Plane Collection (#7)

Funk FK-1 Greif-1a D-7142 & Funk FK-1 Greif-1b fuselage
Funk FK-1 Greif-1a D-7142, with the fuselage of the Funk FK-1 Greif-1b jet-powered motorglider, at the Hannover Air Show. Date: 1962

de Havilland Vampire T.11 XD395
Royal Air Force - de Havilland Vampire T.11 XD395 (msn 15235), of 5 Flying Training School at RAF Oakington in November 1962. Date: 1962

Vought F8U-1 Crusader 144436
United States Navy - Vought F8U-1 Crusader 144436, of VF-211 Date: 1962

Gloster Meteor F(TT).8 WL109
Royal Air Force - Gloster Meteor F(TT).8 WL109, at 33 MU, RAF Lyneham for disposal. Date: 1962

Westland-Sikorsky WS-55 Series I G-AOYB (msn WA191), of Fison-Airwork, at Biggin Hill. Date: 1962

Umbaugh U-18 N105U (msn 4F), at the Hannover Air Show in May 1962 Date: 1962

Avro York C.1 MW234 - PA-1
Aeronavale - Avro York C.1 MW234 / PA-1 at RAF Ballykelly in July 1961. (Aeronavale - French Naval Aviation) Date: 1961

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WK555
Royal Air Force - de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WK555 (msn C1/0572/DHB.f457), of Liverpool UAS, at RAF Little Rissington on 1 July 1961. Date: 1961

Gloster Javelin FAW.5 XA713
Royal Air Force - Gloster Javelin FAW.5 XA713, of No.151 Squadron at RAF Odiham on 6 September 1961 Date: 1961

Handley Page Dart-Herald G-AODF
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODF (msn 148), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show in September 1959. The first showing of the Dart-Herald after the first prototype, G-AODE

Avro Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ
Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ (later G-29-1), of Napier Icing Research Ltd., at The SBAC Farnborough Air Show on 13 September 1959

Elliott's of Newbury EoN 419 G-APLS
Elliott's of Newbury Olympia 415 G-APLS (msn EON/4/003), at RAF Odiham on 27 September 1958 With Sergeant Andy Gough showing visitors round his glider. Date: 1958

Fairey Ultralight G-APJJ (msn F.9428), at White Waltham for the Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party on 22 June 1958. Date: 1958

Percival P.66 Sea Prince C.2 WJ350
Royal Navy - Percival P.66 Sea Prince C.2 WJ350 (msn PAC/57/74), of F.O.R.T., at RNAS Yeovilton on 9 August 1958. Date: 1958

Douglas R5D-3 Skymaster 56484
United States Marine Corps - Douglas R5D-3 Skymaster 56484 (MSN 10573, ex C-54D 42-72468), at Prestwick Airport on 6 October 1958. Date: 1958

Avro Lincoln Freighter ZP-CBR-97
Avro 694 Lincoln Freighter ZP-CBR-97 (msn Set.126, ex RE376) at Tollerton. One of three Lincolns modified with large panniers, intended for transporting meat in Paraguay

Supermarine Swift F.1 7206M - WK203
Royal Air Force - Supermarine Swift F.1 7206M / WK203, at RAF Halton awaiting disposal. This Swift F.1 was allocated to Rolls-Royce for engine development

Fairey Gannet AS.1 XA321
Royal Navy - Fairey Gannet AS.1 XA321 (msn F.9213), of 815 Naval Air Squadron, embarked on HMS Ark Royal, seen at an RaeS Garden Party in 1957. Date: 1957

Boeing B-47E Stratojet 51-2404
United States Air Force - Boeing B-47E-55-BW Stratojet 51-2404 (msn 450457), of the 97th Bombardment Wing at RAF Greenham Common on 19 May 1956 Date: 1956

Short S.25 Sunderland V DP198
Royal Air Force - Short S.25 Sunderland V DP198, of No.201 Squadron, moored on the Thames alongside the Tower of London on 16 September 1956. Date: 1956

Percival Provost T.1 WW385
Royal Air Force - Percival Provost T.1 WW385 (msn 214), at RAF Cranwell on 15 September 1956. Date: 1956

Vickers Viscount 748D VP-YNC (msn 100) of Central African Airways at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1956

McDonnell XF-88A 46-526 (2nd prototype) on the salvage dump at Langley AFB, VA, stripped for spares to keep XF-88B 46-525 flying with NACA Langley Research Centre. Date: 1955

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B.35 CF-HMN, at Derby - Burnaston on 3 April 1955, being modified for service with Spartan Air Services in Canada. Date: 1955

Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA G-ALDK (msn 12, XJ281, 'Helena'), of Britavia at Blackbushe Airport. ALDK was damaged beyond repair 8 May 1956, on landing at Drigh Road, Karachi

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WD289
Royal Air Force - de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WD289 (msn C1/0229), of Notts UAS, parked in the hangar at Derby - Burnaston, sans rudder. Date: 1953

Polikarpov UTI-4 fighter trainers, captured by German forces during Operation Barbarossa. In the foreground is a late model UTI-4 with retractable undercarriage

Avro 641 Commodore G-ACUG (msn 722) Date: 1938

Helmy Aerogypt II G-AFFG, at Heston Aerodrome. The Aerogypt was designed and built by Saleh Helmy at Heston Aerodrome, initially with a hinged roof, acting as a landing flap

Miles Hawk Speed Six G-ADGP
Miles M.2L Hawk Speed Six G-ADGP. (msn 160) (M.2L G-ADGP and M.2U G-ADOD were built for brother and sister, Luis and Ruth Fontes, for racing.) Date: 1935

Pinzgauer bull
A farmer parades his prize Pinzgauer bull at a Munich Agricultural show in May 1955. Date: 1955

A display at a German handicraft exhibition. Date: 1955

home-built light aircraft
A home-built light aircraft getting a polish from a proud owner. Date: 1955

Hamburg Police Headquarters
The building housing the Hamburg Police Headquarters (on the 9th floor), on Karl-Muck-Platz (now Johannes-Brahms-Platz). Date: 1960

Models displaying a sailing dinghy at a cycling and camping exhibition, held at Dortmund. Date: 1960

A form feeding machine on a typewriter, to speed up repeated form typing in the office. Date: 1956

Miniature spy camera incorporated into a cigarette lighter
A miniature spy camera incorporated into a cigarette lighter. Date: 1956

An early German shopping mall in Bochum nach Frankfurt Date: 1960

Dornier Do 27 D-ENTY, of Aerodoctor, at a German industry Exhibition in Teheran. The specially adapted Do 27 flew demonstration flights displaying its attributes as a flying doctor service

1962 Cologne furniture exhibition
A young model demonstrating furniture a the 1962 Cologne furniture exhibition. Date: 1962

MAZ-547A/MAZ-7916 Transporter Erector Launcher - SS-20 IRBM
A MAZ-547A/MAZ-7916 Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) for the 'RSD-10 Pioneer' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), given the NATO reporting name 'SS-20 Saber'

Borsig-Werke trade stand in 1961, championing their mastery at producing steel tubes. Date: 1961

Bundeswirtschaftsminister Professor Erhard accepting a Toledo-Degen sword at the German Craft Fair on 31 May 1961. (Bundeswirtschaftsminister - Federal Minister for Economic Affairs) Date: 1961

Fiat 500, Fiat 1800 and Fiat 1100/103 H Lusso
Fiat 500 (with sun-roof), Fiat 1800 and Fiat 1100/103 H Lusso (de luxe) at the Geneva Motor Show, on 11 March 1959. Date: 1959

Cessna 414 Chancellor G-BDFK (msn 414-0623) Date: 1974

Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 600B G-BJCB (msn 256065) Date: 1980

Beech 58 Baron G-BBJF (msn TH-405) Date: 1974

Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche G-ATZU (msn 30-1271) Date: 1974

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