The I-15 is also a single-seat fighter. With the same M-25 engine and four guns, it has a speed of 230 m.p.h.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Поликарпов И-15 / ЦКБ-3 - РоссияRussia - 1933

FIGHTERS IN SPAIN. I-15 biplane fighters gave a good account of themselves in the Spanish War, when the Russians aided the Government forces against Franco and the Germans and Italians.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Поликарпов И-15бис / И-152 - РоссияRussia - 1937

FROM THE RUSSO-GERMAN FRONT: Aircraft on an occupied Russian aerodrome. On the left is an I.15 standing on its nose; in the background a Ju 52 and a Fiesler Storch parked side by side and, in the right foreground, is apparently the wreck of an I.17, one of Russia's newer fighters.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fieseler Fi.156 Storch - ГерманияGermany - 1936Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931МиГ МиГ-3 - РоссияRussia - 1940Поликарпов И-15бис / И-152 - РоссияRussia - 1937

The I-16 single-seat Rata fighter with 750 h.p. M-25 (Wright Cyclone) engine. Armed with four machine guns, it has a speed of 280 m.p.h.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Поликарпов И-16 / ЦКБ-12 - РоссияRussia - 1933

This two-seater biplane is the reconnaissance bomber R-5. It has a 680 h.p. M-17 engine of B.M.W. design and carries four machine guns and bombs.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Поликарпов Р-5 - РоссияRussia - 1928

A Russian SB bomber photographed in Spain, It will be seen that the machine is of creditably clean design.
A more modern bomber design is the mid-wing SB-2 with two M-25 engines of 750 h.p. each. Its speed is about 270 m.p.h. If well armed and armoured, this machine should be able to inflict some hard blows on eastern Germany.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Архангельский, Туполев СБ / АНТ-40 / ПС-40 - РоссияRussia - 1934

Silhouettes of the SB-2 mid-wing bomber. Its appearance shows that it is a modern design.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Архангельский, Туполев СБ / АНТ-40 / ПС-40 - РоссияRussia - 1934

"The Douglas DB-7 design in its various forms should do much to help us through the prevailing trouble."

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas A-20 Boston / Havoc / P-70 Nighthawk - СШАUSA - 1938

Fortress, Tomahawk and Boston - they all have their jobs to do, and more and more are arriving to do them. The initial order of 20 Fortresses has been completed, these having been flown over. The Tomahawks and the Bostons still come by sea, but even the Tomahawks may soon be flown via Greenland and Iceland, using auxiliary tanks which will be dropped when empty.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1935Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk - СШАUSA - 1939Douglas A-20 Boston / Havoc / P-70 Nighthawk - СШАUSA - 1938

THEIR EXITS AND THEIR ENTRANCES: A front gunner-bomb-aimer deplanes from his Douglas Havoc long-range fighter-bomber.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas A-20 Boston / Havoc / P-70 Nighthawk - СШАUSA - 1938

... with unspecified engines ... has achieved in the States a speed of 380 m.p.h.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas A-20 Boston / Havoc / P-70 Nighthawk - СШАUSA - 1938

Note :- The general arrangements of the Boston also apply to the Havoc which is structurally the same machine but modified in certain respects for duty as a night fighter. No particulars of this, however, may be published. The Martin Maryland is now in service in the Middle East, many of these being the residue of the French contract which Britain took over when our ally collapsed. One curious result of this was that Marylands were operating on both sides in the recently-concluded strife with the Vichy troops in Syria.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1935Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939Douglas A-20 Boston / Havoc / P-70 Nighthawk - СШАUSA - 1938Lockheed Hudson A-28 / A-29 - СШАUSA - 1938Martin Maryland / Type 167 - СШАUSA - 1939

A LONG INNINGS: Each raid over Germany or Occupied France is duly noted on a Whitley score card. A second line will soon be necessary.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley / A.W.38 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

A Consolidated Liberator leaving the coast of the U.S.A.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

The Liberator comes in to land with wheels and flaps down.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

SAFELY ON BRITISH SOIL: A Liberator shortly after its Atlantic crossing

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

... 300 m.p.n., seven miles high, for 3,000-4,000 miles.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

SEEING FOR THEMSELVES: The British Air Commission in America believes in getting around and gathering first-hand information at the source. Here we see Sir Henry Self (the tallest of the group), Director-general of the Commission, with I. M. Laddon (pointing), Consolidated Vice-president, and Fred Sigrist (right) watching work on a Liberator at Los Angeles.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

TWICE REMOVED. An R.A.F. fighter-pilot removed this Messerschmitt from the sky and now ground staff are removing it from the sands of the Western Desert. It needed a new undercarriage, anyway.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.109E - ГерманияGermany - 1938

THE MESSERSCHMITT ME 109 F1/2. Armament consists only of two machine guns and one 20-mm. Mauser shell-gun. Speed remains about the same at 360 m.p.h. Note the air intake on the port side, and the two-piece flaps.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.109F - ГерманияGermany - 1940

Though take-off power has been increased from 1,050 to 1,150 h.p., this Me 109 is not, even yet, a good fighter. The windscreen is not bullet-proof and the tyres appear small enough to sink in readily on a soft aerodrome.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.109F - ГерманияGermany - 1940

O.T.U. Mk.I Blenheims in formation.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Note. - More than one thousand Tomahawks are now in service with British and Dominion squadrons, mostly in the Middle East, and their pilots speak very highly of them. Equally good reports come from Fleet Air Arm pilots of the Buffalo and Martlet fighters, the only criticism being that the undercarriage of the Martlet has a narrow track.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bell P-39 Airacobra - СШАUSA - 1939Brewster F2A Buffalo / B-239 - СШАUSA - 1937Curtiss Hawk 75 / P-36 / Mohawk - СШАUSA - 1935Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk - СШАUSA - 1939Grumman F4F Wildcat - СШАUSA - 1937Lockheed P-38 Lightning - СШАUSA - 1939North American P-51 Mustang - СШАUSA - 1940Vultee Vanguard / P-66 - СШАUSA - 1939

CURTISS MOHAWK: Low-wing, tapers on trailing-edge, dihedral from roots. Radial engine, no spinner. Deep oval section fuselage. Undercarriage retracts backwards with fairings for the legs. Tapered tailplane with curved elevators is set at base of fin; rudder has curved trailing-edge.
VULTEE VANGUARD: Low-wing, tapers on both edges to rounded tips; dihedral from roots. Radial engine, no spinner. Fuselage of very similar proportions to the Mohawk but tailplane and fin and rudder have straight taper on both edges, the latter having small, round apex.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss Hawk 75 / P-36 / Mohawk - СШАUSA - 1935Vultee Vanguard / P-66 - СШАUSA - 1939

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss Hawk 75 / P-36 / Mohawk - СШАUSA - 1935Vultee Vanguard / P-66 - СШАUSA - 1939

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

PILOT'S PILLION: Our pilots don't usually sit on each other but this was the only way in which Captain K. A. Quirk of No. 1. Squadron S.A.A.F. could give his brother officer a pillion ride back to base when the latter made a forced landing in enemy territory near Acroma, Libya, a daring rescue for which he received the D.S.O. His name ought surely to be Captain Flag, we'll tell the cock-eyed world!

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Without diving brakes the Junkers Ju.88 - which is used for both level and dive bombing - has a maximum diving speed of 419 m.p.h.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.88 - ГерманияGermany - 1936

... took pictures of Taranto Harbour after the Fleet Air Arm had dropped in to pay a call.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin Maryland / Type 167 - СШАUSA - 1939

MARTIN MARYLAND: Low-wing, tapers on both edges to small rounded tips. Slight dihedral from roots. Twin radial engines with thrust line through leading-edge. Oval section fuselage with blunt transparent nose and reduced depth aft of bomb bay but stepped up at the tail. Upper turret amidships retractable. Undercarriage retracts into nacelles. Tapered tailplane, fairly large fin and rudder.
BREDA 88: High-wing with slight taper to fairly broad round tips. Small dihedral from roots. Large diameter radial engines in underslung nacelles, into which undercarriage completely retracts, extending back to trailing-edge. Short, well streamlined fuselage with slim nose; gun position aft of pilot's covered cockpit. Strut-braced tailplane with curved edges carrying twin egg-shaped fins and rudders set inboard.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breda Ba.88 Lince - ИталияItaly - 1936Martin Maryland / Type 167 - СШАUSA - 1939

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breda Ba.88 Lince - ИталияItaly - 1936Martin Maryland / Type 167 - СШАUSA - 1939

MIDDLE EAST MISCELLANY: A French pilot, serving with the R.A.F. in the Western Desert, who has his own Morane 406. The 20 mm. Hispano shell gun can be seen projecting through the airscrew hub.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Morane-Saulnier MS.405/406/410C1 - ФранцияFrance - 1935

AMMUNITION, FUEL, OIL: Immediately a fighter lands from an operational flight, riggers, fitters, armourers and radio mechanics swarm over the machine to make it ready for service again. The photograph is of a Spitfire on return from one of the recent daylight "sweeps." An Intelligence Officer is talking to the pilot.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

... The Air Staff now says that nobody can ever have too many fighters.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Построенный как Spitfire Mk I и позднее доработанный до стандарта Mk VB, самолет R6923 был сбит 22 июня 1941 года немецким истребителем Bf 109. По своим летным характеристикам Spitfire на протяжении большей части войны находился на одном уровне с Bf 109, поэтому мастерство пилота часто становилось решающим фактором в воздушном бою.
OFFENSIVE SWEEP'S BROOM: In the recent sweeps over Northern France the Mark V Spitfire has added to the laurels it already possessed as a metropolitan defender. This photograph, taken from a Blenheim, shows clearly the two 20 mm. shell-guns and four .303 machine guns. Of interest also is the D.H. constant-speed airscrew and the modified air intake and oil-cooler.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

FORMIDABLE FORMATION: Spitfire Vs in Vic formation above the clouds. The armament of the Spitfire V consists of two 20 mm. shell-guns and four machine guns. Maximum speed is in the neighbourhood of 400 m.p.h.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR R.A.F. OFFENSIVE: A shell-gun armed Spitfire V back from a daylight sweep taxies to its dispersal point as the sun sets in the evening. Elsewhere, bombers take off for raids over Germany and "intruders" (long-range night-fighter-bombers) set out to disturb the flying programme on Luftwaffe aerodromes.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

EVERYDAY HEROISM: A Fighter Command pilot making a "wheels up" landing on his Spitfire V after being badly shot about during a daylight sweep over France. The pilot, who has the D.F.C., was wounded in two places.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

MOONLIGHT IDYLL: A Beaufighter and its air crew silhouetted by the moon. When the Luftwaffe moves West again our night fighters with all their "devices" will be waiting to renew old acquaintances.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Beaufighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

NIGHT FIGHTER BY DAY: A Hercules-engined Beaufighter photographed from a Blenheim.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Beaufighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

TWIN-ENGINED AGILITY: Night fighters must be as easily manoeuvrable as their daylight brothers. A Beaufighter breaking away after a dummy attack.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Beaufighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Bristol Beaufighter. Mid-wing tapers to small rounded tips; dihedral from centre-section. Twin radial engines. Fuselage has short, rounded nose and gun-turret amidships. Tailplane has straight leading-edge, tapered trailing-edge and rounded tips. Fin and rudder similar to Blenheim. Undercarriage retracts into nacelles.
Lockheed Lightning. Mid-wing, tapers sharply on trailing-edge to very small rounded tips. Double fuselage with in-line engines and air-scoops aft of trailing-edge. Nose of streamlined nacelle projects well forward; pilot's cockpit well back between wings. High aspect-ratio tailplane attached to fuselage tails carrying twin fins and rudders.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Beaufighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939Lockheed P-38 Lightning - СШАUSA - 1939

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Beaufighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939Lockheed P-38 Lightning - СШАUSA - 1939

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Beaufighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

The TB-3, formerly the ANT-6, is a heavy bomber carrying 2,200lb. of bombs at the low maximum speed of 120 m.p.h. Its four engines are M-17 type of 680 h.p. There is also a later model of improved performance.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Туполев ТБ-3 / АНТ-6 - РоссияRussia - 1930

The design for this monoplane fighter was acquired from U.S.A. It is the Vultee VUGB.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vultee V-11 / БШ-1 / ПС-43 - СШАUSA - 1935

The Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) going down at a steep angle. An ejector arm throws the bomb clear of the airscrew.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Junkers Ju.87B - ГерманияGermany - 1938

A Blenheim of the Free French Air Force setting out on a raid on an objective in Abyssinia.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim IV / Bolingbroke - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

SEA LEVEL ATTACK: A direct hit on an enemy supply ship. The tail of the Blenheim appearing in the photograph shows the low height at which the attack was carried out.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim IV / Bolingbroke - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

BACK ON THE HOME GROUND: Blenheim crew deplaning after returning from a daylight sweep.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim IV / Bolingbroke - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

CONVOY PROTECTORS: Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV. F. fighters in formation. They are used extensively on convoy patrol work.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim IV / Bolingbroke - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

GIVING THEM THE LOW-DOWN: Bomber Command Blenheims flying over Holland during their attack on German shipping at Rotterdam. It is estimated that on this raid alone 100,000 tons of shipping were put out of action.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim IV / Bolingbroke - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Bristol Blenheims of the Free French Sudan Squadron being attended to by African ground crews

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim IV / Bolingbroke - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

ALL DOLLED UP: This Catalina pilot's girl-friend won't mind the baby doll he takes with him on patrol. Look carefully and you'll see the mascot dangling near his left shoulder.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PBY Catalina / ГСТ / МП-7 - СШАUSA - 1935

HIS LUCKY DAY: The Captain of the Catalina who found the Bismarck after it had eluded the shadowing naval craft. More than twenty hours elapsed between take-off and landing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PBY Catalina / ГСТ / МП-7 - СШАUSA - 1935

Consolidated Catalina. Strut-braced pedestal wing; both edges taper from centre-section to square tips. Twin radial engines. Gun blisters on slim hull. Tailplane set high on large single fin and rudder.
Consolidated-31. High cantilever wing tapers to rounded tips. Twin radials in short nacelles. Very deep hull with straight top-line. Oval outrigged twin fins and rudders. Retractable wing floats fold inwards.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PBY Catalina / ГСТ / МП-7 - СШАUSA - 1935Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor - СШАUSA - 1939

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PBY Catalina / ГСТ / МП-7 - СШАUSA - 1935Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor - СШАUSA - 1939

Not double-crossers, but Westland Lysanders bearing the Cross of Lorraine, the insignia of the Free French Air Force.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Lysander - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Rudder shape of the Miles Magister was altered to improve the spinning properties. It will be noticed that the later shape (shown in full line) is more efficient because of its higher aspect ratio.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Miles Magister / M.14 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

DIFFERENT FROM A MAURICE FARMAN: Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal in the cockpit of a Curtiss Tomahawk. When Sir Charles learnt to fly in 1915 Maurice Farmans with 70 h.p. engines were the vogue.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk - СШАUSA - 1939

As this photograph was taken six years ago, it indicates how long the Russians have been at work training paratroops. It shows women parachutists after landing at Baneasa Aerodrome, near Bucharest. This may be happening again, but in deadly earnest, for Russia and Rumania are at war.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Туполев АНТ-14 Правда - РоссияRussia - 1931

UNCONCERNED: Mr. Igor Sikorsky "sat" for an hour and a half and thereby established a new helicopter record, as we pointed out last week. The cine man seems to have lost interest.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky VS-300 - СШАUSA - 1939

This MBR-2 reconnaissance flying boat has two M-17 engines and three gun positions. Its speed is about 150 m.p.h.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Бериев МБР-2 / МП-1 - РоссияRussia - 1932

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Stirling / S.29 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

The Short Stirling heavy bomber has either Bristol Hercules 14-cylinder air-cooled radial 1,400 h.p. engines or Wright Cyclone double-row 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engines. It has a wing span of 99ft., a length of 87ft. 3m. and a height of 22ft. 9m. There is a very heavy defensive armament. The undercarriage and tail wheel are retractable.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Stirling / S.29 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

The clown expresses suitable contempt of Jerry's flak and 109Fs.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

The Ozard of Whizz has been adopted as the unofficial crest of a heavy bomber squadron

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

THE MARTIN 187 BALTIMORE has been expressly designed to Royal Air Force requirements.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin Baltimore / Type 187 - СШАUSA - 1941

Baltimore general arrangement.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin Baltimore / Type 187 - СШАUSA - 1941

THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM. In spite of the inscription on this picture, it does not show a British single-seater fighter shot down by the Italians. The exhaust stub "pattern" points unmistakably to a Hispano-Suiza engine, and the general appearance of the aircraft suggests Morane-Saulnier. It seems more likely that the machine belonged to the Free French Air Force, and that it was deliberately damaged before being abandoned; otherwise the undercarriage would hardly have been intact and one airscrew blade straight. The triple tail arrangement is noteworthy.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Loire-Nieuport LN 401/411 - ФранцияFrance - 1938

MAINTAINING aircraft in first-class flying condition is a vital part of R.A.F. organisation, and the unfailing trust which pilots and air crews have learnt to place in the men who care for their machines is a direct tribute to the excellence of the R.A.F. Technical Training Schools, at which the aircraftmen are taught their job. Here is a general view in an R.A.F. classroom.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Gloster Gauntlet - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer / Bermuda - СШАUSA - 1941Curtiss SBC Helldiver - СШАUSA - 1934Northrop A-17 / 8A Nomad - СШАUSA - 1934Vought SB2U Vindicator / V-156 - СШАUSA - 1936

"The fin and rudder of the Sunderland are beautifully designed, with about as high an aspect ratio as is ever used."

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Sunderland / S.25 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

FLEET AIR ARM SILHOUETTE: A Walrus being hoisted inboard on H.M.S. Suffolk at the end of a reconnaissance flight

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

The Walrus taxying in after alighting, and also shows how the secondary armament of the ship is of the dual-purpose, twin-turreted type.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

As the aircraft approaches the ship one of the air crew climbs on to the top plane to make ready the hoisting tackle, while another goes into the front gunner's cockpit ready to take the steadying wire from the lower boom and make it fast to a mooring bollard.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

The photograph shows the hoisting and steadying tackle hooked on. A point of interest is the footprints painted on the top plane. These indicate a walk way for riggers. Ladders cannot be used at sea!

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

The Walrus is out of the water. Apparently no submarines have been spotted on this trip, for the bombs are still in their racks under the wings.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

THE CONSOLIDATED PB2Y in its original form.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PB2Y Coronado - СШАUSA - 1937

THE CONSOLIDATED PB2Y in its final form indicates a change from the single tail, with auxiliary fin surfaces, to the more modern twin type.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PB2Y Coronado - СШАUSA - 1937

Designed for shipboard work, the Blackburn Skua has folding wings and the diving brakes are "solid."

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Skua / B-24 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Beaufort - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss SBC Helldiver - СШАUSA - 1934Fairey Albacore - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938

FLEET AIR ARM FIGHTERS: A flight of Merlin-engined Fairey Fulmars on patrol. With two batteries of four machine guns in the leading edge, the Fulmar has the same striking power as the original Hurricane or Spitfire.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Fulmar / P.4/34 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

SHIPS' SHEPHERDS. The smiling crew of a Coastal Command Hudson, snapped when just about to embark with their gear before taking off to shepherd in a convoy reported nearing home. Coastal patrol is their chief duty.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed Hudson A-28 / A-29 - СШАUSA - 1938

... equipped with a Boulton Paul power-operated turret, has given a remarkably good account of itself.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed Hudson A-28 / A-29 - СШАUSA - 1938

A BIRD OF PASSAGE: The Sparrow which in its more belligerent days was a Handley Page Harrow heavy bomber.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Harrow / H.P.54 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT: Air Marshal Tedder, A.O.C. in C, Middle East Command, arriving by Lockheed Lodestar at an R.A.F. station in Palestine from Cairo.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed Lodestar L-18/C-59/R5O - СШАUSA - 1939

TAIL-PIECE: A close-up of the full cantilever tail of the D.H. Albatross. The rudders have been placed at the extreme tips, and the tailplane has a sharp dihedral. The modification is intended to ensure positive stability under all conditions of flight - this is particularly important for blind take-offs over a wide range of loadings and load dispositions.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Albatross / D.H.91 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Twin fins and rudders were adopted for the first version of the tail of the De Havilland Albatross

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Albatross / D.H.91 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

TWIN-TAILED, SINGLE-ENGINED. The General Aircraft Cygnet is probably unique for it was improved by removing the vertical surfaces from the slipstream.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: General Aircraft Cygnet II / GAL.42 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

TWO ENGINES CUT. The original Boeing 307 Stratoliner in flight on only two engines and held straight by plenty of rudder. More fin area was found necessary and this was added experimentally, but the production version was faired in with curves.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938

TWO ENGINES CUT. More fin area was found necessary and this was added experimentally as shown, but the production version was faired in with curves.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938

THE BOEING 314 CLIPPER appeared first with a single fin and rudder. This was later altered to a twin tail, but the addition of still more fin area was required, and the final version now flies the Atlantic with three fins.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 314 Clipper - СШАUSA - 1938

THE BOEING 314 CLIPPER appeared first with a single fin and rudder. This was later altered to a twin tail, but the addition of still more fin area was required, and the final version now flies the Atlantic with three fins.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 314 Clipper - СШАUSA - 1938

The Brewster XSBA-1 (Wright Cyclone).
The Brewster Bermuda two-seater dive-bomber now in production m America for the R.A.F. and F.A.A.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Brewster SBA / SBN / B-38 - СШАUSA - 1936

Fairey Albacore. Single-bay wings, equal span, parallel edges, rounded tips, no stagger. Small diameter radial engine. Pilot's position in long, enclosed cabin, high and well forward. Air-intake below and aft of cowling. Fixed undercarriage with faired legs. Tapered cantilever tailplane, rounded tips; large fin and rudder with broad, rounded apex.
Curtiss Cleveland. Single-bay, staggered wings, equal span, single inter-plane struts. Top wing backswept on leading-edge of outer panels, straight trailing edge with large "bite" in centresection. Lower wing of narrow chord, straight parallel edges with fillet at roots. Large diameter radial engine, oval cowling, covered cockpit, well back. Retractable undercarriage. Tapered tailplane.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss SBC Helldiver - СШАUSA - 1934

THE ORIGINAL DOUGLAS DC-4 had fins and rudders of low aspect ratio, probably designed to these proportions so that they would not foul the top of the hangar door.
"I also found a division of opinion on the operation of so-called ‘giant aircraft,’ such as the D.C.4."

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-4E - СШАUSA - 1938

BOEING TAKES A BOW: Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal recently inspected the latest types of American aircraft in this country, and here he is greeting the R.A.F. crew of a Flying Fortress four-engined bomber.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1935

HEAT BLISTERS: The defensive armament of this Boeing YB-17 bomber, the first of thirteen for the U.S. Army Air Corps, is carried in a novel nose turret and four streamlined blister-like emplacements whence, so it is said, "the heat can be turned on" in practically all directions. The YB-17 is the largest landplane ever built in the U.S.A. and represents a class which has not so far featured in our own expansion programme. Four of the new Wright Cyclone "G" engines are fitted and a retractable undercarriage and tail wheel, flaps, v.p. airscrews, homing equipment, two-way R/T and an automatic pilot are specified.
THE BOEING FLYING FORTRESS is a successful example of a large aeroplane with single fin and rudder. The tailplane is set well forward.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1935

"From a seat in the cockpit it was evident that the pilot had a 'lot of aeroplane' under his control."

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1935

THE YOUNG IDEA: A.T.C. boys at their first camp receive open-air instruction in the shade of a Handley Page Hereford.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hereford / H.P.53 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

This three-seat reconnaissance flying boat, MR-5, has one 680 h.p. M-17 engine and two machine guns. Speed, 140 m.p.h.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Четвериков / Григорович МР-3 / МР-5 - РоссияRussia - 1929

TWIN-TAILED, SINGLE-ENGINED. The General Aircraft Cygnet is probably unique for it was improved by removing the vertical surfaces from the slipstream.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: C.W. Aircraft Cygnet - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

.., span is 110ft. with a gross weight of 50,000 lb.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor - СШАUSA - 1939