The first British plane with nuclear capabilities flew during The Cold War; it’s called the Fairey Gannet and was used to fight the Russians.Western Wisconsin is now home to one of those planes and it is the only one in the world that still flies.The Fairey Gannet, called Janet, is one of eight that flew during The Cold War.It is an impressive sight with a wing span nearly 60 feet long. When the wings fold up, the span is 22 feet long."She's quite unique," Pilot Harry Odone said. "Out of all of them, she's the granddaddy. She's the longest serving Gannet in the world. Quite an amazing article to have. I'm very proud of her."Shannan Hendricks, who is now Odone 's wife, bought the plane after the museum it was in closed. Figuring out how to get it from Canada to Minnesota and then to New Richmond was a chore.The plane sat in Canada for years.Then, others wanted it and stole the plane’s parts."We had to use the FBI, Canadian Police, CID (Criminal Investigation Department) in England, to try and track down what was going on because it was organized crime," Odone said.Eventually, the Canadian government called saying the aircraft was illegally parked. The couple had to move fast."It was too big to go onto the road and be trucked back to the United States," Odone said. "It couldn't be hauled, and couldn't be taken apart in any significant manner because it was too big to go on the road."Ironically, they found a Russian company that makes massive cargo planes to fly it to Minnesota."To move the airplane alone, we're talking about $200,000," Odone said.That price was even discounted.Once inside the hangar, Odone had to restore it."I have over five and a half thousand hours myself on the maintenance on the aircraft," Odone said. "I spent six months soda blasting the airplane, taking every inch of paint off the aircraft."Despite the man hours and a lot of money, Odone says it has all been worth it."If it was your own home, or own family, you wouldn't give up, and that's how we looked at it," Odone said.Janet the Gannet is part of their family, and the hope is that your family will see her too."It's about sharing it," Odone said. "It's not about having an aircraft and keeping it to ourselves. It's an amazing piece of history and everybody should be a part of it."

Shots of men bombing up a Fairey Battle. AIR TO AIR shot of Fairey Battle. Closer view of bombs falling. AERIAL SHOT of bombs falling.

Unissued / Unused material. <br/> <br/>Fairey Delta 2 - first 1000 mph plane. Location of events unknown / unclear. <br/> <br/>Good air to air shots of the Fairey Delta 2 aeroplane in flight.

Inspection of a British aircraft plant in Britain during World War II. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and two parliament members enter an aircraft plant. They inspect a British aircraft factory. An unidentified aircraft being assembled in the background. Factory workers at work in the plant. Queen Elizabeth looks at a partly assembled British Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber. The King and the Queen and the parliament members walk in front of the aircraft being assembled. Civilians and factory workers in the background. Location: United Kingdom. Date: 1940.

Soldiers practice shooting artillery at radio controlled pilot-less Fairey Queen IIIF plane in September of 1937 near Somerset, England

ISSUE_NO = 495A NO_OF_ITEMS = 12 ITEM_NO = 5 DESCRIPTION : NEW AIR LINER IN MINIATURE - The model of the new Fairey Transport plane. CARD_FILE = 34920 CARD_TITLE : New Fairey Transport Plane SHOT_LIST : A model of the new Fairey Transport plane which is destined for service on the Imperial Airways routes is demonstrated KEYWORDS : Personalities - Miscellaneous; Business and Commerce; Aviation - Innovations; Great Britain MATERIAL : Neg 4483 LENGTH_SHOT = 49 DATE_SUBD = 11/22/1938

Considered a British icon, the Merlin was one of the most successful aircraft engines of the World War II era, and many variants were built by Rolls-Royce in Derby, Crewe and Glasgow,as well as by Ford of Britain at their Trafford Park factory, near Manchester. The Packard V-1650 was a version of the Merlin built in the United States. Production ceased in 1950 after a total of almost 150,000 engines had been delivered, the later variants being used for airliners and military transport aircraft. The PV-12 first ran in 1933 and, after several modifications, the first production variants were built in 1936. The first operational aircraft to enter service using the Merlin were the Fairey Battle, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. More Merlins were made for the four-engined Avro Lancaster heavy bomber than for any other aircraft; however, the engine is most closely associated with the Spitfire, starting with the Spitfire's maiden flight in 1936. A series of rapidly applied developments, brought about by wartime needs, markedly improved the engine's performance and durability.

A crew wheels out the Fairey IIID floatplane used by Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho for one of the first transatlantic flights from Portugal to Brazil. Mastered in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ and Uncompressed, available in all forms of HD and SD.

The British demonstrate their newest fighter aircraft, including the Fairey Delta Wing and the Hawker Hunter. Aerial CUs missiles.

Sussex. <br/> <br/>SV. Interior, Mr Peter Twiss (right) showing the model of the Fairey Delta 2 to Group Captain Gordon Slade. CU. Model of the Fairey Delta 2 on the aerodrome being prepared for the air speed record flight. SV. Showing the rear of the Fairey Delta. CU. Angle shot showing the "droop-snoot" with the sword fish nose that can be dropped like a drawbridge. CU. Peter Twiss preparing to get into aircraft. Angle shot, mechanic lifting covering from cockpit. SV. Peter Twiss climbs up steps and into cockpit. SV. Officials looking on. SCU. Peter Twiss lowering himself into cockpit. CU. Man looking on. SCU. Twiss seated in cockpit with helmet on and closes cover over him. FV. Fairey Delta being towed out to runway for takeoff. CU. Fairey Delta being towed out to runway for takeoff, pan to streamlined nose. SCU. Group Captain Gordon Slade, right, with Freddy Parker watching takeoff. LV. Observers in a camera sight. Angle shot, observers in camera sight, the vapour trail streaking across sky. CU. Observer working the 80 inch lens. High angle shot showing vapour trail streaking across sky. CU. Observers looking through field glasses. Vapour trail continues its streak across the sky. SV. Observers in camera sight looking towards sky. Vapour trail moves across screen from right to left at terrific speed of 1,132 miles per hour - air speed record. SV. & CU. Interior, radio operator talking into microphone. SV. Pan, Fairey Delta taxiing along runway after record flight. FV. Fairey Delta taxiing towards camera. SV. Group of officials watching. LV. Peter Twiss stepping out of cockpit and takes off his helmet after the record flight. CU. Peter Twiss stepping down from the Fairey Delta plane. CU. Peter Twiss. SV. Peter Twiss, he looks into camera and smiles. <br/> <br/>(F.G. & Orig.Neg.) (Orig.C.) (Title scene J.)

The History of the Helicopter. The history of the helicopter, from initial attempts in the early years of the 20th Century to the 1950's.. 1950s, helicopters, 1903 Wright Brother's first flight, fixed wing aircrafts, moving wing attempts in early 1900s, early attempts at vertical flight aircrafts, Breguet-Richet Gyroplane No. 1, early attempts at rotorcraft / rotary-wing aircrafts, early helicopters, Berliner helicopter 1908-9, Oehmichen 1920, Oehmichen 1922, Lein Weber-Curtis 1921, 1922 Georges & Jerome-de Bothezat's Flying Octopus, 1924 Raul Pescara's Pescara No.3, Asboth 1928-1930, model showing stability problems of rotary wing aircraft, hinged blades on helicopter, Juan de la Cierva and Cierva C.19 autogyro in flight and landing, autogyros taking off and in flight, 1930 Nicholas Florine shows machine with flapping blade at Brussels Exhibition, Corradino D'Ascanio establishes first world helicopter record as he flew 8 3/4 minutes, 1936 Louis Breguet's Gyroplane Laboratoire sets world records, cyclic pitch control, slow motion helicopter blades rising and falling, helicopter taking off and doing turns, 1937 Focke-Achgelis Focke-Wulf Fw 61 flown by Hanna Reitsch in Berlin Sports Stadium, Igor Sikorsky flying VS-300 setting World's Record, modern helicopter taking off and hovering, British Bristol Type 171 Sycamore, Cierva Air Horse, Cierva W.14 Skeeter, Fairey Gyrodyne, Louis Breguet's three seater helicopter using superimposed contra-rotating rotors, Sud-Ouest six seater developed from pre-war Focke-Achgelis, Sud-Ouest F-WFUF, jet powered helicopters, McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry, Hiller Hornet, Sikorsky S-51 transporting mail, Sikorsky S-55, cargo being loaded into Bell H-12, small Bell helicopters spraying cattle galloping in pasture and spraying pesticide onto orchard, rotor down wash being used to gather walnuts, helicopter transporting exploration party to oil reserve, man seated in helicopter using it as work platform for precise geological readings, Piasecki H-21 flying banana military helicopters, Kaman military helicopter using twin intermeshing rotors, military helicopters being used for emergency rescue, helicopter being used in 1946 Antarctic expedition, Operation Highjump, Hiller 360, aerial Grand Canyon, helicopter flying over Grand Canyon, aerial galloping elk, helicopter flying over galloping elk, helicopter transporting construction materials into Welsh mountains to repair dam, in flight helicopter shadow on ground, man pushing Hiller Hornet helicopter out of garage, helicopter landing on field, chemists and engineers developing helicopter technology, gasoline and jet engines

Several AIR TO AIR LSs of Royal Canadian Navy Fairey Fireflies airborne, putting off over airfield. MS and CUs of Fireflies airborne.

Film begins showing young school children on Malta, walking, through streets littered with rubble, on their way to an outdoor school during World War 2. . Several scenes of the children at school. They line up outside a building and then proceed to their outdoor classrooms, all of which have desks for them. Several scenes focusing on the children in various outdoor settings. British sailors move a torpedo on a transporter to arm a British Navy Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bomber. They roll the torpedo underneath the aircraft to fasten it in place. Naval aviators discuss the mission. A swordfish plane starts its engine. Sailors move munitions from storage in medieval moats, through walled passage ways to arm the aircraft. They load a torpedo onto a Bristol Beaufort twin engine torpedo bomber. The Beaufort bomber starts engines, taxis, and takes off. It is followed by two Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft. Malta defenders with anti-aircraft guns in positions under camouflage netting. One with binoculars scans the sky for enemy aircraft. He speaks into a radio. Air raid alarms sound, and civilians run to shelters, as the military mans anti-aircraft guns. Fighter pilots run to their aircraft. A Fairy Firefly fighter plane is seen readied and waiting for a pilot. Closeup of pilot climbing into cockpit. Anti-aircraft gun crew mans its gun. Farm workers pause and look skyward. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Axis aircraft downed by anti-aircraft fire, crashes in explosion. Guns fire at a German Heinkel 111 bombers. Bombs exploding on the ground. Civilians seen in a bomb shelter. Numerous bombs striking all across a city. People emerging from their shelters after the raids. Newspaper front page shows George VI and notes that he has awarded Malta the George Cross. Boys running to distribute the papers. A florist shop owner places flowers on display outside his shop. Location: Malta. Date: 1943.

ISSUE_NO = 355 NO_OF_ITEMS = 11 ITEM_NO = 3 DESCRIPTION : New RAF Plane CARD_FILE = 4346 CARD_TITLE : New RAF Plane SHOT_LIST : Shots of the new Fairey 'Battle' bomber. In air. Over camera etc. Landing. Lights placed in the wings. It is a monoplane. SOUND : Commentator KEYWORDS : Airforce - Active; Aviation; Fairey Battle Light Bombers; Great Britain MATERIAL : Combined Dupe Neg 05162 LENGTH_SHOT = 63

Farnborough Air Show, 1956

Military aircraft are displayed at show in Farnborough, England

Cranial, Lincolnshire.<br/><br/>Full titles read: "NON - STOP INDIA FLIGHT HEROES HOME AGAIN ! - Squadron Leaders Jones, Williams & Flight Lieutenant Jenkins and their Fairey (Napier) plane - home again after their epic 50 hrs 38 mins flight."<br/><br/>L/S's of Fairey Long-range Monoplane landing on airfield crowds run after the plane. L/S of the two pioneering pilots, Squadron Leader Arthur Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant Norman Jenkins, shaking hands with official in suit.

German battleship Bismarck in sea near Saint-Nazaire, France. Views on British warship of lower deck, bombs are lifted by means of hoist. Guns aboard British warship are fired. Views of burning ship Bismarck in ocean in distance, explosion on Bismarck can be seen. British naval observers on bridge of ship. Views of German wounded sailors recovered from Bismarck being carried up gangway after having been rescued at sea. British aircraft carrier 'Victorious', biplane aircraft Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber on the deck of British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91). British battleship at dock, two British Navy Officers shake hands. British sailors raise their hands and salute. Views of battleships. Sailors on board HMS Ark Royal raise a plaque celebrating the defeat of the Bismarck, above a Sebastopol 1854 plaque. (World War II period). Location: Saint-Nazaire France. Date: May 27, 1941.