A British Spitfire, about to flip the wing of a German V-1 flying bomb in order to knock the gyroscope off balance and change its trajectory away from London.

 

Philippine Mars after being towed out of Lake Pleasant last week.

 

English Electric Lightning F1, Coltishall. Late 60's.

 

A Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter will be embarked on Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen for the 8-month duration of the CSG25 deployment.

 

The Beriev Be-12 "Chayka" ( English - Seagull) an amphibious ASW aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet above Black Sea. This is a rare aircraft and there are only a few units left in service.

 

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II, ZM 168, in a hangar at RAF Marham.

 

Merlin Mk2 of 820 NAS over Loch Long this afternoon with dipping sonar deployed.

 

Captured enemy aircraft at the Farnborough exhibition October/November 1945.

 

DC-4’s left at Gila River Memorial Airport as well as a few other aircraft. Built in 1942

 

On this day in 1969, the first Concorde supersonic transport, Concorde 001, made its inaugural flight. The first supersonic airliner to enter service, the Concorde flew thousands of passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound for over 25 years.