Air Planes Collection

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

Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, 1948
Photograph showing Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, in the British controlled zone of Germany, with a large number of Dakota and York airplanes lined up for use during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

RAF Bristol Blenheim Fighter-Bombers; Second World War, 19
Illustration showing three Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheim mark IV fighter-bomber-reconnaissance airplanes over enemy territory in 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

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

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

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 in 2008, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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

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

Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright

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

Spirit of St. Louis, Stafford Air & Space Museum, Historic Route 66, Weatherford City, Oklahoma, United States of America, North America

National Air and Space Museum, the worlds most visited museum, Washington D.C. United States of America, North America

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

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

Lagoon and beach, Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Rosamonde, the first plane manufactured in China

Aeroplane on ground, Heathrow Airport, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RAF Lancasters over Berlin; Second World War, 1943
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Lancaster heavy bombers heading towards their target of Berlin, during the Autumn of 1943

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

Mr Morrison and his aeroplane on Hove Lawns, Brighton

A biplane in Los Angeles
A biplane in a studio photograph showing it flying over Los Angeles

Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Good Housekeeping front cover June 1932
Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine for 1932 with a little boy swept along by the craze for aviation

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

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

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

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

S. F. Cody and War Kite
Samuel Franklin Cody, British- American aviator and inventor of the famous war kite, an early type of aeroplane and communication device

Naples Marina, Sebago Lake, Maine, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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

Page from An Album of International Air Liners for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons

Page from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force card album
Page from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force cigarette card album issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the Hawker Demon I (Turret) Fighter; the Hawker Fury Fighter; and the Hawker Hurricane Fighter

Page from An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil) for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes, the Miles Hawk Major, two-seater touring monoplane; the Monospar S.T

Airfield lighting simulation. Researchers testing an embedded computer system that operates lights in a model airfield

Boeing 747

Air traffic. Conceptual computer artwork representing the dangers of high levels of air traffic

Russian military aircraft repair centre

Louis Bleriot, French engineer
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French engineer, aviation pioneer and the first person to make a powered flight across the English Channel

Environmental protest. Conceptual image showing a hand with STOP written on it, and a background of aeroplanes

Unmanned aerial vehicle
Israeli Air force (IAF) IAI Heron (IAI Shoval) an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by the Malat division of Israel Aerospace Industries

USS Macon, artwork
USS Macon. Artwork of Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk fighters flying around their mothership, the US Navy airship the USS Macon

Aircraft at Charles de Gaulle Paris
A row of aircraft at the gates at Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, France

Aircraft wing and blue sky, showing tilted horizon

Aeroplane contrail at sunset. Contrails are artificial clouds formed from frozen water droplets from the exhaust of the engines of an aircraft

Air traffic control tower, UK
Air traffic control tower (centre) surrounded by aeroplanes. Photographed at London Heathrow Airport, UK

Air traffic, conceptual image
Air traffic. Conceptual composite image of a high volume of air traffic

F15 jets being refueled by a Boeing 707, while in flight. Aerial refueling allows medium-range fighter aircraft to operate at greater range from their bases

F16 jet being refueled by a Boeing 707, while in flight. Aerial refueling allows medium-range fighter aircraft to operate at greater range from their bases

Float plane parked at lake side, Shrode Lake, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Man fixing an aeroplane

An experimental monoplane

The Ford Monoplane was used for Air Mail carrying and was manufactured by a subsidiary company of the ford Motor Company. It was fitted with a 400 H.P. Liberty Engine

A flying boat in Switzerland or Italy

American Flying Fortress (Boeing)

A biplane in the Egyptian desert, with the pyramids
Avro 504K, H. 6596. A biplane in the Egyptian desert, with the pyramids in the background

Orville Wrights aeroplane flying in a field

DH2 6F2 of 29th Squadron, shot down over enemy lines. Pilot second lieutenant K. K. Turner captured

The Wrght Biplane, sold by Orville to Ruth Law
The Wright Biplane, sold by Orville to Ruth Law

Paulhans monoplane, Bleriots model, Los Angeles aviation meeting

Henrey Farmans biplane attains a height record of 3966 ft

A postcard, to my dear mother

The Dornier Dox seaplane in the Solent

Our sailor King, King George V, Royal Navy airmen flying over the British Fleet in Weymouth Bay. The Royal Yacht, Victoria and Albert

Group picture of Pilots and their aeroplane

The Seaplane Dornier Dox in the Solent with the Majestic behind Date: C. 1929

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"From Empire Flying Boats to Seaplanes: Exploring the World of Airplanes" The majestic Empire flying boat takes flight, showcasing the wonders of aviation history. Maldivian air taxi seaplanes find their temporary home on a stunning sandbank in the Indian Ocean. Witness the thrill as low-flying aircraft approach St. Martin's runway against the backdrop of Maho Bay's picturesque beach. A mesmerizing sunset sets the stage for an awe-inspiring airplane landing, painting the sky with vibrant hues. Delve into Imperial Airways' fascinating cut-away display, revealing intricate details of these magnificent flying machines. RAF Bristol Blenheim Fighter-Bombers soar through history, symbolizing bravery and resilience during World War II. Piece together your own adventure with an Empire flying boat jigsaw puzzle - a nostalgic tribute to early aviation days. Canada's breathtaking landscapes serve as a backdrop for a captivating sunset landing that will leave you speechless. Step back in time to 1908 and witness M. Wilbur Wright's groundbreaking aeroplane that revolutionized aviation forever. Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 stands tall as a testament to London's bustling aviation hub and its global connections. Charles A. Lindbergh immortalizes his legacy alongside his iconic plane, Spirit of St. Louis- a symbol of courage and determination. Explore endless possibilities at Washington D. C. 's National Air and Space Museum.