615 results found
| Registration / Serial: | HB-EPU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | SAI KZ II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | SAI KZ II |
| Aircraft Version: | SAI KZ-II Kupé |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | May 1958 to October 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 666026Submit Correction |
| View count: | 344 |
Ex OY-DEN, this KZ-II Kupé was registered in Switzerland from 1938 until 2024! It then returned to Denmark for restoration. Cessna 175 HB-CPT dates the photo between 1958 and 1967. Photo from: Orla Kragh Jensen
| Registration / Serial: | HB-EPU |
| Aircraft Version: | SAI KZ-II Kupé |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | May 1958 to October 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | HB-EPU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | SAI KZ II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | SAI KZ II |
| Aircraft Version: | SAI KZ-II Kupé |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | May 1958 to October 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 666026Submit Correction |
| View count: | 344 |
Ex OY-DEN, this KZ-II Kupé was registered in Switzerland from 1938 until 2024! It then returned to Denmark for restoration. Cessna 175 HB-CPT dates the photo between 1958 and 1967. Photo from: Orla Kragh Jensen
| Registration / Serial: | HB-EPU |
| Aircraft Version: | SAI KZ-II Kupé |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | May 1958 to October 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC12399 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss T-32 Condor II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss T-32 Condor II |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss AT-32D Condor II |
| C/n (msn): | 51 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1934 to December 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 664288Submit Correction |
| View count: | 327 |
The June 1934 American Airlines timetable marketed the company's Condor IIs as 'the world's first complete sleeper-planes'. Overnight flights did not catch on and the AT-32D model was made convertible from 12 berths to 15 seats. The DC-3 started as the Douglas Sleeper Transport, though. Photo by: Charles Phelps Cushin
| Registration / Serial: | NC12399 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss AT-32D Condor II |
| C/n (msn): | 51 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1934 to December 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC12399 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss T-32 Condor II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss T-32 Condor II |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss AT-32D Condor II |
| C/n (msn): | 51 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1934 to December 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 664288Submit Correction |
| View count: | 327 |
The June 1934 American Airlines timetable marketed the company's Condor IIs as 'the world's first complete sleeper-planes'. Overnight flights did not catch on and the AT-32D model was made convertible from 12 berths to 15 seats. The DC-3 started as the Douglas Sleeper Transport, though. Photo by: Charles Phelps Cushin
| Registration / Serial: | NC12399 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss AT-32D Condor II |
| C/n (msn): | 51 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1934 to December 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 1305 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55549 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1953 to December 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 663232Submit Correction |
| View count: | 385 |
During the 1955 flood in Yuba City, California, this particular HO4S rescued 138 people in twelve hours. Photo date and location unknown to me. This airframe served in the US Coast Guard from 1953 until 1967, although it should have been marked as an HH-19G after 1962. It is marked as an HO4S-3, without its G suffix for the USCG model. To civil as N17378.
| Registration / Serial: | 1305 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55549 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1953 to December 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 1305 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55549 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1953 to December 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 663232Submit Correction |
| View count: | 385 |
During the 1955 flood in Yuba City, California, this particular HO4S rescued 138 people in twelve hours. Photo date and location unknown to me. This airframe served in the US Coast Guard from 1953 until 1967, although it should have been marked as an HH-19G after 1962. It is marked as an HO4S-3, without its G suffix for the USCG model. To civil as N17378.
| Registration / Serial: | 1305 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55549 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1953 to December 1967 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-USAZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Heinkel He 70 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Heinkel He 70 |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 70G-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 914 |
| Operator Titles: | Deutsche Luft Hansa |
| Aircraft Name: | Buntspecht |
| City / Airport: | Saarbrücken - Sankt Arnual (closed) |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 663142Submit Correction |
| View count: | 449 |
It's cool to find out the location of an old photo. A reverse image search for the church tower gave poor results, but the roof of the shed gives the last four letters of the city name. Saarbrücken's first airport was situated in a bend of the River Saar near the church of St Arnual. Wikipedia notes that DLH maintained unprofitable services to the capital of the disputed Saarland for political reasons. Small planes were therefore used like the He 70G Blitz Buntspecht (spotted woodpecker).
| Registration / Serial: | D-USAZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 70G-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 914 |
| Operator Titles: | Deutsche Luft Hansa |
| City / Airport: | Saarbrücken - Sankt Arnual (closed) | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-USAZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Heinkel He 70 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Heinkel He 70 |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 70G-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 914 |
| Operator Titles: | Deutsche Luft Hansa |
| Aircraft Name: | Buntspecht |
| City / Airport: | Saarbrücken - Sankt Arnual (closed) |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 663142Submit Correction |
| View count: | 449 |
It's cool to find out the location of an old photo. A reverse image search for the church tower gave poor results, but the roof of the shed gives the last four letters of the city name. Saarbrücken's first airport was situated in a bend of the River Saar near the church of St Arnual. Wikipedia notes that DLH maintained unprofitable services to the capital of the disputed Saarland for political reasons. Small planes were therefore used like the He 70G Blitz Buntspecht (spotted woodpecker).
| Registration / Serial: | D-USAZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 70G-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 914 |
| Operator Titles: | Deutsche Luft Hansa |
| City / Airport: | Saarbrücken - Sankt Arnual (closed) | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N16793 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fleetwings F-4/F-5 Sea Bird |
| Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird |
| C/n (msn): | F-401 |
| City / Area: | Newport Beach / Newport Bay [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 661175Submit Correction |
| View count: | 353 |
The stainless steel Sea Bird prototype in Newport Beach, California. The 1960 date given might be a guess.
| Registration / Serial: | N16793 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird |
| C/n (msn): | F-401 |
| City / Area: | Newport Beach / Newport Bay [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N16793 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fleetwings F-4/F-5 Sea Bird |
| Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird |
| C/n (msn): | F-401 |
| City / Area: | Newport Beach / Newport Bay [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 661175Submit Correction |
| View count: | 353 |
The stainless steel Sea Bird prototype in Newport Beach, California. The 1960 date given might be a guess.
| Registration / Serial: | N16793 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird |
| C/n (msn): | F-401 |
| City / Area: | Newport Beach / Newport Bay [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | S1595 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine S.6 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine S.6 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine S.6B |
| C/n (msn): | [ S1595 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Calshot - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Schneider Trophy 1931 |
| Photo Date: | September 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 661107Submit Correction |
| View count: | 438 |
S1595 won the 1931 Schneider Trophy. No foreign competitors made it to Calshot so Britain scored an easy victory. The other S.6B, S1596, broke the absolute world air speed record, reaching 655.7 km/h (407.5 mph).
| Registration / Serial: | S1595 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine S.6B |
| C/n (msn): | [ S1595 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Calshot - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | September 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | S1595 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine S.6 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine S.6 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine S.6B |
| C/n (msn): | [ S1595 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Calshot - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Schneider Trophy 1931 |
| Photo Date: | September 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 661107Submit Correction |
| View count: | 438 |
S1595 won the 1931 Schneider Trophy. No foreign competitors made it to Calshot so Britain scored an easy victory. The other S.6B, S1596, broke the absolute world air speed record, reaching 655.7 km/h (407.5 mph).
| Registration / Serial: | S1595 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine S.6B |
| C/n (msn): | [ S1595 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Calshot - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | September 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-OCEB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 V1 Drache |
| C/n (msn): | 22300001 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 3 August 1940 to 5 February 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 659721Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1737 |
The Fa 223 Drache (dragon) was a scaled-up Fw 61. The prototype D-OCEB first flew untethered on 3 August 1940. It crashed on 5 February 1941 due to engine failure at low altitude. The type was the world's first helicopter to be ordered into production in December 1942, just before the Sikorsky R-4, but Allied air raids did a lot of damage and only some eleven Fa 223s were flown before war's end. The type could carry some four passengers, a much heavier load than other early helicopters.
| Registration / Serial: | D-OCEB |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 V1 Drache |
| C/n (msn): | 22300001 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 3 August 1940 to 5 February 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-OCEB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 V1 Drache |
| C/n (msn): | 22300001 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 3 August 1940 to 5 February 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 659721Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1737 |
The Fa 223 Drache (dragon) was a scaled-up Fw 61. The prototype D-OCEB first flew untethered on 3 August 1940. It crashed on 5 February 1941 due to engine failure at low altitude. The type was the world's first helicopter to be ordered into production in December 1942, just before the Sikorsky R-4, but Allied air raids did a lot of damage and only some eleven Fa 223s were flown before war's end. The type could carry some four passengers, a much heavier load than other early helicopters.
| Registration / Serial: | D-OCEB |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 V1 Drache |
| C/n (msn): | 22300001 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 3 August 1940 to 5 February 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 44-31162 |
| Alternate Serial: | 431162 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
| Aircraft Version: | North American B-25J Mitchell |
| C/n (msn): | 108-37237 |
| Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1945 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 658622Submit Correction |
| View count: | 496 |
B-25 photographed during its delivery flight to Russia. 870 B-25s were dispatched to the USSR, with eight of these lost en route.
| Registration / Serial: | 44-31162 |
| Alternate Serial: | 431162 |
| Aircraft Version: | North American B-25J Mitchell |
| C/n (msn): | 108-37237 |
| Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1945 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 44-31162 |
| Alternate Serial: | 431162 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | North American B-25 Mitchell |
| Aircraft Version: | North American B-25J Mitchell |
| C/n (msn): | 108-37237 |
| Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1945 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 658622Submit Correction |
| View count: | 496 |
B-25 photographed during its delivery flight to Russia. 870 B-25s were dispatched to the USSR, with eight of these lost en route.
| Registration / Serial: | 44-31162 |
| Alternate Serial: | 431162 |
| Aircraft Version: | North American B-25J Mitchell |
| C/n (msn): | 108-37237 |
| Operator Titles: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1945 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Bendix Helicopter |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 656862Submit Correction |
| View count: | 285 |
The Bendix K prototype in its second form, an unreal-looking egg shape. A print of this picture seems to be dated 27 November 1945. By January 1947 NX41817 was in its third form, with an open cockpit.
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Bendix Helicopter |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Bendix Helicopter |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 656862Submit Correction |
| View count: | 285 |
The Bendix K prototype in its second form, an unreal-looking egg shape. A print of this picture seems to be dated 27 November 1945. By January 1947 NX41817 was in its third form, with an open cockpit.
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Bendix Helicopter |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 30 June 1945 to 30 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 656045Submit Correction |
| View count: | 356 |
Bendix Helicopter was formed in 1943. The single-seat, coaxial Model K prototype, NX41817, first flew on 30 June 1945. NX41817 flew as a fully enclosed egg-shape apparently by November 1945 to aid the development of the bigger Model J. Although Bendix Helicopter based itself in Stratford, Connecticut, test-flying seems to have been done at Hadley Field in New Jersey.
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 30 June 1945 to 30 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bendix K |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 30 June 1945 to 30 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 656045Submit Correction |
| View count: | 356 |
Bendix Helicopter was formed in 1943. The single-seat, coaxial Model K prototype, NX41817, first flew on 30 June 1945. NX41817 flew as a fully enclosed egg-shape apparently by November 1945 to aid the development of the bigger Model J. Although Bendix Helicopter based itself in Stratford, Connecticut, test-flying seems to have been done at Hadley Field in New Jersey.
| Registration / Serial: | NX41817 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bendix K |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | South Plainfield - Hadley (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 30 June 1945 to 30 November 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-IKNI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56A-1 Stösser |
| C/n (msn): |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 21 August 1936 to 31 December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 653124Submit Correction |
| View count: | 645 |
A nice shot of D-IKNI, demonstrated in the USA by Gerd Achgelis. This is surely America - does anyone recognize the airport building? Achgelis arrived in New York by ship on 21 August 1936 and flew the Stösser to Los Angeles for an aerobatic display at the National Air Races.
| Registration / Serial: | D-IKNI |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56A-1 Stösser |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 21 August 1936 to 31 December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-IKNI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56A-1 Stösser |
| C/n (msn): |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 21 August 1936 to 31 December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 653124Submit Correction |
| View count: | 645 |
A nice shot of D-IKNI, demonstrated in the USA by Gerd Achgelis. This is surely America - does anyone recognize the airport building? Achgelis arrived in New York by ship on 21 August 1936 and flew the Stösser to Los Angeles for an aerobatic display at the National Air Races.
| Registration / Serial: | D-IKNI |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw 56A-1 Stösser |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 21 August 1936 to 31 December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-ANHR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dornier Do 18 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dornier Do 18 |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier Do 18L |
| C/n (msn): | 734 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | November 1939 to January 1940 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 653117Submit Correction |
| View count: | 383 |
The sole Do 18 converted with BMW 132 radial engines, probably seen on Lake Constance from where it first flew in this new Do 18L form on 21 November 1939. From January 1940 it underwent military testing at Travemünde coded CO-JF. The regular Do 18 suffered from its weak Jumo diesel engines but the more powerful radial in the pusher position gave cooling problems.
| Registration / Serial: | D-ANHR |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier Do 18L |
| C/n (msn): | 734 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | November 1939 to January 1940 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-ANHR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dornier Do 18 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dornier Do 18 |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier Do 18L |
| C/n (msn): | 734 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | November 1939 to January 1940 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 653117Submit Correction |
| View count: | 383 |
The sole Do 18 converted with BMW 132 radial engines, probably seen on Lake Constance from where it first flew in this new Do 18L form on 21 November 1939. From January 1940 it underwent military testing at Travemünde coded CO-JF. The regular Do 18 suffered from its weak Jumo diesel engines but the more powerful radial in the pusher position gave cooling problems.
| Registration / Serial: | D-ANHR |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier Do 18L |
| C/n (msn): | 734 |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | November 1939 to January 1940 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-IAGU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Heinkel He 46 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Heinkel He 46 |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 46F |
| C/n (msn): |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652923Submit Correction |
| View count: | 327 |
Dating approximate. D-IAGU is listed as a He 46F. It might be the prototype of the Armstrong Siddeley Panther-engined F variant. Only 14 series He 46F-1 and F-2s were built as unarmed observer trainers, whereas this aircraft is armed. Note the huge aerial masts.
| Registration / Serial: | D-IAGU |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 46F |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-IAGU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Heinkel He 46 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Heinkel He 46 |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 46F |
| C/n (msn): |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652923Submit Correction |
| View count: | 327 |
Dating approximate. D-IAGU is listed as a He 46F. It might be the prototype of the Armstrong Siddeley Panther-engined F variant. Only 14 series He 46F-1 and F-2s were built as unarmed observer trainers, whereas this aircraft is armed. Note the huge aerial masts.
| Registration / Serial: | D-IAGU |
| Aircraft Version: | Heinkel He 46F |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-ERIL |
| Other Marks: | C2-L |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Klemm L-25 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Klemm L-25 |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm L-25D VII R |
| C/n (msn): |
| City / Airport: | Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Event: | Deutschlandflug 1935 |
| Photo Date: | 28 May 1935 to 2 June 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652897Submit Correction |
| View count: | 376 |
1935 German Air Rally, the start or perhaps the finish at Tempelhof. Team C2 with five L 25ds was from Gleiwitz (now Gliwice) and took 13th place out of 30 teams. The teams had three to nine aircraft each for a total of 161 planes. 21 teams flew a total of 112 Klemms.
| Registration / Serial: | D-ERIL |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm L-25D VII R |
| C/n (msn): | |
| City / Airport: | Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 28 May 1935 to 2 June 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-ERIL |
| Other Marks: | C2-L |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Klemm L-25 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Klemm L-25 |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm L-25D VII R |
| C/n (msn): |
| City / Airport: | Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Event: | Deutschlandflug 1935 |
| Photo Date: | 28 May 1935 to 2 June 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652897Submit Correction |
| View count: | 376 |
1935 German Air Rally, the start or perhaps the finish at Tempelhof. Team C2 with five L 25ds was from Gleiwitz (now Gliwice) and took 13th place out of 30 teams. The teams had three to nine aircraft each for a total of 161 planes. 21 teams flew a total of 112 Klemms.
| Registration / Serial: | D-ERIL |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm L-25D VII R |
| C/n (msn): | |
| City / Airport: | Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 28 May 1935 to 2 June 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-EILE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| Aircraft Version: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| C/n (msn): |
| City / Airport: | Darmstadt - August Euler (EDES)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | January 1936 to September 1937 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652588Submit Correction |
| View count: | 787 |
First flown in 1936 or 1937, the sole D-29 was built as a testbed for wing slats and split flaps. Fitted with T-tail to reduce downwash effects from these high-lift devices. Location not certain but this looks like a view from the north side of EDES.
| Registration / Serial: | D-EILE |
| Aircraft Version: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| City / Airport: | Darmstadt - August Euler (EDES)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | January 1936 to September 1937 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-EILE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| Aircraft Version: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| C/n (msn): |
| City / Airport: | Darmstadt - August Euler (EDES)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | January 1936 to September 1937 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652588Submit Correction |
| View count: | 787 |
First flown in 1936 or 1937, the sole D-29 was built as a testbed for wing slats and split flaps. Fitted with T-tail to reduce downwash effects from these high-lift devices. Location not certain but this looks like a view from the north side of EDES.
| Registration / Serial: | D-EILE |
| Aircraft Version: | Akaflieg Darmstadt D-29 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| City / Airport: | Darmstadt - August Euler (EDES)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | January 1936 to September 1937 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 49-2012 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55001 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | November 1949 to June 1952 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652347Submit Correction |
| View count: | 367 |
The first prototype of the S-55, first flown on 10 November 1949. The S-55 was the first successful single-rotor helicopter capable of transporting significant loads. The key was to put the big piston engine in the nose, and the changeable payload and fuel in the centre of gravity. Initially 49-2012 had a half horizontal tailplane with endplate on this side instead of the two canted fins seen here. Print stamped June 1952.
| Registration / Serial: | 49-2012 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55001 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | November 1949 to June 1952 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 49-2012 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55001 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | November 1949 to June 1952 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 652347Submit Correction |
| View count: | 367 |
The first prototype of the S-55, first flown on 10 November 1949. The S-55 was the first successful single-rotor helicopter capable of transporting significant loads. The key was to put the big piston engine in the nose, and the changeable payload and fuel in the centre of gravity. Initially 49-2012 had a half horizontal tailplane with endplate on this side instead of the two canted fins seen here. Print stamped June 1952.
| Registration / Serial: | 49-2012 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B) |
| C/n (msn): | 55001 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | November 1949 to June 1952 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 477 |
Dedication of the new New York Municipal Airport, with aircraft of American, TWA, United and Canadian Colonial Airways in attendance. Commercial flights started on 2 December 1939. Floyd Bennett Field was too far from Manhattan. Campaigning for a new airport, mayor Fiorello La Guardia had refused to leave a TWA plane at Newark in New Jersey, arguing he had a ticket for New York.
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 477 |
Dedication of the new New York Municipal Airport, with aircraft of American, TWA, United and Canadian Colonial Airways in attendance. Commercial flights started on 2 December 1939. Floyd Bennett Field was too far from Manhattan. Campaigning for a new airport, mayor Fiorello La Guardia had refused to leave a TWA plane at Newark in New Jersey, arguing he had a ticket for New York.
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX58457 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | G & A R-9 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | G & A R-9/GA-45 |
| Aircraft Version: | G & A GA-45D |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Firestone Aircraft |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651906Submit Correction |
| View count: | 580 |
'Inaugurating helicopter shuttle service for air mail between the New York airport and the 23rd Street Skyport Marina on the east side of Manhattan.' The chopper is the sole example of the GA-45D by G&A. Formerly Pitcairn Aircraft, this was a subsidiary of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, but by the time of this photo it had been renamed Firestone Aircraft.
| Registration / Serial: | NX58457 |
| Aircraft Version: | G & A GA-45D |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Firestone Aircraft |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX58457 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | G & A R-9 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | G & A R-9/GA-45 |
| Aircraft Version: | G & A GA-45D |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Firestone Aircraft |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651906Submit Correction |
| View count: | 580 |
'Inaugurating helicopter shuttle service for air mail between the New York airport and the 23rd Street Skyport Marina on the east side of Manhattan.' The chopper is the sole example of the GA-45D by G&A. Formerly Pitcairn Aircraft, this was a subsidiary of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, but by the time of this photo it had been renamed Firestone Aircraft.
| Registration / Serial: | NX58457 |
| Aircraft Version: | G & A GA-45D |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Firestone Aircraft |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 2 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bréguet 941 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bréguet 941 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 941S |
| C/n (msn): | 941S-02 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force / American Airlines / McDonnell Douglas |
| Promotional Titles: | McDonnell Douglas 188 |
| City / Airport: | Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Missouri, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1969 to June 1969 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 650861Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1144 |
This Breguet 941 was tested as the McDonnell Douglas 188 STOL airliner by Eastern Air Lines in 1968 and by American in the spring of 1969. Oddly it never carried a US registration and operated under its type-based French military serial number 2. It is interesting to note that this was a McDonnell and not a Douglas project, even though McDonnell felt more at home building fighters. Taken at the McDonnell factory at Lambert Field, this is assumed to be a McDonnell Douglas photo.
| Registration / Serial: | 2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 941S |
| C/n (msn): | 941S-02 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force / American Airlines / McDonnell Douglas |
| City / Airport: | Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map | Region / Country: | Missouri, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1969 to June 1969 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 2 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bréguet 941 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bréguet 941 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 941S |
| C/n (msn): | 941S-02 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force / American Airlines / McDonnell Douglas |
| Promotional Titles: | McDonnell Douglas 188 |
| City / Airport: | Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Missouri, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1969 to June 1969 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 650861Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1144 |
This Breguet 941 was tested as the McDonnell Douglas 188 STOL airliner by Eastern Air Lines in 1968 and by American in the spring of 1969. Oddly it never carried a US registration and operated under its type-based French military serial number 2. It is interesting to note that this was a McDonnell and not a Douglas project, even though McDonnell felt more at home building fighters. Taken at the McDonnell factory at Lambert Field, this is assumed to be a McDonnell Douglas photo.
| Registration / Serial: | 2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 941S |
| C/n (msn): | 941S-02 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force / American Airlines / McDonnell Douglas |
| City / Airport: | Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map | Region / Country: | Missouri, United States |
| Photo Date: | January 1969 to June 1969 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-IDIR |
| Other Marks: | 25 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Klemm Kl 36 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Klemm Kl 36 |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm Kl 36A XVII |
| C/n (msn): | 658 |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart - Böblingen (PHM) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | April 1934 to August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 650509Submit Correction |
| View count: | 333 |
Contender for 1934 Challenge International de Tourisme. Note different landing gear compared to D-IJIP.
| Registration / Serial: | D-IDIR |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm Kl 36A XVII |
| C/n (msn): | 658 |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart - Böblingen (PHM) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | April 1934 to August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | D-IDIR |
| Other Marks: | 25 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Klemm Kl 36 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Klemm Kl 36 |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm Kl 36A XVII |
| C/n (msn): | 658 |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart - Böblingen (PHM) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | April 1934 to August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 650509Submit Correction |
| View count: | 333 |
Contender for 1934 Challenge International de Tourisme. Note different landing gear compared to D-IJIP.
| Registration / Serial: | D-IDIR |
| Aircraft Version: | Klemm Kl 36A XVII |
| C/n (msn): | 658 |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart - Böblingen (PHM) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | April 1934 to August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |