The first O-BLON Breguet 14A.2 with other ex-military machines. The DH.9 F1293 in the foreground was to become O-BIEN.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breguet Br.14 - ФранцияFrance - 1916De Havilland D.H.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1917

Scene at Haren airfield in 1920 with Rumplers O-BRUN, O-BREF and O-BUIS; Fokkers O-BILL and O-BEBE; Breguets O-BLOC and O-BROC; and DH.9 O-BELG.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breguet Br.14 - ФранцияFrance - 1916De Havilland D.H.9B / D.H.9C - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1919Fokker D.VII - ГерманияGermany - 1917Rumpler C.IV - ГерманияGermany - 1916

To start the ball rolling we have one unusual shot from Paul de Maeyer's collection which illustrates Don Hannah's point about registration letters carried on vertical tail surfaces. This Rumpler C.IV O-BREF has somehow contrived to wear the letters O-B instead of just the mandatory O, while the SNETA Breguet in the right foreground has no tail markings at all! Do any readers know of other examples of O-B marks being carried, or of similar practice being found in other countries? Your FEEDBACK please!

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breguet Br.14 - ФранцияFrance - 1916Rumpler C.IV - ГерманияGermany - 1916

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

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Rumpler C.IV - ГерманияGermany - 1916

The third SABCA-built D.H.50 for Sabena. The aircraft in the air is a Farman Goliath.
This DH.50A O-BAHX was built by SABCA and ended its days in the Congo.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland D.H.50 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1923Farman F.60 Goliath / F.169 - ФранцияFrance - 1918

Passengers boarding O-BAHM (101) a SABCA-built Handley Page W.8e of SABENA.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page H.P.18 (W.8) / H.P.30 (W.10) - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1919

The first civil aircraft registered in Belgium, Fokker D.VII O-BEBE.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker D.VII - ГерманияGermany - 1917

PH-OST was the Pander S-4 Postjager c/n 46, regd 25.11.33 and intended to open up mail routes to the East Indies. It crashed at Allahabad, India, 21.10.34, where it was earlier photographed during the MacRobertson London-Melbourne Race.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Pander S-4 Postjager - НидерландыNetherlands - 1933

The first of the line: G-EBKT the prototype Moth in its original configuration with clear doped wings, unbalanced rudder and starboard exhaust pipe.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Moth / D.H.60 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925

The rebuilt and restored G-EBLV c/n 188 at White Waltham in 1953

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Moth / D.H.60 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925

G-EBLU. London Aeroplane Club. Fuselage: yellow, black regn. Wings: silver, yellow regn.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Moth / D.H.60 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925

Westland Widgeon G-EBRN see before setting off on Wing Commander Manning's unsuccessful Australia flight in 1928

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Widgeon - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1924

Probably the best-looking of the biplane airliners was the DH.86. G-ADUE "Dardanus" of Imperial Airways posed at Hatfield on 23.3.37 and illustrates our article on C of A Applications.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

This Klemm L-25 G-AAFU with Salmson radial is believed to have been scrapped about 1939.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Klemm L.25 - L.28 Swallow - ГерманияGermany - 1927

DH.84 Dragon G-AECZ in Air Taxis Ltd livery at Croydon in 1946.

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

The oldest Cub to be registered in West Germany, D-EJUM is still active over forty years after being built.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

8910 N58371 erected at Frankfurt 9.8.5 6 only nine days after arrival from the USA.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

10263 D-EGOV carrying the Roder Prazision titles of its 1960s owner Wilhelm Roder of Egelsbach.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

8391 D-ECIZ at Northeim, its last base in Germany before sale to Denmark.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

8622 D-ELLY seen here at Vogtareuth 22.10.76, was built from parts by AeC Saar in 1960.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

10793 D-EFER seen wingless at Bonn-Hangelar 10.5.73 was sold to Norway but remains inactive.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

11005 D-ELUM wearing a 'Coburg' insignia at Herzogenaurach 13.5.74.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

3042 D-EJYP pictured after colliding with the lorry at Worth Island airstrip, 15.8.58.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

The article offers new evidence about the constructor's numbers of the Airspeed Envoys exported to South Africa. Here is SAAF '251', a convertible model, seen over Portsmouth on 30.10.36

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Envoy / AS.6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

The article offers new evidence about the constructor's numbers of the Airspeed Envoys exported to South Africa. Here is the civil version ZS-AGD "Alexander Biggar" on 28.12.36.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Envoy / AS.6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

An evocative shot of Avro Avian G-EBWK taken 8.3.28 at an unidentified, but misty, location.

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

Sole survivor of the type, the well-known Blackburn B.2 G-AEBJ at the Hendon "50 Years of Flying" display in July 1951.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn B-2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931

Bleriot Spad S.33 O-BAHE (61) a Bleriot Spad which was destroyed in the Evere fire after two months service with SNETA.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bleriot-SPAD S.33 / S.46 / S.50 / S.56 / S.66 - ФранцияFrance - 1920

One of the first members of the 1920 SNETA fleet was this DH.9 O-BIEN which outlived many of its contemporaries and was not scrapped until 1931.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland D.H.9B / D.H.9C - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1919

One of SNETA's Airco DH.4As O-BARI (34) warming up.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland D.H.4A - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1919

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hamilton W.8e/H.P.26 / Hampstead W.9/H.P.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1924

SABCA-built Handley Page W.8f Hamiltons operated with SABENA from 1925 to 1935. On board O-BAHO "Princesse Marie-Jose" the somewhat exposed crew run up the port motor while work apparently proceeds on the starboard side.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hamilton W.8e/H.P.26 / Hampstead W.9/H.P.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1924

Metal Moth G-AACD c/n 340 was the UK type demonstrator

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

An unmarked and unidentified Gipsy Moth standing in flying attitude.

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

A centre-float seaplane version, this is probably John Scott Taggart's DH.60G G-AADV of 1929 but the retractable wheels of the Short amphibian undercarriage seem to have been removed! Other candidates could be the Hon.A.E.Guinness' Hermes Moth G-AAVC (incorrect cowlings?) or DH.60M K2235 which used a scaled-down Short Singapore hull float from 1931-39.
The seaplane Moth is G-AADV going ashore at Calshot to attend the 1929 Schneider Trophy Race, pilot Hubert Broad and front seat passenger Vicomte de Sibour. The wheels have been lowered below water for taxying up the slipway which becomes increasingly obvious the more the Editor studies the picture.

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