Air Craft Collection (#36)

Wwi / Italy / Camouflage
Camouflaged tents at an anti- aircraft post. The posts to the left are in fact anti- aircraft guns protruding from pits

Channel Radio Link
This micro-ray radio link between Lympne in England and Saint-Inglevert in France enables cross-Channel aircraft to maintain contact with the land

Passenger Takes a Coffee
An attentive Swissair air hostess serves a smart gentleman a cup of coffee

Jean Marie Navarre, 1916
JEAN MARIE NAVARRE The first French air ace and known as a solitary hunter, Navarre was a skilful pilot of the Nieuport aircraft

Se5S Vs German Albatross
English SE5s and Bristol fighters fly against German Albatross aircraft in the skies over Europe

German Anti-Aircraft
Carefully camouflaged, these Germans wait with a large calibre gun to fire on enemy aircraft such as the one about to fly past them

British Carrier 1921
An improvised carrier - the Royal Navys aeroplane carrier is unmistakeably the result of erecting a landing deck over a conventional ship

Passing through Customs
Passengers with lots of luggage passing through the Customs Hall at London (Heathrow) airport

Customs at Heathrow
A row of suitcases and their owners, queueing in the Customs Hall at London (Heathrow) airport

Westland Pterodactyl
Geoffrey Hill produces several designs for tailless aircraft, and this Mark V, intended as a fighter, flies successfully though erratically

Henschel Hs-126 Ww2
After serving during Spains civil war, this is one of Germanys most versatile non- combat aircraft during WW2, for tasks ranging from recon- -naissance to glider towing

Bruno Mussolini Flies
Two Italian aircraft, one of them piloted by Bruno Mussolini, Il Duces son, fly to Brazil where they are received with great applause

GUYNEMERs SPAD 1916
French ace Georges-Marie Guynemers SPAD-VII fighter on which he has shot down many of the 53 enemy aircraft with which he is credited : at Manoncourt airfield

Immelmann Crashes 1916
Max Immelmann, German air ace, crashes near Gallaumines : to this day the cause is unknown - malfunction, shot down by the British, or friendly anti-aircraft fire

Santos-Dumont Biplane 3
The unwieldy Santos-Dumont 14- bis biplane, though it never stays in the air for more than 21 seconds, is officially the first aircraft to fly in Europe... at Bagatelle, Paris

Various Aircraft 1912
Aeroplanes, airships and a balloon feature in this popular print depicting the state of the art of French aviation shortly before World War One

French Airshow C1909
A spectacular view in the skies above Betheny (Plaine de Betheny, France)

Expedition Aircraft
A self sufficient arial colony. Idea of Belgian scientist and balloonist Etienne Gaspard Robertson, first published in 1804

French Planes in Action
A French two-seater aircraft downs a German plane : note how the gunner is standing up and firing his machine gun just as if he were standing on the ground

Super-Jumbo Aircraft
Super-Jumbo Passenger Carriers

Trading Centre
Intercontinental Trading Port where Aircraft Land to Unload and Load their Cargoes of Merchandise

Refuelling in Space
Recharging the Energy Cells of a Future Aircraft in Mid- Flight

Blackburn Cubaroo Bomber
Torpedo bomber, on the ground, with crew

Siai Marchetti
SIAI MARCHETTI Italian aeroplanes used during World War Two

Softer Landings
Landing the aircraft is the most dangerous part of a flight, but steps can be taken to make it safer

Safe Aircraft - 2
So long as the flying machine remains on the ground, it presents no danger either to the aviator or to anyone else, and may be approached with complete safety

Safe Aircraft
It is certainly possible to design aircraft where safety is a priority and the chances of a crash are minimal

Inventions Cartoon 1 / 2
Illustration 1/2 A comical cartoon showing what look like elves or pixies getting into mischief with various inventions

Flight Cartoon (Back)
Illustration 2/2 A comical cartoon showing elves or possibly pixies getting into mischief with various aircraft

Flight Cartoon (Front)
Illustration 1/2 A comical cartoon showing elves or possibly pixies getting into mischief with various aircraft

Future Passenger Liner
The passenger liner of the future will be streamlined, and carry its own aircraft

Aircraft Factory 1914
The Royal Aircraft Factory at Aldershot is busy in 1914 producing warplanes such as the RE5 flying overhead - the first specifically reconn- -aisance plane of the RFC

Baggage at Croydon
Little chance of baggage going astray ! Luggage of passengers arriving at Croydon from Zurich is unloaded into a handcart and taken into the terminal by hand

Off to Paris by Air
An intrepid lady passenger at Croydon steps into the cabin of an Imperial Airways Continental Air Express, bound for Paris

Passengers in Argosy
Passengers comfortably installed in an Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy air liner from Croydon to continental Europe

Position Finding
In the Control Tower, a controller marks the position of each aircraft

Passengers Weigh In
At Croydon, passengers are weighed before the flight

Cruisers Attacked
British cruisers are attacked by German aircraft

Airborne Lovers 1890
Two lovers enjoy an aerial trip, their careless love causing them to overlook the fact that their aircraft has no wings and that its two airscrews are not turning

American Flying Saucer
An American Flying Saucer causes massive destruction among conventional aircraft

Emile Aubrun spotting submarines from his aeroplane
The French aviator Emile Aubrun (1881-1967) at Cherbourg demonstrates that submarines under water can be detected from aircraft flying at a height of 500 metres

Voisin Biplane
This very successful French biplane will go through many modifications during the years leading up to World War One

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