barrels can be seen in the background behind the plane, and revampments appear at the right of the image.

A left side view of a Soviet An-26 Curl transport aircraft. Country: Unknown

The First Douglas C-47, Towing A Waco Cg-4 Glider Of The 52Nd Troop Carrier Wing, Takes Off From Comiso Airfield, Sicily, During Maneuvers In 1943. The Tow Plane Is Loaded With Paratroopers And The Glider Carries Infantryman.

October 1954. Madrid. Baraja's airport. North American jets piloted by Spanish aviators have arrived at the Barajas airport, from the North American School of Furstenfeldbruch (Germany), five jet aircraft. In the photography; an appearance of the runway, a few moments after landing.

Aviation 993 C - Hawker Fury. September 16, 1950.;Aviation 993 C - Hawker Fury.

A right side view of a restored PBY Catalina aircraft in flight during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of naval aviation. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. day Soesterberg Air Force Base. hawker hunter fighter plane day Soesterberg Air Force Base. September 12, 1981. Soesterberg, Utrecht (province)

RAF Fighter Command 1940 A Spitfire running up its engine prior to taking off on a night interception sortie, September 1940.

Anefo photo collection. Airplane C-47 (America) on glacier in Greenland. December 28, 1948. Greenland

Being Needed For Rescue Work In The Burma-India Theater A Sikorsky Yr-4 Helicopter Was Flown From Wright Field, Ohio In A Douglas C-54. At Noon The Day Following Its Arrival At Myitkyina, Burma The Helicopter Is Shown Taking Off On Its First Test Flight

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. A GAL Hotspur Mark III, BT747 '42', of No. 3 Glider Training School being towed from its hangar at Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire.

GRUMMAN F6F-3 #874 AIRPLANE on the NACA Ames flight line

Picture from Swedish Aeroplan AB in Linköping. From the series of the two-engine bomber Saab-18 B.

Three-quarter left rear view of a Douglas RB-26C Invader (s/n 44-35651; c/n 28930) on ground. Maintenance equipment is scattered over ground.. Three-quarter left rear view of a Douglas RB-26C Invader (s/n 44-35651; c/n 28930) on ground. Maintenance equipment is scattered over ground..

White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Costa Rica. A Military Air Transport Service (MATS) airplane sits on a tarmac in Costa Rica, during a White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff trip in advance of President John F. Kennedy's visit.

B-29 Superfortress and Small Plane. ca. 1945, Illinois, USA, B-29 Super Fortress, Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Hereford Mark I, GL-O, of No. 14 Operational Training Unit, taxying at Cottesmore, Rutland, as a Handley Page Hampden of the same unit takes off.

Airplane in air airplane Thulin K in the air over Linköping.

04/25/1937. A German "Ju-52" of the Condor Legion after bombing Guernica.

The Breeder S-11 Instructor Teaching Plane E 38 (1970-1973).

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford. Three Oxford Mark Is of No. 14 Service Flying Training School based at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, in flight.

After a visit to the Netherlands, King Baudouin from Belgium departs from the Ypenburg airbase back to its country with the Dutch government plane, the Douglas DC-3 Dakota, PH-PBA. He is done by H.M. Koningin Juliana and Prince Bernhard and other dignitaries. July 10, 1959.

Now The Convertiplane -- The XV3 Convertiplane, built by bell aircraft corporation, inflight for the first time last month. The craft ascended to a height of approxiamtely 30ft. It is capable of both vertical ascent and descent and with repositioning of the twin motors adopts the flight advantages of conventional aircraft.It can carry four passengers or two litter patients, medical attendant and pilot. September 2, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)

Seven Pieces A 32 Lance in the air Aerial image of seven aircraft A 32 Lansen from F 6 Västgöta Flight fleet in the air.

British European Airways 'Elizabethan' class aeroplane, 20th century. Artist: Unknown

It was a proud day for Wackett when the first Wirraway flew over the original Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation plant early in the war. CAC, under Wackett's leadership eventually turned out 750 of these planes, to boost along the Empire Air Scheme. One of his proudest days was when the first of 75 Wirra ways flew over the CAC plant, Victoria, early in the war. June 21, 1950. ;It was a proud day for Wackett when the first Wirraway flew over the original Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation plant ear

1930s MAN STANDING NEXT TO OLD SUBMARINE FROM 1864 THE INTELLIGENT WHALE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD NEW YORK CITY USA

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Gloster Meteor Mk.IV jet hunter of the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Volendam crashed or emergency landing made .. September 28, 1949. Noord-Holland, Volendam

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