de Havilland Airco DH-9Camera-Gun on a de Havilland Airco Dh-9 for Aerial-Photography Date: 1920s
Poster design, Bristol Aeroplane Co LtdPoster design for the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd of Filton, Bristol, advertising Bristol Aircraft and air-cooled engines. Date: circa 1930s
Sopwith CamelRoyal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel Cockpit with Vickers 7.7 Mm Machine-Gun and Instruments Date: 1910s
Sopwith Camel 2F-1Major Graham Donald Wearing Shorts Standing with 66 Sqn Royal Airforce RAF Sopwith Camel 2F-1 Navalised Version Fitted with a Synchronised Vickers 0.303-Inch Machine-Gun Parked at Lemnos
1903 Wright Flyer on display in the Science Museum, LondonThe original 1903 Wright Flyer lent by Orville Wright for display at the Science Museum, London. Date: circa 1907
Poster, Imperial Airways -- Travel in perfect comfort by the largest Air Liners in the World. circa 1930s
Nieuport 11 Bebe in low-level flightNieuport 11 Bebe single-seater French fighter plane, designed during the summer of 1914. Seen here in low-level flight. Date: circa 1914-1915
British RAF aeroplanes in 1939 by G. H. DavisThe huge array of aircraft in the RAF in 1939, imposing for its size and variety. 37 types of machine, ranging from the Sunderland flying boat to light trainers
British bid for the Worlds non-stop flight record 1927The Hawker Horsley (named after Sir Thomas Sopwiths home of Horsley Towers), was a British single-engined biplane bomber of the 1920s
A biplane and a steam trainSpeed on the rails and in the air. A biplane flying over a steam train - the London Express - about to disappear into a tunnel. Date: 1928
Types of British Aircraft -- The Bristol Scout. 1914-1918
Zeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range bomberZeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range giant bomber, first flown in mid-1917. A total of 18 were built. They were delivered to the Western Front, and sometimes used in raids on the British mainland
Fairey Swordfish I / 1 FloatplaneRoyal Navy Fairey Swordfish of 810 Nas Squadron of Hms Courageous - Here Taxiing Past Battlecruiser Hms Hood (Later Sunk by the Bismarck) and Destroyer Hms Rocket (Behind) Date: 1940s
Supermarine WalrusA Search & Rescue Supermarine Walrus Picking Up a Downed and Stranded Pilot in a Rubber Life-Raft Dinghy in the Sea Date: 1940s
Fokker DR-1 V-3 TriplaneGerman Airforce Luftwaffe Fokker Dr-1 V-3 Triplane Prototype Parked Date: 1910s
Vickers Vernon RAF air ambulance J7143 on an airfield. Date: circa 1925
SPAD XIII with Le Prieur rockets attached for anti-balloon or anti-airship use. Extremely popular with French and American forces, over eight thousand were built by the time of the Armistice
Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1896 Date: 1896
Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1898 Flying Date: 1898
Curtiss CR-3Curtiss Cr-3 Number 4 Parked at the 1923 Schneider Trophy Air Race at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK Date: 1923
Fiat CR-20 BISAn Italian Air Force Fiat Cr-20 Bis Parked on Grass Date: 1930s
Nieuport 11 Bebe, used by the Italian air force, built under licence in Italy by Nieuport-Macchi. Seen here is serial no. Ni 3227. Date: circa 1916-1917
Aerial view of beach, Galveston, Texas, USAAerial view of the beach, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1930
Imperial Airlines Handley Page over London, EngladG-aXE - named Hengist (brother of Horsa legendary conqueror of England), A Handley Page H.P.42, first flew on December 1931 - burned at Karachi in an airship hangar fire in May 1937
Boulton Paul Overstrand Bomber - RAFBoulton Paul " Overstrand" High-speed Day or Night Bomber, powered by two Bristol Pegasus 600hp engines. No.101 (B) Squadron. Date: 1935
Sopwith Camel F-1German Soldier Holding the Tail of Captured 3 Sqn Royal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel F-1 Date: 1917
de Havilland DH-83 Fox MothHillmans Airways de Havilland Dh-83 Fox Moth Taxiing at Maylands Date: 1934
Poster, The New Road to the East. 20th century
Zeppelin-Lindau Rs II German long range flying boat, seen here in its initial form with biplane tail. It first flew in June 1916, after which modifications were made
Royal Aircraft Factory FE 8 single-seat fighter plane, first flown on 8 November 1915. It became obsolete by 1916. Seen here is serial no
Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille LafayetteFour Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette, formed of French commanded American volunteer pilots. The squadron was formed in April 1916
William George Barker, RFC pilot and air aceWilliam George Billy Barker (1894-1930), Canadian member of No. 9 Squadron, RFC, seen here wearing a fur coat, standing by his Sopwith Camel. His confirmed victories totalled 50
Albatros C IX used by Manfred von RichthofenAlbatros C IX prototype German biplane used by Manfred von Richthofen for personal transport. Date: circa 1917
Airco DH 4 two-seater light bomber, first flown in mid-August 1916, and used by the RFC and the RNAS. Seen here is serial no. A 7845, a reconnaissance fighter version. Date: circa 1916-1918
WW1 Biplane, Thought to be at Boscombe, DorsetWorld War 1 Biplane, Thought to be at Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Date: 1910s
De Havilland Tiger Moth British biplaneDe Havilland Tiger Moth British trainer biplane. Date: 1930s
Samuel Franklin Cody in his Circuit of Britain biplane. circa 1912. Date: 1912
Imperial Airways City of Manchester aircraft, CroydonImperial Airways City of Manchester aircraft at Croydon Airport, prior to departure for Paris Date: 1930
Advert, Rolls-Royce, Vickers Vimy biplaneAdvert for Rolls-Royce, 25th anniversary of a Vickers Vimy biplane with Rolls-Royce engines, first direct Atlantic crossing by air, June 1919. 1944
Voisin Bird of Passage biplaneJohn Theodore Cuthbert Jtc Moore-Brabazons Voisin Bird of Passage Biplane Number 4 Parked Outside the Short Brothers Hangar at Leysdown in 1909 Date: 1909
Avro 504KWing-Walking on an Avro 504K Flying over Fields Date: 1920s
Santos Dumont No 14bisMr Alberto Santos Dumont Taxiing His 14Bis before Flying a Distnce of 60 Metres at a Height of 3 Metres to Gain the Archdeacon Prize, Paris, France Date: 1906
Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in an aeroplaneTaking a ride over the Isle of Wight in a two-seater aeroplane. The lady passenger is bereft of flying hat/helmet and goggles and obviously therefore enjoys the feeling of the wind in her hair
Captain Bertram Dickson on a Farman biplane
Chanute biplane glider
Coventry Ordinance Works Biplane Trials No 11
Departure from Ratmanala Aerodrome ColomboDeparture from Ratmanala Aerodrome, Colombo, of the first Empire Air Mail service, 28 February 1938. Carried by a Waco YQC-6 biplane operated by Tata Air Lines, the 1
Wright FlyerRudder of Alec Ogilvies Wright Flyer When the Handle of the Control Lever is Turned over As Shown Date: 1911
