Aeronautics Collection (page 20)

Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo, 1885-1974

A reflection of a Royal Aeronautical Society staff memb?
A reflection of a Royal Aeronautical Society staff member in the mirrored doors at the front end of the then Library in what is now the Argyll Room at No.4 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Royal Aeronautical Society staff, probably in 8 or 9 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Florence Barwood, Norman Deaton and E C ?Betty? Pike
From left: Miss Florence Barwood, Mr Norman Deaton and Miss E.C. ?Betty? Pike, probably in 8 or 9 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Mrs Joan Bradbrooke, MBE, HonCRAeS, 1908-1971, Editor, ?
Mrs Joan Bradbrooke, MBE, HonCRAeS, 1908-1971, Editor, RAeS Journal, 1946 to her retirement from the Society in 1968, in her office in 8 Hamilton Place circa 1960

Dr Archie Merton Ballantyne, OBE, HonFRAeS, 1908-1977, Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1951-1973, circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Mr Norman Deaton (?) in his office on the third floor of No.4 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

A Royal Aeronautical Society staff meeting in what is t?
A Royal Aeronautical Society staff meeting in what is today the Handley Page Room on the second floor of No.4 Hamilton Place

Wall panelling in the new Lecture Theatre c. 1960
Wall panelling in the new Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The gents? cloakrooms during construction c. 1960
The gents? cloakrooms during construction circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The rear of No. 4 Hamilton Place from the park
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place from the park during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

No. 4 Hamilton Place during final stages of Lecture Theatre
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The rear of No. 4 Hamilton Place from Apsley House
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place from Apsley House during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

144 Piccadilly c. 1960
144 Piccadilly circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

No. 4 Hamilton Place - new fifth floor c. 1960
No.4 Hamilton Place during the final stages of completing the new fifth floor circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Tech Department - fifth floor - No. 4 Hamilton Place
A Plasterer in what was to become the Tech Department on the fifth floor (possibly front side) at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1960. Date: 1960

The Foreman, Mr Poole, inspects work - No. 4 Hamilton Place
The Foreman, Mr Poole, inspects work during construction of the fifth floor at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1960. Date: 1960

A pigeon?s nest at No. 4 Hamilton Place
A pigeon?s nest at No.4 Hamilton Place with corrugated iron roof during construction of the fifth floor in 1960. Date: 1960

No. 4 Hamilton Place with corrugated iron roof
No.4 Hamilton Place with corrugated iron roof during construction of the fifth floor in 1960. Date: 1960

Excavation of the garden at No. 4 Hamilton Place
Excavation of the garden at No.4 Hamilton Place prior to construction of the lecture theatre, circa November 1959. Date: 1959

Stratford House in Stratford Place, London, c. 1960. Thi?
Stratford House in Stratford Place, London, circa 1960. This was one of the sites considered by the Royal Aeronautical Society for the location of its new lecture theatre. Date: circa 1960

The corner of Harley Street and Queen Anne Street, Lond?
The corner of Harley Street and Queen Anne Street, London, circa 1960. This was one of the sites considered by the Royal Aeronautical Society for the location of its new lecture theatre

Projection window and rear exit in the new Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Mrs Martin - telephone exchange in cupboard - Hamilton Place
Mrs Martin with the telephone exchange in the cupboard in reception during the building works at No.4 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: 1960

10 Adam Street, Adelphi, London, c. 1960. The Royal Aero?
10 Adam Street, Adelphi, London, circa 1960. The Royal Aeronautical Society leased premises at 11 Adam Street between 1910 and 1917 but this had been demolished by 1960. Date: circa 1960

New dome at the top of the main stairs - No. 4 Hamilton Place
The outside of the new dome at the top of the main stairs on the fourth floor at No.4 Hamilton Place in July 1960. Date: 1960

Plasterer, Tech Department - 5th floor, No. 4 Hamilton Place
A Plasterer in what was to become the Tech Department on the fifth floor (possibly Hyde Park side) at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1960. Date: 1960

Planes (1940). Wax drawing by Henry Moore. Drawing. Private Collection

Founders of the Royal Aero Club
The founders of the Royal Aero Club; from left to right are - Mrs Nicholls, the C. S. Rolls and Mr Hedges Butler. Mrs Nicholl was the first woman to be a member of the club

Sir Hiram Maxim operating the valve of the steam engine ?
Sir Hiram Maxim operating the valve of the steam engine during a propeller test at the shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim constructed his steam-driven aeroplane, 1890

Focke Achgelis Fa223 Drache (Dragon) lifting ordnance

HMS Ben-my-Chree c1915

Gloster Mars X Nightjar, J6930

Gloster Mars VI Nighthawk, J6926, powered by a 325hp Bri?
Gloster Mars VI Nighthawk, J6926, powered by a 325hp Bristol Jupiter III radial

Austin Kestrel, G-EATR

Morane-Saulnier MS222Bis, F-AJZT

The interior of a Farman F60 Goliath

Farman F60 Goliath, F-FHMU, of Cie des Grands Expresses ?
Farman F60 Goliath, F-FHMU, of Cie des Grands Expresses Ariennes, at Croydon

Amiot 143 medium bomber

Bloch 210

Sud-Aviation SE210 Caravelle second prototype, F-BHHI

Sud-Aviation Caravelle production

Nord 1500 Griffon, an experimental aircraft to test a co?
Nord 1500 Griffon, an experimental aircraft to test a combination turbojet-ramjet

An M-1 Abrams tank leaves a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy

Bengt R. Olow, Saab?s Chief Test Pilot, with the Saab 210

Saab 90 Scandia, SE-BSH, Torolf Viking, of SAS

Bell 533 High Performance Helicopter

Herbert Harry Pearcey, CEng, FRAeS (1921-2015)

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