Air Craft Collection (page 8)

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

BE2C biplanes on an airfield, Middle East, WW1
Three British BE2C biplanes on an airfield somewhere in the Middle East (possibly Mesopotamia, now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

69th Squadron AFC setting out for night bombing, WW1
The crew of the 69th Squadron AFC (Australian Flying Corps) setting out in their RE8 biplane for night bombing from their hangar at Savy, northern France, during the First World War

Camera used for air reconnaissance, WW1
A camera used for air reconnaissance during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Handley Page bomber with Clayton tractor, WW1
A Handley Page bomber with its wings folded, being moved into position for takeoff by a Clayton tractor on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 29 August 1918

British BE2C biplanes on an airfield, Gosport, WW1
A line of British BE2C biplanes of No. 13 Squadron on an airfield at Gosport, Hampshire, waiting to set out for France during the First World War. Date: 12 October 1915

British DH9 biplane in forced landing, France, WW1
A British DH9 De Havilland biplane which has made a forced landing on the Western Front in France during the First World War. Seen here surrounded by German troops. Date: 1918

Sopwith T1 Cuckoo biplane launching torpedo, WW1
A British Sopwith T1 Cuckoo bomber biplane launching a practice torpedo over the sea towards the end of the First World War. It was powered by a Sunbeam Arab V8 200 horsepower engine. Date: circa 1918

British DH6 biplane escorting convoy of ships, WW1
A British DH6 biplane escorting a convoy of ships during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Aerial view of Cuxhaven, Germany, WW1
Aerial view of Cuxhaven, a German naval base, during the First World War. Photo taken from one of the British aircraft taking part in the raid. Date: 25 December 1914

Airco DH4 biplanes on an airfield, WW1
Airco De Havilland DH4 biplanes on an airfield during the First World War. It was a British two-seater daytime bomber. Date: 1916-1918

Austrian Albatros captured at Lentiai, Italy, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian C-type Albatros biplane captured by the Italians at Lentiai, northern Italy, during the First World War. Date: 19 May 1917

Sopwith Camel looping the loop, WW1
A British Sopwith Camel fighter biplane looping the loop above the countryside during the First World War. Photo taken from another aircraft

RFC training with Sopwith biplane, WW1
RFC (Royal Flying Corps) training during the First World War. Mechanics prepare an experimental Sopwith biplane for flight. An Avro biplane can be seen in the background. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian aeroplane flying over British camp, WW1
A Belgian aeroplane flying over a British camp on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 31 October 1914

Austrian Albatros D. III fighter biplane, WW1
An Austrian Albatros D.III fighter biplane during the First World War. Seen here upside down on the ground, with one wheel missing, in an Italian photo. Date: 1916-1918

Aircraft preparing to depart for night bombardment, WW1
A British aircraft preparing to depart for a night bombardment during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Damaged plane on an airfield, WW1
Men examine a damaged plane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British BE2B biplane captured by Germans, WW1
A British BE2B bomber biplane captured by the Germans during the First World War. It had a 70hp Renault engine. Date: 1914-1918

Sopwith Baby seaplane firing rockets, 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

British FE2B night bomber, Western Front, WW1
A British FE2B night bomber biplane with a 160hp Beardmore engine belonging to No. 100 Squadron RFC, seen here floodlit on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German poster giving air raid instructions, WW1
A German poster giving air raid instructions, warning of danger from enemy aircraft, and telling vehicles not to stop in this location. Date: 1914-1918

British pilot with messenger pigeon, WW1
A British seaplane pilot in the cockpit, attaching a message to the leg of a messenger pigeon during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Bristol F2B fighter biplane on an airfield, WW1
A Bristol F2B fighter biplane with a 200hp Sunbeam Arab engine on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Italian aircraft workshop
An Italian aircraft workshop, probably during the First World War, with the flags of Italy and the USA visible above. Date: circa 1915-1918

Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut, WW1
Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. A BE 2c aircraft in the camp of the 30th Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment
Wartime poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment, from aircraft, tanks, ships, guns and shells to barrage balloons and searchlights. 1940s

Scout in cockpit of Miles Magister
Scout wearing an aviator hat sitting in the cockpit of a Denham Flying Club Miles Magister. circa 1950s

Air Scouts climbing on plane with Lord Olivier
Air Scouts climbing on a Fairey Albacore plane with Lieutenant/Sir Laurence Olivier. 1940s

Scouts at Heathrow Airport
Mr Trevor Scott-Chard and London Air Scouts at London Heathrow Airport with British Overseas Airways Corporation Boeing Stratocruiser Canopus behind them. 1950

Scouts with Elliotts Primary EoN Glider
One Scout of the 18th Walsall Group sits at the cockpit of a Elliotts Primary EoN Glider, demonstrating how to fly it, while two other scouts sit on the ground watching. 1940s

Air Scouts aeromodelling
Air Scouts of London Airport Group pore over instructions on a table to build a model aeroplane. circa 1950s

Air Scouts preparing a glider
Two Air Scouts lift and place the canopy on a glider with another Scout already in the cockpit. 1958

Air Scouts taking off in glider
A Slingsby T.21 Glider taking off with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Scout glider in flight
Slingsby T.21 Glider flying with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

British soldiers firing at a German plane, WW1
British soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery attached to the 1st Cavalry Division firing at a German plane with an automatic rifle (a Hotchkiss Mark 1)

Air Scout in glider
An Air Scout sits smiling in the cockpit of a glider at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Scouts using RAF flight simulator
Scouts being instructed on how to operate a LINK trainer by a Royal Air Force officer. 1940s

Aviation competition at Rheims, 1909, Farman, Latham & Paulh
Page from the Bystander reporting on the record flights made at Rheims Aviation Meeting in 1909. showing the winner, Henri Farman who flew 116 miles in 3 hours, 4 minutes

An Album of International Air Liners
Cover of An Album of International Air Liners, for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring a GA - de Havilland aircraft flying over palm trees. Date: 1936

Scouts and Guide with a glider
Two Air Scouts and a Girl Guide sitting in the cockpit of a Slingsby T.21 glider at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Air Scouts with a kite
Three Air Scouts stand holding a large kite between them. circa 1950s

Hubert Latham at Rheims, 1909 - the Bird Man in Full Flight
Hubert Latham, pioneering French aviator seen in his bird like Antoinette monoplane at Reims in 1909. Latham recorded the second longest flight at the event, Henri Farman the longest. Date: 1909

P. M. Scott, National Gliding Champion
P.M. Scott, winner of the 1963 National Gliding Championships, sitting in an Olympia 419 glider at the Lasham Gliding Centre

British gunners at work beneath a flak-filled sky, WW2
British gunners at work beneath flak-filled sky during the Second World War. They are using a Vickers 3.7 inch a (anti-aircraft) gun on a static mounting. Date: 1939-1945

Scouts with British Airways Officer
Three Scouts look excitedly at a map provided by a British European Airways Senior First Officer, with a Douglas DC-3 behind them. circa 1950s

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