Aeronautics Collection (page 8)

Gyrodyne XRON-1 Rotorcycle

Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse with Bullpup air-to-surface missile
Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse, 145762, carrying a Bullpup air-to-surface guided missile

Geoffrey de Havilland, Frank T. Hearle and Wilfred E. Nixon
From left: Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, Frank T. Hearle, General Manager and Wilfred E. Nixon, Company Secretary, in September 1949. Date: 1949

Sikorsky S-59 or XH-39, 49-2890

Saunders-Roe A17 Cutty Sark, G-aVX, in amphibious form

WB549, the first de Havilland Canada DHC1 Chipmunk TMk10 for the RAF

The prototype de Havilland Canada DHC1 Chipmunk, CF-DIO-X

Gemini spacecraft on its Titan II launch vehicle

The first Saunders-Roe A19 Cloud, G-ABCJ, at a RAeS Gar?
The first Saunders-Roe A19 Cloud, G-ABCJ, at a RAeS Garden Party (possibly at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex, on 10 May 1936)

Westland Whirlwind demonstrator G-APDY after conversion to a Series 3

Four Westland Whirlwind HARMk10s, including XP357 and XP358, during exercises with 38 Group Transport Command

Westland Whirlwind 7

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA, J8623

Carpenters, Tech Department - 5th floor, No. 4 Hamilton Place
Carpenters 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

Portland Square, London, c. 1960
Portland Square, 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

Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806)
History of Air Transport. 18th century. Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) before King Charles IV and the entire royal family, on January 8, 1793. Etching on paper by Jose Rodriguez

Balloon ascent of Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) on the Buen Retiro, August 12, 1792. Etching on paper, circa 1793. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Poster, Samuel Cody, Velodrome de la Seine, Paris
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: S. F. Cody Wild West Show (c.1893). Known as a showman, sharpshooter, horseman, aviator and aircraft designer

Hendon Aerodrome Pageant
An air pageant held at Hendon Aerodrome, including a plane decorated as a pterodactyl, and a squadron of Hawker-Harts bombers flying in Wing-V formation. Date: 1932

Brooklands Flying Display
Images from a flying display promoted by the Guild of Air Pilots at Brooklands, near Weybridge, including an autogyro. Date: 1932

Schneider Trophy Preparations
British seaplanes being prepared for the Schneider Trophy competition. This race was held twelve times between 1913 and 1931. Date: 1931

Refuelling Mid-Air
A bomber being refuelled mid-air, as part of a Royal Air Force display over Hendon. Date: 1931

Advert for Rolls-Royce, emphasising the success of their aero engines, as used in Spitfires and Hurricanes. Date: 1940

Boulton Paul P. 111 VT935
Boulton Paul P.111 VT935, in the aero-structures hangar at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield Aerodrome, on 30 June 1962

Gloster Javelin F AW. 1 XA568
Royal Air Force - Gloster Javelin F(AW).1 XA568, at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield in April 1961. Date: 1961

Henri Farman - Flight of One Kilometre 1908
British-French pilot Henri Farman winning the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of 50, 000 francs at Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. For the successful flight of an aircraft heavier than air

Henri Farman (1874 - 1958), British-French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer. Appearing on the front cover of ?The Illustrated London News

Spanish Civil War. German bombs launched over Madrid and that they didn't explode. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Spain Tarragona Spanish Civil War Bombardment
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Spanish Civil War. Republican side. Aviation. Aircrafts Vultel, Dvokbrecd and the twin-engined Novlhrop

Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I N2NA /'2 (msn 96), used by NASA-(National Aeronautics and Space Administrationon), seen on 28 September 1992. Date: 1992

Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N945NA & N944NA
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N945NA and N944NA (msn 118 and 144), used by NASA-(National Aeronautics and Space Administrationon) as Shuttle Training aircraft, seen on 28 September 1992. Date: 1992

Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N948NA - NASA 948
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N948NA / NASA 948 (msn 222), used by NASA-(National Aeronautics and Space Administrationon) as a Shuttle Training aircraft, seen on 28 September 1992. Date: 1992

Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N946NA - NASA 946
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N946NA / NASA 946 (msn 146), used by NASA-(National Aeronautics and Space Administrationon) as a Shuttle Training aircraft, seen on 28 September 1992. Date: 1992

Handley Page Jetstream 100 G-AXUI at the Cranfiel College of Aeronautics, in use as a flying classroom - research tool. Date: circa 1990

Boeing YP-29 34-23 (Boeing Model 264). The YP-29 is seen here fitted with an experimental variable-pitch propeller. The aircraft was later delivered to NACA

United States Air Force - Bell P-59B Airacomet 44-22650
United States Air Force - Bell P-59B-1-BE Airacomet 44-22650 (msn 27-58) at Wright-Patterson AFB. 30 October 1944 :taken on strength by USaF, (delivered prior to contract cancellation)

Douglas YO-31A 31-604 (in the NACA wind tunnel at Langley)
Douglas YO-31A 31-604 (msn 1069), shown mounted in the full-scale National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) wind tunnel at Langley, Virginia

Bristol Fighter and Sopwith Pup overfly the Avro 707B, VX790, at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield on 14 June

Captain Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, 1842-1885, balloonist

Percy Pilcher
Percy Sinclair Pilcher (1866 - 1899), British inventor and pioneer aviator

Percy Pilchers fatal flight 1899
Photographs showing Pilcher ready to start and in mid flight on his invention the Gliding machine. On 30th September 1899, the weather was wet and stormy

de Havilland DH. 104 Dove 5 G-APSO
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 5 G-APSO (msn 04505), at the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield. Date: 1960s

Avro Lincoln B Mk. 2 G-APRJ
Avro Lincoln B Mk.2 G-APRJ at Southend Airport. Ex Royal Air Force RF342, then to D. Napier & Sons Ltd. at Luton airport, with B-class registration G-29-1

Grumman FF-1 9350
The first production Grumman FF-1, Bureau of Aeronautics number 9350, (company designation Grumman G-5), photographed prior to delivery to the United States Navy in 1933

John F. Kennedy during a visit to Manned Spacecraft Center
President John F. Kennedy during a visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston, Texas, during the early stages of its creation

An artist?s impression of a lunar probe designed by eng?
An artist?s impression of a lunar probe designed by engineer-members of the British Interplanetary Society to make an unmanned survey of the Moon. c.July 1958. Date: 1958

An infographic dated 26 May 1961 of NASA?s proposed Nov?
An infographic dated 26 May 1961 of NASA?s proposed Nova space launch vehicle which clustered the boosters of the Saturn C-3

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