Flew Collection (#6)

The second Do31 hovering rig was known as the Big Rig and first flew on 7 February 1967. It was powered by six lift-jet engines. Date: 1967

The first Do31 hovering rig was known as the Control Systems Test Rig and first flew in 1964. It was powered by four Rolls-Royce RB108 lift-jet engines. Date: 1964

Hawker Siddeley HS125-600B G-AZHS
Hawker Siddeley HS125-600B, G-AZHS, the second -600, flew for the first time on 25 November 1971. It was later re-engined with TFE731 turbofans to serve as the first -700

The first Hawk XX154 in the air with XX157
The first Hawk, XX154, in the air with XX157 which flew for the first time in April 1975. Date: 1975

A Fokker S14 Mach Trainer jettisons its cockpit canopy flanked by a Gloster Meteor T7. The S14 flew for the first time on 20 May 1951. Date: 1951

The sole Fokker S13 PH-NDW crew trainer
The sole Fokker S13, PH-NDW, crew trainer which flew for the first time in March 1950. Date: 1950

Avro Shackleton MR2 WB833
Avro Shackleton MR2, WB833, the production prototype, flew for the first time on 17 June 1952. This aircraft was converted from an MR1A. Date: 1952

Baroness Raymonde Delaroche, first woman to hold a pilots licence. On 3 Nov. 1909 flew Voisin biplane 1, 000 yards. From postcard after photograph. Mail frank 1910

Hainan from the air - South Pacific - over the Indo China coast. We flew around the edge of the big island Hainan because it is in Chinese hands. Date: 1952

Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, with double horizontal rudder in front and double vertical rudder behind, as Orville flew 12 miles; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Gobron Voisin Biplane
French aviator Jean Gobron in the pilots seat ( poste de direction ) of his Voisin biplane, one of many Voisins built in 1909 : Gobron flew his at Mourmelon and Reims. Date: 1909

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) powder down imprint on glass after collision with window, Bouldon, Shropshire, England, september

Burns / Highland Mary
HIGHLAND MARY The golden hours on angel wings, Flew o er me and my dearie; For dear to me, as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary

Damage to the 78th and 79th Floors, Empire State Building, N
Photograph showing the damage to the Empire State Building caused when a Mitchell bomber flew into the 78th and 79th floors on the 28th July 1945. The pilot of the airplane, Lieutenant-Colonel W.F

Nobile in Radio Contact
Umberto Nobile flew the airship Norge over the North Pole in 1926. His second attempt in 1928 in Italia ended in a crash landing. Making radio contact - Italy

GUSMAOs 1709 DEVICE
GUSMAOs PROJECT The magnetically steered barque of Bartolomeo Lourenco da Gusmao flew from the tower of the Casa da India to the Terreiro de Pace, Lisbon

Art Deco lifeguard station, South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, North America

Town square with streamers in regional colours, Altea, Alicante, Valencia, Spain, Europe

The Capitol, Boston, Massachusetts, New England, USA, North America

Bald eagles (Haliaetus leucocephalus) in February, Alaska, USA, North America

Kites, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Fantasia for the moussem (festival) of Moulay Abdallah, El Jadida, Morocco, Africa

Waterhole at sunset, Namutoni Camp, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

French flag flying at dusk, Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, Europe

Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) in flight, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Cuban flag flying outside the Ministerio del Interior, Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Buddhist prayer flags, Samye monastery, Tibet, China

Harbourside Mall, Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Fireball at Cartagena
A great globe of fire, in the space of some minutes, broke into four lesser balls, which flew off towards the four cardinal points, attended with a clap of thunder

Nobile / Airship / Spitzberg
Umberto Nobile flew the airship Norge over the North Pole in 1926. His second attempt in 1928 in Italia ended in a crash landing. Flying over Spitzbergen

Pangborne / Bellanca
Clyde Pangborne, American aviator, and his Bellanca: he flew from Japan to Washington non-stop

Codos / Bleriot Monoplane
Paul Codos, French aviator, and his Bleriot monoplane: he flew several long-distance flights with Rossi

Byrd / Curtiss Wright
Admiral Richard E Byrd, American aviator, and his Curtiss Wright biplane in which he flew to the Poles

Barnard / Fokker
Captain Charles Douglas Barnard and his Fokker: he flew frequently with the Duchess of Bedford

Hensons Flying Machine
Ws Hensons flying machine never flew, but if it had, and if it had flown as far as the Pyramids, this is how it might have looked

Westland Limousine
This handsome twin-motor passenger plane, seen taking off from Croydon Airport, first flew in 1919 but has been periodically updated since then

Santos-Dumont Monoplane
Perhaps the worlds first light aeroplane, the Santos- Dumont 18 - the first of the Demoiselle class; it flew only thrice before crashing

RITCHELLs DEVICE 1878
RITCHELLs FLYING MACHINE : the inventor demonstrates his neat device at Hartford, Connecticut, though I doubt if he flew as high as this !

Tissandier Airship 1
Gaston and Albert TISSANDIERs first project for a dirigible powered by electricity : a modified version flew two years later

Constant Soldier (Orr)
All at once the window flew open... (Story by Hans Andersen)

Little Boy in the Barn
The Little Boy in the barn lay down on some hay, the owl came out and flew about and the Little Boy ran away

Patinhas Project
The aerostatic fish of Jose Patinha who flew it from Plazentia in Spain to Coria, on the Aragon river, a distance of 12 leagues

Water Babies. Pandora Box
And out flew all the ills that flesh is heir to from Pandoras box

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