Control Collection (page 3)

Irene
Portrait of Irene Dineley, model in a number of portraits. This sketch, which appears so hasty is really quite delibrate and considered

The Motor Picture Book, Traffic Control from the Air Date: 1930

North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco 66-13555
United States Air Force (USAF) - North American Rockwell OV-10A-1-NH Bronco 66-13555 (MSN 305-4), of the 601st Tactical Control Wing at Sembach Air Base, Germany, at the RAF Mildenhall Air Fete

Beechcraft RU-21B Ute 67-18093
United States Army - Beechcraft RU-21B Ute 67-18093 (msn LS-2), the CEFiRM Leader intercept and control aircraft. Assigned to the 138th Army Security Agency Company (Aviation). Date: circa 1975

Grumman F-11A Tiger 141853 (msn 170). Taken from the bone yard by Grummanand Rohr for in-flight thrust control with a modified thrust reverser on the exhaust

The First British Postcard
This card was issued exactly one year after Austria invented the idea. It was printed by Messrs De la Rue under an exclusive contract and was an immediate success

Boeing EC-135C Stratotanker 63-8051 Northern Princess
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135C Stratotanker 63-8051 Northern Princess (msn 18668), of the 28th Bombardment Wing

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949), of the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron, at Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska, on 8 July 1979

Nord Aviation N 500 Cadet (msn 001), at the Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget in June 1967, with airshow serial 344'. In 1966 Nord (later part of Aerospatiale) built two Cadets

Fletcher FU24 ZK-BHF (msn 8), at Mangere, NZ. (This aircraft was destroyed on 5 February 1961, during top-dressing operations at a farm air-strip, after a loose article caused loss of control)

Katharine (Kate) Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley (nee Stanley, 1844-1874), British suffragist and early advocate of birth control

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works

On 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police

A Driver Climbing in to his Cab
A train driver climbs in to the cabin of a British Rail diesel locomotive. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Rembrandt's The Mill at the National Gallery, London 1911
Large crowd looking at the Rembrandt painting, The Mill, at the National Gallery, London. At that time the painting was to be sold by Lord Lansdowne, either to the British nation for 95

Battle at the Schilberg Cross-roads; Second World War, 1945
Sketch of a battle between British and German troops for control of the cross-roads in the town of Schilberg, Netherlands, 1945

JOHN REDMOND (1856 - 1918), Irish statesman who did his best to keep order after the death of Parnell but ultimately failed to control the dissenting factions

Inflammatory posters during the Boxer Rebellion
Inflammatory posters are put up on the walls during the Boxer Rebellion to incite the populace - Death to the foreigners !

Boeing EC-135H Stratotanker 61-0282
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135H Stratotanker 61-0282 (MSN 18189), of the 10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron. Date: circa 2000

Boeing E-4B 74-0787
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 74-0787 (msn 20684 / 232), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 73-1677
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1677 (MSN 20683 / 204), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949 / 257), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Gulfstream Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam 637
Israeli Defence Force-Air Force - Gulfstream Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam 637. airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, of 122 Squadron. Date: circa 2010

Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2667
United States Air Force - Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2667 (MSN 18343), of 10th Airborne Command & Control Squadron, at RAF Mildenhall in November 1998

Comic postcard, Man attracted to pretty woman Date: 20th century

Inside the Control Tower, Croydon Airport Date: 1930s

BBC Late Low Definition Television Control Room. On the right is the mirror-drum projection scanner, on the left are the two checking receivers

BBC Late Low Definition Television Studio looking towards the Control Room. The large black curtain screened the orchestra and their lights from the photo-electric cells

Schleicher ASW-19B R19 (msn 19317), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. I flew this glider many times at RAF Hullavington, before it was re-allocated to another club

Comic postcard, Going to the seaside Date: 20th century

The Control Room of a Civil Defence Centre. Date: circa 1941

The Building Squad of the N. F. S
The Building Squad of the N.F.S. (National Fire Service) - building a control room for the Fire Station. Many members of the N.F.S

Man losing control of his mount while passing a carriage
Man losing control of his mount while passing a horse and carriage on a road. How to Pass a Carriage. Academy for Grown Horsemen

Man standing up while choking at the dinner table
Man standing up, clutching his head while choking at the dinner table while other guests and waiter panic. Symptoms of Choaking

Regency gentleman on a horse that has bolted. He rides it full gallop into a chicken coop to stop it, and a farmer watches in horror. How to Stop Your Horse at Pleasure

Regency gentleman losing control of his horse
Regency gentleman losing his hat and control of his horse passing a gig on the wrong side (passengers side). How to Pass a Carriage

Regency man riding a horse sliding down a hill on its hind legs, its forelegs straight. A man with a peg leg and eyepatch tumbles behind. How to Travel Upon Two Legs in a Frost

Regency man with a cudgel riding a horse prone to tumbling. In the background, a woman falls off a horse with panniers. The Tumbler, or its Affinities

Regency gentleman riding a horse that barely lifts its feet. He loses his bicorne when the horse hits a pig while a woman screams from a thatched cottage. A Daisy Cutter with his Varieties

Huntsman in hunting pinks embracing a woman on a horse, 19th century. Mr. Sponge proposes marriage to Lucy during a fox hunt. The pack of foxhounds has lost the scent. Mr. Sponge declares himself

Huntsman losing control of his horse during a foxhunt, 19th century. Sponge in hunting pinks on a chestnut horse knocking Lord Scarperdale from his mount. Mr. Sponge completely scatters his lordship

Man at work in an oil rig control room
Man at work in the control room of an oil rig drilling platform off the coast of Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

D Napier and Son - Sabre I, II & V
Diagrammatic Layout of Hobson-RAE. Master Control Injector Type: NS2 & NS4

4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Selwyn Francis Edge (Napier for Britain) learning Athy control; later disqualified despite finishing. Date: 2nd July 1903

Traffic lights with bells on top, Oxford Street, London. The bells were introduced in London in 1931. 1931

Boiling a kettle by will power 1932
Major Raymond Phillips with the apparatus, by which he claimed to cause an electrical gramophone or kettle to operate. The human body acted, he said, as an earth

Pierre Clostermann Memorial, Bazenville, Normandy
Clostermann, the First Free French pilot to land in Normandy (ALG B2), held the DFC and Bar and the Legion d Honneur. The Memorial is in the shape of a Spitfire wing

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