Three of Delta Air Lines five C-46 Commandos are shown In this group. All were ex-Chinese aircraft which were used on cargo services based on Atlanta.
N9883F in landing attitude

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

Three of Delta Air Lines five C-46 Commandos are shown In this group. All were ex-Chinese aircraft which were used on cargo services based on Atlanta.
N9885F at Friendship, Baltimore on 13.4.58

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

Three of Delta Air Lines five C-46 Commandos are shown In this group. All were ex-Chinese aircraft which were used on cargo services based on Atlanta.
N9884F at Miami International on 24.1.66

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

C-46 Commando N9852F was still in service 6.8.72 with Reeve Aleutian at Anchorage.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

Zantop C-46 with Logair titles was at Detroit on 12.9.64

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

Another C-46, this time N9891F seen in 1975 after use for spares by Nordair.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

C-47B ST-AAG seen at Khartoum on 10.8.60

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Douglas C-54 N9864F had a complex history of owners and leases. It is therefore perhaps not surprising to see that it carries no titles in this photograph, date and place unknown.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942

Douglas C-54 of Transocean apparently with newly painted regn

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942

Comet 4C ST-AAW on approach to Heathrow in 2.62 shows a different variation in colour scheme to the two illustrated on page 89/100.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Comet 3 / 4 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1954

The photographs clearly show a wrecked DC-2 in Russian markings and with the letters ASK still faintly visible on the rear fuselage. They were taken at Spilve airfield, Riga in Latvia on the day of the invasion in July 1941 after a Luftwaffe attack had destroyed many Russian aircraft on the ground, two Ju 88s appear in the background. This confirms that SP-ASK did indeed escape to Latvia in 1939 but we are still left with the mystery of which LOT DC-2 crashed on 20.8.38.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / C-32 / C-39 - СШАUSA - 1933Junkers Ju.88 - ГерманияGermany - 1936

Jet Ranger SX-HAP (174) had been cancelled in Greece and registered PH-HAP in Holland but was not yet repainted when seen at Lelystad on 16.4.83.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bell Model 206 Jet Ranger / OH-58 Kiowa - СШАUSA - 1966

The BO 208V-1 D-EBVA flying above a typical Southern Bavaria landscape in April 1962.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Malmo MFI-9 - ШвецияSweden - 1958

A very smart looking N909VW, c/n 525, picketted out at Palo Alto, California in October 1976.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Malmo MFI-9 - ШвецияSweden - 1958

Dutch-registered example PH-END 515 at Midden Zeeland in 1989.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Malmo MFI-9 - ШвецияSweden - 1958

The same BO 208 c/n 525 still at Palo Alto in June 1984 had reverted to something akin to a factory paint scheme and carried the appropriate registration N208JR.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Malmo MFI-9 - ШвецияSweden - 1958

One of the first UK imports, c/n 516 was seen in its new marks as G-ASFS at the Biggin Hill Air Fair on 4.5.63 some five days before it was officially cancelled from the German register.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Malmo MFI-9 - ШвецияSweden - 1958

D-EGNY c/n 530 at Schaffen-Diest in 1983 is one of several photos we have seen featuring the eagle motif on the fin, does anyone know its significance?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Malmo MFI-9 - ШвецияSweden - 1958

Nile Safaris Aviation Islander ST-AIY parked on a sandy desert interior strip.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1965

The Islander ST-AIY on approach for its desert landing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1965

Propeller-less Navion N9897F at Beirut on 20.9.56 with N9898F visible immediately behind.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: North American Navion / L-17 (Ryan) - СШАUSA - 1946

Navion 4 SX-AFS (CoR 147) at Marathon on 23.10.83. Later photos show damage resulting from a wheels-up landing and the aircraft had not been repaired by 1989.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: North American Navion / L-17 (Ryan) - СШАUSA - 1946

Immaculate rebuilt Super Cub SX-AGN (182) at Thessaloniki

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Super Cub PA-18 / L-8 / L-21 - СШАUSA - 1949

This unmarked Super Cub was a part of the Athens airport scenery for some years before it was finally registered as SX-AFE (167) in 1974. It photographed there in March 1972 by John Wegg.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Super Cub PA-18 / L-8 / L-21 - СШАUSA - 1949

Learjet 36A SX-AHF visiting Gatwick 12.78

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Learjet Learjet 35 / 36 - СШАUSA - 1973

Falcon 20E SX-ABA (CoR 146) seen at Heathrow shortly after delivery in April 1972.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Dassault Falcon 20 / 30 - ФранцияFrance - 1963

Reims/Cessna F.337F SX-BDH (CoR 149) at Athens in April 1973.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cessna O-2/336/337 Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1961

The well-known Convair 240 N9853F "Kuwait Emirates Special" seen at Beirut on 20.9.56. It became G-AOFC after the issue of a UK C of A in May 1957, still in Kuwait Government ownership.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Convair CV-240 Convair-Liner / C-131 / C-340 / C-440 - СШАUSA - 1946

Former Alitalia Convair 240 N9846F wearing Air Jordan titles beneath an impressive cloud effect at Oakland in 1958.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Convair CV-240 Convair-Liner / C-131 / C-340 / C-440 - СШАUSA - 1946

G-AALA Cierva C.19 Mk II autogyro c/n 5135 (100 hp Genet Major) about to fly at the Norfolk & Norwich Aero Club Pageant at Mousehold aerodrome in 1930 piloted by A. H. Rawson. The C.19 was the first autogyro to be designed from scratch instead of using the fuselage of another aircraft. It also introduced the method of starting the rotor turning by tilting the tailplane so as to direct the slipstream upwards,

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cierva/Avro C.19 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929

N9981F Charles Trask has sent us this photo which shows the Liberator as N68735 at Boeing Field, Seattle on 11.4.53.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated C-87/C-109 Liberator Express - СШАUSA - 1942

More details of the "ProFaro a Colon" flight casualties of 29.12.37 appear below but this shows the survivor of the long-distance epic the Curtiss-Wright CW-19R11 "Colon" c/n A-19-975. After being displayed at San Isidro air base it was moved to the Museum of Dominican Man at Santo Domingo, Dominica where this photograph was taken in 1982.
29.12.37 The goodwill flight around South America, to raise money for a monument to Christopher Columbus, leaving from Havana on 10.11.37. "Santa Maria", probably a Stinson SR-9D, owned by the Cuban Pan-American Columbus Society and flown by Lt Antonio Menendez y Pelaez, mechanic Manuel Naranjo, journalist Ruy de Lugo Vina. "Pinta" may also have been a Stinson of the Cuban Army with Lt Alfredo Jimenez, mechanic Pedro Castillo. "Nina" possibly Howard DGA-8 of Cuban Navy, Lt Feliciano Risech, mechanic Roberto Medina. All seven were killed.
29.12.37 The four aircraft on the ProFaro a Colon flight of 1937 were: 1) Curtiss Wright CW-19R11 c/n A-19-975 of the Cuerpo de Aviacion Dominicana (see photo) which was the sole survivor; 2) Howard DGA-15/8A serial 51 "The Nina" of the Cuban Navy; 3) Stinson SR-9D Reliant of the Sociedad Colombista Panamericana, possibly a Cuban civil registered machine; 4) Stinson SR-9D Reliant No.104 of the Cuban Army. Presumably the third aircraft above was "Santa Maria" and the fourth "The Pinta", thus completing the details given on page 90/26.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright CW-19 Sparrow - СШАUSA - 1935

Ex-Government Stearman SX-AGI (169) changed registration when it became part of the AC Thessaloniki fleet in 1974.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Stearman PT-13 / PT-17 Kaydet / Model 73 (Boeing-Stearman) - СШАUSA - 1934

G-ACPU photographed probably in 1934 prior to the Kings Cup when racing no.3 was applied. It had been fitted with a 200hp Gipsy Six for E.L.Gandar Dower for the race, the six stub exhausts of which can be clearly seen. Afterwards it reverted to more normal 130 hp Gipsy Major power, had a trousered undercarriage and revised fin and rudder shape.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: British Klemm BK-1 Eagle - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Solent N9945F wfu at Oakland

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Seaford / Solent / S.45 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Grumman Albatross N9943F in Transocean colours at Oakland in 1954

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman UF/HU-16/JR2F/G-64 Albatross - СШАUSA - 1947

Albatross N9942F in Trust Territory titles in the South Pacific during the mid-60s

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman UF/HU-16/JR2F/G-64 Albatross - СШАUSA - 1947

Lear Jet 25C SX-CBM (CoR 151) in Olympic colours at Le Bourget in July 1974.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Learjet Learjet 23 / 24 / 25 - СШАUSA - 1963

Cherokee 140E SX-BDK (155) of Olympic at Athens in April 1973.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cherokee PA-28 - СШАUSA - 1960

Avro Avian IVM G-AAKA c/n 324 with metal fuselage frame at Singapore where it was owned by Malayan Motors Ltd before passing to the Singapore Flying Club in 1932. Power unit is the 100 hp 5-cyl Genet Major radial, alternative to the Hermes in-line.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Avian / Type 594/616 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

Nile Safaris Cessna 404 Titan ST-AIT suffered a nosewheel collapse, presumably the incident at Gebeit in 1984 referred to in the register.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cessna 411/401/402/421/414/404 - СШАUSA - 1962

Enstrom Shark SX-HAS (192) parked at Marathon on 23.10.83 where damaged Rallye 150ST SX-AGR was in the undergrowth on 20.10.85

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Enstrom F-28/280 Shark - СШАUSA - 1960

G-AARK was the Henderson-Glenny Gadfly III (40 hp Salmson 9-cyl radial) with the unusual Pearson rotary ailerons mounted on the wingtips.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Henderson & Glenny HSF.2 Gadfly - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929

Kl 107C c/n 150 G-ASAW crashed in the sea off Littlehampton. The editor has now unearthed a photo of this aircraft, the only UK registered Kl 107, taken at Biggin Hill on 24.9.62.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Klemm Kl.107 - ГерманияGermany - 1939

We also have this photo of the only Danish example c/n 107 OY-DDV from Erik Holm.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Klemm Kl.107 - ГерманияGermany - 1939

Aztec E SX-BDL (CoR 159) at Athens in August 1976.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Apache PA-23 / Aztec - СШАUSA - 1952

A ceremony at Corfu Airport in January 1977 when the Aeroclub of Kerkyra still operated both SX-AFW (154) and SX-AGM (179).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SOCATA MS.880 Rallye - ФранцияFrance - 1959

Rallye 180CT SX-AFT (CoR 160) in April 1973 before being officially registered.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SOCATA MS.880 Rallye - ФранцияFrance - 1959

Damaged Rallye 150ST SX-AGR was in the undergrowth at Marathon on 20.10.85

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SOCATA MS.880 Rallye - ФранцияFrance - 1959

G-AAKH was the registration of the Hawfinch when in use by Hawker experimentally. Also being flown at RAE it continued with its service serial J8776 and is thought not to have carried its civil marks.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Heron / Hornbill / Hawfinch / Hoopoe - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925

G-AALL was the Hawker Tomtit tandem seat open cockpit biplane trainer c/n 9 with a 155 hp Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIA 5-cyl radial engine and fabric covered metal structure. It is seen here as No.33, the Prince of Wales' entry in the 1930 Kings Cup in which, flown by S/Ldr D.S. Don, it came 18th out of 88 entries,

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Tomtit - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Seneca SX-AGK (175) seems to have drop something at Marathon 23.10.83, its condition has gradually deteriorated ever since.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Seneca PA-34 - СШАUSA - 1972

Pawnee G-ASKV flying in an irrigated part of the Sudan during the sixties - presumably pre-1965 when it eventually took up ST-ACF.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Pawnee PA-25 / Pawnee Brave PA-36 - СШАUSA - 1957

Bolkow BO 209 Monsun SX-AFR (CoR 145) with -AFQ also visible behind, at the Thessaloniki Aeroclub.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: MBB Bo-209 Monsun - ГерманияGermany - 1967

The photo has no note attached but we hope that someone can identify it. Editorial head-scratching has only concluded that this is the first known example of BSC - or Mad Aeroplane Disease - which causes sufferers to don pith helmets, fit folding wings to an open fuselage, add a large 4-wheel undercarriage and a two horsepower motor ... (yes I know, but it has been rather hot this summer!).
The wings labelled BSC on the cart surely belonged to an Avro 548 with fuel tank slung under the port upper mainplane as used by the Henderson School of Flying. Three of them went to South Africa (not two as is usually reported), G-EAJB, G-EBRD and G-EBSC. The last was cancelled 5.28 as crashed in South Africa - which may respond to a report of an Avro-Renault (ie. a 548) which crashed at Harrismith on 12.3.28 killing an instructor Capt Dewhurst and pupil Dr Joubert. Our photo seems sympathetic with a South African location but the port wing assembly appears complete and undamaged. This may indicate that the photo was taken when G-EBSC was delivered in late 1927 or early 1928.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Type 548 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1919

G-AALP, the Surrey Flying Services AL1 open cockpit biplane, was of wood with fabric covering, had 2 seats side by side and was powered by a 95 hp Salmson AC7 7-cyl radial. It is seen here just after completion and before the registration had been painted on. Only the one was built and it continued to fly up to the outbreak of war in 1939.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Surrey AL.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929

A rare shot of SIAI S.205 SX-AGG which ditched after only 1 month.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SIAI-Marchetti SM.205 / SM.208 - ИталияItaly - 1965

Mosquito FB.VI N9909F, formerly ZK-BCV, at Pecoima, California on 20.1.59

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Mosquito F - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

De Havilland Mosquito PR.34A N9868F at Prestwick on 5.11.57 en route to the USA for Jack Amman Inc.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Mosquito PR - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

D-EGLI c/n 255 of Eifelflug just about to touch down at the Schaffen-Diest rally in August 1988.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

The only Bolkow BO 207 to be registered in South America is c/n 270, seen here as LV-IAL. Does anyone have any further details of its Argentine history?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

Another unusual registration carried by c/n 286 as HB-UYA wearing Liechtenstein colours on a visit to Rotterdam in 1978.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

D-EFPO c/n 262 at Eggenfelden on 5.7.81

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

HB-UXR c/n 264 at Zurich 5.7.64. Photo illustrates the ease of access to all four seats of the BO 207 via the large upward opening doors.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

More traditional Swiss markings carried by the immaculate HB-UXY c/n 288 at the Baden-Baden Air Fair on 14.5.83.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

Jack Meaden has unearthed a close-up shot showing BO 207 c/n 233 D-EBKU with tip-tanks fitted. This does not seem to have been a common modification.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

The first UK-registered B0 207 since 1963, G-EFTE c/n 218 visited Cranfield on 1.7.90.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

LX-UXM c/n 290 was formerly HB-UXM, the white Swiss cross has been overpainted on the fin/rudder.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

D-EFRU c/n 267 was based at Leverkusen where this photo was taken in 1977. Like a number of 207s featured here it is fitted with glider towing equipment.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

PH-KNH c/n 269 was the only Dutch-registered BO 207 and is seen here at Midden Zeeland in 1977.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

D-EOXX c/n 291 retained the last two letters of its Swiss marks when it returned to Germany. It is shown at the Schaffen-Diest rally in August 1988.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bolkow Bo-207 - ГерманияGermany - 1960

De Havilland's demonstrator DH.60M G-AARI with "GYPSY MOTH" on the fuselage in place of the usual DH Moth symbol.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

G-AAPM heading a batch of DH.60X Cirrus III Moths of NFS at Hanworth. Many unused regns in the NFS series have recently been used by vintage aircraft.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The Piggott Biplane, seen under construction (there's always someone in the way when you want to take a photo...) and with a handwritten footnote "1913. It did not fly". So, who designed and built it, where, when, and why didn't it fly...?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piggott biplane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1912

G-AARP, two 45 hp Salmson 9-cyl radials, was the very first Monospar and was built by Gloster Aircraft. Originally called the SS1, later the ST-3, it is seen here in a flying demonstration in 1931.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Gloster, Monospar ST-3 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931