Aeronautics Collection (page 78)

First Soviet rocket-powered aircraft
Structure of RP-318, the first Soviet jet glider designed by Sergey Korolyov

Aircraft designed by Sergei Korolev
An aircraft model designed by Academician Sergei Korolyov (1907-1966), Chief Constructor of the first battle and space rockets, artificial Earth satellites, manned space ships

Aircraft in flight, artwork
Aircraft in flight. Computer artwork of an aeroplane flying from over the sea and across land, with arrows indicating its change in altitude as it encounters differing air pockets caused by

MiG-29 fighter jet in flight during a rehearsal of the Victory Parade Air Show dedicated to the 65th Victory Day. Photographed at Chkalov airport, Russia, on 16th April 2010

Tu-22M3 in flight
A Tu-160 supersonic strategic bomber and missile carrier taking part in the dress rehearsal of the Victory Parade in Red Square in Moscow

Airbus 330 passing in front of the moon in a clear sky. The hot exhaust gases from the jet engines can be seen distorting the appearance of the moons sphere

Boeing 737 taking off at sunset. The orange plumes behind the aircrafts wings are caused by sunlight refracted by the hot exhaust gases from the jet engines

Naval observation balloon, 19th century artwork. The balloon (upper right) is tethered to the ship below, and is being used to survey the movement of enemy ships and forces

Worlds highest beacon light, 1920s. This is the Wyoming Beacon, 2620 metres above sea level. Located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, this beacon guided aeroplanes flying between Chicago and San Francisco

A-50 early-warning radar aeroplane, coming in to land at an air base. The radar rotordome (oval, upper centre) is the structure seen between the wings and the aircraft tail

German WWII ramjet bomber in flight. This is a Dornier Do 217 heavy bomber with a ramjet propulsor mounted on top of its fuselage

German WWII ramjet bomber in flight. This is a Dornier Do 217 heavy bomber with a ramjet propulsor mounted on top of its fuselage

Natter manned rocket, World War II
Natter manned rocket. This is a German Bachem Ba 349 (Natter) rocket aircraft, captured by the US Army towards the end of World War II

SpaceShipOne, artwork
SpaceShipOne. Computer artwork of the privately-funded SpaceShipOne craft orbiting the Earth with its mothership, White Knight, below. SpaceShipOne was designed by the US company Scaled Composites

USS Shenandoah airship and tender
USS Shenandoah airship moored to its tender the newly-converted USS Patoka during tests in 1924. The Shenandoah was the first rigid airship used by the US Navy

Hot air balloon in a storm, artwork
Hot air balloon in a storm. Artwork of a hot air balloon being hit by lightning over Chicago, USA. Illustration from " Le Petit Journal", France (1891)

June Bug aeroplane, 1908. Also called Aerodrome number 3, the June Bug was a single-seat, single-engine biplane that was the third aircraft successfully designed

DH-4 aeroplane radio. This view of the aeroplane cockpit shows the installation of a radio set on a DH-4 (De Havilland 4) model

Boeing 747 taking off at sunset. The orange plumes behind the aircrafts wings are caused by sunlight refracted by the hot exhaust gases from the jet engines

SpaceShipOne re-entry, artwork
SpaceShipOne re-entry. Computer artwork of the privately-funded SpaceShipOne craft in the pivoted wing configuration that allows it to re-enter the Earths atmosphere from orbit

Boeing 737 ascending at sunset, artwork
Boeing 737 ascending at sunset. Artwork of a Boeing 737 silhouetted against the evening sky as it takes off towards the setting Sun

Passenger aeroplane model. Aviation engineer walking past a monitor displaying a three-dimensional image of the Sukhoi SuperJet-100 passenger plane

Aeroplane control panel display
Areoplane control panel. LCD control panel display in an aeroplanes cockpit showing altitude and navigation parameters

F15 jets being refueled by a Boeing 707, while in flight. Aerial refueling allows medium-range fighter aircraft to operate at greater range from their bases

F16 jet being refueled by a Boeing 707, while in flight. Aerial refueling allows medium-range fighter aircraft to operate at greater range from their bases

Space Shuttle model, wind tunnel test
Space Shuttle model being used in a wind tunnel test. The model (centre) is magnetically suspended in the transparent hexagonal test section of the MIT-NASA Langley 6-inch Magnetic Suspension Balance

CHANUTEs GLIDER 1895
Octave Chanutes glider experiments at Miller Beach, Indiana, not only attracted great public interest, they made a substantial contribution to aeronautics

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
KONSTANTIN EDUARDOVICH TSIOLKOVSKY, Russian pioneer of aeronautics, jet propulsion and space flight technology

Futuristic airbus in Paris
A futuristic airbus in Paris, with aerofoils and bat-like wings. Pilot, drop me off at the Louvre !

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