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The Sketch travel number front cover 1956Front cover of The Sketch magazines travel number featuring a dapper couple, her in a roomy red coat and head scarf, he in tweed suit and flat cap, about to board a plane to, no doubt
Aer Lingus Viscount, Dublin Airport, Republic of IrelandAer Lingus Viscount airliner at Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa early 1970s
Three Vickers Valiant B(K)1s on the runway
Terminal Building, Cork Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s
Boy Admires SpitfireSpitfire Summer: A little boy wearing shorts and braces admires a Spitfire on the runway at Biggin Hill, Kent, England
United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D
Airport Scene Paris 1934A De Havilland Dragon of Hillmans Airways and a private Swiss plane on the runway at Paris airport, France. Date: 1934
Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar KC. 1 ZD948Royal Air Force - Lockheed L-1011 TriStar KC.1 ZD948 (msn 1157), at RAF Fairford in Autumn 2005, during runway repairs at RAF Brize Norton. Date: 2005
Fleet Air Arm plane practising deck landing, WW2A Fleet Air Arm Plane practising deck landing on a special runway Date: circa 1941
Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584 (MSN 18567), airborne command post. (Overshot runway at Pope AFB, NC, undercarriage collapsed)
Piper PA-28 G-BCIEPiper PA-28-151 G-BCIE (msn 28-7415405). (Written off on 27 May 1999 when it landed long at Perth/Scone Airfield, ran out of runway and overturned.) Date: circa 1995
Gates Learjet 23 D-IHAQ (msn 23-027), of H. Quandt, at Prestwick Airport, during its delivery flight in 1965. (This aircraft was written off at Zurich Airport, on 12 December 1965)
Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1A XX278Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1A XX278 (msn 103/312103), on the runway at RAF Valley in February 1998. Date: 1998
Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1A XX321Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1A XX321 (msn 164/312146), on the runway at RAF Valley in February 1998. Date: 1998
United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended
United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 56-0689 (msn 464060) at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. before construction of the American Air Museum building
Lockheed L-1329 Jetstar-6 N871D (msn 5067), of Abakan-Avia (written-off at Luton Airport in a runway over-run on 29 March 1981). Date: circa 1966
World War II Lancaster bomber takes offVintage World War II photograph - Lancaster bomber takes of from runway lit with oil in an attmept to disperse fog
Port Columbus Airport, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Date: 1937
Idea for an air port on the Thames, London 1940Artists (quite ludicrous) idea, suggesting a central London airport on the River Thames near Charing Cross station. Date: 1930
KLM Super Constellation Flying Dutchman passenger planeKLM Super Constellation The Flying Dutchman passenger plane. Date: 1950s
View of Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Holland. Date: early 1960s
Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, USAAerial view of Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, USA, a large military airport. Date: circa 1940
Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ARCZDruine D.31 Turbulent G-ARCZ, at Redhill aerodrome circa 1970. Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 1 June 1984 when crashed near Stapleford, Essex
de Havilland DH. 115 Vampire Trainer T. 11 WZ419de Havilland DH.115 Vampire Trainer T.11 WZ419, the fourth production aircraft used for development, in the de Havilland line-up at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough Air Show
Thai paratroop trainee jump over Royal Air Force SembawangThai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 11: The paratrooper jumped out from the airplane door to Sembawang airport, Singapore. You can see runway at the downside
Vickers Viscount 708 G-ARER (msn 012) of Maitland Drewery Aviation at Southend Airport. Registration history: First flown on 3 July 1953
LONDON AIRPORT 1950SOne of the B.O.A.C. Speedbird Aeroplanes of the Argonaut class being towed from the hangar at London (now Heathrow) Airport. Date: 1950s
LONDON AIRPORT 1960SWatching the aeroplanes on the runway at London (now Heathrow) airport, including an Aer Lingus, Irish International Airlines plane. Date: 1960s
at RAF StanleyView across the runway to the 1312 Flight pan, jammed tight with Lockheed C-130 Hercules, both visitors and resident 1312 Flt C-130K tankers
Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa early 1970s
St. Louis Municipal Airport - Lambert Field - Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1930s
Surabaya, Indonesia - matting runwaySurabaya, Indonesia. The matting runway used by Ross and Keith Smith during their England to Australia flight in 1919. Date: 1919
New Extended Gatwick Airport, South London 1958Illustration by George Horace Davis, showing the transport links by road and railway to the new extended international Gatwick airport, and the 7000ft long runway with reflective lights
Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport
Lockheed Lodestar, South African AirwaysLockheed Lodestar ZS-ASN, belonging to South African Airways. Date: 1940s
Cover design, A Look at London Airport. 20th century
Poster, Air France, Barcelona to Paris in three hours. 20th century
Greater Cincinnati Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio, USAAerial view of the Greater Cincinnati Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s
Gravel pit arrester being tested by RAFTesting a gravel pit arrester for stopping runaway jets, using an RAF lightning jet fighter. The idea was that an aircraft unable to stop before the end of the runway would be brought quickly
Boarding a Plane 1960SPassengers boarding a BEA Trident aeroplane on the runway of London Airport. Date: 1960s
Lancaster Taking OffThe City of Lincoln is just one of 7378 Lancaster bombers built during WW2 - the most successful heavy night bomber used by the R.A.F. Maximum speed is 462 km/h. Date: 1942 - 1945
Young girl at an airport, with a Swissair passenger plane out on the runway. Date: circa 1970s
Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, with an Eastern Airlines Douglas DC3 on the runway. Date: 1937
Lockheed L-1011 Tristar G-BBAI British Airways HeathrowLockheed Tristar G-BBAI was built and delivered to British Airways in 1975. 27 May 1985 G-BBAI overran the end of the runway at Leeds-Bradford Airport