Altitude Collection

Poster, Wengernalp Jungfrau Railway, Switzerland
Poster advertising the Wengernalp Jungfrau Railway, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, designed by Francois Gos. Date: circa 1950s

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom in the chow line at the ?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom in the chow line at the Grand Bahama Island tracking station, the day after his sub-orbital flight, which had reached an altitude of 118 miles

Distributions of plants at various altitudes
Coloured engraving of Alexander Humboldt illustration. Tableaux de la Nature, 1865. Date: 1865

Poster for Ovo Sports Food
Advertising poster for Ovo Sport, a special food developed to provide nourishment during sport and training. The tagline claims Instant Fortification

Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Cub Scout on skis, Snowy Mountains, Australia
A group of Cub Scouts of the 1st Kosciusco Troop, on skis in the Snowy Mountains of Australia. Scoutmaster Bernie Jarratt is demonstrating a kick turn. Date: 1960s

Piccard 1931 Ascent - 1
Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, with colleague Kipfer, reaches record altitude of 16, 201m, ascending from Augsburg and coming down in the Austrian Alps Date: 27 May 1931

Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) from Riffelalp a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

Avro Lincoln RF403 testbed
Avro Lincoln, RF403, testbed for the Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprop. This aircraft was scrapped in Australia in 1958 following high altitude bombing trials at Woomera. Date: 1958

Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK162
Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Switzerland - Unterseen
Switzerland - the old wooden buildings in the centre of Unterseen. The city was founded on July 13, 1279, when King Rudolf I von Habsburg granted Baron Berchtold III of Eschenbach-Oberhofen

Wright Brothers, aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, 1909
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, where they were giving various flight demonstrations to set new records for altitude and duration. 1909

English Electric Canberra PR. 7 - PR. 9 prototype WH793
English Electric Canberra PR.7 (PR.9 prototype) WH793, at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. A brand new PR.7 taken from the production line and converted by D. Napier and Sons Ltd

Royal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B. VI
Royal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B.VI, one of nine aircraft converted from B.IIIs, fitted with Rolls-Royce Merlin 85/87 which had two-stage superchargers

Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s

Laramie, Wyoming, USA - Black Bear Waffles
Summit Tavern on the Lincoln Highway (elevation 8835ft) - Laramie, Wyoming, USA - Black Bear Waffles - a Local celebrity! Date: circa 1930s

Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway
The Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway - a narrow gauge railway in North-West India travelling along a mostly mountainous route. Date: circa 1910s

USAF astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom wearing a US Navy o?
USAF astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom wearing a US Navy orange flying suit aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph, after his sub-orbital flight, which had reached an altitude of 118 miles

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom starts to remove his spa?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom starts to remove his spacesuit prior to receiving a medical checkup aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph, after his sub-orbital flight

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom talks on the telephone t?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom talks on the telephone to the US President, John F. Kennedy, from the aircraft carrier USS Randolph, after his sub-orbital flight

Kazakh village in Zhailau, during Nauryz (Spring holiday)
People in a high altitude summer pasture in Zhailau (Jailou), located in the Ile-Alatau State National Natural Park, Kazakhstan, during Nauryz (the traditional Spring holiday)

WW2 - R. A. F. Airman Fully Equipped
A photograph portraying a British WW2 Royal Air Force pilot fully equipped for a high altitude flight, with oxygen, radio, electrically heated clothing and parachute. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Ready For Flight
An illustration which portrays a British WW2 Royal Air Force pilot, fully outfitted for a high altitude flight, preparing to get into the cockpit. Date: circa 1940s

Phari post office, the highest in the world (15, 000 feet), in Yadong County, on the Tibet border, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British

View of Changu Lake (aka Tsomgo, Tsongmo or Changgu Lake), a glacial lake in East Sikkim, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British

People and huts in the snow, Gnatong, Sikkim, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to

120th Infantry on the top of Jelep La Pass in the snow, between Sikkim, India, and Tibet, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military

Jelep La Pass in the snow, between Sikkim, India, and Tibet, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan

Mail runners on Jelep La Pass in the snow, between Sikkim, India, and Tibet, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed

View of Gnatong, Sikkim, India, in the snow, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture

Travelling through the snow, Jelep La Pass above Sedonchen approaching Gnatong, between Sikkim, India, and Tibet, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in

McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC Eagle 72-0119 Streak Eagle (MSN 0019/A017)on display at the National Museum of the USAF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389

McDonnell F-101B Voodoo 57-0351
Canadian Armed Forces - McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo 101029 (msn 529), on arrival at RCAF Chatham, New Brunswick, for 416 Squadron CAF

ZENITH BALLOON ACCIDENT
Carrying away the dead bodies following the fatal crash of the balloon Zenith when the aeronauts on board fainted due to the ballon's high altitude Date: May 1, 1875

Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037
(ex United States Air Force) - Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389

Alpine village of Kandersteg, Switzerland
19th century vintage photograph: apline village of Kandersteg, Switzerland. Kandersteg is a high-altitude resort village in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland

Wright Brothers, aviation pioneers, in France
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, in France on 21 January 1909. They were giving various flight demonstrations to set new records for altitude and duration. 1909

Wright Brothers, American aviation pioneers, in action
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, making a flight to set new records for altitude and duration. circa 1909

Postcard booklet, highest point in Texas, USA
Postcard booklet, end of the Guadalupe Range, the highest point in Texas, USA. Date: 1942

Napes Needle, Great Gable, Keswick, Lake District. Date: circa 1900s

Poster, Stanserhorn, Lucerne, Switzerland. circa 1930s

Poster, The Grossglockner, Germanys Highest Mountain at 12, 550 feet. Designed by Edo von Handel-Mazzetti. circa 1935

B. A. T. FK. 25 Basilisk (F2907 or F2908)
B.A.T. FK.25 Basilisk (F2907 or F2908). One of the three Basilisk aircraft built by the British Aerial Transport Company (BAT) and designed by Frederick Koolhoven; the first, F2906

Hubert Latham, Henry Farman and Roger Sommer at Riems
Hubert Latham in his Antoinette IV, with Henry Farman in his Farman III biplane and roger Sommer, also flying a Farmn III at the Grande Semaine d Aviation de la Champagne, held near Reims in France

Albatros L. 72c Albis D-1140
Albatros L.72c Albis D-1140 (msn 10108) of the Hamburger Fremdenblatt newspaper. The L.72 was most likely studied as a bomber during the early secret German rearmament programs

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

English Electric Canberra B. 2 Sapphire-Canberra WD933
English Electric Canberra B.2 Sapphire-Canberra WD933 (msn EE-012), at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. Bailed to Armstrong Siddeley directly from the production line

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