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Supermarine S6.B at Calshot, 1931 by Ivan Berryman. A Supermarine S6.B runs up its engine in preparation for the Schneider Trophy race. The aircraft would go on to win the trophy outright. |
Windsor by Graeme Lothian. (GS) No text for this item |
13th Light Dragoons at Windsor Castle by Chris Collingwood. (GL) No text for this item |
Stirling Castle by Malcolm Butts. No text for this item |
The Castle of Edinburgh from the Grass Market 1787 by Alexander Naysmith. (GL) No text for this item |
Last of the Starfighters by Stan Stokes. The introduction of the Mig-15 by Communist forces during the Korean War, came as a shock to military planners in the United States. The Mig-15 showed some superior attributes even when compared to the F-86. This rude awakening increased the Air Forces interest in a new generation of fighters which would be faster and more maneuverable than any enemy aircraft which would be encountered; a true air superiority machine. Clarence Kelly Johnson, Lockheeds innovative designer who would be involved in many of the most innovative aircraft designs of the century, had been thinking along these same lines, and in late 1952 the company submitted an unsolicited proposal for a new fighter, the XF-104. An initial contract was placed for prototypes, and the first flight took place in 1954. The F-104 was unlike anything the Air Force had previously flown. A long thin needle nose, a bullet-like fuselage, a small, thin mid-fuselage mounted wing, and an unusual high mounted horizontal stabilizer characterized this revolutionary design. The XF-104 attained a speed of Mach 1.7 during its flight tests, and the Air Force gave a go-ahead for production once meaningful quantities of the J-79 engines became available. The first production Starfighters reached the Air Force in February of 1956. The fuselage was lengthened by nearly six feet to accommodate the J-79. The first large production order was for 146 F-104As. These aircraft could carry wing mounted missiles, and had provision for an internal cannon. Troubles with the gun system were never really solved and most of these first F-104s were never equipped with the cannons. The simplicity of operation of this aircraft and its phenomenal speed made it an ideal interceptor, and this capability was appreciated during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Lockheed had meaningful success marketing export versions of the Starfighter shipping significant quantities to Pakistan, Italy, Germany, Greece, Japan, Taiwan, and Jordan. American military planners were disappointed with the range of the F-104. Recognizing this, Lockheed continued to refine and improve the aircraft. The F-104C was the second major variant and first flew in 1958. The C was capable of 1,450-MPH, and had an improved range of nearly 1,400 miles with drop tanks. The C was primarily used by the 479th Tactical Fighter Wing. The 479th deployed a squadron of F-104Cs to Vietnam in 1965, where the aircraft flew more than 2,000 combat sorties before being withdrawn. The F-104s were phased out of active Air Force service beginning in the mid-60s, but many aircraft remained with Air National Guard units. The last American unit to be equipped with the F-104 was the 198th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard. The Royal Canadian Air Force also flew the 104. Its variant lacked the cannon, which was replaced by an additional fuel tank. The RCAF flew 104s until 1986. As depicted in Stan Stokes painting, an F-104 of the 439 Squadron of the RCAF, sports a dramatic black and yellow tiger striped paint scheme during NATO exercises in Germany in 1977. |
Blackburn Iris by Michael Turner. A 209 Squadron Blackburn Iris taxiing out from Calshot in 1931. |
The Vikings Legend by Robert Tomlin. The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable aircraft of the famous Century Series of American jet fighters. Sold to so many Air Forces around the world, it featured strongly in the inventories of most European countries but none more so than West Germany. A difficult learning curve gave the aircraft a bad reputation but once mastered it proved a formidable interceptor. The ultimate proof that the machine had been tamed was given from 1983 to 1986 by the German Navy Display Team The Vikings who thrilled crowds throughout Europe by demonstrating the surprising agility of the Starfighter in spectacular fashion. This picture commemorated their achievements and gives The Vikings their rightful place in the history of Aeorbatic Display Teams. |
Mustangs on the Prowl by Robert Taylor. Between 3 and 13 September 1944, the 55th Fighter Group flew eight arduous, highly successful, bomber escort missions to Germany for which the group received a Distinguished Unit Citation. Like those the group had flown before, and would fly again and again until the end of hostilities, each mission took them deep into enemy airspace, involved desperate combat with Luftwaffe fighters, and culminated in rapid descent to low level to strafe enemy airfields on the way home. In that ten day period of intense fighting the 55th covered themselves in glory, destroying large numbers of enemy fighters in the air and on the ground, one of their pilots becoming the top-scoring ground attack pilot of the campaign. Long-range combat missions were typical of the assignments flown by the fighters of the 8th Air Force during that period of the air war. Not content with dog-fighting at altitude, when escort duty was complete, the Eighths aggressive fighter pilots relished the opportunity to hurtle down to tree-top height and, ignoring the inevitable barrage of anti-aircraft fire, shoot up any target of opportunity upon which they could bring their guns to bear. Robert Taylors spectacular new limited edition print, the third in his acclaimed Collector Portfolio commemorating the great Air Commands of World War II, depicts the king of the Eighths ground attack Aces, Colonel Elwyn Righetti. Flying his P-51D Mustang, the 55ths CO of 338 Squadron, already with 20 plus victories to his credit, leads his pilots through the Rhine Gorge, skimming the ancient Castle of Stahleck standing above Bacharach, as they seek out enemy targets on their way back to base at Wormingford, England, in the spring of 1945. A classic Robert Taylor edition endorsed with the signatures of Aces who flew and fought the legendary P-51 Mustang in the greatest air war in history. |
Queens Own Cameron Highlanders on Parade at Edinburgh Castle, 1893 by Harry Payne. Field Officer on horseback, an officer to the left, and a bugler. |
Meteors Over Castle Howard by Michael Rondot. No 72 Squadron Meteor F8 and NF14 fighters over Castle Howard, North Yorkshire. Initially based at RAF North Weald with Meteor F8s, No72 moved to Church Fenton in 1953 where, in 1956, it became an all weather squadron with meteor NF12s and 14s Castle Howard, set in more than 1,000 acres of Yorkshires finest parkland, was the magnificent location for the televison filming of Brideshead Revisited. |
Per Ardua ad Astra by John Young. (AP) Flying over Windsor Castle in England, the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane are a reminder of the dark days of World War II. |
Windsor Castle by Alfred de Breanski. (GL) No text for this item |
Windsor Castle by Walter H Goldsmith. (GL) No text for this item |
A View of Arundel Castle by Harold Sutton Palmer. (GL) No text for this item |
Amberley Castle, 1897 by Alfred East (GL) No text for this item |
Cutting Logs, Windsor Park, Windsor Castle in the Distance by Ralph Lucas. (GL) No text for this item |
A View of Edinburgh Castle by Herbert Menzies Marshall. (GS) No text for this item |
A View of Mereworth Castle and Park by John F Tennant (GL) No text for this item |
Nottingham Castle by Alfred Parker. (GL) No text for this item |
Windsor Castle Morning by Richard Elsmore. (GL) No text for this item |
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