Aerial Collection (page 2)

Olympics / 1936 / Hindenburg
The Hindenburg flies over the opening ceremony. Date: 1936

BAC TSR-2
The British Aircraft Corporation Tsr 2 Prototype Flying with Wing Vortices Date: 1964

Hawker Hurricane Mk 5
A Hawker Hurricane Mk 5 / V (Converted from a Mk IV ) Flying above Fields Date: 1940s

Pishiobury Approved School, Hertfordshire
Aerial view of the Approved School at Pishiobury, near Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. A cricket match is taking place. Date: circa 1940s

General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA
General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA, with the Novitiate of the Sacred Heart (Jesuit vineyard) in the foreground. Date: circa 1906

Aerial view of the coast at Dawlish, Devon, with a train passing through. circa 1980s

The Subzeppmarinellin by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
The subzeppmarinellin for making sure of your enemy. All bases covered with this combined submarine and zeppelin from the imagination of William Heath Robinson during the First World War. Date: c.1916

Map of the St. Jamess & Bond Street areas of London
A map of the St. Jamess and Bond Street areas of London, with a number of key landmarks annotated including the famous gentlemens clubs of St

WW2 Aircraft - A Spitfire and Heinkel 111K
WW2 - Engagement in the air between a German Heinkel 111K long-range bomber and an RAF Spitfire, which has secured a hit. Date: circa 1941

Madeira Cove - Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England Date: circa 1950s

O E Simmonds aerial view of the Frinton-on-Sea Essex
O.E. Simmonds aerial view of the Frinton-on-Sea, Essex

Aerial view of the 1923 Cup Final Wembley Stadium London
Aerial view of the 1923 Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London. Date: 1923

LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth. Here they are undertaking hook ladder drills on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Liverpool birds eye view, 1886
A magnificent birds eye view of Liverpool from the Mersey in 1886, showing the then-new public buildings, at the time of Queen Victorias visit to the Liverpool Exhibition

Pateley Bridge
A aerial view of Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire, viewed from the west. Landmarks include the parish church (just left of centre)

Aerial view of Forest Gate Hospital, East London
An aerial view of the Forest Gate Hospital, London E7. The hospital was originally opened in 1854 by the Whitechapel Union as an industrial school for 800 children

Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. It was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890

Brockhall Hospital, Langho, near Blackburn, Lancashire
Aerial view of Brockhall Hospital at Langho, near Blackburn, Lancashire, established in 1904 by the Lancashire Inebriates Acts Board as an inebriate reformatory for women

Union Workhouse, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
An aerial view of the Sleaford Union workhouse. Designed by William J Donthorn, the building was erected in 1837-8 on East Gate in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The site later became known as Slea View

Union Workhouse and Infirmary, Crumpsall, Manchester
Aerial view of the Manchester Union workhouse and infirmary at Crumpsall. At the bottom of the picture can be seen the original workhouse (later Springfield Hospital) with an entrance on the right

Congleton Union Workhouse, Arclid, Cheshire
Aerial view of Congleton Union workhouse at Arclid, Sandbach, Cheshire. The building, erected in 1844-5, was designed by Henry Bowman. It later became Arclid Hospital

Highwood Hospital, Brentwood, Essex
Aerial view of Highwood (or High Wood) Hospital, Brentwood, Essex, used for the care of children with tuberculosis. The site was originally opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for

Ladywell Lodge, Lewisham, south east London
Aerial view of Ladywell Lodge, a residential institution for the elderly, near Lewisham, in south east London. The site was formerly St Olaves Union workhouse, designed by Newman & Newman

Queens Dock, Swansea
Aerial view of the Queens Dock, Swansea, Wales. The Queens dock was opened in 1920 following the construction of oil handling/import facilities at the nearby BP oil refinery at Llandarcy

Aerial View of the F. A. Cup Final at Stamford Bridge, 1922
Aerial photograph of Stamford Bridge Football ground during the 1922 F.A. Cup Final between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End

Manchester Rooftops
Manchester skyline - an urban cityscape of rooftops and chimney stacks, the air grey with industrial smog

Merton College 1675
Aerial view of Merton College, Oxford University

Aerial combat over trenches during First World War
An aerial combat over the trenches during the First World War

Seaton, Devon, viewed from West Cliff - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Aberystwyth, Wales, from Constitution Hill
Aberystwyth, Wales, viewed from Constitution Hill - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Aerial view of Stamford Bridge football ground, London
Aerial view of Stamford Bridge football ground, home of Chelsea Football Club, SW London, with a match in progress and a large number of spectators. Date: 1922

Town of Estes Park, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1920

Consolidated B-24 Liberator
RAF Coastal Command Consolidated B-24 Liberator Date: 1940s

Hawker Hunter FGA-9
Two RAF 20 Squadron Hawker Hunters in Formation with External Fuel-Tanks and Rockets Date: 1960s

Supermarine Spitfire 8 / VIII
Royal Air Force RAF Supermarine Spitfire 8 Banking with Cloud Behind Date: 1940s

Vickers Wellington
RAF Vickers Wellington Bomber of 149 Sqn flying in formation over Fields Near Mildenhall, UK Date: 1940s

Northrop YB-49
Yb-49 Flying Wing Prototype with a Rear Bubble Canopy Modification High over the Mojave Desert, with Eight Allison J-35 Jet Engine Date: 1940s

Dunsmuir, near Shasta Springs, California, USA
Dunsmuir, a town near Shasta Springs, Siskiyou County, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Aerial view of Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly
Aerial view of the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

Union Station, Portland, Maine, USA, on the corner of Congress and St John Street. Date: circa 1908

RMS Olympic, cruise ship of the White Star Line, WW1
RMS Olympic, cruise ship of the White Star Line, seen here from a seaplane whilst on war service during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Jamaica, West Indies - The Town of Mandeville - Aerial View Date: circa 1920s

Aerial view of Havana, Cuba showing the Capitol Building Date: 1952

O E Simmonds aerial view of Granville Hotel Ramsgate Kent
O.E. Simmonds aerial view of Granville Hotel, Ramsgate, Kent

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stowmarket
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Cover design, Aero Espresso Italiana timetable, with scenes of Rhodes and Athens. Serving Brindisi, Athens, Rhodes and Istanbul. 1932

Records of first UK aerial mail service
Thepostmasters official handwrittenrecordsrelatingto thefirst UKaerialmail service from London to Windsor andWindsor to LondoninSeptember1911. 1911

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