Air Plane Collection

Spitfires over Forth
German Heinkel IIIs over the Forth Bridge are intercepted by Spitfires - the first defensive aerial action of the war

Empire flying boat
Poster advertising the most luxurious flying boat in the world, the Empire flying boat. This particular model is the G-ADHL of Imperial Airways

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Spithead Air Ferry to and from the island, winter fare seven shillings and sixpence return, seven services daily

HMS Indomitable at sea, Second World War, 1945
Aerial photograph of the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Indomitable under way, 1945. A Seafire fighter airplane is visible, parked on her foredeck

Shackleton over the Strand RAF_228_190E_0048
An aerial view looking down on an Avro Shackleton Mark II bomber in flight over the Strand as part of a fly-by celebrating Queen Elizabeth IIs birthday. RAF photography 1956

Passenger Plane Imperial
An Armstrong Whitworth Ensign of Imperial Airways takes off: it has the same Dunlop tyres as the smart red motor car on the ground

Bentley car and aircraft propellers a087923
HEATHROW AIRPORT, B E A Aircraft Hangar, London

Jaguar aircraft DP035691
RAF COLTISHALL, Scottow, Norfolk

British aircraft camouflage, 1941
British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941

Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber; Second World War, 1941
Painting showing a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber-reconnaissance airplane flying over a British destroyer (bottom centre) and the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (back right), 1941

Tiger Moth Biplane, Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand

North American P-51-D Mustang Fighter
North American P-51D, Donna-Mite, at the CAF Air Show, Fleming Field, in St. Paul

Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Gatwick airport, 1936
The improved Gatwick airport at the time of its official opening, 1936. The new Martello tower-style design enabled the airport to deal with six big air liners at once. 1936

Aerofilms plane in flight AFL03_aerofilms_c325
AEROFILMS PLANE. Commercial aerial photography by biplane was pioneered by Aerofilms from 1919. Here seen in air photoghraphic action is a DeHaviland DH50 in Aerofilms livery

601 Squadron EPW035616
601 SQUADRON. Practice for an RAF display in June 1931. These aircraft are Westland Wapiti Mk.IIA bombers (in service 1928-1942)

World War II themed Coca-Cola advertisement poster, 1941
COCA-COLA AD, 1941. World War II themed Coca-Cola advertisement poster, 1941

Maldivian air taxi seaplanes parked on sandbank, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Beach at Maho Bay and low flying aircraft approaching the runway of Princess Juliana International airport, St. Martin (St. Maarten), Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Wing walking EPW037854
Wing walking without a harness on an Aviation Tours Ltd Avro 504K. May 1932. From a copy negative. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Aerial photography 1919 AFL03_aerofilms_c12930
" Wills, Shaw and Friese-Greene Ready to Film". A publicity shot for the foundation of the Aerofilms aerial photography company taken at the London Aerodrome, Hendon

The seat of a hero: Spitfire pilots cockpit, 1940
The cockpit, with its amazing array of dials, is the epitome of intensive mechancial warfare of World War Two. Date: 1940

Heston Aerodrome c. 1930s AFL03_aerofilms_c19981
Heston Aerodrome, Hounslow, Middlesex. The control tower (centre) may have been the first purpose-built example and became the model for this class of building

Douglas DC-3 AFL03_aerofilms_b1222
Douglas DC-3 airliner. Advertising image prepared by Aerofilms for a client showing rays of sunshine from behind a cloud.The DC-3 entered civilian service with American Airlines in 1936

Biplane flight AFL03_aerofilms_c169
De Havilland DH9s flying in formation. From a copy negative made in 1923

Austin van and aircraft propellers a087965
HEATHROW AIRPORT, B E A Aircraft Hangar, London

Imperial Airways poster
Cut-away of an Imperial Airways air liner : an ensign air liner for European services, 2 decks, 40 passengers, 200 mph, 20 tons

Pilots on flight deck of Jumbo Boeing 747 of Air New Zealand with sunrise ahead

B-17 G Flying Fortress, close up of the nose and cockpit of this plane

Popular Aviation Magazine

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), showing an aeroplane flying above a route map from London to the Isle of Wight, with a May to August timetable and fares

Boeing 747-8 flight deck. Most flight information is displayed on screens instead of separate mechanical instruments in this glass cockpit. Photographed at the 2011 Paris Air Show

Aeroplane landing at sunset. Boeing 747 landing at sunset at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada. The landing gear is down and the angled wing tips are clearly seen

Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Farnborough International Airshow. Note distinctive swept back wing shape

Antarctic exploration, route maps
Antarctic exploration

Blue Angels flyby during 2006 Fleet Week performance in San Francisco

Empire flying boat jigsaw
A jigsaw advertising the most luxurious flying boat in the world, the Empire flying boat. This particular model is the G-ADHL of Imperial Airways

Imperial Airways cut-away
Imperial Airways poster advertising an ensign air liner for Empire services, 2 decks, 200 mph, 20 tons, the G-ADSR. It is shown with the side cut away so the interior features can be labelled

Aeroplane engine. Close-up of engine blades on a Boeing 747 airliner

Air Union poster
Poster advertising the services of the Rapid Azur, flying passengers between London, Paris, Lyons, Marseilles and Geneva

X-15 rocket plane on display at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC

View from a seaplane cockpit of man swimming, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Charles A. Lindbergh with his Plane, Spirit of St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh with his Plane Spirit of St. Louis, Gosport, May 27th 1927 1927

Soviet Pe-2 bomber and pilot, 1944
Soviet Pe-2 bomber and pilot. The pilot, Grigory Pasynkov, held the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Photographed in December 1944, in the St Petersburg region of Russia

Military aircraft cockpit with head-up display. Photographed at the 2009 Paris Air Show

Aeroplane landing at sunset, Canada
Aeroplane landing at sunset. Boeing 747 landing at sunset at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada

WASHINGTON, D. C. USA. Aircraft displayed in Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C. USA. Aircraft displayed in Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Blue Angels perform knife-edge pass during 2006 Fleet Week airshow in San Francisco

Blue Angels flyby during 2006 Fleet Week performance in San Francisco

Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright

Boulton Paul Defiant fighter; Second World War, 1940

Aerial view of Duxford Aerodrome, now Imperial War Museum Duxford and the American Air Museum, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Airplanes taxiing, Don Muang airport, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Maldivian Air Taxi flying above island, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Little boy playing with model plane

Microlight (ultralight) airplane, Florida, United States of America, North America

Aeroplane of Cebu Pacific, a low cost airline, Puerto Princesa Airport, Palawan, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Restaurant with old DC3 in the garden, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

USA, North America, Minnesota
AT-6 airplane on the runway at Fleming Field

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), Daily Air Services to Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth, Portsmouth & Southsea, London. Book Here. 20th century

Jet engine turbine nozzle. The nacelle (central peak) of this modified jet engine turbine nozzle is at centre

Beach at Maho Bay and low flying aircraft approaching the runway of Princess Juliana International airport, St. Martin (St. Maarten), Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Aircraft taking off from Heathrow passing in front of full moon, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Farman Biplane EGP_22662_53
A group of men watching as two men take their seats in a Farman biplane at Bournemouth in 1910. The pilot has been identified as Claude Graham-White, pioneer of aerial reconnaissance

Wing walking EPW037626
Wing walking without a harness on an Aviation Tours Ltd Avro 504K. Photographed in April 1932. Some damage on negative - produced from copy negative. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

VIETNAM WAR: LEAFLETS. A U. S. Air Force C-47 Skytrain drops leaflets over Vietnam
VIETNAM WAR: LEAFLETS. A U.S. Air Force C-47 Skytrain drops leaflets over Vietnam, 1966. The aircraft also is equipped with loudspeakers to broadcast to enemy troops

Vickers aircraft EPW001728
Aerial view of what appears to be a Vickers Vimy Commercial aircraft in flight (with the unusual registration 17-X on the tail fin)

Lightning EAW187844
RAF English Electric Lightning F1 flying over the sea in 1968. The Lightning served with the RAF as a fighter or interceptor between 1959 and 1988

Spirit of St Louis EPW018121
Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St Louis coming in to land at Croydon Aerodrome, 29th May 1927 having flown in from Brussels

Flying boat berth, Southampton EAW023211
BOAC FLYING BOAT SERVICES, Southampton Water. Flying boat services had been operating from Southampton since 1919

World War I aircraft re-enactment N070971
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire. World War I triplane in flight. 2007 aerial re-enactment. tri-plane

Hurricane aircraft DP035687
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

Heathrow Airport a073304
HEATHROW AIRPORT, Greater London. A BOAC aircraft with boarding steps to left at Heathrow Airport. Photograph by John Gay in 1970

Alexander Yakovlev, aircraft designer
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906-1989), Soviet aircraft designer, in military uniform and holding an aircraft model. In 1932, Yakovlev founded what became the the Yakovlev design bureau

Boeing 747-8 engine cowling
Boeing 747-8 inboard engine with cowling open for maintenance. Photographed at the 2011 Paris Air Show

German WWII ramjet engine blueprint. This design, for the propulsor ramjet engine to be mounted on top of a Dornier Do 217 E-2 heavy bomber, dates from 1942

Wright airplane over a French farm
A Wright airplane over a hayfield in France, 1908, flown by Wilbur Wright and a pupil. Printed halftone reproduction of a photograph

Messerschmitt M. E. 109
Made in Germany, Finished in England. Messerschmitt M.E. 109. All proceeds go to our local Spitfire fund

Pilot and plane AFL03_aerofilms_c19951
Pilot getting into plane. Aerial photographer. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Lagoon and beach, Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Europe, Albania, Gjirokastra. 13th century Gjirokastra Castle aka Gjirokastra Fortress, historic canon & 20th century airplane. UNESCO World Heritage Site

A Pan American flight attendant serves a meal to passengers on board. Photograph, c1975
PAN AMERICAN SERVICE. A Pan American flight attendant serves a meal to passengers on board. Photograph, c1975

Supermarine Napier S4 seaplane, 1926
Supermarine Napier S4 seaplane. The Supermarine Napier S4 is most famous for raising the worlds seaplane speed record to about 227 miles per hour in 1925

MQ-9 Reaper spyplane. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), formerly called RQ-9 Predator B, is piloted remotely and powered by the propeller at the rear (left)

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"From Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight: A Journey Through Aviation History" Step back in time with this captivating aviation poster, showcasing the rich heritage of air travel in Portsmouth, Southsea, and the Isle of Wight. Witness the awe-inspiring sight of Spitfires soaring over Forth, a testament to their legendary role during World War II. Marvel at the majestic Empire flying boat as it gracefully glides through the skies, symbolizing an era when air travel was synonymous with luxury and adventure. Discover unexpected connections between automobiles and aircraft as Bentley cars proudly display aircraft propellers - a fascinating fusion of engineering marvels. The sleek Jaguar aircraft DP035691 takes center stage, embodying speed and precision that captivated aviation enthusiasts worldwide. Experience the thrill of boarding a passenger plane Imperial; its wings poised for takeoff, promising exciting destinations beyond imagination. HMS Indomitable stands resolute at sea during World War II's final year – a reminder of how planes played an integral role in shaping history from above. The iconic Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber takes flight amidst wartime chaos in 1941; its bravery etched into aviation folklore forever. Shackleton over The Strand RAF_228_190E_0048 showcases British ingenuity as this remarkable aircraft patrols our skies with unwavering determination. Uncover secrets behind British aircraft camouflage in 1941 – blending artistry and strategy to deceive enemies while safeguarding our nation's freedom. Escape to paradise with Maldivian air taxi seaplanes parked on sandbanks; these aerial wonders connect distant islands across Asia's mesmerizing Indian Ocean. Finally, pay homage to North American P-51-D Mustang Fighter – an emblematic symbol of power and agility that dominated the skies during World War II.