Duration Collection

Jersey Airways Poster
Jersey Airways Ltd poster, showing a passenger biplane flying from the south coast of Britain to Jersey. Listing duration and costs of flights from London and Portsmouth. 20th century

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

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a

Wright Brothers, aviation pioneers, in France
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, in France on 21 January 1909. They were giving various flight demonstrations to set new records for altitude and duration. 1909

Wright Brothers, American aviation pioneers, in action
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, making a flight to set new records for altitude and duration. circa 1909

Flt Lt W. Murray, left, and John S. Sproule after their?
Flt Lt W. Murray, left, and John S. Sproule after their world record duration flight (for two-seat gliders) at Dunstable, Beds, of 22hrs 13mins in 1938. Date: 1938

Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatus
Blitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth

CALCHAS, Greek soothsayer who correctly predicted duration of Trojan War, saw necessity for sacrificing Iphigenia &c, but died of disappointment when defeated by rival Mopsus

Stained glass
A church stained-glass window depicting the reappearance of eggs that the faithful have been abstaining from for the duration of Lent. Date: c1500

Hospital Mess, Quex Park 1917. The Winter Garden, between Quex House and the Museum buildings served as the Mess for the VAD Hospital at Quex Park

1914 VAD staff in 1917
Members of Birchington VAD staff who were the longest serving when the photograph was taken in 1917. Standing (left to right) Camille Van Dyck (Belgian, origianlly a patient)

Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park
Belgian Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park. The Mess Room was situated in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory situated between Quex House and the Museum buildings

Nurses & Patients, Front Verandah, Quex Park. The Verandah, which was outside A Ward, offered a sheltered, south-facing outdoor space

Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nurses and patients in the Winter Garden, Quex Park. This room was used as the Hospital Mess. Nurse Fanny Watson is standing, second left

CATHERINE de Medicis (1519-1589). Queen of France (1547-1559), wife of Henry II. The astrologer Cosimo Ruggeri, or possibly Nostradamus

Flanders F2 Monoplane flying for the Michelin Duration Prize in 1911

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Side view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler

Hillmans Airways Essex Airport Poster
Poster, Hillmans Airways, Essex Airport, offering flights from London to Paris (no passports required), Belfast, Liverpool and the Isle of Man, with prices and flight durations. 20th century

Its an Ill Wind by Dudley Tennant
Humorous cartoon depicting British made toys marching past an assortment of German manufactured dolls and teddy bears who have been put in an internment camp for the duration of World War One

Wright Rounding Pylon
Wilbur Wright rounds a pylon at Auvours, to demonstrate the manoeuvrability of his biplane; while here he broke both duration and altitude records

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