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• Na fotografii ve věku 27 let jako kapitán letectva. Rok 1946.

Title: [Tail Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984

Date: April or May 1943

Place: Mitchel Field Air Force Base, Long Island, New York

Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection

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Reportage / Serie : Reportage Schiphol
Beschrijving : Een vliegtuig wordt weggesleept bij Schiphol
Datum : 1933
Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Trefwoorden : vliegtuigen
Instellingsnaam : Schiphol
Fotograaf : Poll, Willem van de, [onbekend]
Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief
Materiaalsoort : Glasnegatief
Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.14.02

The Sokol was the first post-war Czechoslovakian aircraft. This was a company demonstrator which carried out a distance flight from Prague to Capetown, some 33,000km. msn 118. National Technical Museum, Prague. Czech Republic.

Set: Korean Air

Set: Airbus A330-200 Series

Set: YBBN 29.05.11

Tags: HL7539; 2011; Airbus A330; Airbus A332; Nikon D90; Airbus; Korean Air; YBBN

The Ka-18 was a 4-seat development of the Ka-15 2-seater. As with the Ka-15, it served with the Soviet Navy also with Aeroflot. On display outside at the Russian Air Force Museum. Monino, Russia.

c/n 01 Built in 1970 by Lee Mahoney and his father S.C.’Mickey’ Mahoney as a racing biplane powered by a 135hp Lycoming O-290. It was the first sport biplane to exceed 200mph on a closed course and ultimately reached 245mph. Already a successful racer, it was purchased by Don Beck in 1972 and he carried out minor modifications before achieving further racing successes. When it was retired in 1984 the Sorceress had become the world’s most successful racing biplane, although that title has since passed to Tom Albere’s ‘Phantom’. Don Beck donated the Sorceress to the Smithsonian Institute in 1984 and it is seen on display at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center as part of the National Air and Space Museum. Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia

The jets belong to 208 Squadron, Royal Air Force and are based at RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales.

• Organization: RAF
• Object Name: VAL-010-136-OUT-UNCLASSIFIED-288
• Category: MOD
• Supplemental Categories: Aircraft, Equipment, Training, Hawk
• Keywords: Jet, Aircraft, Equipment, RAF, Royal Air Force, Hawk, Display, 2010, Union Jack, 208 , Sqn, Squadron
• Country: United Kingdom

Built for the USAF as a standard Grumman SA-16A Albatross, with the c/n G-153 and the US military serial 51-0472. Later allocated US Navy Bureau No 149822 and sold to Japan (as a UF-1?). Heavily converted by Shin Meiwa to carry out development testing for the PS-1 patrol flying boat and redesignated as the UF-XS. It now had four main engines as well as two internal turboshaft engines for a blown high-pressure air system. It also had a redesigned hull. In this configuration it carried out flight testing from 1962 to 1964 and was finally retired at Shimofusa in 1967. Between 1975 and 1993 it was on outside display at Tokai University in Shimizu City, then being restored by Shin Meiwa before moving to Gifu for permanent display inside. Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan 15th March 2019

The following details on the UF-XS are from the excellent j-hangarspace.jp website:-

“To conduct tests using an experimental aircraft in the development of what was to become the indigenously produced, four-engined PS-1 anti-submarine patrol aircraft, the then Japan Defense Agency received the offer from the United States of a Grumman UF-1 Albatross amphibian (BuNo. 149822) and produced the UF-XS experimental amphibian in 1960. Although the Japanese had accumulated advanced flying boat technologies both before and during the Pacific War, the aim was to correct a major shortcoming by improving takeoff and landing performance in rough sea conditions. Fittingly, the UF-XS design team was headed by Shizuo Kikuhara (1906–91), who had been the chief designer of the wartime Type 2 Flying Boat.

To adapt the UF-1 for its role as an experimental flying boat, the main areas of modification thus involved the following: •A newly designed boat hull, based on a unique concept that included wave suppression devices, to enable the aircraft to take off from and land on the ocean in wave heights of the order of three meters. •The provision of a system to blow high-pressure air from two turboshaft engines added within the hull over the main wing flaps, ailerons, elevators and rudder to improve short takeoff and landing (STOL) performance as well as handling at low speeds. •The provision of automatic stabilization equipment to ensure stability and facilitate control at low speeds. •Changing the aircraft from a twin- to a four-engined configuration.

Taking to the skies for the first time at noon on December 25, 1962 (link), the UF-XS carried the tailcode オ(‘O’)-9911, the ‘O’ being the tail code of the JMSDF’s Omura Fleet Air Squadron. The aircraft continued to be utilized in a range of flight tests until 1964. The results obtained and conclusions derived from those tests were incorporated into the design of the PS-1 flying boat, the first aircraft of its kind to be built in Japan after the war, and have been handed down to the current US-2 amphibian.

At the conclusion of its test program, the UF-XS was moved to JMSDF Shimofusa air base in Chiba Prefecture, withdrawn from use in June 1967 and placed in storage there. In 1975, the aircraft was loaned to the Tokai University Social Education Center in Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where it was kept out in the open (as shown in this January 1980 photo [link]) until acquired for display at the then Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum (now Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum) in 1993. At the time the aircraft was brought to the museum, it was missing the two turboshaft engines that had been added to provide the high-pressure air and parts such as ducts. Due to the aircraft having been displayed outside, there were also places where metal corrosion had made inroads. Furthermore, as modifications had been carried out to install an opening and a steel passageway that had enabled visitors to enter the aircraft’s interior, the aircraft had ended up being significantly different to what it had looked like at the time when it was used as a flying testbed. For that reason, repair and restoration work based on the manufacturing plans of the time was carried out by ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd., the company (then known as Shin Meiwa Industry Co., Ltd.) that had originally modified the aircraft. When reproducing parts that had been lost, measures were taken to distinguish between original and other parts, for example by applying identification stamps to tell them apart.

As only one aircraft was produced for the purpose of PS-1 development, the UF-XS is a unique aircraft that represents the starting point of Japan’s postwar flying boat development that has continued to the US-2 amphibian. Having carried out the appropriate repair and restoration work to return the aircraft to the original condition of its flying testbed days, the UF-XS now has value as a cultural asset.

Set: YRED 12.08.07

Tags: VH-OOI; YRED; 2007; Rutan Aircraft; Rutan Defiant; Nikon D70

Wingspan: 11 m Range: 386 km Engine type: Reciprocating engine Unit cost: 44,892–44,892 USD (1944) Manufacturer: Curtiss-Wright

History: Delivered to RAF as ET482. Transferred to RNZAF as NZ3009, April 1942. - Allocated to USAAC 68th PG, Tonga after Pearl Harbor Attack. - Transferred to 14th Squadron RNZAF, served till wars end. - Sold as scrap. Asplin's Supplies, Rukuhia, NZ, 1959. - Scrapyard. d'E.C. Darby & R.H. McGarry, Auckland, NZ, 1959-1994. - Recovered from Rukuhia, NZ scrapyard, 1959. - Loaned to Museum of Transport & Technology, Auckland, NZ, 1964-1994. -- Displayed as NZ3009. -- Static restoration using wings of NZ3203. Old Flying Machine Company, Duxford, UK, 1994-1997. - Restored to airworthy. Pacific Aircraft Ltd, Auckland, NZ, December 9, 1997-1998 - Registered as ZK-RMH. - Final assembly, Whenuapai AB.

Set: Defence Force Air Show RAAF Amberley 4-5 October 2008

Tags: A8; YAMB; 2008; Defence Force Air Show 2008; RAAF; F111; Nikon D70; RAAF Serials Numbers - Series 3; General Dynamics

c/n 1340. Built 1988. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK.

A U.S. Navy North American AJ-1 Savage (BuNo 122590) in flight over southern California (USA). This was the first production aircraft and it already crashed and burned near Bedford, Virginia (USA) on 22 June 1950 on a ferry

B-26B-55-MA Marauder Serial number 42-96165 599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force

- Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS) USA - Nevada, October 12, 2012

Set: YRED 12.08.07

Tags: VH-NBQ; YRED; 2007; Van Aircraft; RV6; Experimental Amateur-builts; Nikon D70

Photographer: Unknown Date made: c. 1944 Six women sit around an aircraft tank sewing on the final cover by hand. They were involved in the manufacture of Beaufort and Beaufighter aircraft Rights information: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au

c/n 338 Built in 1926 as a Douglas M-4 and believed to be the last surviving Douglas mailplane. She was purchased by Western Air Service from the Post Office Department in 1927 and registered as NC1475. She remained operated by them until a crash in 1930, after which she was sold to the Continental Air Map Company of Los Angeles. She then had several owners before being bought back by Western (then called Western Air Lines) in 1940 and re-registered as NC150 to represent Western’s first M-2. She had a static restoration in 1946 and remained on display until an airworthy restoration was begun in 1974. She flew again on 2nd June 1976 and carried out a transcontinental flight before being donated to the Smithsonian Institute in 1977. From her history she is clearly an M-4 painted as an M-2, so I find it very strange that even the Smithsonian incorrectly refer to her as being an M-2. Whatever you call her, she is the last of her breed, has been beautifully restored and is seen on display at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center as part of the National Air and Space Museum. Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia

c/n 16021. Built 1953. Taxiing in at California City Municipal Airport, CA, USA.

Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: September 1942
Place: Corpus Christi, Texas
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Description: Sailors standing in a hanger, between two aircraft, at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. The aircraft on the left is a Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher, while the aircraft on the right is a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3.
Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 10.1 x 12.5 cm
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Catalog #: Movie-28 Notes: Photo of Clarke and Roy Wilson flying airplanes in the movie Hell's Angels.

c/n CBAF IX.571. RAF & Czech serial ‘SL633’ Israeli Air Force serial ‘20-42’ Burmese Air Force serial ‘UB-425’ Wears the markings of 312(Czech)sqn, RAF. Operated by the Historic Flight Foundation in the United States, but has returned to the UK for the 2015 season. 2015 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. 12-7-2015

The following info is from the Flying Legends website:-

“The No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) of Duxford consisted of pilots who fled their homeland during the Nazi occupation. It became one of the most famous RAF Squadrons of the war. Karel Posta helped establish the No. 312. Flight Lieutenant Posta survived the Battles of France and Britain, and almost six years of combat sorties. This Spitfire, produced at the Castle Bromwich factory of Vickers Supermarine, flew with the No. 312. It was one of 54 machines given to the newly re-formed Czechoslovak Air Force and was assigned to Posta. Throughout 1945-46, Posta performed solo aerobatic demonstrations in this aircraft for hundreds of thousands of people at significant national holidays, such as National Day, October 28, 1945, to raise the self-esteem of a vanquished nation. The “K” on the nose is the unique identifier of an aircraft flown by Karel Posta. During the summer of 1948, Czechoslovakia was among the first countries to recognize the new Jewish state in Palestine and provided British-made Spitfires. Ironically, the Avia Kunovice Aviation Repair Shop of Moravia modified the donated Spitfires to receive German-made Me109 extended range fuel tanks for the long trip to the desert war, the only air war to see Spitfire pitted against Spitfire. When the Israeli Air Force converted to turbine power in 1954, our Spit was sold to Burma. Having sustained a “wheels up” landing accident, our Spit was displayed in a Mandalay museum with a T-6 tail and cellophane windscreen. After several private transactions, the essential components returned to Duxford as a Historic Flying, Ltd. project.

Abstract/medium: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Aircraft: Airbus A319-131 Airline: United Airlines Serial #: 882 at Los Angeles Int'l Airport - KLAX

c/n 8001 This is the first prototype C-1 and first flew on 12th November 1970. Still in use as a test aircraft, it is operated by the Air Development & Test Wing (AD&TW), Japanese Air Self Defence Force Gifu Air Base, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

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Fokker F.VII a der Swissair am Aero Port des Grand Hotel auf dem St. Moritzer-See Beschreibung: Sightseeing-Flüge fanden vor allem Anfang der 1930er-Jahre statt, bei der Swissair zwischen 1932 und 1934 Datierung: 1932-1934 Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0 Nutzung: Download und Nutzung frei Bildnachweis:

Abstract/medium: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

12th Annual Apple Valley Air Show

Apple Valley Airport (APV) (KAPV) California, USA TDelCoro

Construction Number: 322

Code Number: 50297

Model Convair C-131D

Operator: US Air Force

Airport: Berlin - Tempelhof (THF / EDDI), Germany

Photographer: Ralf Manteufel

Date Taken: 09/03/1970

c/n 138 Built 1956 for French military service. Now privately owned and wearing l'Aéronavale markings. Seen taking off to display at the 2019 Fête Aérienne Le Temps Des helices (Aerial Festival – The Time of the Propellers). Aérodrome de Cerny-La-Ferté-Alais, Cerny, France

Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: March 1940
Place: Dallas, Texas
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Description: An aviation mechanic making adjustments to the propeller of a Lockheed Model 12A Electra Junior, belonging to the Superior Oil Company, at Dallas Love Field Airport.
Physical Description: 1 transparency: film, color; 10 x 13 cm
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Two Ye-152 fighter prototypes were built. The first 'Ye-152-1' carried out several record breaking flights in 1961 & 1962, for which it was registered with the FAI as the Ye-166. This is the second aircraft 'Ye-152-2' which was later rebuilt as the Ye-152M with canards on the forward fuselage. These were later removed and the aircraft was painted to represent the record breaking Ye-152-1. It is in this condition that the aircraft remains on display at the Russian Air Force Museum. Monino, Russia.

A Ryan ST-3 floatplane in San Diego Bay, circa 1950.

Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: February 1943
Place: San Antonio, Texas
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Description: Pilot standing atop a Curtiss-Wright AT-9A aircraft.
Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 10.0 x 12.7 cm
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An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 23rd Fighter Group, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., peels away after being refueled from a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, while flying over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Feb. 26, 2011. U.S. Air Forces Central Public Affairs Photo by Master Sgt. William Greer Date Taken:02.26.2011 Location:SOUTHWEST ASIA, AF

Fotograf: Mercanton, Paul-Louis Titel: Jagdeinsitzer Dewoitine D-27 im Flug über Aigle und Leysin, Blick nach Ostnordost (ENE) Beschreibung: Paul-Louis Mercanton zugeschrieben Datierung: 4.7.1935 Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0 Nutzung: Download und Nutzung frei Bildnachweis:

c/n 58, l/n 005C Built in 1957, this is the seventh civilian Broussard and was initially used as a company demonstrator. In 1974 it was registered as F-BICX to the Paris based French ministry of youth and sports, but this was cancelled in April 1983. It was Canadian registered as C-GRBL from 2006 to January 2020, when it came to the UK as G-CLLK. Since it’s restoration in Canada it has been painted in full French Air Force markings, very nicely done but not actually relevant to this airframe. Seen on static display at the 2022 Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, UK 16th July 2022

Title: Yakolev, Yak-3 Notes: USSR Catalog #: 01_00089805 Manufacturer: Yakolev Designation: Yak-3 Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

North Las Vegas Airport (IATA: VGT, ICAO: KVGT, FAA LID: VGT) Photo: Tomas Del Coro

Squadron: JMSDF Fleet Air Force / 61SQ (海上自衛隊 航空集団直轄 第61航空隊）
Base: Atsugi AB(RJTA) Kanagawa-ken, Japan

Avro 652A Anson Mk 1 Series II

The only remaining airworthy Avro Anson Mk1 from WWII, the twin-engine aircraft were a popular coastal reconnaissance bomber that performed anti-submarine, convoy protection and crew training duties. Around eleven thousand were produced between 1935 and 1952 and it may have been one of the first aircraft flown in combat by a New Zealander in the second World War. Avro MH-120 operated post-war in Australia as a passenger and freight hauler and also appeared in a film about a famous air race, called “Half a World Away”. Once in New Zealand it was restored to its former military configuration from nearly 70 years ago. The Avro has a wingspan of nearly 17m and is over 13m long.

A close up of Cody wearing his flying helmet in the cockpit of the Cody aircraft mark V. Note that the cockpit is not covered unlike any of the other photographs of this aircraft. The second seat can just be seen behind Cody. With the help of his family and friends Cody built the mark V mainly from the remains of the mark III in just four weeks, after both the aircraft that he intended to enter in the trials were written off. It was powered by the 120 hp Austro-Daimler engine which was relatively unscathed from the crashes it had been in. Note the triangular rudders similar to those on the monoplane.

It was with this machine that Cody won both the International Division and the British Division (�GBP5000 prize in total) of the 1912 military trials, a competition to find an aircraft for the army. 32 machines were entered from 21 companies in a series of tests. These tests covered areas such as rate of climb, speed (both fast and slow), glide angle, landing distance, time of assembly and ability to fly in a high wind. The aircraft had to meet certain other criteria such as having dual control and room for an observer, having an endurance of at least three hours, having good visibility, being able to land in a ploughed field along with various other performance stipulations. Out of these nineteen competed and eleven aircraft completed enough of the tests to be considered for prizes with four completing all the tests.

Cody's victory was however more of a reflection on his skills as a pilot and showman. Unlike his monoplane the design was rather dated and could not in the long term be used by the military. Just the competition aircraft (later involved in a fatal crash) and one other (on display in the "Flight Gallery" at the Science Museum, London) were bought by the military .

With a 100hp Green engine fitted to this aircraft (entrants had to be all British) and increased fuel capacity Cody also won the Michelin Trophy No. 2 (2nd series) and it's �GBP600 prize for making the fastest tour of a 186 mile circuit - in fact due to fog Cody flew 220 miles but to his surprise still won.

• oktober 1934

c/n 1002 Built 1953 The KAL-1 was the first aircraft to by designed and built by Kawasaki after WW2. This was the second of two built and was used by Kawasaki for general duties until retired in 1965. It was preserved in the Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka from 1966 until 2014 when it came here. Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Title: Douglas World Cruise Date: 1924 Additional Information: Douglas Around the World Flight Douglas World Cruiser Tags: Douglas World Cruise, Douglas Around the World Flight Douglas World Cruiser , 1924

Members of the Chinese Public Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) were visiting the Type 22 frigate to discuss anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.

• Organization: Royal Navy
• Object Name: FB09002219
• Category: RN
• Keywords: Royal Navy, NATO, SNMG2, F99, CTF 508, FFG-529, Haifan II, PLAN, Chinese, China, Helicopter, Foreign
• Country: Gulf Of Aden

Designed to the same specification as the MiG-15, the La-15 first flew in January 1948, and served until 1953. It was allocated the NATO codename 'Fantail'. Although popular with pilots, the type was complicated to build and the rival MiG-15 became the Soviet fighter of choice, with only 235 La-15 being built. When the type left service, the engines were reused in KS-1 air to surface missiles, while the airframes were used as targets in Nuclear testing. This is believed to be the only surviving example and is on display at the Russian Air Force Museum. Monino, Russia.

Built 1954 but stored until May 1964 when she was allocated to the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. She flew with them for a variety of light duties including conversion training for new BBMF pilots. Retired in 1969, her final flight was to RAF Coltishall for her engine to be installed in BBMF Spitfire V AB910. She was then allocated to the RAF Museum and stored at Henlow until moving to Cosford in 1979. Repainted in Royal Navy colours, she has been on display there ever since and is currently on display in Hangar 1. RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire, UK.

c/n JT10 Built 1960 This T-1 flew its entire career as a test aircraft at Gifu and joined the museum immediately after retirement. It is preserved wearing special marking applied to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Air Proving Wing, which later became the current Air Development & Test Wing (AD&TW). Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

MSN 37733 HAWKER SEA FURY FB.11

British Army Aircraft I during the first sustained flight. Cody began building the British Army Aircraft I in 1907 with the design similar to the kites and glider that he had successfully flown. It had twin propellers, chain driven by a single 50 hp Antoinette engine, the propellers were situated behind the leading edge of and between the upper and lower wings. When he had finished building the aircraft Cody carried out an extensive period of tests to the aircraft often involving hops off the ground. Throughout this period of testing there was intense public and press interest with Cody often being ridiculed for his apparent lack of progress in comparison with foreign pilots and designers particularly the Wright brothers who were touring Europe at that time.

Title: Boeing, 247 Corporation Name: Boeing Aircraft Designation: Type 247D Tags: Boeing, 247 Additional Information: USA