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Lieutenant Collot, a French military aviator, successfully flies beneath the Tour Eiffel, Paris : unfortunately he then hits a cable and dies in the subsequent crash. Date: 1926
On 7th September 1929, Flying Officer Henry Richard Danvers Waghorn, a pilot with the Royal Air Force High-Speed Flight based at RAF Calshot, flew a Supermarine S.6, N247
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
Amy Johnson CBE (1 July 1903 - 5 January 1941) pioneering English aviator
Sicele O Brien (1887 - 1931), Irelands pioneering pilot, second woman to get her commercial licence
Helene DutrieuHlne Dutrieu (1877 - 1961), Belgian world champion cyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, cyclist and motorcyclist and pioneer aviator
Brigadier-General and Mrs A. C. Lewin set off from Heston on a flight to their home inBrigadier-General and Mrs A.C. Lewin set off from Heston on a flight to their home in Njoro, Kenya after spending a holiday in England. Date: 1935
Brigadier-General Arthur Corrie Lewin, pictured at the first air pageant organised by the Irish Aero Club at Baldonnel Free State Army aerodrome, where he flew a Gipsy Moth. Date: 1931
Hilary Charles at Heston in Matita advertisementAdvertisement for Matita sports clothes featuring model and socialite Hilary Charles looking wonderfully elegant at Heston air field. Date: 1932
Bystander cover - Elsie Mackay (Poppy Wyndham)Front cover of The Bystander magazine featuring a portrait of Elsie Mackay (1893-1928), aristocratic daughter of Lord and Lady Inchcape, actress, interior decorator and aviator
Claude Grahame-White, English pioneer of aviation, in April 1910 Grahame-White attempted to win the Daily Mail newspaper prize of 10, 000, to fly across England from London to Manchester in 24 hours
Jean Batten, New Zealand aviatorJean Batten (1909 - 1982), New Zealand aviator. She made a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world, including the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936
Louis Bleriot and wife after cross-Channel flightLouis Bleriot, legendary pioneer aviator, with his wife Alice and a large crowd of spectators, posing with his aircraft after making the first ever aeroplane flight across the English Channel
Harry George Hawker, Australian aviation pioneerHarry George Hawker (1889-1921), Australian aviation pioneer, and co-founder of Hawker Aircraft. circa 1910s
John Alcock, British aviatorPilot John William " Jack" Alcock (1892-1919), British aviator. Completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919 alongside navigator Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948)
H鬨ne Dutrieu Helene DutrieuHÚ¼¿ne Dutrieu (1877- 1961), Belgian cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver
Aeroplane flight by Henri Farman 1908Record aeroplane flight at Paris by Henri Farman (1874 - 1958), Anglo-French aviator. Wins the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of 50, 000 francs
Lady Hay Drummond-HayGrace 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
Aviator Antonia de Varelia in aviation style hatThe well-known female aviator, Antonia de Vareli photographed in a close-fitting helmet style hat made of silk and lined with suede. 1928
A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, WW1Cartoon, A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, First World War. Enemy aviator (beginning to realise) -- Himmel! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. circa 1918
Abdulla cigarette advertisement featuring woman aviatorAdvertisement for Abdulla cigarettes featuring a female aviator, ready for take off, armed with a packet of her favourite brand. Date: 1929
Hilda HewlettHilda Beatrice Hewlett (1864 -1943), early aviator and aviation entrepreneur. She was the first British woman to earn a pilots licence
Raymonde de Laroche (1882 -1919), born Elise Raymonde Deroche, French pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilots licence
Lieutenant Alfred Brandon (1883 - 1974), New Zealand lawyer and military aviator who served in the First World War, and was credited with the destruction of two Zeppelin airships
Hubert Latham, Henry Farman and Roger Sommer at RiemsHubert Latham in his Antoinette IV, with Henry Farman in his Farman III biplane and roger Sommer, also flying a Farmn III at the Grande Semaine d Aviation de la Champagne, held near Reims in France
Samuel Franklin Cody (1867- 1913), Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight
Juanita Burns - Aviatrixcirca 1910s
Prince Albert preparing for flight in a Handley-Page bomberPrince Albert, later Duke of York and King George VI (1895-1952), as a Captain in the Royal Air Force to which he transferred from the Navy in 1918
Captain Tom Campbell Black - AviatorCaptain Tom Campbell Black (1899-1936) - British aviator - winner of the MacRobertson Air Race, London to Melbourne race, in 1934 with Charles William Anderson Scott. Date: 1935
Flight Lieutenant Charles William Anderson ScottDate: 1935
Amelia Earhart and Madame de Landa (Lady Drogheda)Amelia Earhart, the famous female aviator, pictured at Wimbledon in 1928 with Madame de Landa, formerly Kathleen, Lady Drogheda (Kathleen Pelham-Burn), herself a keen aviation enthusiast. Date: 1928
Mary, Lady Heath female Irish aviator Date: 1928
Percy PilcherPercy Sinclair Pilcher (1866 - 1899), British inventor and pioneer aviator
Percy Pilchers fatal flight 1899Photographs showing Pilcher ready to start and in mid flight on his invention the Gliding machine. On 30th September 1899, the weather was wet and stormy
Clarence Chamberlin, woman aviator 1927Clarence Chamberlin makes his first flight from the USA to Germany. Date: 9 June 1927
Italian wins speed record 1928Italian aviator Mario de Bernardi, flying a Macchi seaplane developed for the Schneider Trophy, breaks his own world speed record, raising it to 512 km/h. Date: April 1928
Wilbur Wright (1867 - 1912), American pioneer aviator: a satirical comment on his flying ability Date: 1908
LINDBERGH / BLERIOTLindbergh is greeted in Paris by French aviator Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) Date: 1927
FRANK HEDGES BUTLER Motorist and aviator Date: 1855 - 1928
Tour Eiffel Air CrashFrench aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally Date: 1926
Earhart in IrelandAmelia Earhart lowers herself from her aircraft at Londonderry after her solo transatlantic flight West to East Date: 1932
Squadron Leader D. S. Don - Kings Cup Air RaceHanworth Aerodrome, Kings Cup Air Race. Hawker Tomtit G-aLL, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIA, belonging to the then Prince of Wales (Edward VIII), flown by Squadron Leader D.S
Marjorie Vereker in her aircraft at Heston AerodromeMrs Marjorie Rosamond Seton Dower Vereker (nee Mulliner) (1902-1992) in her aircraft at Heston Aerodrome at the annual flying meeting of The Brigade of Guards at their HQ at Heston Air Park where
Famous Aerobatic Pilot and Aviator at a Dinner Banquet i?Famous Aerobatic Pilot and Aviator at a Dinner Banquet in 1914 in London, UK Date: 1914
Newspaper Story by Toby Neal in Shropshire Weekend Shrop?Newspaper Story by Toby Neal in Shropshire Weekend Shropshire Star 27 March 2004 Issue Page 4, Ernest Maund Early Aviator / Pilot from Craven Arms, Shropshire, UK
Ernest Maund Early Aviator / Pilot with His Twin Sisters?Ernest Maund Early Aviator / Pilot with His Twin Sisters Either Side of His Monoplane at the Back of Market Street in Craven Arms, Shropshire, UK in 1908 Date: 1908
The Founding Pioneers of Aviation at Mussel Manor, Shell?The Founding Pioneers of Aviation at Mussel Manor, Shellbeach, on 4th May 1909 on the Isle of Sheppy, UK. Back Row Standing L-R: Jdf Andrews Owner of Muswell Manor, Oswald Short, Horace Short
Voisin biplaneEarly Aviation Pioneers John Theodore Cuthbert Jtc Moore-Brabazon (Left) Talking to Charles Voisin (Right) by a Voisin Biplane Parked at Chalons, France in November 1908 Date: 1908