Belgian military F.VIIb/3m serialled F-2 which served with 3/I/3Ae as a night bomber but here appears to be transporting bowler-hatted personnel.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.VII / C-2 / F.XIV - НидерландыNetherlands - 1924

Hillman's Airways Dragon G-ACEV at Stapleford in 1934 with Amy Johnson at the controls. She flew as a pilot with the company to gain twin-engined experience prior to the England-Australia Air Race.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

Hillman's Airways Dragon G-ACAP c/n 6002, with Its name "Romford" clearly visible across the nose, poses with the RAC Flying Squad.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

From J.F.Oiler via Charles Cain's collection we have this shot of the Breguet 470 Fulgur wearing "F1" and the name "Raoul Ribiere". We surmise that this was taken during the Istres - Damascus race of 1937 when the Fulgur was loaned back to Breguet by the Spanish Republicans. Or was it as F-APDY in the 1936 Paris - Saigon race? Can any reader identify the occasion accurately?
The Breguet 470T Fulgur photo raised a detailed response from Robert Esperou. It was certainly taken at Istres in late August 1937 prior to departure for Damascus and Le Bourget. "F1" was F-APDY's race number and the name "Raoul Ribiere" was carried in memory of the test pilot killed in the Morane 406 crash on 29.7.37. The Fulgur was fifth in the race, behind three SM.79s of the Regia Aeronautica and the DH.88 Comet "The Orphan" G-ACSS.
It had flown in the October 1936 Paris - Saigon Race and got as far as Bushir in Persia, though neither of the other two starters completed the course. F-APDY was sold in 9.37 to SFTA (but hadn't it been sold to them earlier and returned at Air Ministry request for the Damascus race?) and onward to LAPE as EC-AHC to operate the Barcelona - Toulouse route during the civil war. It was scrapped at Toulouse at the end of the Spanish war. Photos also exist (see "le trait d'union" No.101, 5.85) of F-APDY with a large number 7 on the side, said to have been taken in Damascus in 1938 - but there is no evidence of another race at that time: unless readers can suggest otherwise.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breguet Br.470 Fulgur - ФранцияFrance - 1936

Keith Cruttenden has uncovered a newspaper cutting dated 10.11.57 with the headline World's Biggest - and it's British which apparently did not come from page three but referred to "the largest airliner ever conceived - three times the size of the giant Brabazon. It has been designed by a British engineering firm." The company was named as Saben Hart & Ptnrs who would build the 350 ft span aircraft with dimpled steel sheets but no windows, the passengers looking outside through remote control TV. Power was to be pure jets with a top speed of 650 mph but a freighter version was also proposed with 470 ft span, eight turboprops and a speed of 500 mph. The photo may not reproduce well but shows a flying-boat style hull. Does anyone know anything more about this project?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Saben-Hart flying boat - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1957