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Air Craft Collection (page 7)

"Exploring the Skies: A Captivating Journey through Aircraft History" The Airbus A330 cockpit - where dreams take flight, and pilots become captains of the sky

Background imageAir Craft Collection: World War I soldier N071913

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: World War I aircraft re-enactment N070969

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Hurricane aircraft DP035689

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Hurricane aircraft DP035688

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Dirigible and aircraft AFL03_aerofilms_b2308

Dirigible and aircraft AFL03_aerofilms_b2308
Dirigible and BE2 aircraft, pre-war, no date or location. This small unidentified airship is probably a Royal Navy submarine spotter

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Flight carried out by one of the Wright brothers

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: FJF Fury, Corsair and F-18 E Super Hornet at Ea Air Show, Oshkosh 2006

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Calamity Jane B-52D bomber located at Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, USA

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Plane Henge, Mutonia Sculpture Park (by Robin Cooke), Oodnadatta Track, Outback, South Australia

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Air traffic control tower at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Air traffic control tower at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Cover design, Latecoere Airlines timetable

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Book cover design, All About Aircraft

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Enola Gay presented to the Smithsonian

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Prince Moulay Hassan - Spitfire

Prince Moulay Hassan - Spitfire
Prince Moulay Hassan (later King Hassan II of Morocco) (1929-1999) sitting in the cockpit of a Spitfire - the aircraft responsible for such success against the German airforce during the Second World

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Sopwith Snipe 7F1 biplane on an airfield, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Serbian Air Force at Ufa, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: British BE2 biplane on an airfield, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: British BE2 biplane in flight, WW1

British BE2 biplane in flight, WW1
A British BE2C biplane in flight during the First World War. It is an early type with twin-type undercarriage, and a 70hp Renault engine. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Russian Ilya Muromets Sikorsky biplane and crew, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Austrian artillery with anti-aircraft gun, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Fokker M6 monoplane, Austrian Air Force, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Morane-Saulnier N and Henry Farman biplane, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: British Vickers FB5 biplane on an airfield, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: HMS Campania, British aircraft carrier, sinking, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Anton Fokker, Dutch aviator and aircraft manufacturer

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Anti-aircraft gun, Skinny Liz, Western Front, WW1

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: WW2 - 90cm A. A. Searchlight

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: X-43B aircraft

X-43B aircraft. Computer artwork of NASAs X-43B or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle (Hyper-X) in flight. The Hyper-X programme was started in 1996 to test the scramjet-powered jet engine

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Gusmaos Passarola airship, 1709

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)

Background imageAir Craft Collection: View of John Stapp during G-force 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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Tupolev Tu-2, Soviet WW2 bomber

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. It was built by the aircraft design bureau led by Soviet aviation engineer Andrei Tupolev

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Soviet bomber with parasite fighters 1935

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Soviet Maxim Gorky ANT-20, 1934

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Tupolev Tu-2000 concept aircraft

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Airport at sunset

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Disused hardened aircraft shelter

Disused hardened aircraft shelter
Hardened aircraft shelter. A disused Hardened Aircraft Shelter (HAS) at a Polish air base. Such shelters were built during the early 1970s to protect fighter

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Tupolev Tu-144, first supersonic airliner

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Bouncing bomb raid, artwork

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Beriev A-50, Russian AWACS aircraft

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Aeroplane landing, Canada

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Ducted spinner aircraft propeller

Ducted spinner aircraft propeller, powered by a Sabre engine

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Hawker Tempest V powered by a Sabre IIB engine

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Battle of Broodseinde

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Dog-Fight between British Fighters and German Aircraft; Seco

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: London Gatwick Airport

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: Air Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover, Destroyimg Waterspout

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

Background imageAir Craft Collection: British Aerobatics champion Neil Williams in Stampe, Redhill, Surrey, England

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




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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.