Air Transport Collection (#9)

Junkers Jumo 207 D-V2 In-line 6 Diesel Engine, ca. World War II. Creator: Junkers
Dr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911. His early engines functioned on the two-stroke cycle principle with

Nakajima Mamoru 11, Radial 14 Engine, Circa World War II. Creator: Fuji Koku Keiki
Nakajima provided Japan with its first large radials by building licensed Bristols beginning in the late 1920s, and Gnome-Rhone engines beginning in 1936

Meeting d Aviation, April 10-25, 1910, Nice, 1910 (offset colour litho)
1197889 Meeting d Aviation, April 10-25, 1910, Nice, 1910 (offset colour litho) by Brosse, Charles Leonce (1871-1945); 108x79 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Brosse)

Princes Aerial Ship. Star of the East!, 19th century. 19th century
Princes Aerial Ship. Star of the East!, 19th century

A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). Creator: Charles Cundall
A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). British aircraft of the Royal Air Force at the coast. Painting in a private collection. From " Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye

An Aerodrome in 1918, (1944). Creator: Sir John Lavery
An Aerodrome in 1918, (1944). British biplanes in the air over an airfield during the First World War. From " Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye. [Collins, London, 1944]

The Zeppelin Bombardment of Antwerp in August, 1814, in Defiance of the Hague Convention, 1915. On the night of 25/26 August

Desert Squadron - planes of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, c1943. The aircraft are Martlets...operating in the Western Desert with the Royal Air Force

Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. British pilots on board an aircraft carrier during the Second World War. The Fa is the section of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft

Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Creator: Unknown
Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Second World War advertisement for aircraft finishes made by Titanine Ltd of Colindale, London: Supplied for over 25 years

The Cierva Autogiro, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Cierva Autogiro, 1941. The Cierva C.30 autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva was built during the 1930s in Britain, France and Germany under licence from the Cierva Autogiro Company

The first Indian Air Mail arrives at Croydon Airport, south London, 1929, (1935). April 14 marked an advance in the history of aerial transport when the first Indian Air Mail arrived at Croydon

Winston Churchill talking to Captain Shakespeare of the flying boat Berwick, c1939-c1944 (1946)
Winston Churchill talking to Captain Shakespeare of the Boeing flying boat Berwick, c1939-c1944 (1946). Mr Churchill, in siren suit, talking to Captain Shakespeare

Imperial Airways Handley-Page HP 42 biplane Hanno, Gwadar, Baluchistan, c1931-c1940 (1946). By 1929, Imperial Airways Ltd. had pushed their regular weekly service from Great Britain to India

RAF Spitfire on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944)
RAF Spitfire fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). The Spitfires Come. From " The Air Battle of Malta"

Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown
Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Capt Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, who later lost his life on the Stockholm run

Refuelling and re-arming Spitfire fighters, Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). Creator: Unknown
Refuelling and re-arming Spitfire fighters, Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). Each to his Station. - While the pilot waits, soldiers and airmen refuel and reammunition his Spitfire in its pen

Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier, 1980s. The Columbia Orbiter operated between 1981 and 2003

Space Shuttle Orbiter in flight, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Orbiter in flight, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS), was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National

Saunders motor launch on slipway ready for launching, 1908. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Saunders motor launch on slipway ready for launching, 1908

Disused hangar DP275584
Old Sarum Airfield, Hanger 3, Laverstock, Wiltshire. Interior view of the south-east hangar at Hangar 3, Old Sarum Airfield, showing Belfast roof trusses above an old car in the foreground

Barton Aerodrome Control Tower PLA01_04_049
Barton Aerodrome, Control Tower, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester. Barton Aerodrome Control Tower, seen from the seen-east

Final piece JLP01_11_30115_07
STANSTED AIRPORT, STANSTED, STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX. A crane lifting the final roof dome of the terminal building at Stansted Airport in to position as part of the topping out

Stansted shuttle JLP01_10_47894
STANSTED AIRPORT, STANSTED, STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX. The platform between the rails of the passenger transport shuttle at the new terminal building at Stansted Airport illuminated at

Bristol Sycamore JLP01_08_051520
JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON. J M Laing with a party of men on board Laings Bristol Sycamore helicopter

Bristol Sycamore JLP01_08_051521a
JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON. Looking up at Laings Bristol Sycamore helicopter with J M Laing and a party of men on board

An information board shows all flights cancelled at the Zaventem international airport near Brussels April 16, 2010. A huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland caused further air travel chaos across

Cappadocia balloons at sunrise, Goreme, Anatolia, Turkey

Experiments with the tethered balloon on the sea near Helgoland, Germany, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, achievements, action, actions, active, activities, activity, air traffic, air transport, aircraft, aircrafts, animals, athletic, aviation, balloon rides, ballooning, balloons

Printing technique, simple high-speed press with railway movement and cylindrical undercarriage, by Koenig und farmer
1900s, 19th-century, abbey, abbeys, aeroplane, agrarian, agricultural, agriculturally, air traffic, air transport, aircraft, aircrafts, airliner, airoplane, airplanes, archive, art work, arts

Mothballed Boeing B17 and Consolidated B24 Planes Graveyard
31st July 1975: Mothballed Boeing B17 and Consolidated B24 planes at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after being declared obsolete by the US Air Force. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Poster advertising Imperial Airways (colour lithograph)
1770095 Poster advertising Imperial Airways (colour lithograph) by Dickson, Charles C. (fl.1927); 76x50 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Poster advertising Imperial Airways. Charles C)

de Havilland Mosquito B35
circa 1945: Mosquito bombers lined up on the tarmac. (Photo by Harry Shepherd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

F. W. Hunter, Army test pilot, Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif

Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run, between 1941 and 1945. Creator: Howard Hollem
Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run. Photo shows the Willow Run manufacturing plant, run by the Ford Motor Company near Ypsilanti, Michigan

Girl inspector confers with a worker as she... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Girl inspector confers with a worker as she makes a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company make a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft... Long Beach, Calif
American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif

The careful hands of women are trained in... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation duties at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

North Americans P-51 Mustang Fighter... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942. Creator: Mark Sherwood
North Americans P-51 Mustang Fighter is in service with Britains Royal Air Force, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif

Carefully trained women inspectors check and... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant... Long Beach, Calif
A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches... Long Beach, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif

Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Lieutenant "Mike"Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Lieutenant " Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 (B-25)... Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, 1942
A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e. B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman... Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif
An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif

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"From the Skies to the Horizon: A Captivating Journey through Air Transport" C17 Transport Aircraft Taking Off from RAF Brize Norton: Witness the sheer power and agility as a mighty C17 aircraft soars into the sky, ready to conquer new horizons. The Westland Lysander, 1941: Step back in time and marvel at the iconic Westland Lysander, a symbol of courage and resilience during World War II, showcasing the evolution of air transport. Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA: Pay homage to aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright as they stand proudly beside their groundbreaking invention - Flyer II - forever changing the course history. Galley, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933: Embark on an elegant journey aboard the luxurious Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; experience unparalleled comfort while soaring through the skies in this majestic mode of air transport. Runway Perspective, 1941 (1944): Capture a glimpse into wartime airfields with Eric Ravilious' masterpiece; witness planes lining up on runways before taking flight – a testament to human ingenuity in advancing air transport technology. U-2 spy plane with fictitious NASA markings, USA, 1960: Uncover secrets from above as you delve into espionage missions carried out by U-2 spy planes disguised under fictitious NASA markings – an intriguing chapter in aerial reconnaissance within air transport history. RAF bomber pilot and second pilot, 1941: Salute brave souls who took to the skies during WWII as RAF bomber pilots; their unwavering determination ensured safe passage for countless lives amidst turbulent times for global air transport. View of London, 1926-1927 by Captain Alfred G Buckham.