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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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Blue Angels perform knife-edge pass during 2006 Fleet Week airshow in San Francisco

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Blue Angels flyby during 2006 Fleet Week performance in San Francisco

Blue Angels flyby during 2006 Fleet Week performance in San Francisco

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright

Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Aerial view of Duxford Aerodrome, now Imperial War Museum Duxford and the American Air Museum

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Airplanes taxiing, Don Muang airport, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Maldivian Air Taxi flying above island, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Little boy playing with model plane

Little boy playing with model plane

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Microlight (ultralight) airplane

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: USA, North America, Minnesota

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Jet engine turbine nozzle

Jet engine turbine nozzle. The nacelle (central peak) of this modified jet engine turbine nozzle is at centre. Jet engine turbines work by drawing in

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Beach at Maho Bay and low flying aircraft approaching the runway of Princess Juliana International

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Aircraft taking off from Heathrow passing in front of full moon, London

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Aeroplane of Cebu Pacific

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Restaurant with old DC3 in the garden

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Wing walking EPW037626

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)

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Supermarine Napier S4 seaplane, 1926

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Vickers aircraft EPW001728

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)

Background imageAir Plane Collection: The Sketch travel number front cover 1956

The Sketch travel number front cover 1956
Front cover of The Sketch magazines travel number featuring a dapper couple, her in a roomy red coat and head scarf, he in tweed suit and flat cap, about to board a plane to, no doubt

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Aerofilms plane in flight AFL03_aerofilms_c325

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Lightning EAW187844

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Spirit of St Louis EPW018121

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Flying boat berth, Southampton EAW023211

Flying boat berth, Southampton EAW023211
BOAC FLYING BOAT SERVICES, Southampton Water. Flying boat services had been operating from Southampton since 1919. After the Second World War

Background imageAir Plane Collection: World War I aircraft re-enactment N070971

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Hurricane aircraft DP035687

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Alexander Yakovlev, aircraft designer

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: German WWII ramjet engine blueprint

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Messerschmitt M. E. 109

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Pilot and plane AFL03_aerofilms_c19951

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Heathrow Airport a073304

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Europe, Albania, Gjirokastra. 13th century Gjirokastra Castle aka Gjirokastra Fortress

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: MQ-9 Reaper spyplane

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)

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Artem Mikoyan, Soviet aircraft designer

Artem Mikoyan, Soviet aircraft designer
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), Soviet aircraft designer. Mikoyan, of Armenian descent, was a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Boeing 747-8 engine cowling

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: German WWII ramjet bomber blueprint

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Wright airplane over a French farm

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: P-51D Mustang Fighter with D-Day markings flying in the sky

P-51D Mustang Fighter with D-Day markings flying in the sky

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Rosamonde, the first plane manufactured in China

Rosamonde, the first plane manufactured in China

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Crashed Me-110 fighter-bomber; Second World War, 1940

Crashed Me-110 fighter-bomber; Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing a German Messerschmitt Me-110 fighter-bomber, which crash-landed near Hastings after being shot up by a British fighter, during the summer of 1940

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Sea plane on water, Australia, Pacific

Sea plane on water, Australia, Pacific

Background imageAir Plane Collection: ADLAI STEVENSON (1900-1965). American lawyer and political leader. Arriving in Chicago, Illinois

ADLAI STEVENSON (1900-1965). American lawyer and political leader. Arriving in Chicago, Illinois, for the Democratic National Convention, July 1952. Photographed by Thomas J. O Halloran

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Scenery for the Vladimir Mayakovskys play Mystery-Bouffe

Scenery for the Vladimir Mayakovskys play Mystery-Bouffe
" Scenery for the Vladimir Mayakovskys play " Mystery-Bouffe" in 1919. Oil on canvas."

Background imageAir Plane Collection: A Pan American flight attendant serves a meal to passengers on board. Photograph, c1975

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

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Mr Morrison and his aeroplane on Hove Lawns

Mr Morrison and his aeroplane on Hove Lawns, Brighton

Background imageAir Plane Collection: The Flying Prince by Johns

The Flying Prince by Johns
HRH the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor) piloting his new Puss Moth monoplane. Date: 1930

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Ilyushin and test pilot Kokkinaki, 1942

Ilyushin and test pilot Kokkinaki, 1942
Soviet aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin (centre right) and test pilot Vladimir Kokkinaki (left, in overalls), talking with a group of soldiers in front of an aircraft during World War II

Background imageAir Plane Collection: Aircraft drops fire retardant

Aircraft drops fire retardant
Israel, Haifa Carmel Mountain Forest, Aircraft dropping fire retardant on a wildfire

Background imageAir Plane Collection: CHARLES LINDBERGH (1902-1974). American aviator. Lindbergh Atop the World

CHARLES LINDBERGH (1902-1974). American aviator. Lindbergh Atop the World. Oil painting by Theodore LaBonte, 1928




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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.