Air Craft Collection (#4)

British plane crash with dead pilot, WW1
A crashed British plane with the dead pilot lying on the ground during the First World War. German soldiers gather round to examine the wreckage. Date: 1914-1918

Instance Capture
Ken Liang

Painting aircraft wings, Waring & Gillow BL23701_012
WARING AND GILLOW FACTORY, Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, London W6. Inside the factory showing women and boys painting the wings of aircraft for use during the First World War

Swordfish over Blackpool EAW212942
A Fairey Swordfish Mk.II flying over Blackpool in 1971. This type of torpedo bomber was used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War 2

Flying circus EPW041022
Flying circus, April 1933. Aviation events like this one were popular entertainments between the wars, including aerobatics, barnstorming and wing-walking (as seen here)

Hurricane aircraft DP035688
RAF COLTISHALL, Scottow, Norfolk. A lone Hurricane aircraft, many of which were based at RAF Coltishall, makes a final flying display during the closing ceremony

Dirigible and aircraft AFL03_aerofilms_b2308
Dirigible and BE2 aircraft, pre-war, no date or location

World War I aircraft re-enactment N070970
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire.. World War I aeroplanes in flight. 2007 re-enactment

Air traffic control tower at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands

RAF Poster, Help Britain Finish The Job! WW2
RAF Poster, Help Britain Finish The Job! Showing two British Hawker Hurricane fighters flying over a British aircraft carrier at sea during the Second World War

Cockpit of British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1
View of the cockpit and controls of a British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield with other aircraft

Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1
A crashed British single-seat fighter plane with a dead airman lying on the ground beside it, on the Siegfried Line in northern France during the First World War. Date: May-August 1917

British Armstrong Whitworth FK8 biplane in flight, WW1
A British Armstrong Whitworth FK8 two-seater general purpose biplane in flight during the First World War. It had a 160hp Beardmore engine. Date: 1916-1918

Vickers Vimy FB 27A bomber plane with Fiat engines, WW1
The Vickers Vimy FB 27A heavy bomber aircraft with two Fiat engines, used by the RAF during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Short seaplane Type 184 hovering above the sea, WW1
A British Short seaplane Type 184 hovering above the sea during the First World War. It was a two-seater plane, used for reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying. Date: 1915-1918

Quentin Roosevelt lying beside his aircraft, France, WW1
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918), youngest son of the former President of the United States

Ritter von Schleich - German flying ace of WWI
Eduard Ritter von Schleich (18881947) - a high scoring Bavarian flying ace of World War I, credited with 35 aerial victories by the end of the war

Ufos / Pelotas, Brazil
A private aircraft encounters an alien mother ship near Pelotas, southern Brazil

Ufos / Sacramento
The crew of an aircraft of Central Western Airlines see this huge wingless cigar- shaped UFO travelling at very high speed

RAF Pageant EPW018790
HENDON, Barnet. An Avro 504 aircraft flying very low over parked aircraft at the RAF Pageant of 1927. The parked aircraft are a Gloster Gamecock Mk.I, Short Springbock II, and Handley Page Hyderabad

A safe landing EPW005069
REGENTS PARK. London. Aircraft landed in Regents Park, September 1920. The aeroplane, facing towards the trees, is surrounded by a crowd of excited onlookers, while two men shake hands

World War One flying boat pilot N100005
Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Reconstruction drawing by Nick Hardcastle of a World War One flying boat pilot serving on Tresco

Visiting dignitary AFL03_aerofilms_b730
Dignitary and airmen at Heston Aerodrome

Stampe aircraft EAW221481
" Stampe" aircraft in flight. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Crash EPW000213
Crashed aircraft. People in rowing boat investigating the wreckage. AVRO504K in Southwark boating lake, March 1920. From a copy negative. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Parachutist AFL03_aerofilms_c11965
Parachutist descending 1930s. Jumping off the trailing edge of the lower wing of a biplane. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

World War I soldier N071913
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire. World War I British ground soldiers defend the " Kelmarais" airfield during an attack by German aircraft. Soldier aiming rifle

World War I aircraft re-enactment N070969
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire. World War I aeroplanes in flight. 2007 aerial re-enactment. triplane tri-plane

Hurricane aircraft DP035689
RAF COLTISHALL, Scottow, Norfolk. A lone Hurricane aircraft, many of which were based at RAF Coltishall, makes a final fly past during the closing ceremony

Flight carried out by one of the Wright brothers plane models. Engraving

Goodyear F2G-1D Super Corsair
F2G-1D Super Corsair on the runway

FJF Fury, Corsair and F-18 E Super Hornet at Ea Air Show, Oshkosh 2006

Calamity Jane B-52D bomber located at Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, USA

Plane Henge, Mutonia Sculpture Park (by Robin Cooke), Oodnadatta Track, Outback, South Australia, Australia

Cover design, Latecoere Airlines timetable, serving France, Spain and Morocco. The Latecoere company was founded in 1917, and is based in Toulouse. Showing a map with routes. circa 1922

Cover design, Regie Air Afrique timetable
Cover design, French Air Ministry, Regie Air Afrique, timetable for the Europe-Congo-Madagascar summer service. 1936

Book cover design, All About Aircraft, by Ralph Simmonds, London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1915. Showing an airship hovering over a range of mountains. 1915

Enola Gay presented to the Smithsonian
The superfortress bomber Enola Gay, the first aircraft to carry the atomic bomb in war when it dropped the bomb Little Boy over Hiroshima, Japan in World War Two

Prince Moulay Hassan - Spitfire
Prince Moulay Hassan (later King Hassan II of Morocco) (1929-1999)

Sopwith Snipe 7F1 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Sopwith Snipe 7F1 biplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was a single-seat fighter plane with a 200 horsepower Bentley engine, used by the RAF. Date: 1918

Serbian Air Force at Ufa, WW1
Men of the Serbian Air Force, including Lieutenant Melc, with a biplane from the 1st Division at Ufa during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British BE2 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British BE2 two-seater biplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was used for reconnaissance and as a light bomber. Date: 1914-1918

Russian Ilya Muromets Sikorsky biplane and crew, WW1
A Russian Ilya Muromets Sikorsky heavy bomber biplane and crew on an airfield during the First World War. Introduced in 1913, the plane was named after a hero from Russian mythology. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian artillery with anti-aircraft gun, WW1
Austrian artillery with an anti-aircraft gun during the First World War, probably on the Italian front. Date: 1914-1918

British Bristol fighter plane in flight, WW1
A British Bristol fighter plane of No. 22 Squadron RAF flying over Vert Galant aerodrome, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1918

Fokker M6 monoplane, Austrian Air Force, WW1
A Fokker M6 monoplane belonging to the Austrian Air Force during the First World War. It had a two-seater experimental design with an 80hp Oberursel engine, and first flew in June 1914

British DH6 biplane escorting convoy of ships, WW1
A British DH6 biplane escorting a convoy of ships during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Morane-Saulnier N and Henry Farman biplane, WW1
A Morane-Saulnier Type N French monoplane fighter aircraft, with Lieutenant Bayetto of the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) in the cockpit during the First World War

British Vickers FB5 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Vickers FB5 two-seater fighter biplane, also known as the Gunbus, on an airfield during the First World War. It had a 100hp Gnome Monosoupape engine. Date: 1915

HMS Campania, British aircraft carrier, sinking, WW1
HMS Campania, British seaplane tender and aircraft carrier, sinking after hitting other ships (Royal Oak and Glorious) at anchor during a sudden storm in the Firth of Forth, Scotland

Anton Fokker, Dutch aviator and aircraft manufacturer
Anton Herman Gerard (Anthony) Fokker (1890-1939), Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer, famous for the fighter aircraft he produced in Germany during the First World War

Air Scout in glider
An Air Scout sits smiling in the cockpit of a glider at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Anti-aircraft gun, Skinny Liz, Western Front, WW1
An anti-aircraft gun with the name Skinny Liz painted on it, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

WW2 - 90cm A. A. Searchlight
WW2 British Home Front - a 90cm Anti Aircraft Searchlight. Date: circa 1940

X-43B aircraft. Computer artwork of NASAs X-43B or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle (Hyper-X) in flight

Gusmaos Passarola airship, 1709
Gusmaos Passarola airship. Historical artwork of the Passarola airship design that was proposed in 1709 by the Portuguese priest and naturalist Bartolomeu de Gusmao (1685-1724)

John Stapp during a high G-force test on a sled
Acceleration and deceleration testing. Time-lapse images of John Stapp strapped in a sled seat during high G-force acceleration and deceleration testing

View of John Stapp during G-force testing
Acceleration and deceleration testing. View of John Stapp strapped in a sled seat during high G- force acceleration and deceleration testing

Tupolev Tu-2, Soviet WW2 bomber
Tupolev Tu-2, Soviet World War II bomber. This bomber was one of the most reliable during World War II

Soviet bomber with parasite fighters 1935
Soviet Aviamatka (airborne mothership) with its parasite aircraft in flight. The large aircraft is a Tupolev TB-3 four-engined heavy bomber

Soviet Maxim Gorky ANT-20, 1934
Soviet Maxim Gorky ANT-20, in 1934, acompanied by two smaller biplanes. This 8-engine monoplane, named after the Soviet author Maxim Gorky, was built between 1933 and 1934

Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer
Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (1906-1984), Soviet aircraft designer. Antonov founded an aircraft design company in 1946, later named Antonov ASTC in his honour

Tupolev Tu-2000 concept aircraft. Model of the Tupolev Tu-2000 hypersonic aircraft, proposed by the Tupolev design bureau

Airport at sunset. Inbound, outbound and taxiing aircraft at an airport at sunset

Disused hardened aircraft shelter
Hardened aircraft shelter. A disused Hardened Aircraft Shelter (HAS) at a Polish air base

Tupolev Tu-144, first supersonic airliner
First supersonic airliner. A Tupolev Tu-144 airliner in flight. The Tu-144, known to NATO as Charger, first flew on 31 December 1968, two months before the Anglo-French Concorde

Motor glider. View of a Stimme S-10 motor glider during powered flight. A motor glider is a glider which has a small engine fitted that allows it to take-off unaided or extend its range

Bouncing bomb raid, artwork
Bouncing bomb raid. Computer artwork showing a Lancaster bomber dropping a bouncing bomb to destroy a German dam during World War II

Beriev A-50, Russian AWACS aircraft
Early warning radar aircraft. View of the radar installation on top of a Beriev A-50 airborne early-warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft of the Russian Air Force

Aeroplane landing, Canada
Aeroplane landing. Airbus A340 landing at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada. Landing lights, used to guide aircraft to the runway, are at bottom centre

Low flying plane passing over houses, composite image

Ducted spinner aircraft propeller, powered by a Sabre engine

Hawker Tempest V powered by a Sabre IIB engine Date: 1943

The Napier aero engine in the making boring Lion cylinder
The Napier aero engine in the making woman in foreground boring Lion cylinder

Battle of Broodseinde
Silhouette of an anti aircraft gun (13 pounder 9 cwt) mounted on a motor lorry being fired by soldiers at the Battle of Broodseinde on 4th October 1917 during World War I

Dog-Fight between British Fighters and German Aircraft; Seco
Drawing showing an air-battle between Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane fighters and German Junkers and Dorniers bombers and Messerschmitt fighters over France in May 1940

London Gatwick Airport
Passengers sitting on the rather uncomfortable looking modern seats at London Gatwick Airport, England

Air Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover, Destroyimg Waterspout
THE FLIGHT OF THE EASTERN STAR (Ed Earl Repp) - the powerful aircraft destroys a dangerous waterspout by flying through it

Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

British Aerobatics champion Neil Williams in Stampe, Redhill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe

727 Passengers-Lufthansa
An Air Hostess checks passengers seatbelts are firmly secured prior to take- off aboard a Lufthansa Boeing 727

Be2 Versus Taube 1914
The pilots of an allied BE2 aircraft use handguns to attack a German Taube

Kenneth Arnold stands beside his private aircraft, which he was flying when he had his landmark sighting on 24 June 1947 over the Cascade Mountains

Autogyro AFL03_aerofilms_b1371
Autogyro. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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"Exploring the Skies: A Captivating Journey through Aircraft History" The Airbus A330 cockpit - where dreams take flight, and pilots become captains of the sky. Step back in time with the Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster - a nostalgic glimpse into early aviation adventures. Witness the awe-inspiring sight of Spitfires soaring over Forth, reminding us of their heroic role during World War II. Relive the excitement of the Wembley Cup Final 1935 EPW046905 as aircraft enthusiasts gather to witness both football glory and airborne marvels. Marvel at the sleek Westland Whirlwind aeroplanes that once ruled the skies with their speed and agility. "Back Them Up" - an empowering slogan urging support for our brave aviators who risked it all for freedom and safety. Transport yourself to Croydon Airport 1934, a bustling hub where planes took off on daring expeditions across continents. Formation Fighting WWI - a captivating image capturing aerial acrobatics amidst wartime chaos, showcasing bravery and skill in equal measure. Discover unexpected connections between industries as Bentley car and aircraft propellers merge seamlessly in pursuit of innovation (a087923). The Jaguar aircraft DP035691 embodies grace and power, symbolizing mankind's relentless quest to conquer new heights in aviation technology. Gaze upon a majestic Passenger Plane Imperial – an icon representing luxury travel above clouds, making distances seem insignificant compared to boundless horizons ahead.