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Concorde - The Final Touchdown by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Shortly after 2.00pm on Friday 24th October 2003, supersonic commercial aviation was brought to a close as three British Airways Concordes touched down within minutes of each other at London's Heathrow Airport for the last time. Here, BA Captain Mike Bannister brings G-BOAG home for the final touchdown. |
Debut by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Vulcan prototypes and Avro 707s flown together in 1951. |
SR45 Princess Over Cowes by Ivan Berryman. (PC) The mighty ten-engine Princess flying boat was one of the most advanced aircraft of its day in terms of pressurized hull and assisted flying controls and yet it was, at the same time, something of an anachronism as the age of flying boats had come to an end and the exciting new jet era had arrived. The only SR.45 ever to fly is depicted over the Cowes works where she was built in 1952. |
Hot Metal - TSR.2 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Without doubt the most advanced and forward-thinking design for an attack and reconnaissance aircraft in its day, the BAC TSR.2 was to fall victim to the shortsightedness of a misguided Labour government whose entrenched position in the mid 1960s dealt a terrible blow to the British aircraft industry - a blow from which it never fully recovered. Whilst the few TSR.2 airframes that had been constructed languished in outside storage or on gunnery ranges, its intended American replacement, the General Dynamics F.111, was ready for RAF service fully ten years late and at a cost of nearly three times that of a production TSR.2, with the order being cancelled at the last minute. Here, XR219 streaks into the air having ridden the 'hump' in the Boscombe Down runway. |
Watchful Sandy by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Playing a crucial role in the Vietnam conflict, the HH.53 'Jolly Green Giant' helicopters flew frequent courageous missions deep into North Vietnam to rescue even single US aircrew that were known to be still alive, always supported by the capable A-1H Skyraiders - or Sandy's - whose long endurance and low-speed, low-altitude capability made it the ideal guardian for the helicopter missions. |
The Golden Age by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Depicting the short S45 Solent 2 G-AHIS (Scapa), BOAC Flying Boat, passing over the Queen Elizabeth on Southampton Water, Late 1940s |
The Forgotten V Bomber by Keith Aspinall. (PC) The Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant was a British four-jet high-altitude bomber, once part of the Royal Air Force's V bomber nuclear force in the 1950s and 1960s. The Valiant was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan; it was noticeably less advanced than its counterparts. The Valiant has the distinction of being the only V bomber to drop live nuclear weapons. |
Dawn Descent by David Pentland (PC) A C130 Hercules MK1 from RAF Lynham Transport Wing, delivers a low level Brigade drop of Airbourne forces over Salisbury Plain. The C130 Hercules is the workhorse of the Royal Air Force Air Transport (AT) fleet and is based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, where it is operated by Nos 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons. The fleet totals 50 aircraft and is a mixture of C1/C3 aircraft and the new C-130J aircraft, designated C4/C5. |
USS Dwight Eisenhower by Ivan Berryman. (PC) A pair of F18 Hornets overfly the Nimitz-class carrier USS Dwight Eisenhower (CV-69) with the surface combatant USS Arleigh Burke (DDF-51) off her port bow. |
Tribute to the VC10 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Celebrating its 50th year of faithful service in 2012, the Vickers VC10 has proved to be one of the most enduring types in British aviation. The final role for these elegant veterans has been to provide mid-air refueling for the RAF, as typified here by C.1K XV106 'W' of 101 Sqn, Brize Norton. Retirement is planned for March 2013 for the final few serving aircraft, closing a significant chapter in the history of jet age. |
Shadowing the Bear - Tribute to No.43 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Reformed in 1969, 43 Sqn Fighting Cocks returned to RAF Leuchars equipped with the mighty McDonnell F-4 Phantom, operating in the maritime air defence role, frequently intercepting and 'escorting' Soviet interlopers such as the Tupolev TU-95 Bear away from British airspace, as represented here by a pair of 43 Sqn FGR.2s. |
Some Little Birds Fly at Night by David Pentland. (PC) 160th SOAR, 'Nightstalkers', MH-6J 'Little Bird' and a small squad of Special Forces D-Boys fly low en route to their target in Afghanistan. |
8 Sqn Bristol Brigands by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Two Bristol Brigand B1s of 8 Squadron RAF based at Khormaksar are depicted off the Aden Peninsula in 1950. Nearest aircraft is VS814 (L), flown by Sgt Pilot Vic Campden. |
Black Buck Buddies by Ivan Berryman. (PC) It is ironic that, just as the RAF were beginning to retire or re-assign their ageing force of V-bombers, the situation in the Falkland Islands called for a long-distance bombing mission to disable the runway at Port Stanley which now threatened to become an operational fighter base for the Argentine Air Force. Flying a round trip of some 8,000 miles, it was necessary for Avro Vulcan XM607 to refuel several times from a fleet of Victor tankers who themselves had to be refueled in an extraordinary relay operation, a remarkable example of planning, navigation and airmanship. Under the code name 'Black Buck', seven such missions were carried out, using bombs and missiles fired from hastily fitted pylons beneath the Vulcan's wings. Here, a Vulcan edges slowly toward the drogue to receive fuel from a Victor K.Mk2. |
USS Ranger by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Two F14 Tomcats of VF-1 pass in close formation over the stern of the veteran USS Ranger (CV-61) |
Frozen Chosin, Korea, December 1950 by David Pentland (PC) On 27th November 1950, thousands of Chinese troops swarmed over the frozen Yalu river on the North Korean /Chinese border, cutting off US Marines in the Chosin Reservoir area. Over the next ten days the marines with air support from both the Navy and Marine Air Wings fought their way out of the trap to Hungnam and safety. |
8 Sqn Venoms by Ivan Berryman. (PC) As the Suez crisis worstened in 1956, 8 Sqn's De Havilland Venoms found themselves in demand to attack enemy installations and aircraft on the ground from their base at Khormaksar in Aden. Two of the type are shown here, glinting in the sun above their base. |
Shackletons by Keith Woodcock. (PC) No text for this item |
Command of the Sea by Ivan Berryman. (PC) A Sea Harrier FRS1 scrambles from HMS Ark Royal in the late 1980s. |
QRA Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (PC) A pair of 29 Squadron Lightning F.Mk3s tuck their gear up and head skyward from the Wattisham tarmac in the summer of 1972. |
Thunder in the Clouds by Ivan Berryman (PC) BAC Lightning XN793 of 92 Sqn based at Gutersloh West Germany in 1972. |
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