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  • A Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe from one of the "E" serial batches, this example carries the blue and white stripe of 32 Squadron, based at RAF Kenley in the early 1920s. The engine is a 230 h.p. Bentley B.R.2 rotary.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Регистрационный номер: E850   [2]

    De Havilland D.H.9A E850 Perseus was famed for its longevity of service with No 47 Squadron, based at Helwan, Egypt. It is seen here making dropping trials with "Karma-Potter" supply parachutes. Its C of A was renewed three times.

    Самолёты на фотографии: De Havilland D.H.9A - Великобритания - 1918

  • Регистрационный номер: E726

    De Havilland D.H.9A E726 was built by Whitehead Aircraft Ltd of Richmond, Surrey. It features a lengthy exhaust pipe extending almost to the tailplane, and is fully equipped for night flying, with lights on the top wing and flare-brackets forward of the skids on the lower wing tips.

    Самолёты на фотографии: De Havilland D.H.9A - Великобритания - 1918

  • Регистрационный номер: E850   [2]

    The long-serving D.H.9A E850 Perseus of 47 Squadron, Helwan, Egypt, after an unhappy but not-too-disastrous landing in 1926. This venerable aeroplane was "aerobatted" on its final flight.

    Самолёты на фотографии: De Havilland D.H.9A - Великобритания - 1918

  • Vickers F.B.27 Vimy F8631, with a pair of 360 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines, in the clear-doped finish adopted after the First World War and displaying the distinctive nose skid.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Vimy / FB.27 - Великобритания - 1917

  • Регистрационный номер: J7552

    Armstrong-Whitworth Siskin IIIDC two-seat trainer J7552 bears the black line of 111 Squadron, based at Duxford, along its fuselage. This Squadron re-equipped with the type in 1924, being the second unit to do so. Most Siskin squadrons had two-seat variants on strength.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Armstrong Whitworth Siskin - Великобритания - 1921

  • K3588 was the Vickers 210 Vespa VII, previously Vespa I G-EBLD and Vespa II and VI G-ABTL/O-S. First flown in September 1925, the aircraft had a long and varied history. On September 16, 1932, Bristol's chief test pilot, Cyril Uwins, flew it to a new world altitude record of 43,976ft, a Bristol Pegasus "S" supercharged engine being fitted for this flight. It is seen at the RAF Display, Hendon, in 1933, shortly after its acquisition by the RAF in June of that year for high-altitude research.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Vespa / Type 113 - Великобритания - 1925

  • Регистрационный номер: J7956

    Fairey Fox I J7956, c/n F862, powered by a 480 h.p. Curtiss D-12 engine. The fin bears the numeral "12" - the only Squadron equipped with this superb two-seat day bomber. A fox’s head became 12 Squadron's emblem, and later adorned the rudder of their aircraft.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Fairey Fox - Великобритания - 1925

  • Регистрационный номер: J7515

    A brace of Hawker Woodcock IIs, fitted with the 420 h.p. Bristol Jupiter IV. The foremost aircraft, J7515, was the fourth production aircraft. On July 1925 it was flown by Flt Lt P. W. S. Bulman in the King's Cup Race as G-EBMA, the only civil Woodcock, but crashed at Luton.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Hawker Woodcock - Великобритания - 1923