1959 Collection (page 19)

Advertisement for Life cigarettes -- male and female models (Helen Connor and Christopher Powell) with Facel Vega car. 1959

Advertisement for Ross Foods -- family of three at the table (modelled by D Groves, Andrew Downie and M Baldock). 1959

Advertisement for Vanity Fair -- female model (Susan Bayley) in jumper, blouse and skirt. 1959

Advertisement for Bournvita -- teenage girl (G Hill) in an energetic pose. 1959

The State Opening of the Great British Parliament - House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, London, England Date: circa 1959

Fall / Wheaten Terrier / 59
GAY of BINHEATH Owner: Heber Percy Date: 1959

London Heliport, Battersea, June 1959. Date: 1959

David Taylor Model Basin 7ft dynamic model hovercraft. 1959

Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air-Car, c.1959. Date: circa 1959

Emiel Hartman crashes in his man-powered ornithopter at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. 4 November 1959

Emiel Hartman flying his man-powered ornithopter at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. 30 October 1959

Emiel Hartman in the cockpit of his man-powered ornithopter at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. c.October 1959

The first flight of the fourth Convair 880 N8801E
The first flight of the fourth Convair 880, N8801E, from Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California, 10 August 1959. Date: 1959

The seventh flight of the first Convair 880 N801TW
The seventh flight of the first Convair 880, N801TW, 10 February 1959. Date: 1959

The first flight of the Convair 880 N801TW from Lindbergh
The first flight of the Convair 880, N801TW, from Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California, 27 January 1959. Date: 1959

Sir Henry Thomas Tizard 1885-1959
Sir Henry Thomas Tizard, 1885-1959. Date: 1959

The second prototype Dassault Etendard IVM at Le Bourget in 1959. Date: 1959

Sir Peter Gordon Masefield - RAeS President (1959-1960)
Sir Peter Gordon Masefield, FRAeS, RAeS President 1959-1960 (left) and Sir William Farren, CB, MBE, MA, FRS, Hon FAIa, FRAeS, RAeS President 1953-1954. Date: 1959

Portrait of Lord Weir of Eastwood (1877-1959) - RAeS Preside
Portrait of Lord Weir of Eastwood, 1877-1959, RAeS President. Date: 1959

The garden of No 4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition
The garden of No.4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition had started, 9 October 1959. Date: 1959

Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas
Group photograph of Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas with Douglas Thor, Boeing Bomarc, Northrop Snark and Discoverer satellite mock-up - the Atlas was an actual ICBM modified for exhibition use

The third Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg. 3 August 1959. Date: 1959

The first Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg. 16 April 1959. Date: 1959

From left: John W R Taylor Peter Masefield Leonard Bridge
From left: John W.R. Taylor, Peter Masefield, Leonard Bridgeman and H. Sampson at Janes 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee party, December 1959

Wg Cdr James Jimmy Leonard Dell (1924-2008) was appointed deputy chief test pilot at English Electric in 1959. Date: 1924

James Allan Mollison 1905-1959
James Allan Mollison, 1905-1959. Date: 1905

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