World Record Collection (#2)

The Hustler beat the previous Tokyo-London flight record - by an RAF Canberra bomber in 1957 by nine hours. The B58 Hustler taxiing in at Greenham Common, Berks, after its historic flight

Entertainment: Stout Banner Forbett seen here setting the record for sitting still on a cycle still Cyclist record. May 1953 D3627

Speed King Malcolm Campbell seen here in "Bluebird"
Speed King Malcolm Campbell seen here in " Bluebird" during trials at Lake Coniston 1949 019734/4

1933 Napier Railton at Pendine Sands, July 2015. Creator: Unknown
1933 Napier Railton at Pendine Sands, July 2015

Mechanics starting Sunbeam 350hp July 2015, Pendine. Creator: Unknown
Mechanics starting Sunbeam 350hp July 2015, Pendine

Don Wales and Blue Bird fan Claire Meadows Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
Don Wales and Blue Bird fan Claire Meadows Pendine Sands 2015

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp engine at Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp engine at Pendine Sands 2015

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp at Pendine Sands 2015 with model in costume. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp at Pendine Sands 2015 with model in costume

Spectators at Pendine sands July 2015, watching Sunbeam 350hp. Creator: Unknown
Spectators at Pendine sands July 2015, watching Sunbeam 350hp

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Ian Stanfield at Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Ian Stanfield at Pendine Sands 2015

Sunbeam 350 hp with Bluebird fan Claire Meadows, Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
Sunbeam 350 hp with Bluebird fan Claire Meadows, Pendine Sands 2015

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Don Wales at Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Don Wales at Pendine Sands 2015

Costes and Bellonte beat the flying distance record, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Costes and Bellonte beat the flying distance record, 1929. Costes et Bellonte Battent Record de Distance en Avion. French aviators Dieudonne Costes (1892-1973) and Maurice Bellonte (1896-1983)

Three RAF Vickers Wellesleys flying in formation on a Wo?
Three RAF Vickers Wellesleys flying in formation on a World-Record Distance Flight Without Refuelling of 7157 Miles in 1938 Which Stood for 8 Years

Tupolev Ant-25 Parked in a Grass Cow Pasture Near San Ja?
Tupolev Ant-25 Parked in a Grass Cow Pasture Near San Jacinto, California, Usa after Flying from Moscow - over the North Pole Route, 7500 Miles in 62 Hours and 17 Minutes Date: 1957

Messerschmitt Me-209V-1
The only Example of the Type - Messerschmitt Me-209V-1 Prototype World Speed Record Holder Which Test-Pilot Fritz Wendel Flew to a New World Speed Record of Almost 756 Km/H (469 Mph)

Messerschmitt Me-163A Komet
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-163A V1 Komet Prototype Date: 1940s

Messerschmitt Me-163B Komet
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-163B Komet Flying Dog-Fight Seen Through a Gun-Camera Date: 1940s

North American F-86 Sabre
USAF North American F-86 Sabre Date: 1950s

English Electric Canberra B-2
RAF Royal Airforce English Electric Canberra The Record Breaking Canberra Date: 1950s

English Electric Canberra
RAF Royal Airforce English Electric Canberra Date: 1950s

Hawker Hunter F-3
Neville Duke Flying Wb188 the Hawker Hunter F.3 World Speed Record-Breaker on Final-Approach Landing at Tangmere, UK with Flaps Extended at the End of the Record-Breaking Flight in September 1953

Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe Taxiing Date: 1940s

Sikorsky VS-300A Hoverfly
Igor Sikorsky Conducting the Helicopter First-Flight from Water in the Vought-Sikorsky Vs-300 Prototype (1940 Configuration) Flying with Floats on the Housatonic River, Stratford, Connecticut

Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe
A Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe Parked Date: 1940s

Messerschmitt Me-262A Schwalbe
A Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262A Schwalbe Flying Date: 1940s

Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane
The Kellett Hughes Xh-17 Flying Crane Unusual Design First-Flight of the Then Worlds Largest Helicopter Date: 1952

Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in front of Winnie Mae, New York, USA, 1931. Wiley Hadreman Post (1898-1935) and Harold Charles Gatty (1903-1957)

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