Air Plane Collection (page 9)

New Zealand, South Canterbury, Richard Pearce Memorial to Powered Flight in 1903 ( 9 Months before the Wright Brothers ), Waitohi, near Pleasant Point

Float Plane and Green Island, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, North Queensland, Australia - aerial

Shadow of Plane on Lake Eyre Salt Lake (15m below sea level), Lake Eyre National Park, Outback, South Australia, Australia - aerial

Israel, The Negev, Be-er Sheva, Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Israeli Air Force base, Israeli-built Kfir fighter

WORLD WAR I (1914-1918). Aerial bombardments by Italian planes on French territory. Drawing

Churchill, Manitoba. Miss Piggy (Curtiss C-46) wreckage

Canada, BC, Victoria, Inner Harbor

Tatogga Lake, Tatogga, British Columbia

Queenstown, New Zealand. An aerial journey across the south island into Milford Sound. The Shotover River can be seen in the foreground

Ski Plane on Tasman Glacier and Aoraki / Mt Cook, Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Seychelles, Mahe Island, view from propeller driven airliner

Diver entering the front window of a four seater plane wreck, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Diver inside the wreck of a four seater airplane, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

The original seven astronauts of the Mercury Program. Left the right: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn
SPACE: ASTRONAUTS, c1961. The original seven astronauts of the Mercury Program. Left the right: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Gus Grissom, Walter Schirra

US Air Force crew and airplane used for tracking radioactive clouds resulting from nuclear tests in Nevada, 1952
NUCLEAR TESTS, 1952. US Air Force crew and airplane used for tracking radioactive clouds resulting from nuclear tests in Nevada, 1952

37th President of the United States. Nixon as Vice President, speaking with reporters on board a plane following his
RICHARD NIXON (1913-1994). 37th President of the United States. Nixon as Vice President, speaking with reporters on board a plane following his visit to the Soviet Union, 5 August 1959

RICHARD CARLSON (1912-1977). American actor, director and screenwriter. Photographed with his wife, Mona, at an airport, 1951

SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, 1927. Engraving commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first trans-Atlantic airplane flight made by Charles Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis, 1927

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

Marcel Paillette, an early French aviation pioneer in his biplane Sommer

M. Paulhan, and early French aviation pioneer in a biplane

Alberto Santos Dumont in his aeroplane, La Demoiselle. He was an aviator, sportsman and Brazilian inventor

C. Grahame-White in an early aeroplane
Claude Grahame-White, an early English aviation pioneer

An early French aviation pioneer

M. Rougier flying an early biplane

A crashed biplane. Two policemen and several other bystanders pose for a photograph

Hubert Latham, early French aviation pioneer
Arthur Charles Hubert Latham, early French aviation pioneer with his aeroplane, Antoinette IV. He was one of the first aviation pioneers to attempt to cross the English channel

Colonel Cody, an early aviation pioneer
Colonel Samuel Franklin Cowdery (Cody), an early aviation pioneer from Davenport, Iowa (USA). He was the first man to conduct powered flight in Britain

The Victory Loan flyers - Watch for the airplane special. Poster showing airplanes flying over a speeding train. Date 1919

Rear view of the Wright brothers four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane. Date 1928 Jan. 6

Orville seated in Wright airplane with Albert B. Lambert before takeoff; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1910 May 18

Distant view of the Wright airplane just after landing, taken from the starting point, with wing-rest in center of picture and launching rail at right

Distant view of Bishop Milton Wright during his first ride in an airplane, when Orville attained an altitude of 350 feet at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1910

Close-up view of airplane, including the pilot and passenger seats. Date 1911

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

Trial Trip over London by John Duncan
A series of amusing silhouettes laid over various photographs of London showing a rather disastrous trial aerial trip over London. Date: 1909

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

Scout in cockpit of Miles Magister
Scout wearing an aviator hat sitting in the cockpit of a Denham Flying Club Miles Magister. circa 1950s

Air Scouts climbing on plane with Lord Olivier
Air Scouts climbing on a Fairey Albacore plane with Lieutenant/Sir Laurence Olivier. 1940s

Scouts at Heathrow Airport
Mr Trevor Scott-Chard and London Air Scouts at London Heathrow Airport with British Overseas Airways Corporation Boeing Stratocruiser Canopus behind them. 1950

Queen Elizabeth II North America visit - Uplands airport
Queen Elizabeth II being welcomed by the governor general, Vincent Massey, at the start of her visit to North America. They are accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip

Air Scouts aeromodelling
Air Scouts of London Airport Group pore over instructions on a table to build a model aeroplane. circa 1950s

An Album of International Air Liners
Cover of An Album of International Air Liners, for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring a GA - de Havilland aircraft flying over palm trees. Date: 1936

Air Scouts with their Commissioner
Headquarters Commissioner for Air Scouts talking with Air Scouts from Cheltenham with a de Havilland Chipmunk in the background. circa 1950s

There is a Woman at the bottom of it - postcard by George Ra
Humorous illustration by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War, depicting a rather hefty lady preventing an aeroplane from taking off. circa 1916

Scouts with British Airways Officer
Three Scouts look excitedly at a map provided by a British European Airways Senior First Officer, with a Douglas DC-3 behind them. circa 1950s

Air Scouts learning aircraft recognition
One Air Scout from St Pauls School draws a picture of a Spitfire on a blackboard for a group of other Air Scouts to learn aircraft recognition

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