Biplanes 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Types of German aeroplanes, World War One
Types of German aeroplanes flying over France and Belgium in the First World War, autumn 1914

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

Austin was a large, well-respected company producing cars, lorries and a range of engines

Diagram showing the two kinds of short hydro-aeroplanes which could rise from the water. Date: 1912

The Royal Air Force to the rescue in Afghanistan
The Royal Air Force to the Rescue in Afghanistan

Learn On Slow Biplanes & Fast Monoplanes At Vickers School - Vickers Limited Aviation Department. Date: 1913

Sopwith Camels ready to fly over German lines - WW1
Sopwith Camels ready to fly over German lines during the First World War

Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier and biplanes possibly 1920s

Royal Navy aircraft carrier and biplanes

WW2 - Biplanes Flying Over Aircraft Carrier
A photograph of some British WW2 biplanes flying over an aircraft carrier. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - HMS Hermes Aircraft Carrier
An illustration of HMS Hermes, a British Centaur class aircraft carrier, with biplanes flying above. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Hawker Harts In Formation
A photograph of some British WW2 Hawker Hart light bomber biplanes, diving in formation for the Royal Air Force. Date: circa 1940s

Original pencil design of biplanes, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Original pencil design by Samuel Cody of his biplanes, over four sides on embossed official paper. 15 19 inches. Date: early 20th century

WW2, Change Of Pilots
A wartime illustration which shows a high octane scene in which two biplanes perform a death defying manouvre, with a man hanging from a wing. Date: circa 1940s

Royal Flying Corps, biplanes over London, WW1
The Royal Flying Corps, biplanes over London during the First World War Date: 1915

Diving Off a Bi-Plane
A Moth bi-plane being put to imaginative use at the De Havilland School of Flying at Hatfield. Date: 1932

Advert for Dunlop Tyres, as used in motoring and aviation. Date: 1932

BIPLANE DOG FIGHT
Death takes wing over the skies of Europe as another plane is shot down in flames Date: 1917

Comic postcard, Man at a school of aviation Date: 20th century

1935 Richthofen Squadron, German Luftwaffe, biplanes

RAF Bomber Squadrons 18 and 57, biplanes Upper Heyford, 1934

Oxford University Air Squadron, biplanes, c. 1934
Oxford University Air Squadron, biplanes, c.1934

Inverted flying, RAF Wittering, biplanes, 1933

Poster, International Air Races, St Louis, USA, 1-2-3 October 1923. Date: 1923

Poster, Liverpool Civic Week, Air Pageant at Hooton Park Aerodrome, 24 September. Date: circa 1933

The haloed shadow: an aerial phenomenon. Often observed when flying over clouds on a sunny day: a circular shadow resembling the allied aeroplane-mark. Date: 1918

Fairey Firefly aeroplane in flight. Date: circa 1930s

Gipsy Moth aeroplane G-EBYH. Date: circa 1930s

Tiger Moth aeroplane G-ABTB, used for research
Tiger Moth aeroplane G-ABTB, used for experimental and research work by STC (Standard Telephones and Cables Limited). Date: circa 1930s

Advertisement, New River Dairy Company -- Hows your mother off for milk? Date: circa 1910s

Croydon Airport, Surrey, at night, with hangars in the background. circa 1930

Henry M Flagler Streamliner train approaching Miami, USA
Henry M Flagler Streamliner train approaching Miami, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1939

Review of Maurice Farman military biplanes, France. Date: circa 1910

Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA -- July 1932

Aeroplane flight by Henri Farman 1908
Record aeroplane flight at Paris by Henri Farman (1874 - 1958), Anglo-French aviator

A Westland Wapiti, by Stanley Orton Bradshaw
A Westland Wapiti of No. 601 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, painting by Stanley Orton Bradshaw. 1931

Postcard booklet, naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Postcard booklet, naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, with a flag raising ceremony taking place, soldiers, sailors and biplanes. Date: 1942

Cox-Klemin CO-1 P-377 at McCook Field for evaluation

Euler Gelber Hund pusher biplane, powered by a 65-70hp Gnome 7 Gamma, an early iteration of Euler pusher biplanes. Built by Euler-Werke and designed by August Euler. Date: 1912

This diagram depicts the different types of British and German aircrafts, the distinguishing features of each. Date: 1915

Types of British Aircraft -- The Bristol Fighter. Date: 1914-1918

ITALIAN AIR ATTACK
North Africa : Italian aircraft destroy a British armoured column and shoot down the planes which seek to prevent them, including antiquated Gladiator biplanes Date: August 1940

ANGELS WITH FOUR WINGS
In the Holy of Holies of Solomons Temple the Ark of the Covenant is protected by eight angels each equipped with two pairs of wings (could they be biplanes ?)

Celebration of French Aviators. Date: circa 1910s

Three RAF Valentias over the Citadel in Cairo
Three RAF Vickers Type 264 Valentia aircarft flying over the Citadel in Cairo, Egypt en route to Palestine Date: circa 1938

Baron Manfred von Richthofen, leading German air ace
Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), leading German air ace with 80 confirmed victories, seen here with his personal Albatros C IX biplane. Date: circa 1917

Gotha WD-10 German single-seat naval fighter biplane designed by Oskar Ursinus, seen here with floats retracted, thus improving its aerodynamic effect

Passenger aircraft of Imperial Airways fleet, cut away
Britains share in building giant passenger aircraft: a 40-seater of the new Imperial Airways fleet

Dogfight between British and German planes, WW1
A dogfight between British and German biplanes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British Vickers Vildebeest biplanes in flight
A squadron of British Vickers Vildebeest biplanes (torpedo bombers) in flight. This aircraft first flew in 1928, and was still in use at the beginning of the Second World War. Date: circa 1930s

Hotel del Prado, Barranquilla, Colombia, Central America. Date: circa 1930

Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III giant German biplane
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III, serial no. 10/15, giant German biplane, the only one built. It went into operational use near Riga in Latvia, making its first operational sortie on 13 August 1916

Siemens Schuckert D IV German fighter plane, seen here before leaving the factory. Deliveries began in late August 1918. Date: 1918

Sopwith 1F Camel two-seat trainer, serial no. B 3801. Date: circa 1918

Pfalz D III German fighter plane of Lt Lenz, Jasta 22
Pfalz D III German fighter biplane of Lt Lenz, Jasta 22, delivered in August 1917 when the unit was based at Vivaise. Date: circa 1917

Pfalz D III single seat German fighter biplane, first flown around June 1917, and in operation from August 1917, being useful for fast attack missions such as those against well defended balloons

Morane-Saulnier BB two-seat biplane
Morane-Saulnier BB two-seat reconnaissance and escort fighter biplane with two observer-operated Lewis guns. Date: circa 1915-1916

Martinsyde F4 Buzzard fighter plane, first flown in early 1918, but just too late for use in WW1. Seen here is serial no. D 4256. Date: circa 1918

LFG Roland C II German reconnaissance biplane, usually known as the Walfisch (Whale), introduced in 1916. Seen here is a rear view of a late production model belonging to the Bavarian Fl Abt 292

Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 reconnaissance fighter
Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 German float-equipped two-seat reconnaissance fighter. It first flew in January 1917. Seen here is serial no. 2016, an early production example

Gotha G IV German bomber which first flew in December 1916. A total of 142 machines are thought to have been produced. Date: circa 1917-1918

Gotha G II German three-man heavy bomber biplane, which first flew in March 1916 and entered operational service in August 1916, but fell out of service by 1917. Date: circa 1916

Fokker D II biplane at Adlerhof trials
German Fokker D II biplane at Adlerhof trials. It went into operation in early spring 1916, but was found to lack agility. Date: 1916

Handley Page 0 / 400 with wings folded
Handley Page 0/400 long range four-man heavy bomber with wings folded. It was first flown in September 1917, with deliveries beginning in March 1918

Handley Page 0 / 100 long range heavy bomber
Handley Page 0/100 long range heavy bomber, first flown in December 1915, and operational from October 1916. Seen here is serial no. B 9446 with propellers turning. Date: circa 1915-1916

DFW C V German two-seater biplane, operational from early 1916. Seen here is a machine belonging to Fl Abt (A) 224 photographed at Chateau Bellingcamps on 22 May 1917. Date: 1917

Albatros D V German fighter plane of Oblt Schliech
Albatros D V German fighter plane, first produced in early 1917

SARO London Mark 1 biplane flying boats
Three SARO (Saunders Roe) London A27 military Mark 1 biplane flying boats in flight. They were in service with the RAF for part of the Second World War. Date: 1936-1941

Motor and Plane cover
Cover of Motor and Plane by Cyril Hall, a book for children about different forms of transport

New type of German armoured aeroplane 1918
German armoured aeroplane (an A.E.G), specially adapted for attacking the Allied troops in their trenches, made an appearance on the Western Front at the end of World War One. 1918

Louis Paulhan flying in Farman III 1909
Louis Paulhan, pioneering French aviator flying in Farman III biplane, in a competition in Blackpool, September 1909. Date: September 1909

Gotha G V German bomber, operational from 1918, with 120 machines reported to have been built. Date: circa 1918

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