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Airborne Collection (#11)

"Airborne: A Spectacle of Power, Courage, and Triumph" In a display of sheer might and precision

Background imageAirborne Collection: CJ5 3098 Charles Johnston, Kieran Hogben, Peugeot 106 Cup Car

CJ5 3098 Charles Johnston, Kieran Hogben, Peugeot 106 Cup Car
Charles Johnston, Kieran Hogben, Peugeot 106 Cup Car, s 576 FDU, MGJ Engineering Brands Hatch Winter Stages 2014

Background imageAirborne Collection: CJ5 3086 Ben Dawson, Mike Dawson, Ford Escort

CJ5 3086 Ben Dawson, Mike Dawson, Ford Escort
Ben Dawson, Mike Dawson, Ford Escort, HUT 129 N, MGJ Engineering Brands Hatch Winter Stages 2014

Background imageAirborne Collection: CJ5 3043 David Earthy, Maria Rayner, Citroen C2R2 Max

CJ5 3043 David Earthy, Maria Rayner, Citroen C2R2 Max
David Earthy, Maria Rayner, Citroen C2R2 Max, DS 04 LKU, MGJ Engineering Brands Hatch Winter Stages 2014

Background imageAirborne Collection: London girls dancing with American GIs c. 1945

London girls dancing with American GIs c. 1945
London girls dance with American GI soldiers during World War II in an unidentified bar. The GI at the far left of the picture is from the US Army 101st Airborne Division

Background imageAirborne Collection: Beriev A-50, Russian AWACS aircraft

Beriev A-50, Russian AWACS aircraft
Early warning radar aircraft. View of the radar installation on top of a Beriev A-50 airborne early-warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft of the Russian Air Force

Background imageAirborne Collection: Metropolitan Police Helicopters

Metropolitan Police Helicopters
A pair of Metropolitan Police Helicopters. In the foreground is one of the first three Metropolitan Police Bell 222 air support helicopters (G-METC)

Background imageAirborne Collection: British and American Troops in Munster, Second World War, 19

British and American Troops in Munster, Second World War, 19
Photograph showing American infantry of the 17th Airborne Division (on left) and British soldiers of the Sixth Guards Tank Brigade conferring over a map in Munster, Westphalia, 1945

Background imageAirborne Collection: Airborne Submarine

Airborne Submarine
Launching a Mini-Submarine from the Air

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM23 4526 John Milicevic, Brabham BT21B

CM23 4526 John Milicevic, Brabham BT21B
John Milicevic, Brabham BT21B, HSCC, Historic Formula 3, HSCC Wolds Trophy 20th May, 2018, Cadwell Park, cars, Classic Racing Cars, Historic Racing, Historic Sports Car Club, Formula 3, HSCC

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM23 4530 Christoph Widmer, Brabham BT18A

CM23 4530 Christoph Widmer, Brabham BT18A
Christoph Widmer, Brabham BT18A, HSCC, Historic Formula 3, HSCC Wolds Trophy 20th May, 2018, Cadwell Park, cars, Classic Racing Cars, Historic Racing, Historic Sports Car Club, Formula 3, HSCC

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM23 4555 Paul Waine, De Sanctis F3 69

CM23 4555 Paul Waine, De Sanctis F3 69
Paul Waine, De Sanctis F3 69, HSCC, Historic Formula 3, HSCC Wolds Trophy 20th May, 2018, Cadwell Park, cars, Classic Racing Cars, Historic Racing, Historic Sports Car Club, Formula 3, HSCC

Background imageAirborne Collection: Action from an Arsenal v Chelsea football match, c1936-c1944. Artist: Sport & General

Action from an Arsenal v Chelsea football match, c1936-c1944. Artist: Sport & General
Action from an Arsenal v Chelsea football match, c1936-c1944. Arsenals Eddie Hapgood and Chelseas Peter Buchanan in a strange pose

Background imageAirborne Collection: A World War I dogfight (1914-1918), 1938

A World War I dogfight (1914-1918), 1938. From the front cover of Flying magazine (13 August 1938). Cropping restrictions are in place

Background imageAirborne Collection: Wilbur Wrights first flight in Europe at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France, 1908

Wilbur Wrights first flight in Europe at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France, 1908
Wilbur Wrights (American aviator) first flight in Europe, at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France in the Wright Brothers Flyer

Background imageAirborne Collection: Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909

Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les Boraques near Calais, France, in his monoplane Bleriot XI on 25 July 1909

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8120 RX200 Buggy

CM22 8120 RX200 Buggy
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, 26th March 2018, RX200 Buggy, at the FIA World Rallycross Championship, at the 2018 World RX season Launch, airborne, cars, competition, FIA, flying

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7947 Vasily Gryazin, RX2

CM22 7947 Vasily Gryazin, RX2
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, 26th March 2018, Vasily Gryazin, RX2, flies off the jump, for the FIA World Rallycross Championship, at the 2018 World RX season Launch, airborne, cars

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7903 Olsbergs RX2

CM22 7903 Olsbergs RX2
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, 26th March 2018, Olsbergs RX2, for the FIA World Rallycross Championship, at the 2018 World RX season Launch, airborne, cars, competition, FIA, flying

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8092 Olsbergs RX2

CM22 8092 Olsbergs RX2
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, 26th March 2018, Olsbergs RX2, for the FIA World Rallycross Championship, at the 2018 World RX season Launch, airborne, cars, competition, FIA, flying

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8009 Nathan Heathcote, RX2

CM22 8009 Nathan Heathcote, RX2
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, 26th March 2018, Nathan Heathcote, RX2, flies off the jump, for the FIA World Rallycross Championship, at the 2018 World RX season Launch, airborne, cars

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8168 Gregoire Demoustier, Peugeot 208 RX

CM22 8168 Gregoire Demoustier, Peugeot 208 RX
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, 26th March 2018, Gregoire Demoustier, Peugeot 208 RX, takes to the air for the FIA World Rallycross Championship, at the 2018 World RX season Launch, airborne

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7855 RX200 Buggy

CM22 7855 RX200 Buggy
RX200 Buggy, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7866 RX200 Buggy

CM22 7866 RX200 Buggy
RX200 Buggy, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7931 RX200 Buggy

CM22 7931 RX200 Buggy
RX200 Buggy, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8105 RX200 Buggy

CM22 8105 RX200 Buggy
RX200 Buggy, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8113 RX200 Buggy

CM22 8113 RX200 Buggy
RX200 Buggy, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7871 Mattias Ekstrom, Andreas Bakkerud, Audi S1 EKS RX

CM22 7871 Mattias Ekstrom, Andreas Bakkerud, Audi S1 EKS RX
Mattias Ekstrom, Andreas Bakkerud, Audi S1 EKS RX, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7877 Mattias Ekstrom, Andreas Bakkerud, Audi S1 EKS RX

CM22 7877 Mattias Ekstrom, Andreas Bakkerud, Audi S1 EKS RX
Mattias Ekstrom, Andreas Bakkerud, Audi S1 EKS RX, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 7913 Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Volkswagen Polo Supercar

CM22 7913 Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Volkswagen Polo Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Volkswagen Polo Supercar, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8046 Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Volkswagen Polo Supercar

CM22 8046 Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Volkswagen Polo Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Volkswagen Polo Supercar, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 8051 Vasily Gryazin

CM22 8051 Vasily Gryazin
Vasily Gryazin, FIA, World Rallycross Championship, 2018 World RX season Launch, 26th March 2018, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, rallycross

Background imageAirborne Collection: CM22 4950 Eian Pritchard, Ford Escort RS1800

CM22 4950 Eian Pritchard, Ford Escort RS1800
Eian Pritchard, Ford Escort RS1800, Race Retro, Rally stage, Sunday 25th February, 2018, retro, nostalgia, motorsport, cars, vehicles, racing, classic cars, historic cars, nostalgia, vehicles, cars

Background imageAirborne Collection: Advert for Airborne womens footwear 1949

Advert for Airborne womens footwear 1949
Practical womens shoe made from calf leather. 1949

Background imageAirborne Collection: 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment

11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment
PhotographFrom album of 183 photographs with newspaper cutting and ephemera, 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, TA, 1947-1957. Date: 1957

Background imageAirborne Collection: D-Day ships and airborne troops, WW2

D-Day ships and airborne troops, WW2
D-Day ships and airborne troops, June 1944. 1944

Background imageAirborne Collection: A demonstration flight of Wrights Flyer - France

A demonstration flight of Wrights Flyer - France and an inset portrait of pioneering aviator Wilbur Wright (1867 - 1912). Date: 1908

Background imageAirborne Collection: Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

Background imageAirborne Collection: Pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, WW2

Pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, WW2
British Airborne troops pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, crossing the Lower Rhine during the night after an eight-day ordeal. Date: 1944

Background imageAirborne Collection: 82nd U. S. Airborne Division, 1944

82nd U. S. Airborne Division, 1944
Men of the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division gather round the warmth and light of a fire at night-time in the heavy forest of the Ardennes, Belgium

Background imageAirborne Collection: Bastogne siege lifted

Bastogne siege lifted
Members of the US 101st Airborne Division move out of Bastogne following the lifting of the siege of the Belgian town during the Battle of the Bulge. Date: December 1944

Background imageAirborne Collection: US soldiers in Bastogne

US soldiers in Bastogne
American soldiers and local residents in a street in Bastogne, the Belgian town in the Ardennes which was under siege from German forces during the Ardennes Offensive

Background imageAirborne Collection: Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

Background imageAirborne Collection: Airborne troops landing in Caen

Airborne troops landing in Caen
British Horsa gliders and parachutes near Caen after allied airborne landings. The detachable fuselages have been removed from the wings. Date: June 1944

Background imageAirborne Collection: Godfrey Marshal Paine

Godfrey Marshal Paine
GODFREY MARSHAL PAINE British naval commander, Fifth Sea Lord : interested himself in the airborne services and served on the Air Board. Date: 1871 - 1932

Background imageAirborne Collection: Elizabeth Cs Huntingdon

Elizabeth Cs Huntingdon
ELIZABETH countess of HUNTINGDON (nee Stanley) wife of Henry Hastings, fifth earl : on the point of being crowned by a couple of airborne cherubs. Date: 1586 - 1633

Background imageAirborne Collection: Flying Pelican. Half Moon Bay, California

Flying Pelican. Half Moon Bay, California

Background imageAirborne Collection: Digital composite of motocross racer doing jump in front of big sun

Digital composite of motocross racer doing jump in front of big sun. Credit as: Steve Satushek / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Background imageAirborne Collection: ATOMIC BOMB TEST, 1951. Members of the 11th Airborne Division of the U

ATOMIC BOMB TEST, 1951. Members of the 11th Airborne Division of the U.S. Army watch an atomic bomb test at Frenchman Flat in Nevada, 1951




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"Airborne: A Spectacle of Power, Courage, and Triumph" In a display of sheer might and precision, four Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft soar through the skies with an unwavering determination. These formidable machines symbolize the indomitable spirit of those who take flight. Joining them are two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets, their sleek frames cutting through the air like arrows. Together, they form a symphony of power and grace that commands respect from all who witness their airborne prowess. But it is not just modern warfare that showcases the awe-inspiring capabilities units. Gliders ready for Operation Market Garden during the Second World War stand as a testament to bravery in times past. These silent warriors carried soldiers into battle with unwavering resolve. Turning back time further, we find ourselves amidst the Berlin Olympic Games where Jesse Owens defied expectations in the Long Jump event. His graceful leap captured hearts worldwide and reminded us that even on solid ground, greatness can be found within those who dare to dream big. And then there are heroes like the soldier from the British First Airborne division in action at Arnhem during World War II. With courage etched onto his face, he fights against all odds to protect what he holds dear - a true embodiment of valor under fire. The Piper L-4 Cub adorned in US Army D-Day colors takes us back to one of history's most pivotal moments. As it soars above enemy lines on that fateful day, it carries hope and reinforcements to troops below – an emblematic reminder that unity conquers adversity. Witnessing U. S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters gracefully navigating through turbulent skies reminds us why these colossal machines have become synonymous with strength and resilience throughout history. Speaking of resilience, we cannot forget about our comrades from British First Airborne dug deep into trenches at Arnhem during World War II.