Air Craft Collection (#8)

Cover design, Aerial Derby at Hendon
Cover design, Souvenir Programme for the Aerial Derby at Hendon, 6 June 1914. Showing aircraft flying over the heads of spectators on an airfield. June 1914

Book cover, La Conquete de l Air

Official programme cover, The London Aerodrome
Official programme cover for the London Aerodrome, Hendon, 7th London Aviation Meeting, 9-13 April 1914 (weather permitting)

Air Mail Poster
GPO poster, Use Air Mail. Showing the outline of a monoplane on a black background. 1934

Abbotscliff sound mirror 1932
Abbotscliff sound mirror, used for anti-aircraft defence 1932 Date: 1932

Sound mirror for anti-aircraft defence 1924 Date: 1924

DC9 aircraft approaching over runway landing light gantries at sunset, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Virgin Galactics White Knight 2 with Spaceship 2 on the runway at the Virgin Galactic Gateway spaceport, Upham, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

William Fox presents Bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen
William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine hurled from the clouds

Double assembly line
Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. Double assembly line. Date 1943 Apr

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Date 1942 Oct

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Date 1942 Oct

At one of the final assembly stages in the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut. Date 1940 Nov

Our army attacks from sky, water and shore, and repulsed enemy of Siberia. Date ca. 1919

Deep Sea Scouts on board HMS Theseus, a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. 13 March 1951

RSS Discovery Exhibition with sea plane on deck
Scene during an RSS Discovery Exhibition, with a sea plane on deck -- it is an Auster aircraft used by in the Swedish Norwegian British Antarctic Expedition of 1950. 1951

Spitfires under construction, 1939
Spitfire fighter aircraft being manufactured in an undisclosed location in England. Each powered with a supercharged Rolls Royce engine, they were the fastest fighting aeroplanes in service in 1939

Aircraft factory 1917
Early aviation at Landskrona Sweden. Enoch Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona. The wing workshop, 1917. Date: 1917

Hydroplane
Early aviation at Landskrona Sweden. Thulin LA from Enoch Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona. 1919. Date: 1919

Flying women work for the Prime Minister
Miss Delia Crossley, using her aeroplane to promote the interests of the government, and brandishing a poster of Ramsay Macdonald. Date: 1931

Air ambulance
An air ambulance owned by the Swedish Red Cross at sea. Malmo, 1923. Date: 1923

Air Show 1913
Early aviation at Landskrona Sweden. Air show given by Enoch Thulin at Svalov, north of Landskrona, 1913, Date: 1913

Early aviation at Ljungbyhed, Sweden, 1916. Monoplane Thulin B from Enoch Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona. Date: 1916

German bomber
The German Bomber, Friedrichshafen Gill, at the Ljungbyhed airfield, Sweden 1919. Date: 1919

Captured German Aircraft of World War One
A Prize of the Enemy. Captured German Rumpler Taube Aircraft of World War One era on display at the Musee de L Arme, L Hotel des Invalides

Runo Ericsson
Early aviation at Ljungbyhed, Sweden. Runo Ewe Ericsson from Enoch Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona, has got his pilots licence. He stands in front of a Thulin A, A5. 1917. Date: 1917

Crashed RAF aircraft - WWI
A crashed RAF Saulnier monoplane - The Joan of Arc - which brought down the German biplane Albatros at Vaudemanges, France. Date: circa 1915

Enoch Thulin
The fist Thulin aircraft - D. Parasol, Landskrona, Sweden 1916. Date: 1916

Observer with ammunition for Lewis gun, WW1
An observer taking on board his 97 shot magazine, containing ammunition for his Lewis gun, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sopwith seaplane, Balkan Front, WW1
A Sopwith seaplane about to set off on a flight on the Balkan Front during the First World War. Seen here with the pilot in the cockpit and men wading in the sea around it. Date: 1914-1918

American anti-aircraft post, Raucourt, France, WW1
An American anti-aircraft post in the town of Raucourt, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 10 November 1918

Early type of British BE2 biplane on an airfield
An early type of British BE2 two-seater biplane on an airfield. The BE2 was used for reconnaissance and as a light bomber during the First World War. Date: May 1913

Ljungbyhed Aviation School
Early aviation at Ljungbyhed Aviation School, Sweden, managed by from Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona. Date: 1900s

Grasshopper aircraft
The first Swedish aircraft.constructed 1910 by Oscar Ask and Hjalmar Nyrop. The airplane was nicknamed The Grasshopper. Date: 1910

Early biplane
Early aviation at Landskrona Sweden. Thulin LA biplane from Enoch Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona1918 Date: 1918

Aircraft refuelling at Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the time Gander was one of the worlds largest airports due to its position as a refuelling station for transatlantic flights. Date: 1929

Wheels of a plane in muddy field, WW1
The wheels of a plane partially submerged in a muddy field during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Captured Sopwith Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1
A captured Sopwith Camel biplane of No. 54 Squadron on an enemy airfield during the First World War, with a dog standing alongside. Date: 1916-1918

Sopwith 1 Strutter biplane taking off from a ship, WW1
A Sopwith 1 Strutter biplane taking off from the gun turret platform of a ship during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1918

American pilots near Toul, France, WW1
A group of seven American pilots who brought down enemy aircraft near Toul, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1918

Australian troops guarding captured plane, Janin, WW1
Men of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade guarding a captured enemy plane at Janin airfield, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

First flight from the UK to Australia - The Crew
First flight from the UK to Australia in a Vickers Vimy plane

Sopwith Pup taking off from HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Loop the Loop - Pegoud - Aviator
Adolphe Celestin Pegoud (1889-1915) - a pre-WWI French aviator who became a fighter ace

Sipa-200 Minijet
Experimental French jet aircraft. Date: circa 1950

At the school for Strafing
At count zeppelins evening classes for bomb droppers. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

Boarding a Plane
Passengers boarding a Channel Airways aeroplane. Date: 1962

Boarding a Boeing 747
Passengers at London (Heathrow) airport boarding a Boeing 727 (Lufthansa) on the runway. Date: 1960s

London Airport 1960S
Passengers with their luggage at London (now Heathrow) Airport, England. Date: 1960s

Air Travel 1960S
Back view of air passengers aboard a Boeing 727 (Lufthansa) aeroplane. Date: late 1960s

Air Steward 1960S
An Air Steward pushes a trolley down the aisle of a Lufthansa Boeing 727 aeroplane, offering passengers light refreshments. Date: late 1960s

Aircraft Safety Check
A routine aircraft saftely check being carried out at Prestwick Airport, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Unidentified biplane on an airfield, WW1
An unidentified two-seater biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Argus aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Argus, aircraft carrier painted in dazzle camouflage, launched 1917, seen here at sea during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

British BE 12 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Royal Aircraft Factory BE 12 single-seater biplane on an airfield, used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. It had a 150hp RAF 4a engine. Date: 1915-1918

US Armys first plane, Fort Myer, Virginia, USA
The US Armys first plane, seen here with crew at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, after it had been equipped with wheels. It was the first successful aeroplane in the world, powered by a Wright B45 engine

HMS Hermes seaplane carrier, WW1
An aerial view of HMS Hermes, the first experimental seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy, a refitted Highflyer-class cruiser. Sunk in October 1914 by a German U-boat. Date: circa 1914

Fragment from a British plane, WW1
A fragment from a British plane, possibly part of the tailfin, bearing the code number F9591, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Four men with upturned biplane in field, WW1
Four young men sitting in front of an upturned biplane in a field during the First World War. The plane has either crashed (there seems to be some minor damage) or overbalanced. Date: 1914-1918

Australian gunners in Battle of Arras, France, WW1
Australian gunners of No

Anti-aircraft gun on Romanian monitor boat, WW1
Naval gunners with an anti-aircraft gun on a Romanian monitor boat during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Cossack air squadron, Rostov, Don District, WW1
A Cossack air squadron with French Voisin biplanes at Rostov in the Don District, Russia, towards the end of the First World War. Date: September 1918

Last flight of Captain Ball in his SE5 biplane, WW1
An artists impression of the last flight of the British flying ace Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917) in his SE5 biplane

Christmas Eve on the Airway by Norman Keene
Jolly festive illustration by Norman Keene showing an aviator in an aeroplane greeting Father Christmas and his sleigh mid-air. Date: 1930

German aircraft factory, WW1
An aircraft factory in Germany during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Maurice Farman MF11 Shorthorn biplane, WW1
A Maurice Farman MF11 Shorthorn biplane on an airfield during the First World War

Vickers Vimy aeroplane with Rolls Royce engines
The Vickers Vimy aeroplane with two Rolls Royce engines

HMS Riviera aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Riviera, Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Formerly a fast Cross-Channel steamer, returned to civilian use in 1919, then served again during the Second World War

AFC Handley Page biplane at Haifa, Palestine, WW1
A Handley Page biplane belonging to the AFC (Australian Flying Corps) at the aerodrome at Haifa, North Palestine (Ottoman Empire), during the First World War. circa 1918

US Navy NC4 seaplane, transatlantic flight
Some of the crew of the US Navy NC4 seaplane after its transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal, and then on to Spain, and Plymouth, UK

HMS Furious aircraft carrier, WW1
The aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

Italian pilots in Italo-Turkish War, Cyrenaica, Libya
Portraits of the first Italian pilots who took part in the Italo-Turkish War (1912-1913) in Cyrenaica, Libya. This war was the first in history which involved air attacks by aircraft. Date: 1912-1913

Private aeroplane advertisement, 1930
Advertisement for the Wessex, three-engined, six-seater British monoplane from the Westland Aircraft Works in Yeovil, England, the latest and smartest of the smaller craft. Date: 1930

Sopwith Pup landing on deck of HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

American anti-aircraft action, Chemin des Dames, WW1
American anti-aircraft action at Chemin des Dames in northern France during the First World War. Date: 3 May 1918

Biplane coming in to land on HMS Argus, WW1
A biplane coming in to land on the flight deck of HMS Argus, one of the first aircraft carriers, launched 1917, watched by crew during the First World War. circa 1917-1918

Biplane flying over French troops, Macedonian Front, WW1
A biplane flying over French troops led by General Sarrail on the Macedonian Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Sopwith aircraft on deck HMS Furious, WW1
Sopwith biplanes on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Indian troops operating Lewis gun, WW1
Indian troops operating a Lewis gun on a mounting against hostile aircraft during the First World War, probably in Palestine. Troops in the background can be seen taking shelter in trenches

Indian troops in trench with Lewis guns, Palestine, WW1
Indian troops in a trench with Lewis guns, ready to fire at enemy aircraft in Palestine during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

British troops firing at aircraft, Es Salt Road, WW1
British troops firing at unseen aircraft on the Es Salt Road, Palestine, during the First World War. They are the 181st Brigade, 60th London Division. Date: March 1918

British Handley Page bomber and Bristol fighter
A British Handley Page heavy bomber biplane (left) belonging to No. 48 Squadron RAF, and a Bristol fighter plane (right), flying over Cologne, Germany. Date: May 1919

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: 1917-1918

Sopwith Baby seaplane in flight, WW1
A Sopwith Baby seaplane in flight during the First World War. It was a British single-seater tractor seaplane used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) from 1915. Date: 1915-1918

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