Biplane Collection

Poster design, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd
Poster design for the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd of Filton, Bristol, advertising Bristol Aircraft and air-cooled engines. Date: circa 1930s

Sopwith Camel
Royal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel Cockpit with Vickers 7.7 Mm Machine-Gun and Instruments Date: 1910s

Sopwith Camel 2F-1
Major 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

British RAF aeroplanes in 1939 by G. H. Davis
The huge array of aircraft in the RAF in 1939, imposing for its size and variety

1903 Wright Flyer on display in the Science Museum, London
The 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

Poster, Imperial Airways -- Fly through Europe in perfect comfort. circa 1930s

Nieuport 11 Bebe in low-level flight
Nieuport 11 Bebe single-seater French fighter plane, designed during the summer of 1914. Seen here in low-level flight. Date: circa 1914-1915

A biplane and a steam train
Speed 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

British bid for the Worlds non-stop flight record 1927
The Hawker Horsley (named after Sir Thomas Sopwiths home of Horsley Towers), was a British single-engined biplane bomber of the 1920s

Types of British Aircraft -- The Bristol Scout. 1914-1918

Santos-Dumont Biplane 2
The clumsy Santos-Dumont 14- bis biplane, though it never stays in the air for more than 21 seconds, is officially the first aircraft to fly in Europe... at Bagatelle, Paris Date: November 1906

Fiat CR-20 BIS
An Italian Air Force Fiat Cr-20 Bis Parked on Grass Date: 1930s

Supermarine Walrus
A Search & Rescue Supermarine Walrus Picking Up a Downed and Stranded Pilot in a Rubber Life-Raft Dinghy in the Sea Date: 1940s

Zeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range bomber
Zeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range giant bomber, first flown in mid-1917. A total of 18 were built

Fairey Swordfish I / 1 Floatplane
Royal 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

Fokker DR-1 V-3 Triplane
German Airforce Luftwaffe Fokker Dr-1 V-3 Triplane Prototype Parked Date: 1910s

Gloster Javelin FAW-4
RAF Gloster Javelin Faw-4 Date: 1959

de Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth
Hillmans Airways de Havilland Dh-83 Fox Moth Taxiing at Maylands Date: 1934

Wright Flyer A ( Shorts)
A Shorts Wright Flyer a Biplane Flying at Low-Level in 1910 Date: 1910

Vickers Vernon RAF air ambulance J7143 on an airfield. Date: circa 1925

Boulton Paul Overstrand Bomber - RAF
Boulton Paul " Overstrand" High-speed Day or Night Bomber, powered by two Bristol Pegasus 600hp engines. No.101 (B) Squadron. Date: 1935

Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1896 Date: 1896

Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1898 Flying Date: 1898

Santos Dumont No 14bis
Mr 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 aeroplane
Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in a two-seater aeroplane

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

Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette
Four Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette, formed of French commanded American volunteer pilots

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

Imperial Airlines Handley Page over London, Englad
G-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

Sopwith Camel F-1
German Soldier Holding the Tail of Captured 3 Sqn Royal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel F-1 Date: 1917

Curtiss CR-3
Curtiss Cr-3 Number 4 Parked at the 1923 Schneider Trophy Air Race at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK Date: 1923

Programme cover, C W A Scotts First Flying For All Display, Official Programme, price sixpence. 1935

Sopwith 1. 5 Strutter developed for the RNAS
Sopwith 1.5 Strutter single-seat bomber developed for the RNAS in late 1915. Seen here is serial no. N5504. Date: circa 1915-1916

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

William George Barker, RFC pilot and air ace
William 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 Richthofen
Albatros 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

Aerial view of beach, Galveston, Texas, USA
Aerial view of the beach, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1930

De Havilland Tiger Moth British biplane
De 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, Croydon
Imperial Airways City of Manchester aircraft at Croydon Airport, prior to departure for Paris Date: 1930

Advert, Rolls-Royce, Vickers Vimy biplane
Advert for Rolls-Royce, 25th anniversary of a Vickers Vimy biplane with Rolls-Royce engines, first direct Atlantic crossing by air, June 1919. 1944

de Havilland Airco DH-9
Camera-Gun on a de Havilland Airco Dh-9 for Aerial-Photography Date: 1920s

Voisin Bird of Passage biplane
John 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 504K
Wing-Walking on an Avro 504K Flying over Fields Date: 1920s

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

WW1 Biplane, Thought to be at Boscombe, Dorset
World War 1 Biplane, Thought to be at Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Date: 1910s

Captain Bertram Dickson on a Farman biplane

Chanute biplane glider

Coventry Ordinance Works Biplane Trials No 11

Departure from Ratmanala Aerodrome Colombo
Departure from Ratmanala Aerodrome, Colombo, of the first Empire Air Mail service, 28 February 1938

Wright Flyer
Rudder of Alec Ogilvies Wright Flyer When the Handle of the Control Lever is Turned over As Shown Date: 1911

WW1 - Royal Air Force - Pilots and Observers mark targets
WW1 - Royal Air Force - Pilots and Observers mark enemy german targets and positions. Date: circa 1918

The pilot (on his first balloon strafe), WW1
The pilot (on his first balloon strafe). This, I think, is a case for a dud engine. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Pilot (experiencing Archie for the first time), WW1
Pilot (experiencing Archie for the first time) !!. !!!.. !!!! By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Duelling in cloudland, aerial fighting 1917
Clouds play no mean part in aerial fighting

Thessaloniki, Greece - The White Tower and German Aircraft
Souvenir of Thessaloniki - Greece - WWI era - inset picture of a captured German Biplane on display close to the White Tower Date: 1916

Two fashionable women in coat dresses at an aerodrome, WWI
Two fashionable women in coat dresses and gaiters at an aerodrome in front of a biplane, WWI. One with monocle and one with parasol

YWCA Poster, For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care for Her through the YWCA, United War Work Campaign, First World War. circa 1918

Sir Alan Cobham with his de Havilland DH. 60 Moth biplane
Sir Alan John Cobham (18941973) - English aviation pioneer standing in front of his de Havilland DH.60 Moth G-EBKT, a light-weight, two-place, single-engine

Blankenberge, Belgium - The Belgium Pier. Built in 1933 after an Art Deco design by architect Jules Soete. The concrete structure stretches 350m out into the North Sea. Date: circa 1930s

Gloster Gladiator
A Row of Latvian Airforce 1 Squadron Gloster Gladiators Parked at Riga, Latvia in 1938 Date: 1938

Albatros D. Va
German 7-Kills Air-Ace Vizefeldwebel Karl Friedrich Kurt Jentsch in the Cockpit of His Albatross D.Va with His Personal Black

de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee / Tiger Moth UAV
An Un-Manned de Havilland Dh-82B Queen Bee Uav Taking-Off from a Compressed-Air Catapult System and is Controlled by Wireless Radio Signals in 1935 Date: 1935

Wright Brothers, aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, 1909
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, where they were giving various flight demonstrations to set new records for altitude and duration. 1909

Marjorie Vereker and Adelaide Cleaver - Heston Aerodrome
Mrs Marjorie Rosamond Seton Dower Vereker (nee Mulliner) (1902-1992) and Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (nee Pollock) (1885-1939)

Farman Biplane of Graham White at the Midland Aero Club ?
Farman Biplane of Graham White at the Midland Aero Club Meeting at Dunstall Park Near Wolverhampton 27 June - 2nd July 1910 Date: 1910

Fairey Swordfish
Royal Navy Rn Fairey Swordfish Dropping a Torpedo Flying Very Low-Level over the Sea Date: 1940s

Gloster Gladiator 2
RAF 33 Squadron Pilot Walking Away from a Gloster Gladiator 2 at Mersa Matruh in Eqypt During WW2 Date: 1940

Gloster Gladiator SS-37 prototype
Gloster Gladiator Prototype with Open-Cockpit Parked at Hucclecote, UK Date: 1934

Gloster Sea Gladiator Parked Date: 1940s

R33 Airship Carrying Gloster Grebe Biplane

Wight Aircraft No. 2 Navyplane Pusher Seaplane
John Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft) Wight No.2 Navyplane (Modified) Pusher Seaplane Biplane 200HP Salmson Parked at Kiel

Caudron Biplane Type D
A Caudron Biplane Type D Parked Date: 1910s

de Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide
Bea de Havilland Dh-89A Dragon Rapide Biplane Airliner Parked on Snow Date: 1940s

Coanda-1910 motor-jet biplane
The Coanda 1910 Biplane, Exhibited by Romanian Inventor Henri Coanda at the Second International Aeronautical Exhibition Salon in Paris in October 1910

RAF SE-5b
Royal Flying Corps Rfc Royal-Aircraft-Factory RAF Se-5B Date: 1918

Humber-Sommer Biplane
Pilot Henri Pequet Sitting in the Humber-Sommer Biplane Used for the Worlds First Official Indian Aerial-Post Airmail Service at Allahabad, India

Vickers Vimy Commercial FB-28
Instone Air Line Vickers Vimy Commercial Fb-28 with a Cargo of Strawberries Arriving from France at 6.30Pm - These Go Direct to the Jam-Factory of Messrs Crosbies Ltd in the Truck with Crosbies Nap

de Havilland DH-34
Instone Air Line de Havilland Dh-34 Parked Date: 1920s

Gloster Grebe Mk-2
Royal Aircraft Establishment Rae Gloster Grebe Mk-2 Underslung on Airship R-33 for Air-Launching Experiment in Connection with the Airship Development Programme Date: 1926

Fokker E-III / 3 Eindecker monoplane
A German Air Service Luftstreitkrfte Fokker E-Iii Eindecker Monoplane (Possibly an E-Ii) Taking-Off Date: 1916

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