Altitude Collection (page 3)

An Astrolabe
An astrolabe, an astrological instrument, used for measuring the altitude of the stars, Avebury Manor, Wiltshire, England

Vickers Vespa VII, G-ABIL, captured the World?s Height R?
Vickers Vespa VII, G-ABIL, captured the World?s Height Record on 16 September 1932 with an altitude of 43, 976ft

Royal Aircraft Establishment model display of the Skylar?
Royal Aircraft Establishment model display of the Skylark high-altitude research rocket at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 September

View from precision balloon taken at Teddington from an ?
View from precision balloon taken at Teddington from an altitude of about 400ft. First published in the Sketch on 14 December 1904

The Hamlet of Zmutt - Zermatt, Switzerland Date: circa 1920s

Goldbach, Vosges, Haut-Rhin, France - Fresh Air
Cafe a l arbre vert at Goldbach-Altenbach, a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Resort popular for the health-giving properties of the high altitude fresh air

Evening light on snow-capped mountains - Darjeeling, India
Evening light on snow-capped mountains - Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Date: circa 1905

Northrop RF-61C (previously designated F-15A), 45-59300, operated by NACA carries a body to altitude. After release, the body exceeded the speed of sound, 24 September 1950

Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket at low altitude over Mojave Desert
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket at low altitude over the Mojave Desert

A 500hp Bristol Pegasus PE6S with a two-stage supercharger and inter-stage charge cooler fitted to the Bristol 138A high altitude aircraft

The sole Vickers Type 432 high-altitude fighter DZ217
The sole Vickers Type 432 high-altitude fighter, DZ217

Capt Geoffrey de Havilland and Mrs Louie de Havilland after their successful attempt on the two-seat light aeroplane altitude record. 26 July 1928. Date: 1928

de Havilland Vampire F1 TG278
de Havilland Vampire F1, TG278, experimentally fitted with a de Havilland Ghost turbojet, 4ft extensions to the wings and a special hood

Aerial view of Westminster from a balloon
When this and other photographs of this region of London were taken the air currents were so tricky that ones chief attention had to be taken in assisting in the manipulation of the balloon

A 500hp Bristol Pegasus PE6S with a two-stage supercharger and inter-stage charge cooler fitted to the Bristol 138A high altitude aircraft

Flt Lt M J Adam of the Royal Aircraft Establishment
Flt Lt M.J. Adam of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Experimental Section increased the world altitude record to 53, 937ft on 30 June 1937 in the Bristol 138A, K4879. Date: 1937

Sqn Ldr F R D Swain of the Royal Aircraft Establishment
Sqn Ldr F.R.D. Swain of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Experimental Section in the Siebe, Gorman and Company Ltd pressure suite in which he achieved the world altitude record of 49

English Electric Canberra B2 WD952
English Electric Canberra B2, WD952, was powered by two Bristol Siddeley Olympus turbojets. This aircraft set a world altitude record of 65, 890ft on 29 August 1955. Date: 1955

The Martin Viking first US-designed high-altitude research r
The first US-designed high-altitude research rocket, the Martin Viking is launched, 3 May 1949, at the White Sands Proving Grounds, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Date: 1949

A pre-production Junkers Ju388K-0 high altitude bomber

Vickers Wellington V first prototype R3298
Vickers Wellington V first prototype, R3298. A pressurised high-altitude bomber

Virgatosphinctes, ammonite
Shown here is an Ammonite fossil recovered from over 5000m above sea-level in the Himalaya region

Tibetan horse minder
A young Tibetan horse minder, Urulung, Tibet

Yosemite Park - Lake Tanaya - California - We left the tourist crowds via the Tioga Road, and then the old, narrow, winding mine (dirt) road which we took for 21 miles. Built up altitude. Date: 1952

Official programme cover, The London Aerodrome
Official programme cover for the London Aerodrome, Hendon, 7th London Aviation Meeting, 9-13 April 1914 (weather permitting)

View of journalist Joseph Croce-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Zenith

Altitude comparada

Left rear view of glider at a high altitude; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1911

Rear view of flight 46, Orville shown flying at a high altitude over Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1905 Oct. 4

Left rear view of glider at a low altitude, showing the fixed vertical fin attached to a front strut; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1911

Distant view of Bishop Milton Wright during his first ride in an airplane, when Orville attained an altitude of 350 feet at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1910

Potosi - Parque 10 Noviembre - Snowy day
Potosi, Bolivia - Parque 10 Noviembre - on a day of snow in winter. Date: circa 1908

Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway
The Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway - a narrow gauge railway in North-West India travelling along a mostly mountainous route. Date: circa 1910s

Stone hut - Travellers Rest Stop - Andes, Chiles
A stone hut on the way over the Andes used by travellers as a rest stop. Date: 1903

Romania - Predeal
Predeal - a town in Romania, in Brasov County. An important mountain resort located on the Prahova Valley surrounded by five massifs (mountains): Postavarul, Piatra Mare, Bucegi, Baiului and Fitifoi

Flying Dress
A pilot dressed for a high- altitude flight. Equipped with parachute, harness, oxygen apparatus, telephone, wireless earphones, electrical system for heating clothing. Date: 1920s

San Martino di Castrozza, Italy
San Martino di Castrozza, a mountain resort in Italy - 1444 metres (4740 feet) above sea level! Date: circa 1920s

Albert with Piccard
ALBERT I with professor PICCARD, the intrepid Belgian scientist whose record- breaking submarine descents and altitude ascents made headline news worldwide. Date: 1875 - 1934

Sopwith Pup Aeroplane
The Sopwith Pup fighter plane, a favourite with the Royal Naval Air Service. Armed with a single machine gun, it was manoeuverable and fast and could climb and hold altitude. Date: circa 1917

German Taube in Air
A German Taube flies through a barrage of French flak at altitude Date: June 1915

PICCARDs 1931 ASCENT -2
Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, with colleague Kipfer, reaches record altitude of 16, 201m, ascending from Augsburg and coming down in the Austrian Alps Date: 27 May 1931

Cows on the slopes of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps
View of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps. Its altitude is 4166 metres -- fortunately for the cows, they are slightly lower down the slopes. Date: circa 1956

Inside the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps
View inside the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps, at a height of 2300 metres. Wooden planks have been laid down for tourists to walk on. Date: circa 1940

Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket
NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Refueling B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK161
Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK160
Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Two technicians beside WK163 one looks inside the engine hatch Date: 1957

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