The USAF photo by TOM ROBERTS captures a civil-registered Boeing B-17 during aerial fire-fighting work on behalf of the US Forestry Service. No fewer than 23 B-17s were on the American civil register in 1978, many of which have provided valuable service as water bombers over the past decade.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-17E / B-17G Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1941

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: North American T-28 Trojan - СШАUSA - 1949

Cessna OE-1 of 407 Escuadrilla de Enlace, Spanish Air Force, photographed over the Guadalquivir River on June 15, 1978.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cessna L-19 / O-1 Bird dog / Model 305 - СШАUSA - 1950

The picture, taken by a Flight photographer, shows a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer C.C.2 of 21 Squadron, RAF, during supply-dropping exercises at the HQ of the School of Land/Air Warfare, Old Sarum, in July 1950.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1955

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Britannia / Type 175 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1952

ERIC S. FAVELLE’S photograph depicts Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-16 Wirraway A20-653/VH-BFF over Port Phillip Bay, South Victoria, Australia, on December 5, 1976.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Commonwealth (CAC) CA-1 / CA-3 Wirraway - АвстралияAustralia - 1939

"Where would you like him, in the front or the back?"

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Leopard Moth / D.H.85 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

The Granger Archaeopteryx of 1930, now flying from Old Warden.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Granger Archaeopteryx - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930