Air Craft Collection (page 7)

American pilots near Toul, France, WW1
A group of seven American pilots who brought down enemy aircraft near Toul, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1918

Australian troops guarding captured plane, Janin, WW1
Men of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade guarding a captured enemy plane at Janin airfield, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

First flight from the UK to Australia - The Crew
First flight from the UK to Australia in a Vickers Vimy plane. Sir Ross Macpherson Smith (second left) and his brother Sir Keith Macpherson Smith (far left)

Sopwith Pup taking off from HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Loop the Loop - Pegoud - Aviator
Adolphe Celestin Pegoud (1889-1915) - a pre-WWI French aviator who became a fighter ace. On 21st September 1913, as a test pilot for Louis Bleriot (in a Bleriot model XI monoplane)

Sipa-200 Minijet
Experimental French jet aircraft. Date: circa 1950

At the school for Strafing
At count zeppelins evening classes for bomb droppers. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

Boarding a Plane
Passengers boarding a Channel Airways aeroplane. Date: 1962

Boarding a Boeing 747
Passengers at London (Heathrow) airport boarding a Boeing 727 (Lufthansa) on the runway. Date: 1960s

London Airport 1960S
Passengers with their luggage at London (now Heathrow) Airport, England. Date: 1960s

Air Travel 1960S
Back view of air passengers aboard a Boeing 727 (Lufthansa) aeroplane. Date: late 1960s

Air Steward 1960S
An Air Steward pushes a trolley down the aisle of a Lufthansa Boeing 727 aeroplane, offering passengers light refreshments. Date: late 1960s

Aircraft Safety Check
A routine aircraft saftely check being carried out at Prestwick Airport, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Unidentified biplane on an airfield, WW1
An unidentified two-seater biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Argus aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Argus, aircraft carrier painted in dazzle camouflage, launched 1917, seen here at sea during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

British BE 12 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Royal Aircraft Factory BE 12 single-seater biplane on an airfield, used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. It had a 150hp RAF 4a engine. Date: 1915-1918

US Armys first plane, Fort Myer, Virginia, USA
The US Armys first plane, seen here with crew at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, after it had been equipped with wheels. It was the first successful aeroplane in the world, powered by a Wright B45 engine

HMS Hermes seaplane carrier, WW1
An aerial view of HMS Hermes, the first experimental seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy, a refitted Highflyer-class cruiser. Sunk in October 1914 by a German U-boat. Date: circa 1914

Fragment from a British plane, WW1
A fragment from a British plane, possibly part of the tailfin, bearing the code number F9591, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Four men with upturned biplane in field, WW1
Four young men sitting in front of an upturned biplane in a field during the First World War. The plane has either crashed (there seems to be some minor damage) or overbalanced. Date: 1914-1918

Australian gunners in Battle of Arras, France, WW1
Australian gunners of No. 4 Section, 22nd Machine Gun Company, in action against a German aeroplane in the Noreuil Valley, near Bullecourt (2nd Battle of the Scarpe) during the Battle of Arras

Anti-aircraft gun on Romanian monitor boat, WW1
Naval gunners with an anti-aircraft gun on a Romanian monitor boat during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Cossack air squadron, Rostov, Don District, WW1
A Cossack air squadron with French Voisin biplanes at Rostov in the Don District, Russia, towards the end of the First World War. Date: September 1918

Last flight of Captain Ball in his SE5 biplane, WW1
An artists impression of the last flight of the British flying ace Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917) in his SE5 biplane, brought down over France by a German Albatros plane during the First World War

Christmas Eve on the Airway by Norman Keene
Jolly festive illustration by Norman Keene showing an aviator in an aeroplane greeting Father Christmas and his sleigh mid-air. Date: 1930

German aircraft factory, WW1
An aircraft factory in Germany during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Maurice Farman MF11 Shorthorn biplane, WW1
A Maurice Farman MF11 Shorthorn biplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was a French reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft developed by the Farman Aviation Works

Vickers Vimy aeroplane with Rolls Royce engines
The Vickers Vimy aeroplane with two Rolls Royce engines. It served as a British heavy bomber during the First World War, and was the first plane to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop in 1919

HMS Riviera aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Riviera, Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Formerly a fast Cross-Channel steamer, returned to civilian use in 1919, then served again during the Second World War

AFC Handley Page biplane at Haifa, Palestine, WW1
A Handley Page biplane belonging to the AFC (Australian Flying Corps) at the aerodrome at Haifa, North Palestine (Ottoman Empire), during the First World War. circa 1918

US Navy NC4 seaplane, transatlantic flight
Some of the crew of the US Navy NC4 seaplane after its transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal, and then on to Spain, and Plymouth, UK

HMS Furious aircraft carrier, WW1
The aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

Italian pilots in Italo-Turkish War, Cyrenaica, Libya
Portraits of the first Italian pilots who took part in the Italo-Turkish War (1912-1913) in Cyrenaica, Libya. This war was the first in history which involved air attacks by aircraft. Date: 1912-1913

Private aeroplane advertisement, 1930
Advertisement for the Wessex, three-engined, six-seater British monoplane from the Westland Aircraft Works in Yeovil, England, the latest and smartest of the smaller craft. Date: 1930

Sopwith Pup landing on deck of HMS Furious, WW1
A Sopwith Pup biplane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

American anti-aircraft action, Chemin des Dames, WW1
American anti-aircraft action at Chemin des Dames in northern France during the First World War. Date: 3 May 1918

Biplane coming in to land on HMS Argus, WW1
A biplane coming in to land on the flight deck of HMS Argus, one of the first aircraft carriers, launched 1917, watched by crew during the First World War. circa 1917-1918

Biplane flying over French troops, Macedonian Front, WW1
A biplane flying over French troops led by General Sarrail on the Macedonian Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Sopwith aircraft on deck HMS Furious, WW1
Sopwith biplanes on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious (a modified Courageous-class cruiser) during the First World War

Indian troops operating Lewis gun, WW1
Indian troops operating a Lewis gun on a mounting against hostile aircraft during the First World War, probably in Palestine. Troops in the background can be seen taking shelter in trenches

Indian troops in trench with Lewis guns, Palestine, WW1
Indian troops in a trench with Lewis guns, ready to fire at enemy aircraft in Palestine during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

British troops firing at aircraft, Es Salt Road, WW1
British troops firing at unseen aircraft on the Es Salt Road, Palestine, during the First World War. They are the 181st Brigade, 60th London Division. Date: March 1918

British Bristol fighter plane in flight, WW1
A British Bristol fighter plane of No. 22 Squadron RAF flying over Vert Galant aerodrome, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1918

British Handley Page bomber and Bristol fighter
A British Handley Page heavy bomber biplane (left) belonging to No. 48 Squadron RAF, and a Bristol fighter plane (right), flying over Cologne, Germany. Date: May 1919

Sopwith Snipe 7F1 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Sopwith Snipe 7F1 biplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was a single-seat fighter plane with a 200 horsepower Bentley engine, used by the RAF. Date: 1917-1918

Sopwith Baby seaplane in flight, WW1
A Sopwith Baby seaplane in flight during the First World War. It was a British single-seater tractor seaplane used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) from 1915. Date: 1915-1918

Biplane landing on HMS Argus, WW1
A biplane coming in to land on the flight deck of HMS Argus, one of the first aircraft carriers, launched 1917, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

British biplanes in dust storm, Gayadah, Middle East, WW1
A dust storm about to strike British biplanes at Gayadah (Jeida), during the Hejaz Expedition (1916-1917), Middle East, First World War. Date: 1916

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