Vintage Airliners

Historic black and white photographs of classic airliners at airports, capturing mid-20th century aviation.

Vintage photograph. The ramp manager runs clear after checking out DC4 airliner of the Scandinavian airways

Anefo photo collection. Volendammers admire KLM convary liner. December 2, 1948. Schiphol

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Phase SB Propeller installed on F88B

White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Maine. View of Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, as White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff prepare for President John F. Kennedys trip to Maine. A Lake Central Airlines plane sits in the background.

Convair-Liner "James Cook". August 11, 1950.

Night View of B-36. Night View of B-36. "Fort Worth, TexasA night view of a B-36 aircraft in a repair hangar. The B-36 will be used as a testbed aircraft for the development of a nuclear powered engine."

Anefo photo collection. Demonstrations of the F16 at Volkel airbase. F16 in the airbase. 19 June 1975. Noord-Brabant, Volkel

Anefo photo collection. Arrival at Schiphol from the injured survivors of the flight disaster in Suriname with the SLM device. An ambulance runs along the platform. 11 June 1989. North Holland, Schiphol

Buses Flown By Air -- Shipping Shortage has forced Pioneer Tours to air-freight 10 new 2¾-ton buses to Tasmania for their passenger tourist service. The buses will be flown across at the rate of two a day. Picture shows a bus being loaded into a Bristol freighter. Flying Buses - Shipping shortage in the south forced the Pioneer Tours to air-freight ten new 2¼-ton buses from Melbourne to Tasmania. They were taken in Bristol Freighters. September 23, 1947.

Flying Display And Exhibition Opens Today At Farnborough Aerodrome, Hants -- Crowds of visitors have a close up view of the B.O.A.C. Bristol Britannia.The 1953 Flying Display and Exhibition showing the products of the Members of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, opened today at Farnborough Aerodrome, Hampshire. Large crowds were present. September 07, 1953. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Exhibit 12. 1946-06-24T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival of a group of Americans of the S.C. "Venture Group" from Beverly Hills, who make a bike ride through Europe. July 1, 1959

Vintage Photograph. Princess Beatrice Airport at Aruba in Netherland Antilles.

Description: Aden Airways Aircraft. General views of Aden, produced by the Aden Public Relations Department Location: Aden, Yemen Date: 1950-1959

Anefo photo collection. New car air service Rotterdam to Manchester. April 6, 1966. Rotterdam, South Holland

Aerial view of Douglas DC-8 airplane at airport

Coast Guard Plane Rescue in Alaska.

Greeting of a plane from the Netherlands Government Air Transport, 1945 - c. 1946 photograph Album magazine with a photo of people who greet a aircraft from the Netherlands Government Air Transport (Dutch Government Air Transport Service at an airport). Part of the memorial album of the Indies line of KLM, part II. paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print airborne traffic, aviation. travelling; tourism. aircraft, aeroplane. airfield, airport. arrival and return ~ travelling

12/31/1949. Madrid's Cuatro Vientos airport in an undated image.

Anefo photo collection. Stratocruiser at Schiphol. September 4, 1949

In this photo of the M2-F1 lifting body and the Paresev 1B on the ramp, the viewer sees two vehicles representing different approaches to building a research craft to simulate a spacecraft able to land on the ground instead of splashing down in the ocean as the Mercury capsules did. The M2-F1 was a lifting body, a shape able to re-enter from orbit and land. The Paresev (Paraglider Research Vehicle) used a Rogallo wing that could be (but never was) used to replace a conventional parachute for landing a capsule-type spacecraft, allowing it to make a controlled landing on the ground.

The North Star, Trans-Canada Air Line's new 40 passenger air liner (DC-4M2) now being built at the Canadair plant at Montreal, possesses every feature in passenger comfort. The North Star is being used on T.C.A.'s North Atlantic run and will be used on other schedules as they become available. Twenty two of these pressurized airliners have been ordered for the BOAC service, and will probably has seen in Australia soon. August 10, 1948.

Vintage Photograph. Fliers leaving plane at JFK International Airport in Ny City.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. landing KLM Super Constellation mokmer airport Biak. November 1954. Biak, Guinea

BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation, De Havilland 106 Comet 4 jetliner plane, G-APDL, Rome airport early 1960s.

Alitalia plane. 1962

Photo collection Government information service. Netherlands Antilles, Aruba. undated. Aruba

477Q - B.C.P.A. Airliners - Aviation. November 8, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. The released crew of the cemeted KLM Boeing 747 Mississippi returns from Debai. The hijacked jumbo has been retrieved at Schiphol. November 29, 1973. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Zestienhoven expansion. A bikem car sweeping the new job. October 21, 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland

By Land, by Air, by Armstrong Siddeley advert, London Illustrated News, 1949

in crains austalia little popular plane parking in the airport

New Life for British Colonies -- Civil Aviation.An aircraft of British West Indian Airways standing on the airport of Grenada in the Windward Islands.The report details the many local air companies now operating in the colonial territories, a unifying factor of the greatest importance in territories where physical conditions have often hampered the development of surface communications. In the West Indies, where the colonies are widely separated by sea, the development of air services has helped to bring a British Caribbean Federation into the realm of practical politics. June 1, 1950. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Three pieces of aircraft J 29 The barrel is towed into hangar on F 9 Säve . three pieces of aircraft J 29 The barrel is towed into hangar on F 9 Säve. Large format, exhibition image.

Bristol 170 Freighter Wayfarer aircraft, Iberian airways, Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain 1958.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Piarco airport from Port of Spain on Trinidad. October 1, 1955. Port of Spain, Trinidad

First Woman To Board Los Angeles -- Her Majesty Queen Rambaibarni of Siam boarding the U.S. navy Dirigible Los Angeles as the first of her sex to step into the great airliner. The King and Queen and their Royal party enjoyed a five hour flight over the metropolitan area in Dirigible. September 23, 1931. (Photo by International News Photos Inc.).

Inauguration of Tel-Aviv landing ground Palestine Airways The Palestine Airways plane ready to take off on the first trip of the new service. 1938, Israel, Tel Aviv

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

Poll photo collection. Israel: Lydda airport (LOD). Passengers go aboard a device from airline El al. undated. Israel, LOD Airport, Lydda Airport

Comet In The South American Way -- Britain's air supremacy begins to crash through the language barrier. Shown here is a preliminary model of the Panair Do Brasil Comet II jetliner which will operate from London via Lisbon and Dakar to South America. The markings of the machine will be in green with silver background.The company have four Comets on order for delivery from 1954 onwards and have an option on two Comet III aircraft for delivery in 1957.Panair Do Brasil is an associate company of Pan American World Airways, who are the only American company so far to have ordered Comets. February 07, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Low angle view of a bomber plane in flight, B-52 Stratofortress, US Air Force

Hovercraft VA 2 demonstrates. On the water in the Ussellincxhaven Date April 17, 1963.

Aviation 933B - D.H. Comet III. April 01, 1951.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

Poll photo collection. Schiphol and corporate identity KLM. Three KLM board stairs on the aircraft aircraft airport at Schiphol airport, the first staircase is for the flight with destination Curacao. August 1951. Curaçao, Noord-Holland, Oud-Schiphol

World's Largest Landplane - The stewardess standing against the huge dorsal fin of Pan American Airways new Clipper "America" gives some idea of the size of the control surface. From the ground to the tip of the tail is 38 feet 3 inches. The tail is five feet taller than the one on the B-29. World's largest landplane Clipper "America will make its first flight across the Atlantic this weekend, and is due at London Airoport on Sunday, April 3. Carrying 75 passengers it is scheduled to fly non-stop from New York to London in 12 hours. April 01, 1949. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

View of STS Discovery

The radical new Boeing XB-47 Stratojet makes a wide sweep of Moses Lake Air Force Field Eastern Washington preparatory to landing after its highly successful first flight from Seattle, Washington on the 44th anniversary of the first flight of the Wright Brothers. The 51 minute flight was the Stratojet's maiden debut in the air and project pilot Robert Robbins described the multi-engine, swept-wing bomber as a "wonderful airplane. December 31, 1947. (Photo by Boeing Aircraft Company Photo).

Last Picture Of Crashed Comet -- This is the last picture to be made of the British Overseas Airways Comet jet airliner which crashed onto the sea near the island of Elba, off the Italian Mediterranean coast today January 10th. This picture was made at Rome Airport immediately before its taken-off on its last Fatal flight. The picture was taken by a passenger on a BOAC argonaut aircraft passing through Rome on its way to London.The plane was carrying 29 passengers and a crew of six. No survivors have been reported to date. January 10, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

More "Comets" - The World's ***** Airliners - Under ***** -- Work on the streamlined nose of one of the Comets, while, in the background, another Comet under construction.***** the success of the world's first ***** , the De Havilland "Comet", which has two ***** flights to its name, others are now ***** construction at the De Havilland factory here.The second ***** expected to fly in the late summer of this year.The first two to come off the assembly line have been ordered by the Ministry of Supply on an ordinary commercial basis. March 30, 1950.

Douglas DC-8 Ariplane in Flight

Unfortunate landing on the runway with the Consodilated Catalina Pby-5a, P. 2220. MVKbiak

Anefo photo collection. WI West Indies / Anefo London series. Suriname KLM plane "Meeuw". November 1943. Suriname

DN-SN-89-03102. Country: Unknown

Photo collection Government information service. DIAS aircraft continuous series of 3. Undated

Low angle view of an airplane in flight, Boeing 707

Vintage photograph. Passengers disembark via stair car from United Airlines Mainliner 300 at La Guardia Airport

Anefo photo collection. Departure KLM DC 6A Liftmaster "Dr. ir. M.A. Damme" to Christchurch (via London). Participant in the London-Christchurch Canterbury Centennial Air Race .. October 2, 1953. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Low flying aircraft at Badhoevedorp. October 2, 1967. Badhoevedorp

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Airport Soebi Blanco on Bonaire. 1947. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Lockheed Neptune P2V-7

Anefo photo collection. Rotterdam included in the Amsterdam London Air Line, the KLM Viscount on Zestienhoven platform. November 2, 1959. Amsterdam, London, Rotterdam

una goliath all'aeroporto, 1953

Anefo photo collection. RVD exhibition is transported (KLM). March 12, 1946

Braniff International Airways , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Hovercraft VA 2 demonstrates. On the water in the Ussellincxhaven Date April 17, 1963.

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

LOT Polish Airlines, Okcie airport, Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, participants at a ceremony ca. 1939.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Russian jet plane at Schiphol. July 7, 1958

DF-SN-86-12861. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Heat Testing A C-46 -- The "snake" treatment, used in testing the heating system of an aircraft on the ground, is given here to a twin-England C - 46 Commando transport of the 315th Troop Carrier Wing (Combat Cargo) in Japan. Carrying out the operation are A/20 Marvin O. Raveling (left), and A/10 Orvel A. Ruhs, both of Sioux rapids, Iowa. Their mobile wind tunnel forces air through the heating system at the same rate that the plane takes in air, which is then heated, in flight. The C-46s of the

Anefo photo collection. Americans bicycles Europe, from the DC8 immediately the bicycle (students). June 25, 1964

Transport of a Canadian saking helicopter to the MarineLiegkamp de Kooy in Den Helder.

Anefo photo collection. Casket with ten microscopes on Schiphol loaded for Vietnam. February 24, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Renhaors from New York for Dutch breeder. January 2, 1956

Anefo photo collection. Departure of the "Uiver" by Schiphol Oost is waved. December 18, 1983. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Located on the highway beside Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport, this service station caters for vehicles on the highway and also for aircraft using the airfield Date: 1929

Vintage Photograph. Helicopter in flight over landing strip.

Anefo photo collection. Japanese Furuya Float from Parisian prison to Schiphol with French military aircraft; The mistere at Schiphol, surrounded by police and armored car /. September 15, 1974. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

These people and this equipment supported the flight of the NACA D-558-2 Skyrocket at the High-Speed Flight Station at South Base, Edwards AFB. Note the two Sabre chase planes, the P2B-1S launch aircraft, and the profusion of ground support equipment, including communications, tracking, maintenance, and rescue vehicles. Research pilot A. Scott Crossfield stands in front of the Skyrocket.

Vintage Photograph. Logan airport at East Boston Massachusetts showing new admin building and control tower.

Anefo photo collection. Thousandth flight from Amsterdam to Batavia. November 11, 1949

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Dutch plane at the airport of Cairo. April 1946. Cairo, Egypt, Cairo airport

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10. The lifting body aircraft studied the feasibility of maneuvering and landing an aerodynamic craft designed for reentry from space. These lifting bodies were air launched by a B-52 mother ship, then flew powered by their own rocket engines before making an unpowered approach and landing. They helped validate the concept that a space shuttle could make accurate landings without power.The X-24A flew from April 17, 1969 to June 4, 1971. The M2-F3 flew from June 2, 1970 until December 20, 1972. The HL-10 flew from December 22, 1966 until July 17, 1970 and logged the highest and fastest records in the lifting body program.

Anefo photo collection. Concorde (supersonic passenger plane) lands Schiphol. October 14, 1985. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Helicopter, probably at the airstrip care and hope at Paramaribo. October 1, 1955. Paramaribo, Suriname

A right front view of a parked UC-123K Provider aircraft of the 315th Tactical Airlift Wing. The aircraft, being inactivated, is named "Patches" for the more than 1,000 hit-hole patches that it received during the Vietnam conflict. Base: PHAN Rang Air Base Country: South Vietnam

President Kennedy departs the White House for Atlantic City, New Jersey, 9:09AM. A United States Army helicopter carrying President John F. Kennedy takes off from the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C.; the President traveled to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Visitors view a Confederate Air Force aircraft during the Air Fiesta celebrating the base's 50th anniversary. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Armored car guards aircraft from Lufthansa at Schiphol. September 20, 1972. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Opening Helicopter service Rotterdam-Brussels. August 3, 1953

Anefo photo collection. Avidome aviation museum Schiphol threatened closure. July 15, 1986

The HL-10 Lifting Body completes its first research flight with a landing on Rogers Dry Lake. Due to control problems, pilot Bruce Peterson had to land at a higher speed than originally planned in order to keep the vehicle under control. The actual touchdown speed was about 280 knots. This was 30 knots above the speed called for in the flight plan. The HL-10's first flight had lasted 3 minutes and 9 seconds.

Anefo photo collection. New anti-ice handling is sprayed against and on wing brake surfaces and stirring surfaces of aircraft in Schiphol. January 13, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Airport in foggy weather

Britain's Aircraft On Show -- The Bleckburn and General Aircraft's Beverley/C.I. Universal Freighter - capable of carrying 94 troops and their equipment, 70 paratroops, 82 casualties or 45, 000lb of freight over a radius of action of 200 nautical miles. This aircraft is on order for the R.A.F. The great Air Display and Exhibition organised by the British Society of Aircraft Constructors opened at Farnborough, Hampshire. September 06, 1955. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

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

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