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Airships Collection (page 3)

Background imageAirships Collection: Vickers Airship HMA No. 23 at Barrow in Furness in 1917

Vickers Airship HMA No. 23 at Barrow in Furness in 1917

Background imageAirships Collection: Vickers Airship HMA No. 1 at Barrow in Furness in 1911

Vickers Airship HMA No. 1 at Barrow in Furness in 1911

Background imageAirships Collection: French War Balloon Patrie 1907

French War Balloon Patrie 1907
The latest success in military ballooning, the yellow Patrie maneuvering at a height of about a thousand feet above the Opera Quarter in Paris. Date: 8th July 1907

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship Nulli Secundus Flying Over London 1907

Airship Nulli Secundus Flying Over London 1907
The new British military airship Dirigible No 1, christened Nulli Secundus, soaring around the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. Date: 5th October 1907

Background imageAirships Collection: Germany and France - Conquest of the Air 1907

Germany and France - Conquest of the Air 1907
German and France, rivalry between two air-ships. The German air-ship that stayed up the longest for three hours over Berlin, over the French rival La Patrie. Date: 1907

Background imageAirships Collection: First Powered Airship - British Army Dirigible No 1

First Powered Airship - British Army Dirigible No 1
The new British lead military airship Dirigible No 1, christened Nulli Secundus, made its maiden ascent at Farnborough. The early design work was carried out by Colonel James Templer

Background imageAirships Collection: Clment-Bayard No. 1 Airship 1908

Clment-Bayard No. 1 Airship 1908
Adolphe Clement-Bayard's latest French dirigible military airship, piloted by M. Henri Kapferer in response to a French Army decision to experiment with airship operations

Background imageAirships Collection: Wellman's Attempt to Reach the North Pole 1907

Wellman's Attempt to Reach the North Pole 1907
Front cover of The Sphere showing the bow view of the airship. The start of the adventurous journey to reach the North Pole in the airship America. Date: 2 September 1907

Background imageAirships Collection: Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L

Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L. Rawson flying over Alexandra Palace, London. Date: 22nd July 1905

Background imageAirships Collection: La Ville de Paris - Airship 1907

La Ville de Paris - Airship 1907
Photograph of Henry Kapferer the pilot of the La Ville de Paris, throwing out ballast while floating above Paris. Date: 1907

Background imageAirships Collection: The great British R 100 arrived at Cardington after return flight from Montreal, in 78 hours

The great British R 100 arrived at Cardington after return flight from Montreal, in 78 hours. The damaged fin in a thunderstorm over the St

Background imageAirships Collection: SEVERO & MECHANIC DIE

SEVERO & MECHANIC DIE
Brazilian Severo sinks his fortune in what he believes to be a foolproof dirigible : alas, it isn't, and he and his mechanic die when it crashes in the avenue de Maine, Paris. Date: May 1902

Background imageAirships Collection: Michel in the air 1909

Michel in the air 1909
As financial reform the German authorites squeeze the common man dry and then utilise his skin for balloon- making, thus flying Germany's future in the air Date: 1909

Background imageAirships Collection: Dupuy de Lome's dirigible at Fort Vincennes, Paris. Date: 1872

Dupuy de Lome's dirigible at Fort Vincennes, Paris. Date: 1872

Background imageAirships Collection: The Wedding of the World Champion Sculler Mr George Towns to Miss Amy Roslyn Harding at

The Wedding of the World Champion Sculler Mr George Towns to Miss Amy Roslyn Harding at Southsea, prior to Towns return to his native Australia

Background imageAirships Collection: British naval airships scouting for underwater craft, WW1

British naval airships scouting for underwater craft, WW1
British naval airships scouting for underwater craft, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageAirships Collection: Lady Hay Drummond-Hay

Lady Hay Drummond-Hay
Grace Marguerite, Lady Hay Drummond-Hay (1895 - 1946), British journalist, who was the first woman to travel around the world by air (in a zeppelin). 1930

Background imageAirships Collection: Birthday postcard, puppy and toys in an airship

Birthday postcard, puppy and toys in an airship, with verse below. Date: early 20th century

Background imageAirships Collection: Victor G Ginn catalogue, Novelty Balloons

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Novelty Balloons and Airships. 1939

Background imageAirships Collection: R101 as the air ministers office, 1929

R101 as the air ministers office, 1929
R101 as the air ministers office: the second flight of Britains giant airship. Meteorological offices at Cardington; air minister Lord Thomson about to ascend the mooring mast of the R101 by

Background imageAirships Collection: A British naval airship coming in to land after a long flight. Date: 1916

A British naval airship coming in to land after a long flight. Date: 1916

Background imageAirships Collection: Enormous public interest in the Graf Zeppelin at the time of her cruise over London

Enormous public interest in the Graf Zeppelin at the time of her cruise over London, the crowd round the airship on her arrival at Hanworth. Date: 1931

Background imageAirships Collection: Graf Zeppelin leaving Friedrichshafen and appearing over Hanworth Aerodrome on the same

Graf Zeppelin leaving Friedrichshafen and appearing over Hanworth Aerodrome on the same day, cruised over Central London, watched by thousands from the ground. Date: 1931

Background imageAirships Collection: United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1

United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1
United States Navy - USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first of four United States Navy rigid airships overflying a city. Shenandoah was constructed during 1922-1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station

Background imageAirships Collection: Curtiss Wind Wagon - Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Scott Baldwin

Curtiss Wind Wagon - Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Scott Baldwin
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons with Thomas Scott Baldwin. Curtiss wind wgons and ice-boats were used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Background imageAirships Collection: Curtiss Wind Wagon with Glenn Curtiss

Curtiss Wind Wagon with Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons, used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Background imageAirships Collection: Pigeon Scout

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

Background imageAirships Collection: The first German air-raid by three Zeppelins, dropped bombs in Yarmouth

The first German air-raid by three Zeppelins, dropped bombs in Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and near the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk, wreaking buildings and killing civilians

Background imageAirships Collection: Zeppelin raid on a Grammar School 1916

Zeppelin raid on a Grammar School 1916
A bomb damaged a Grammer School in England, after the mass raid by Zeppelin airships of the German Navy Date: 1916

Background imageAirships Collection: Zeppelin destroyed over Britain 1916

Zeppelin destroyed over Britain 1916
The ruins of a zeppelin destroyed over Britain, near London. Date: 2 September 1916

Background imageAirships Collection: Zeppelin raid on London 1915

Zeppelin raid on London 1915
Drawing appeared in a German paper showing the latest German zeppelin air-raid over Tower Bridge, London, over night. Date: 17 August 1915

Background imageAirships Collection: MODEL AIRSHIP 1887

MODEL AIRSHIP 1887
A model airship moves when its propeller turns. Date: 1887

Background imageAirships Collection: ZEP HIND AT OLYMPICS

ZEP HIND AT OLYMPICS
The Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg flies over the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games. Date: 1936

Background imageAirships Collection: CLEMENCEAU IN PATRIE

CLEMENCEAU IN PATRIE
Clemenceau and general Picquart - the defender of Dreyfus, now minister for war - make an ascent in the military airship Patrie at Chalons military camp. Date: August 1907

Background imageAirships Collection: LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN

LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN
The LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin makes its test flight Date: October 1928

Background imageAirships Collection: JOHN BULL AIRSHIP THREAT

JOHN BULL AIRSHIP THREAT
John Bull feels under threat from airships and other new flight craft Date: 1908

Background imageAirships Collection: LONDON IN 1955

LONDON IN 1955
An artist in 1905 shows what the London of 1955 will be like - that is, provided there arent any wars to get in the way of peaceful progress... Date: 1905

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship SST2 Parked

Airship SST2 Parked

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship NS4 North Sea 4 Flying

Airship NS4 North Sea 4 Flying

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship at Parking Mast

Airship at Parking Mast Date: 1918

Background imageAirships Collection: Capel Airship Base Buildings UK

Capel Airship Base Buildings UK

Background imageAirships Collection: Capel Airship Base Radio Transmitters

Capel Airship Base Radio Transmitters

Background imageAirships Collection: Capel Airship Base Buildings

Capel Airship Base Buildings

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship Z19 Gondola in a Hangar

Airship Z19 Gondola in a Hangar

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship Flying Past a Crane

Airship Flying Past a Crane

Background imageAirships Collection: British Airship of 2nd Army 7th Lincolnshire Regiment

British Airship of 2nd Army 7th Lincolnshire Regiment Date: 1916

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship Parked on Water

Airship Parked on Water

Background imageAirships Collection: Airship Crew

Airship Crew



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