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Aviator Collection (page 10)

Background imageAviator Collection: Grasshopper aircraft

Grasshopper aircraft
The first Swedish aircraft.constructed 1910 by Oscar Ask and Hjalmar Nyrop. The airplane was nicknamed The Grasshopper. Date: 1910

Background imageAviator Collection: Early biplane

Early biplane
Early aviation at Landskrona Sweden. Thulin LA biplane from Enoch Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona1918 Date: 1918

Background imageAviator Collection: Bleriot Memorial - Dover

Bleriot Memorial - Dover
A Memorial to Louis Belriot and the first flight across the English Channel on 25th July 1903. The Inscription reads: " After making the first Channel flight by Aeroplane

Background imageAviator Collection: Loop the Loop - Pegoud - Aviator

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)

Background imageAviator Collection: Mme Villiers De LA Noue

Mme Villiers De LA Noue
MADAME VILLIERS DE LA NOUE, (right), sister of the famous aviator GEORGE-MARIE GUYNEMER, standing on a snowy pavement with a female companion while two men sort out her car boot! Date: 1930s

Background imageAviator Collection: Doggy Aviator

Doggy Aviator
An excited dog aviator at the wheel of his aeroplane. Date: early 1930s

Background imageAviator Collection: Christmas Eve on the Airway by Norman Keene

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

Background imageAviator Collection: C W A Scott as a little boy

C W A Scott as a little boy
Flight Lieutenant Charles William Anderson Scott, AFC (13 February 1903 15 April 1946) record-breaking English aviator, best known for winning the MacRobertson Air Race in 1934

Background imageAviator Collection: C W A Scott

C W A Scott
Flight Lieutenant Charles William Anderson Scott, AFC (13 February 1903 15 April 1946), record-breaking English aviator, best known for winning the MacRobertson Air Race in 1934 together with T

Background imageAviator Collection: Scout in cockpit of Miles Magister

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

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, in flight

Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, in flight
Lieutenant Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894-1917), famous French military aviator, who was killed in action during the First World War. Seen here in full flight. Date: 1915-1917

Background imageAviator Collection: Rene Paul Fonck, French aviator, in his SPAD plane

Rene Paul Fonck, French aviator, in his SPAD plane
Rene Paul Fonck (1894-1953), French aviator during the First World War, known as the all-time Allied Ace of Aces. Seen here on an airfield in a French SPAD aeroplane

Background imageAviator Collection: Louis Bleriot with Lord Northcliffe at the Savoy

Louis Bleriot with Lord Northcliffe at the Savoy
Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, engineer and inventor and the first person to cross the Channel in an aircraft

Background imageAviator Collection: Louis Bleriot in London with Lord Northcliffe after Channel

Louis Bleriot in London with Lord Northcliffe after Channel
Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, engineer and inventor and the first person to cross the Channel in an aircraft

Background imageAviator Collection: Hubert Latham at Rheims, 1909 - the Bird Man in Full Flight

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

Background imageAviator Collection: Captain Longcroft

Captain Longcroft, who established the worlds record in a non-stop flight in 1913 from Montrose to Farnborough, covering the 630 miles in seven and a half hours. Date: 1913

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, WW1

Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, WW1
Lieutenant Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894-1917), famous French military aviator, who was killed in action during the First World War. Seen here in uniform, standing at the side of his aeroplane

Background imageAviator Collection: Rene Paul Fonck, French aviator, firing a gun

Rene Paul Fonck, French aviator, firing a gun
Rene Paul Fonck (1894-1953), French aviator during the First World War, known as the all-time Allied Ace of Aces. Seen here in a field between Le Hamel and Le Mesnil, Oise, Northern France

Background imageAviator Collection: French aviator saying it with flowers

French aviator saying it with flowers
A French aviator on a greetings postcard, his aeroplane decorated with lots of pink flowers as he flies above a French town. Date: early 20th century

Background imageAviator Collection: Latham / Antoinette

Latham / Antoinette
The Antoinette monoplane, designed by Levavasseur, in which English aviator Hubert Latham twice tries to fly the English Channel, being forced to ditch on both occasions. Date: July 1909

Background imageAviator Collection: Gobron Voisin Biplane

Gobron Voisin Biplane
French aviator Jean Gobron in the pilots seat ( poste de direction ) of his Voisin biplane, one of many Voisins built in 1909 : Gobron flew his at Mourmelon and Reims. Date: 1909

Background imageAviator Collection: LAND WHALE

LAND WHALE
THE STEAM GOD (Walter Kateley) The lost aviator, in the hidden valley, is shown the land whales Date: 1929

Background imageAviator Collection: Grahame-White / Vf 1911

Grahame-White / Vf 1911
Claude Grahame-White, English aviator and engineer Date: 1879 - 1959

Background imageAviator Collection: Macchi Breaks Record

Macchi Breaks Record
Italian aviator Francesco Agello breaks the world speed record, flying over Lake Garda at 682 km/h. Next year he will do even better, reaching 711 km/h. Date: 10 April 1933

Background imageAviator Collection: Western aviator on a trip to the Far East, with hosts

Western aviator on a trip to the Far East, with hosts
Western aviator on a trip to the Far East, in a field with his hosts, posing for their photo in front of the aircraft

Background imageAviator Collection: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937), pioneering American female aviator, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler at the point during her attempt at flying around the world solo

Background imageAviator Collection: French mobilisation WWII

French mobilisation WWII
A group of aviators, both French and British, study the plan of operations Date: 1939-1940

Background imageAviator Collection: Bleriot luncheon at House of Commons, London

Bleriot luncheon at House of Commons, London
The famous French aviator, Louis Bleriot, posing with others after a luncheon given in his honour at the House of Commons in London

Background imageAviator Collection: Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon for Windsor

Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon for Windsor
The aviator Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor and back again

Background imageAviator Collection: Jules Vedrines, second in Great Air Race

Jules Vedrines, second in Great Air Race
Jules Charles Toussaint Vedrines (1881-1919), French aviator who came a close second in the Great Air Race, also known as the Round Britain Air Race, covering 1000 miles in five days (22-26 July)

Background imageAviator Collection: Richard Byrds attempt to fly the Atlantic

Richard Byrds attempt to fly the Atlantic
The Fokker Trimotor aeroplane, America, in which the American aviator and naval officer Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) attempted to fly the Atlantic non-stop from the USA to France in the hope of

Background imageAviator Collection: Grahame-White and Lady Northcliffe at Hendon

Grahame-White and Lady Northcliffe at Hendon
The aviator Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959) with Lady Northcliffe at Hendon before the Great Air Race (probably the air race sponsored by the Daily Mail in 1910)

Background imageAviator Collection: Richthofen

Richthofen
Captain Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1892 - 1918), German aviator and flying ace. Shot down 80 planes before being killed himself in action in 1918. Known as the Red Baron or Red Knight

Background imageAviator Collection: Jean Batten (1909-1982)

Jean Batten (1909-1982)
Portrait of Miss Jean Batten, the pioneering aviator from New Zealand who became the first woman to fly across the South Atlantic, in 1935

Background imageAviator Collection: Cobham / Singapore Flying

Cobham / Singapore Flying
Sir Alan John Cobham, aviator, and his Singapore Flying Boat

Background imageAviator Collection: Mrs. Beryl Markham in New York, 1936

Mrs. Beryl Markham in New York, 1936
Photograph showing Mrs. Beryl Markham (1903-1986), the British aviator and writer, being welcomed to New York shortly after becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo from East to West, 1936

Background imageAviator Collection: From Spain to Brazil

From Spain to Brazil
Italian aviator Ramon Franco and his crew fly from Spain to Pernambuco, Brazil, in a German-designed Dornier Wal flying boat, made under licence in Italy

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher / Fatal Crash 1934

Boucher / Fatal Crash 1934
Helene Boucher, French aviator, crashes fatally in fog

Background imageAviator Collection: Orville Wright / Biplane

Orville Wright / Biplane
Orville Wright, American pioneer aviator, and his Wright biplane (1908 model)

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher / Dove / Lengelle

Boucher / Dove / Lengelle
Helene Boucher, French aviator

Background imageAviator Collection: Wilbur Wright / Vie Parisi

Wilbur Wright / Vie Parisi
Wilbur Wright, American pioneer aviator, doesn t succumb to the seductions of a Parisian admirer

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher / First Flight

Boucher / First Flight
Helene Boucher, French aviator: her first flight, in a Gipsy Moth

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher / Breaks Record

Boucher / Breaks Record
Helene Boucher, French aviator, breaks her own speed record by flying 1000 km at a speed of 444.8 km per hour

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher Breaks Record 2

Boucher Breaks Record 2
French aviator Helene Boucher, at Istres, breaks the world 1000 kilometre speed record

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher / Orly 1933

Boucher / Orly 1933
Helene Boucher, French aviator, with her Mauboussin at Orly

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher / Crash 1932

Boucher / Crash 1932
Helene Boucher, French aviator, crashes her Avro

Background imageAviator Collection: Boucher / Aerobatics

Boucher / Aerobatics
Helene Boucher, French aviator, doing aerobatics in her Morane at Villacoublay

Background imageAviator Collection: Farman / Fall of Icarus

Farman / Fall of Icarus
Henri Farman, French aviator: the success of his plane is contrasted with the fall of Icarus



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