Plane Collection (page 25)

XP-82 (XF-82) Twin Mustang, Langley Research Center, Virginia, USA, 5 May 1951. In the early 1950s, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics used this XP-82 Twin Mustang for its drop-body

D-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. Creator: Unknown
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. The Douglas D-558-2 2 Skyrocket (NACA 144), prior to flight, being towed under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for the Air Force B-29)

Wright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. Creator: Unknown
Wright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. In its seaplane configuration, a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics crew prepares the Wright XF3W-1 Apache for take off from the Little Back River

D-558-1 in flight, USA, May 1952. Creator: NACA
D-558-1 in flight, USA, May 1952. The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak was a single-engine turbojet-powered research aircraft used by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Guppy, USA, May 5, 2005. After replacement of its landing gear at NASA Dryden (now Armstrong Flight Research Center), NASAs Super Guppy Turbine cargo plane takes off from Edwards Air Force Base to

Earth Resources 2 pilot at 65, 000 feet over Alaska, USA, 2014. Creator: Denis Steele
Earth Resources 2 pilot at 65, 000 feet over Alaska, USA, 2014. The Earth Resources 2 (ER-2) high-altitude aircraft was used to carry the MABEL (Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar)

Effect of twinjet exhausts in simulation take-off, USA, July 7, 1949. Creator: Unknown
Effect of twinjet exhausts in simulation take-off, USA, July 7, 1949. Study of effect of twin-jet exhausts inclined toward the ground in simulation of take-off conditions for certain engine

P-51 Mustang, c1950s. Creator: Unknown
P-51 Mustang, c1950s. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber was used during World War II and the Korean War

Orville Wright, 1903. American aviation pioneer, Wright and his brother Wilbur originally designed and built bicycles but changed their interest to flying, producing a controllable glider by 1902

Samuel Franklin Cody, 1912. American-born Cody invented the manlifting kite as a means for military observation. On 16 October 1908 he made the first powered flight in Britain in his British Army

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