U.S. Navy aircraft of Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) on the snow covered flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) during operations in the North Atlantic on 29 June 1943.

 

Northrop Grumman Delivers Fourth Triton to U.S. Navy for Initial Operational Capability.

 Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the fourth multi-intelligence MQ-4C Triton to the U.S. Navy ahead of initial operational capability (IOC) this year. The delivery completes the set of aircraft for Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19’s establishment of the first operational orbit, while a second orbit is preparing for delivery this summer. With three orbits planned around the globe, the Triton multi-intelligence uncrewed aircraft will provide 24/7 unprecedented maritime awareness. 

Finnish Army NH90 firing flares at an airshow

 

McDonnell XF-85

 

Viggen underground hangar outside Göteborg

 

Crash-landed Spitfire, for an attack on Tilly-sur-Seulles, Normandy, France. 17 June 1944. The Spitfire's squadron code – 'VZ' – indicates it belongs to RCAF 412 Squadron, which operated the Spitfire IXb during this period

 

On this day in 1966 the first Royal Navy F4-K Phantom made its first flight at the McDonnell Douglas factory in St. Louis. The Phantom would become the FAA interceptor throughout the 70s until HMS Ark Royal was retired. You can still see the exact same aircraft on display Fleet Air Arm Museum.

 

Italian Navy NH Industries NH90 TTH Helicopter, on board offshore patrol vessel Francesco Morosini.

 

The Lysander was built to a specification calling for a rugged, short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) aircraft for low-level reconnaissance and observation issued in 1934. Westland designed and built a rugged high wing monoplane with fixed spatted undercarriage. It had an exceptional field of view for both pilot and observer, and was armed with two forward firing machine guns and a machine gun fired from the rear cockpit. The first prototype flew in 1936 and production aircraft entered service in 1938. The Lysander entered service with the RAF as an army co-operation aircraft, replacing Hawker Audaxes and Hectors during 1939. However during the Battle of France in 1940, the Lysander proved too vulnerable to survive modern warfare and suffered some terrible losses. After 1940 Lysanders were used by Coastal Command on search-and-rescue missions. Lysanders were also built under licence in Canada and these aircraft were often used as targets tugs at the overseas training bases. The role that the Lysander is best remembered for is as a 'spy taxi', picking up and dropping secret agents behind enemy lines. For these operations, the aircraft were painted black and fitted with a long-range fuel tank beneath the fuselage and a ladder fixed to the side of the aircraft to allow the agents to enter and exit quickly. The Collection's Lysander was built in Canada and was used by the RCAF as a target tug serialled 2355. It was bought after the war by Wes Agnew a farmer, former RCAF instructor and collector of aircraft. In 1971 it was purchased by Sir William Roberts for the Strathallan Collection in Scotland. It arrived in the UK in October 1971 and was registered G-AZWT, and work commenced on restoring it. However, it was not until December 1979 that G-AZWT flew again, painted as V9441 a Lysander operated by No.309 (Polish) Squadron. It was grounded in 1986 and was purchased in 1998 by the Shuttleworth Collection. It has been fully restored, repainted and fitted with dummy long range fuel tank and ladder to represent V9367 / MA-B an aircraft of 161 Squadron, flown by Pilot Officer Peter Vaughan-Fowler on operation Apollo during the winter of 1942. In it's all-black colours, it makes an unusual sight in the skies over Old Warden and is the last airworthy example of this historic type.

 

Wing construction of a Junkers G38, manufactured in Dessau. The Junkers G.38 was a large German four-engined transport aircraft which first flew in 1929. Two prototypes were constructed in Germany. Both aircraft flew as a commercial transport within Europe in the years leading up to World War II.

 

The Dornier Do 335 "Arrow" was the Luftwaffe's fastest piston-powered aircraft of WW2. This oddly designed aircraft was not very well known, due to the tiny numbers produced and the little impact they had on the war.

 

F9C’s (Bu # 9057), shortly after take-off from the Lakehurst Air Station, in the summer of 1933. Aircraft was assigned to USS Macon (ZRS-5).

 

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless after being raised from Lake Michigan in 1994.

 

Italian Air Force Fiat G.91.

 

F-35 Lightning II — Locked and Loaded.

 

The RAF has decided to stand the Hercules down because it was found to have “increasingly limited utility in the digital and future operating environment”. The Hercules is being stood down to be replaced by the larger and faster A400M Atlas, considered part of the next generation of transport aircraft.

 

10 Sqn RAAF Short Sunderland flying boat ashore at RAF Pembroke Dock. Clearly visible are the numerous antennas for the ASV (anti-surface vessel) radar, which would have been highly classified at the time. 1941.

 

The Cavernous interior of the Messerschmitt 323 is clearly illustrated in this photograph showing a pair of DB 605 aircraft engines and other cargo being disgorged.

 

Northrop Grumman Navy’s E-6B Mercury.

 

USS Cincinnati (CL-6) at Vancouver in 1937. Visitors are looking at the ship’s catapult planes.

 

A bulldozer is brought into action on the flight deck of HMS Khedive. It is pushing a crashed Hellcat into position so the Salvage Party can get to work clearing up the mess. HMS Queen Elizabeth is in the background, May 1945.

 

Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of fighting squadron VF-1 launches from the hangar deck catapult on board the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during her shakedown cruise in the waters off Trinidad, 3 June 1943.

 

Lightning plugged into centre hose of a Victor tanker.

 

Eurofighter Typhoon.

 

"Characterized by its 40hp Citroën GS.612 engine driving a pusher propeller placed between two centreboards, the GL.03 F-PYIL, with a tricycle landing gear, stands out clearly from Gilbert Landray's other creations, while retaining the traditional double wing. Initially a single-seater, the aircraft was subsequently provided with an additional glazed space, but its current power does not allow it to carry two adults."

 

Annual Grumman TBM Avenger gathering.

 

Eurofighter Typhoon doing a performance at the Cosford Air Show.

 

Sikorsky HSS-2 Sea King helicopter Hovers near USS Decatur (DD-936), during HSS-2 carrier suitability trials. USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) is in the background.