Aviator Collection (page 8)

WW1 - Air Patrol - The Night Hawk, 1917
WW1 - Air force and mechanics at sea-shore preparing a British sea-plane, The Night Hawk, for flight. Date: 1917

WW1 - French and German aerial combat, 1916
WW1 - In aerial combat over Champagne district in France, a German biplane fires at and brings down a French aviator. The damaged aircraft leaves a trail of black smoke as it falls nose-down from

WW1 - Aerial combat - Over Mametz Wood, France
WW1 - An illustration and birdseye view of an aerial fight. A British airman in action bringing down an enemy aircraft over Mametz Wood in France. Date: 1917

WW1 - Decorated Belgian aeroplanes - Charlie Chaplain
WW1 - An illustration of the world-popular cinema star, Charlie Chaplain, on the nose of a Belgian aeroplane. The idea behind the Belgian avaiators sense of humour is that the image of the comedian

WW1 - Aviation in the Navy - Churchill checks on air power
WW1 - Winston Churchill and the navy checking on the air power of a monster seaplane on a seashore. Date: 1915

Captain Geoffrey de Havilland, designer and pilot
Captain Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965), aircraft designer and pilot, in RFC uniform, standing in front of his Airco DH 9. Date: circa 1917-1918

Captain William Avery Billy Bishop, air ace
Captain William Avery Billy Bishop (1894-1956), Canadian air ace in the cockpit of his No. 60 Squadron RFC Nieuport 17, serial no. B 1556. He survived WW1 with a confirmed score of 72

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, famed French aviator in Lockheed F-5

The courtesies of the air, WW1
The courtesies of the air: how the airmen fight. Showing British war biplanes parked in a wide meadow (top), British and Belgian aviators (bottom left), and a group of German aviators (bottom right)

H鬨ne Dutrieu - Girl Hawk
H鬨 ne Dutrieu - Girl Hawk, Belgium. She was a cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver

Aviator Claude Graham White, England. Ready for Flight Date: 1900s

SANTOS DUMONT, Alberto (1873-1932). Brazilian aviator. Engraving

Lieutenant William Sidebottom, WW1 flying ace
Lieutenant William Sidebottom (1893-?), WW1 flying ace from Manchester, credited with 14 aerial victories. He served with the RAF from 1917 until 1919, in 203 Squadron

Albert Fileux, engineer, passenger of John Moisant
Albert Fileux, mechanical engineer, passenger of John Moisant on many of his pioneering flights, including a cross-Channel trip from France to Britain on 17 August 1910. Date: circa 1910

Guillaume Busson in Bleriot monoplane, Le Havre
French aviator Guillaume Busson in a Bleriot monoplane at Le Havre. Date: circa 1910

Emile Aubrun in Bleriot monoplane
French aviator Emile Aubrun in a Bleriot monoplane, taking part in an air race. Date: circa 1910

John Moisant, aviator, with kitten mascot
John Bevins Moisant (1868-1910), American aviator, with his kitten mascot standing on his shoulder. Date: circa 1910

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight
Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, loading supplies into the " Polar Star", before the flight of the 2000 miles from Dundee Island across the Antarctic to the Bay of Whales

Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot
American Lincoln Ellsworth and his British colleague and pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who on 23 November 1935, started from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations
Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Surely I must be approaching the zone of fire
Flying. Enemy Aviator (beginning to realise) Himmel ! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. Or the English version - Aviator (beginning to realise) Surely I must be approaching the zone of fire

Grivillers & Maricourt, French aviators, Sopwith biplane
Grivillers and Maricourt (Somme) - French aviators with a Sopwith biplane, by Louis Dauphin (1885-1926)

Amy Johnson solo flight London to Australia
In May 1930 Amy Johnsons six-day flight from Croydon, London to Karachi, set a new record for a solo flight to India. Amy standing infront of the Gipsy moth aeroplane " Jason"

Lady Drogheda, The Flying Countess
Lady Droghedas Official Air Services Exhibition at the Peoples Palace, Mile End Road, 1-19 November 1917. Date: 1917

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902 1974), American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. Photographed here on his first Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on the 2021 May

Tatler front cover featuring Captain Guynemer, 1917
Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894 - 1917), French military aviator, credited with the destruction of 53 enemy planes, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler

Madge Titheradge in The Best of Luck
Madge Titheradge (1887-1961) Australian born actress, pictured in a fetching aviator costume for her role in " The Best of Luck" at which opened at Drury Lane in 1916. Date: 1916

Lt. Brandon, Royal Flying Corps
Flight-Lieutenant Alfred de Bathe Brandon (1883-1974), New Zealand born lawyet and aviator. Credited with bringing down the first Zeppelin (L-15) during the First World War

Jean Batten in 1934
Jean Batten (1909 - 1982). Pioneering aviator from New Zealand. In May 1934 Batten successfully flew solo from England to Australia in the Gipsy Moth

Sir Alan Cobham - English aviation pioneer
Sir Alan Cobham (1894-1973) - English aviation pioneer. Date: 1926

Silhouette portrait of an airman with details of his flying helmet drawn in. Date: 1914

Amy Johnson weds Jim Mollison
Guests at Grosvenor House toast Miss Amy Johnson, female aviator and fellow pilot, Jim Mollison, following their marriage at St. George s, Hanover Square, London in 1932. Date: 1932

The First Channel Flight by Bleriot
Page of pictures charting the successful flight of Louis Bleriot across the Channel from Calais to Dover in forty minutes. Date: 1909

Louis Paulhan in Blackpool
Louis Paulhan (1883 1963), pioneering French aviator. Louis seated in his French biplane Farman III, at a competition at Blackpool in September 1909

Mermoz Photo
JEAN MERMOZ French aviator who vanished into the Atlantic on what proved to be the last of his record-breaking flights. Date: 1901 - 1936

Bleriot Photo
LOUIS BLERIOT French aviator and his wife return by train to Paris after his cross-Channel flight, 1909. Date: 1872 - 1936

Gaston Tissandier
GASTON TISSANDIER (1843-1899), French journalist, scientific populariser, aviator and inventor, brother of Albert

Albert Tissandier
ALBERT TISSANDIER (1839-1906), French journalist, illustrator, aviator and inventor, brother of Gaston. Date: 1906

August Severo
AUGUST SEVERO Brazilian aviator who tried to fly from Europe to Brazil in a giant balloon, Le Jesus, but only got part of the way... Date: 1864 - 1902

Capitaine Saint-Roman
Capitaine SAINT-ROMAN French aviator who disappeared into the Atlantic while attempting a flight from Saint- Louis de Senegal to Port Natal. Date: ? - 1927

Umberto Nobile 1926
UMBERTO NOBILE Italian aviator with many notable feats including Arctic flights. We have several pictures of his activities. Date: 1885 - 1978

Vincenzo Lunardi - 1
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian aviator who made many balloon ascents in England. Date: 1759 - 1806

Vincenzo Lunardi - 2
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian aviator who made many balloon ascents in England. Date: 1759 - 1806

Dr Hugo Eckener
DR HUGO ECKENER German aviator and disciple of Zeppelin, with and for whom he worked from 1908 to the 1930s. Photographed pointing at a globe. Date: 1868 - 1954

Major Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powells Quadruplane
In 1909 the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (which was to evolve into the Royal Aeronautical Society) owned an experimental flying ground at Dagenham

Major Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell at Dagenham
In 1909 the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (which was to evolve into the Royal Aeronautical Society) owned an experimental flying ground at Dagenham

Elisa Garnerin - Aviator
Elisa Garnerin (1791-1853). Garnerin learned to fly balloons at age 15 and made 39 professional parachute descents from 1815 to 1836 in Italy, Spain, Russia, Germany and France. Date: circa 1785

Mr. and Madame Garnerin. Date: 1802

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