Air Craft Collection (page 19)

German Airmen Prepare
German aircrew prepare for a mission (putting on parachutes). Aircraft is probably a Heinkel HE-111

Air France / Farman / 1934
Farman of Air France arrives at Paris from Amsterdam

Advert / Benz Cars / Planes
Advertisement for BENZ automobiles and aircraft, during World War One

Launch from Airship
Aeroplanes are carried beneath an airship, to be released if the airship should be attacked by hostile aircraft

Defending Paris 1915
A Voisin defending Paris from the air in his aircraft

A Kiss before Flying
A passionate goodbye kiss before flying off in a plane during the roaring 20s

Weighing Passengers
Not only the luggage, but its owner, must be weighed before flight, to be entered upon the load-sheet to ensure the aeroplane is not over-loaded

Admiral Byrd / Skyward
Richard Evelyn Byrd American admiral and aerial explorer; depicted entering his aircraft for the North Pole flight, 9 May 1926

Wwi / Russian Plane / 1914
A Russian officer attaches a bomb to the side of his aircraft

Wwi / Planes / Aerial View
A British aerodrome in France seen from 3000m above, with 12 temporary hangars, and 20 aircraft ready to take off

Wwi / Russo-German Air War
A dogfight between Russian and German aircraft. One of the earliest pictures of air warfare

Leaving a Plane 1960S
Passengers alighting from a BEA Bristol Britannia aeroplane, watched by friends and relatives

Ethiopians Attacked
The Ethiopian cavalry is attacked by Italian aircraft

French Warplanes at Base
French SPAD fighters on the ground at an airfield; these are probably the finest aircraft of the war, flown successfully by such pilots as Guynemer

French Spads on Patrol
French SPAD aircraft on patrol

Albatross Pursued by Raf
A German Albatros is pursued by two British aircraft

Nations Aircrafts
How to recognise the aircraft of different countries by their markings

German Aviatik 1916
A German Aviatik plane, photographed in mid-air by a Belgian reconnaisance aircraft over Holland

Norway Convoy Attacked
Norway :a British convoy arrives in the Norwegian fjords bringing vital supplies, but is fiercely attacked by aircraft of the Luftwaffe

ARK ROYAL ATTACKED
The British aircraft-carrier Ark Royal is attacked by waves of Italian warplanes who damage her severely with two direct hits

Leaflet Drop on Brussels
Allied aircraft drop leaflets on Brussels in order to encourage its citizens to trust in the ultimate defeat of Germany

Mid-Ocean Landing Pads
Long-distance aircraft will stop off at mid-ocean landing platforms to re-fuel

Beacons for Aircraft
Aircraft will be guided to their destinations by beacons - vertical lights positioned beside motorways, indicating the route from town to town

Aircraft in Storm
The powerful passenger aircraft of the future will be able to fly in all weather conditions, even a desert sandstorm like this

Wwii / Aircraft Assembly
Three women assemble aircraft gun turrets

Ww1 / German Anti-Aircraft
A mobile German anti-aircraft artillery piece

Wwi / Italy / Camouflage
Camouflaged tents at an anti- aircraft post. The posts to the left are in fact anti- aircraft guns protruding from pits

Channel Radio Link
This micro-ray radio link between Lympne in England and Saint-Inglevert in France enables cross-Channel aircraft to maintain contact with the land

Passenger Takes a Coffee
An attentive Swissair air hostess serves a smart gentleman a cup of coffee

Jean Marie Navarre, 1916
JEAN MARIE NAVARRE The first French air ace and known as a solitary hunter, Navarre was a skilful pilot of the Nieuport aircraft

Se5S Vs German Albatross
English SE5s and Bristol fighters fly against German Albatross aircraft in the skies over Europe

German Anti-Aircraft
Carefully camouflaged, these Germans wait with a large calibre gun to fire on enemy aircraft such as the one about to fly past them

British Carrier 1921
An improvised carrier - the Royal Navys aeroplane carrier is unmistakeably the result of erecting a landing deck over a conventional ship

Passing through Customs
Passengers with lots of luggage passing through the Customs Hall at London (Heathrow) airport

Customs at Heathrow
A row of suitcases and their owners, queueing in the Customs Hall at London (Heathrow) airport

Westland Pterodactyl
Geoffrey Hill produces several designs for tailless aircraft, and this Mark V, intended as a fighter, flies successfully though erratically

Henschel Hs-126 Ww2
After serving during Spains civil war, this is one of Germanys most versatile non- combat aircraft during WW2, for tasks ranging from recon- -naissance to glider towing

Bruno Mussolini Flies
Two Italian aircraft, one of them piloted by Bruno Mussolini, Il Duces son, fly to Brazil where they are received with great applause

GUYNEMERs SPAD 1916
French ace Georges-Marie Guynemers SPAD-VII fighter on which he has shot down many of the 53 enemy aircraft with which he is credited : at Manoncourt airfield

Immelmann Crashes 1916
Max Immelmann, German air ace, crashes near Gallaumines : to this day the cause is unknown - malfunction, shot down by the British, or friendly anti-aircraft fire

Santos-Dumont Biplane 3
The unwieldy Santos-Dumont 14- bis biplane, though it never stays in the air for more than 21 seconds, is officially the first aircraft to fly in Europe... at Bagatelle, Paris

Various Aircraft 1912
Aeroplanes, airships and a balloon feature in this popular print depicting the state of the art of French aviation shortly before World War One

French Airshow C1909
A spectacular view in the skies above Betheny (Plaine de Betheny, France)

Expedition Aircraft
A self sufficient arial colony. Idea of Belgian scientist and balloonist Etienne Gaspard Robertson, first published in 1804

French Planes in Action
A French two-seater aircraft downs a German plane : note how the gunner is standing up and firing his machine gun just as if he were standing on the ground

Super-Jumbo Aircraft
Super-Jumbo Passenger Carriers

Trading Centre
Intercontinental Trading Port where Aircraft Land to Unload and Load their Cargoes of Merchandise

Refuelling in Space
Recharging the Energy Cells of a Future Aircraft in Mid- Flight

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