International Air Display and Races PosterPoster, International Air Display and Races at Lympne, near Hythe, Kent, organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. September 1934
Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing biplanes flying in formation above the spectators. 1928
Jersey Airways PosterPoster, Jersey Airways Ltd, Regular Daily Services, Multi-Engined Air-Liners. Showing a De Havilland biplane with a map below. 20th century
Imperial Airways Poster, flights to AustraliaImperial Airways Poster, advertising flights to Australia taking ten and a half days. 1935
British FE2B bomber in flight, WW1A British FE2B bomber biplane in flight over fields during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Imperial Airways posterAdvertising poster for Imperial Airways, The British Air Line : a weekly service between Africa, India, Egypt and England. A passenger biplane flies over a map of Europe, Africa and Asia
Gloster GladiatorThe last of Britains biplane fighters, it entered service in 1937 and took part in World War Two, notably in the defence of Malta, though quite outclassed by its opponents
Wright 1903 PhotoOrville Wright, watched anxiously by his brother Wilbur, achieves the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
German Fokker D VII fighter plane, WW1A German Fokker D VII fighter plane on an airfield towards the end of the First World War. It had a 180 hp Mercedes engine, and was a single-seat fighter plane
Airco DH2 De Havilland biplane on an airfield, WW1An Airco DH2 De Havilland fighter biplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was a single-seater scout with a Gnome Monosoupape 100 horsepower engine. Date: 1915-1918
Civil Air Display- 1920SA poster for The Civil Air Display with Royal Air Force Assistance held at the Brooklands motor racing circuit at Weybridge
International Air Rally PosterPoster, International Air Rally at Lympne, near Hythe, Kent, organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. Depicting two planes and a parachute. August 1935
Railway Air Services PosterRailway Air Services (RAS) Poster, serving Plymouth, Teignmouth, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, London (Croydon) and Isle of Wight
Westland Wapiti 1 aeroplaneWestland Wapiti 1 of No. 601 (County of London) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force. 1940s
Cover design, Exposition de Locomotion AerienneCover design, official catalogue of the 7th Exposition International de Locomotion Aerienne, Grand Palais, Champs Elysees, Paris, 12-27 November 1921
Air League of the British Empire PosterPoster, Air League of the British Empire, Empire Air Day, May 23, 1936. Showing a group of visitors on an airfield, looking at a row of neatly parked biplanes. May 1936
Egyptian Airlines PosterPoster, Egyptian Airlines, Cairo, showing De Havilland passenger biplane SU-ABH flying over Egypt. MISR Airwork SAE. 1933
British Sopwith Snipe Mark 1 biplane, WW1A British Sopwith Snipe Mark 1 biplane in flight during the First World War. It had a 200 horsepower Bentley rotary engine. Date: 1917-1918
British SE5 biplane on airfield, WW1A British SE5 biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield. Date: 1914-1918
Sopwith Camel biplane in forced landing, France, WW1A British Sopwith Camel biplane after a forced landing in a field near Noyelles-sur-Escaut, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 8 October 1918
Paris / Eiffel Tower 1926French aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally
Two biplanes with resting crew, IraqTwo biplanes in the desert with their crew resting and drinking, somewhere in Iraq
Supermarine stranraerOne of the last of the stately biplane flying boats, the Stranraer is the first of its kind with an enclosed cockpit : it will be obsolete by WW2
Royal Flying Corps MadeThe Royal Flying Corps is created as a new branch of the British Armed Forces Date: 1914
Cover design, Jersey Airways brochureCover design, Jersey Airways Ltd brochure. circa 1934
HMS Repulse with Sopwith Pup, WW1Stern view of HMS Repulse showing a Sopwith Pup biplane on the aft turret during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918
Sopwith F1 Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1A British Sopwith F1 Camel fighter biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1918
Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright
Biplane bomber converted for passenger use, Middle EastA biplane bomber converted for passenger use, somewhere in the Middle East. A group of passengers can be seen standing in front of the plane
Two biplanes with ground support vehicles, IraqTwo biplanes with ground support vehicles in the desert, somewhere in Iraq
Aircraft posterFrench poster depicting a variety of aeroplanes and airships
Sopwith Camel biplanes on an airfield, WW1A long line of Sopwith Camel biplanes of No. 148 Aero Squadron USAS (United States Air Service) on an airfield during the First World War, with pilots and ground crew. Date: 8 August 1918
To the Death! - A Glorious Incident of Aerial Warfare on the Western Front, showing a British biplane crashing into a German plane in a dogfight during the First World War
Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing two criminals in a red car being pursued by two policemen in a biplane
German Fokker D. VI fighter plane, WW1A German Fokker D.VI single-seater fighter plane with an Oberursel engine, in service towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1917-1918
AFC Handley Page biplane at Haifa, Palestine, WW1A Handley Page biplane belonging to the AFC (Australian Flying Corps) at the aerodrome at Haifa, North Palestine (Ottoman Empire), during the First World War. Date: circa 1918
Sopwith F1 Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1A British Sopwith F1 Camel fighter biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918
British BE2C biplane on an airfield, WW1A British BE2C armoured biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
British RE8 biplane and pilot, WW1A British Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 two-seater biplane with the pilot in the cockpit, used by the Royal Flying Corps for reconnaissance and bombing during the First World War
French balloon shot down by German aircraft, WW1A French balloon shot down by a German aircraft during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Short seaplane Type 184 in flight, WW1A British Short seaplane Type 184 in flight during the First World War. It was a two-seater reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo-carrying folder seaplane designed by Short Brothers. 1915-1918
British BE 12 biplane on an airfield, WW1A British Royal Aircraft Factory BE 12 single-seater biplane on an airfield, used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. It had a 150hp RAF 4a engine. Date: 1915-1918
CURTISS GOLD BUG NYThe Gold Bug biplane designed and flown by Glenn Hammond Curtiss for the Aerial Experiment Association, depicted flying over New York harbour
Fiat CR-20 BISAn Italian Air Force Fiat Cr-20 Bis Parked on Grass Date: 1930s
Sopwith Pup taking off from HMS Repulse, WW1A Sopwith Pup biplane taking off from the B turret of HMS Repulse during the First World War. Date: October 1918
British Sopwith Pup biplane, WW1A British Sopwith Pup biplane, used during the First World War. Seen here in side view. Date: 1914-1918
British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1A British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield, with crew. 1914-1918
Biplane with crew and arabs in the desert, IraqA biplane in the desert with crew and arabs, somewhere in Iraq