Aero Plane Collection

Transport. Aviation. The dream of Icarus. Icarus and airplane. Illustration by J. Solomko, Hungary, c. 1916. (postcard)
3434094 Transport. Aviation. The dream of Icarus. Icarus and airplane. Illustration by J. Solomko, Hungary, c.1916. (postcard) by Solomko, Sergei Sergeevich (1867-1928); (add.info.: Transport)

Zeppelin and Parseval airships (chromolitho)
2782755 Zeppelin and Parseval airships (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zeppelin and Parseval airships)

Nulli Secundus (British Army Dirigible No 1) and its successor (chromolitho)
2782757 Nulli Secundus (British Army Dirigible No 1) and its successor (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Wright Brothers' aeroplane (chromolitho)
2782756 The Wright Brothers' aeroplane (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wright Brothers' aeroplane)

Farman biplane, Alberto Santos-Dumont's Demoiselle and Ellehammer biplane (chromolitho)
2782760 Farman biplane, Alberto Santos-Dumont's Demoiselle and Ellehammer biplane (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Farman biplane)

French airships Ville de Paris, Republique and Bayard Clement (chromolitho)
2782759 French airships Ville de Paris, Republique and Bayard Clement (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French airships Ville de Paris)

Italian dirigible airship, Bleriot monoplane in flight and Esnault-Pelterie aeroplane (chromolitho)
2782758 Italian dirigible airship, Bleriot monoplane in flight and Esnault-Pelterie aeroplane (chromolitho) by European School

Nijmegen Salient, December 1944 (oil on canvas)
3087975 Nijmegen Salient, December 1944 (oil on canvas) by Colville, Alex (1920-2013); Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada; © Canadian War Museum .

Messerschmitt, 1939-45 (oil on canvas)
3087973 Messerschmitt, 1939-45 (oil on canvas) by Colville, Alex (1920-2013); Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada; © Canadian War Museum .

Guillaume Amontons demonstration of his aerial telegraph (engraving)
5616547 Guillaume Amontons demonstration of his aerial telegraph (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting Guillaume Amontons demonstration of his aerial telegraph in the Jardin du Luxembourg)

Air combat during the great war, 1919 (print)
7422829 Air combat during the great war, 1919 (print); (add.info.: History. Ist World War. Air combat during the great war)

Illustration showing Letur's flying machine, in which he died 1854
5311480 Illustration showing Letur's flying machine, in which he died 1854; (add.info.: Date: 1854); Universal History Archive/UIG

Illustration showing early tailless glider or Flying Bird, proposed by de Sanderval in 1895
5311479 Illustration showing early tailless glider or Flying Bird, proposed by de Sanderval in 1895; (add.info.: Date: 1895); Universal History Archive/UIG

The future of Advertising
5616669 The future of Advertising; (add.info.: Punch cartoon showing the future of Advertising. Picturesque London - or, sky-signs of the times, 1890. 01/01/1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight, Paris 1850 (engraving)
5616668 Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight, Paris 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight)

Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane, 19th century (engraving)
5616611 Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Artist's impression of Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane)

Wilhelm Kress's airplane of water, 1901 (b/w photo)
5616594 Wilhelm Kress's airplane of water, 1901 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Wilhelm Kress (1836-1913) an aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

24 Aug 1918 - Curtiss JN 4 Landplane powered with 150 HP Hispano motor, Miami, Fla (b/w photo)
7133896 24 Aug 1918 - Curtiss JN 4 Landplane powered with 150 HP Hispano motor, Miami, Fla (b/w photo); (add.info.: 24 Aug 1918 - Curtiss JN 4 Landplane powered with 150 HP Hispano motor, Miami)

Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier, and Florence Klingensmith, winner of the Amelia Earhart Trophy Race
7133783 Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier, and Florence Klingensmith, winner of the Amelia Earhart Trophy Race. Cleveland, August, 1932 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier

Advertising poster for the 1909 International Ballooning Exhibition in Frankfurt, 1909 (colour lithograph)
1769948 Advertising poster for the 1909 International Ballooning Exhibition in Frankfurt, 1909 (colour lithograph) by Oppenheim

Erecting aeroplanes, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400467 Erecting aeroplanes, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Patriotism: the war of 1914 - 1918: the French cavalry regiment, aviation, the symbol of the homeland
JAB5037074 Patriotism: the war of 1914 - 1918: the French cavalry regiment, aviation, the symbol of the homeland, Marianne guiding the people

Start of aviation: American biplanes during an aircraft race in 1910. The pilots are flying around the brand in
NWI4953129 Start of aviation: American biplanes during an aircraft race in 1910. The pilots are flying around the brand in the wind

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier in an airplane flies with the French flag an Alsatian waiting
LUX4741058 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier in an airplane flies with the French flag an Alsatian waiting for him with impatience

France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900
LUX4810991 France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900; (add.info.: France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Greece, Thessaloniki: dismantling of a German biplane, French soldiers pack the pieces in wooden boxes or is inscribed
LUX4802272 Greece, Thessaloniki: dismantling of a German biplane, French soldiers pack the pieces in wooden boxes or is inscribed: Aeronautic Orient Armee, 1916; (add.info.: Greece)

France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910
LUX4801976 France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910; (add.info.: France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14)

First World War: Patriotic map showing a Bleriot plane flying over Metz Cathedral, 1915
LUX4744379 First World War: Patriotic map showing a Bleriot plane flying over Metz Cathedral, 1915; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1)

First World War: France, Patriotic Calendar Map showing a French plane flying over enemy troops
LUX4742656 First World War: France, Patriotic Calendar Map showing a French plane flying over enemy troops, titled Victory Calendar

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a child in marine uniform carries a flag under a sky filled with French
LUX4738451 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a child in marine uniform carries a flag under a sky filled with French airplane, 1915

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo)
3585905 Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo); (add.info.: Photograph of Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) an American inventor and aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910
LUX4726491 France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910; (add.info.: France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

France: Boillet driver starts on his Nieuport 11 Bebe, number 872, 1916
LUX4726376 France: Boillet driver starts on his Nieuport 11 Bebe, number 872, 1916; (add.info.: France: Boillet driver starts on his Nieuport 11 " Bebe", number 872)

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Gerardmer: a military pilot lands in the middle of the countryside with his farman
LUX4726118 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Gerardmer: a military pilot lands in the middle of the countryside with his farman aircraft, 1915 - registration: C354; (add.info.: France, Lorraine)

France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909
LUX4726496 France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909; (add.info.: France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton
LUX4796304 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton, 1912 - plane Maurice Farman: MF 569; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Air Show, 1919 - Airco, Morane-Saulnier, Caudron, Farman, Louis Breguet
LUX4798889 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Air Show, 1919 - Airco, Morane-Saulnier, Caudron, Farman, Louis Breguet, Louis Clement, Le Goliath; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West
LUX4797624 France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West, a biplane lands in a field of the Tourangelle countryside, 1912; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Aeroplane Esnault-Pelterie (1906), monoplane aircraft designed by Robert Esnault Pelterie (1881-1957). Photography
YOU4418515 Aeroplane Esnault-Pelterie (1906), monoplane aircraft designed by Robert Esnault Pelterie (1881-1957). Photography

France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Issy les Moulineaux (Issy-les-Moulineaux)
LUX4746130 France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Issy les Moulineaux (Issy-les-Moulineaux): photo of the neighbouring biplane with his driver Henri Farman, 1908; (add.info.: France)

France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft, 1910
LUX4760525 France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft, 1910; (add.info.: France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: September 1912. Menneton, maneuvers
LUX4769005 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: September 1912. Menneton, maneuvers. Plane Louis Bleriot L.B 103 surrounds curious who look at him and soldiers who guard him

Pischoff aeroplane trying for Deutsch prize 1900 (photo)
681897 Pischoff aeroplane trying for Deutsch prize 1900 (photo); (add.info.: Pischoff airplane competes fro the Deutsch prize)

British Royal Navy Aircrat Carrier HMS Argus, 1918, 1927 (chromo)
865956 British Royal Navy Aircrat Carrier HMS Argus, 1918, 1927 (chromo); (add.info.: Will's cigarettes representing Engineering Wonders, 1927); Universal History Archive/UIG

Napoleon I in the Pesthouse at Jaffa touching plague victims, 11 March 1799
543831 Napoleon I in the Pesthouse at Jaffa touching plague victims, 11 March 1799. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); (add.info)

Tsar Nicholas I inaugurating the semaphore telegraph line between Moscow and Warsaw in 1833 (engraving)
541879 Tsar Nicholas I inaugurating the semaphore telegraph line between Moscow and Warsaw in 1833 (engraving); (add.info.: Tsar Ncholas I (1796-1855)

Georges Guynemer, 1916 (illustration)
2093176 Georges Guynemer, 1916 (illustration); (add.info.: Coll. Part. History. France. The french aviator Georges Guynemer. Illustration in: Le Pays de France, France, Oct., 1916.); Photo © CCI

The Antoinette monoplane by Hubert Latham (1883-1912), 1910
LUX4746098 The Antoinette monoplane by Hubert Latham (1883-1912), 1910; (add.info.: The Antoinette monoplane by Hubert Latham (1883-1912), 1910); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

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"The Evolution of Flight: A Captivating Journey through Aviation History" Step into the world of aviation with this captivating lithograph poster, showcasing a wounded German pilot standing proudly in the cockpit of an aeroplane. Bursting with vibrant colors, this German WW1 War Bonds Poster serves as a powerful reminder of the bravery and sacrifice during wartime. Travel back to 1906 and witness the groundbreaking achievements of Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian aviation pioneer. His print captures the essence of his innovative spirit that forever changed the course of flight. In "Encounter in the Afternoon, " a watercolor on paper masterpiece from around 1940, experience an artist's interpretation of an aerial meeting between two planes. The delicate brushstrokes bring to life the excitement and wonder that filled the skies during this era. Transport yourself to serene landscapes dotted with farmhouses in a mesmerizing oil-on-canvas painting from 1912-13. As you gaze upon it, imagine how these idyllic scenes would be transformed by airplanes soaring above, revolutionizing transportation and connecting distant communities. Relive history as Hubert Latham fearlessly attempts to fly across the English Channel on July 19th, 1909. This print immortalizes his daring feat aboard an Antoinette monoplane—a testament to human determination pushing boundaries beyond imagination. Discover more about Alberto Santos-Dumont's extraordinary journey as a Brazilian aeronaut through another striking photograph capturing him amidst his flying apparatus. Witness his unwavering passion for conquering new heights and inspiring generations to come. Immerse yourself in futuristic visions with "The Air-Liner of the Future" print from 1914. Marvel at its sleek design and envision how air travel could transform societies worldwide—an early glimpse into our modern-day reality. Journey back to Havana, Cuba circa 1904 through a captivating black-and-white photograph.