Altitude Collection (page 4)

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

Control panel of WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

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

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

Test peroxide kerosene Scorpion rocket tested in the bomb bay of a Canberra WK163 Date: 1957

Napier NSc 2 Double Scorpion rocket engine
Mounted in the bomb bay of EE Canberra WK163 the Napier NSc 2 Double Scorpion rocket engine Date: 1957

Diagram of R101 crash
A diagram showing how the British R101 airship dived twice and crashed on a hillside of Allonne, near Beauvais, France on 5th October 1930 on its maiden voyage

Buddhist Monastery in India - high altitude
Buddhist Monastery at Ghum (Ghoom) in India - Darjeeling, West Bengal - altitude 7407 ft (2225.7 m) above sea level!

Daylight Air Raids
Heinkel III bombers take part in daylight raids on London, bombing the docks though barrage balloons prevented low-altitude attacks

An airmans altitude helmet, for high altitude flights
The 25th year of heavier-than-air machines, an airmans altitude helmet. A dinner for the anniversary was staged at the Science Museum, the historic biplane, loaned by Orville Wright

Glaisher Coxwell Balloon
Glaisher and Coxwell are affected by the altitude during their ascent at Wolverhampton for the purpose of scientific study

Climbing / Oxygen / 1923
Mountain climbing at high altitude using oxygen masks with the cylinders strapped to their backs

American Pole-Percher
A pole-sitter at Atlantic City, USA, sits at an altitude of 68m for 16 days, and plans to beat the 23 day record

Wright Rounding Pylon
Wilbur Wright rounds a pylon at Auvours, to demonstrate the manoeuvrability of his biplane; while here he broke both duration and altitude records

Uii Attacked by French
The U.II is attacked at low altitude by the French squadron of Jean Roulier

Skyhook Balloons
Skyhook high-altitude weather balloons, such as these used by the U.S.Navy, were liable to be perceived as UFOs by witnesses unfamiliar with them

Piccard Ascends 1931
Auguste Piccard, Swiss scientist, with colleague Kupfer, reaches record altitude of 16, 201m, ascending from Augsburg and coming down in the Austrian Alps

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