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Grasshopper aircraftThe first Swedish aircraft.constructed 1910 by Oscar Ask and Hjalmar Nyrop. The airplane was nicknamed The Grasshopper. Date: 1910
Early biplaneEarly aviation at Landskrona Sweden. Thulin LA biplane from Enoch Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona1918 Date: 1918
Bleriot Memorial - DoverA 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
Loop the Loop - Pegoud - AviatorAdolphe 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)
Mme Villiers De LA NoueMADAME 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
Doggy AviatorAn excited dog aviator at the wheel of his aeroplane. Date: early 1930s
Christmas Eve on the Airway by Norman KeeneJolly festive illustration by Norman Keene showing an aviator in an aeroplane greeting Father Christmas and his sleigh mid-air. Date: 1930
C W A Scott as a little boyFlight 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
C W A ScottFlight 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
Scout in cockpit of Miles MagisterScout wearing an aviator hat sitting in the cockpit of a Denham Flying Club Miles Magister. circa 1950s
Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, in flightLieutenant 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
Rene Paul Fonck, French aviator, in his SPAD planeRene 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
Louis Bleriot with Lord Northcliffe at the SavoyLouis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, engineer and inventor and the first person to cross the Channel in an aircraft
Louis Bleriot in London with Lord Northcliffe after ChannelLouis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, engineer and inventor and the first person to cross the Channel in an aircraft
Hubert Latham at Rheims, 1909 - the Bird Man in Full FlightHubert 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
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
Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, WW1Lieutenant 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
Rene Paul Fonck, French aviator, firing a gunRene 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
French aviator saying it with flowersA 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
Latham / AntoinetteThe 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
Gobron Voisin BiplaneFrench 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
LAND WHALETHE STEAM GOD (Walter Kateley) The lost aviator, in the hidden valley, is shown the land whales Date: 1929
Grahame-White / Vf 1911Claude Grahame-White, English aviator and engineer Date: 1879 - 1959
Macchi Breaks RecordItalian 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
Western aviator on a trip to the Far East, with hostsWestern aviator on a trip to the Far East, in a field with his hosts, posing for their photo in front of the aircraft
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
French mobilisation WWIIA group of aviators, both French and British, study the plan of operations Date: 1939-1940
Bleriot luncheon at House of Commons, LondonThe famous French aviator, Louis Bleriot, posing with others after a luncheon given in his honour at the House of Commons in London
Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon for WindsorThe 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
Jules Vedrines, second in Great Air RaceJules 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)
Richard Byrds attempt to fly the AtlanticThe 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
Grahame-White and Lady Northcliffe at HendonThe 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)
RichthofenCaptain 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
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
Cobham / Singapore FlyingSir Alan John Cobham, aviator, and his Singapore Flying Boat
Mrs. Beryl Markham in New York, 1936Photograph 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
From Spain to BrazilItalian 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
Boucher / Fatal Crash 1934Helene Boucher, French aviator, crashes fatally in fog
Orville Wright / BiplaneOrville Wright, American pioneer aviator, and his Wright biplane (1908 model)
Boucher / Dove / LengelleHelene Boucher, French aviator
Wilbur Wright / Vie ParisiWilbur Wright, American pioneer aviator, doesn t succumb to the seductions of a Parisian admirer
Boucher / First FlightHelene Boucher, French aviator: her first flight, in a Gipsy Moth
Boucher / Breaks RecordHelene Boucher, French aviator, breaks her own speed record by flying 1000 km at a speed of 444.8 km per hour
Boucher Breaks Record 2French aviator Helene Boucher, at Istres, breaks the world 1000 kilometre speed record
Boucher / Orly 1933Helene Boucher, French aviator, with her Mauboussin at Orly
Boucher / Crash 1932Helene Boucher, French aviator, crashes her Avro
Boucher / AerobaticsHelene Boucher, French aviator, doing aerobatics in her Morane at Villacoublay
Farman / Fall of IcarusHenri Farman, French aviator: the success of his plane is contrasted with the fall of Icarus