Flies Collection

The beehive terminal building at Gatwick Airport in 1937. de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner, G-ADEA, of British Airways, flies past. Date: 1937

A Common Pheasant alarmed
A Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Swallow in flight
A swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Women Playing Polo
A womans polo hat flies off and her horse rears up as she strikes the ball in a polo match

French artificial fishing flies. circa 1900

French and English artificial fishing flies. circa 1900

Icarus and Daedalus
Daedalus and his son Icarus escape from Crete with man- made wings, but Icarus flies too near the sun : the heat melts the wax on his wings, plunging him into the sea

A Westland Wessex flies over HMS Albion (R07)

An RAF Westland Wessex flies over HMS Fearless (L10) at ?
An RAF Westland Wessex flies over HMS Fearless (L10) at Lee-on-Solent, 2 March 1966

Fishing Flies (American)
Fishing flies Date: 1913

Olympics / 1936 / Hindenburg
The Hindenburg flies over the opening ceremony. Date: 1936

St. Georges, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly
St. George s, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly Date: circa 1920s

CONCORDE 002 FLIES 1969
Brian Trubshaw pilots the British-built Supersonic transport aircraft, Concorde 002 on its maiden flight from Filton to Fairford, seven years before entering service. Date: 9 April 1969

Rural scenery with wildflowers
A red Admiral Butterfly flies above a hedgerow border of wildflowers in this landscape painting by Malcolm Greensmith, encapsulating the English countryside

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1926
French aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally

A skylark soars above the trees 2011

Stork / Baby / Allers Jrnl
A stork carrying a baby flies to its destination over snowy rooftops

Bank of England / Busy
Busy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper, a figure peers out of an upstairs window and a flag flies from a tower

Poe / Raven Flies In / Dore
A stately Raven of the saintly days of yore flies in through an open window

Fishing Equipment suitable for the Lake District
Fishing Equipment suitable for use in the Lake District - includes two inset pictures of Derwentwater (upper picture) and Newlands Valley (lower)

SKI JUMP 1910
A skier flies through the air

Burns / Now Westlin Winds
NOW WESTLIN WINDS But Peggy dear the ev nings clear, Thick flies the skimming swallow, The sky is blue, the fields in view, All fading green and yellow

Cover design, British Airways Summer Timetable 1938, as the crow flies, only faster! 1938

Fairies Steal a Child
A fairy flies off carrying a baby human on her back Date: 1908

Transport / Flight / Airship
SANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize Date: July 1901

Medea in her Chariot
The sorceress Medea flies through the Greek airspace in her serpent-powered chariot

Muybridge / Cockatoo Flies
Some phases in the flight of a cockatoo Date: 1880s

Hawker Sea Fury X flies over an aircraft carrier and ship

At Midnights Stroke
Midnight strikes, and Cinderella flies from the ball

SKI JUMP 1914
A ski jumper flies off the end of the ramp. Date: 1914

WWI Fashionable French aviation outfit
A patriotic young French girl takes to the air in her French air force inspired outfit. With wings and a propeller on her hat she flies through the sky

Rolls in Wright
The Honourable Charles Rolls (of Rolls-Royce) flies his Wright biplane at Bournemouth Aviation Week : but he has a fatal crash - Britains first aviation fatality

Blanchard Flies Channel
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies are the first people to cross the English Channel by air : their flight from Dover ends in the forest of Guines, near Andres

Witch Airborne by Florence Mary Anderson
A witch flies through the air with her companions by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915

Entomol0Gy - Flies

Entomology - Flies

WW2, Jack And The Beanstalk
This illustration shows Peter the Royal Air Force Pilot, meeting Jack in a dream, his beanstalk will not grow, so Peter is suggesting that they save some time

Cries of London, fly paper seller
Cries of London, Catch em Alive-Oh, Fly Paper Seller. Date: 19th century

Henry cartoon, Catapulting Flies, by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Photograph of Indian troops lined up to receive inoculations, 1916 (c). The high temperatures in Mesopotamia, alongside poor medical facilities, flies

The head of a blow fly. Date: August 1963

AERIAL DOGFIGHT
A deadly game of life and death is played out over Europe as a Bristol flies against Fokker D.VIIs Date: 1918

Memorial to Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, Artillery Wood
The memorial, mounted on a brick plinth, carries a photo of the poet. Beside it the Irish flag flies, there is an information board and behind is an apple tree planted in his memory on 27 March 2010

Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery
This is in the back right hand corner of a Cemetery of Honour which was laid out in 1971.The Dutch flag flies here and there is a plaque to The Fallen 1940-1945

Lesser white cabbage butterfly on a flower
Lesser white cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, bastard wasp and fruit flies on a flower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Ensign Print Wallet for Photographs and negatives - processed by T W Salmon & Son, Photographic Chemists, Norton and Stockton-on-Tees. circa 1920s

David Frances Barry photo - Hidastas Chief
Hidastas Chief Crow that Flies High, also known as Heart. The son of Likes Eagle of the Hidatsa tribe from Gros Ventres village

Stork bringing a baby - A stork flies over a house carrying a newborn baby. (German). Date: circa 1900

WW2 - Returning soldier is giving a fulsome welcome home
" Let us Strive without failing in faith or in duty" - Winston Churchill Encirclement ! A returning soldier is giving a fulsome welcome home by his wife and small son. Date: 1944

Bristol Boxkite replica, flying at Wainfleet for filming of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire in September 1964

Man Hitting Flies off Man trying to putt on golf course Date: 1912

Santa over Town Date: 1950

F3H at Sunset Date: 1954

Flies Date: 1887

ZEP HIND AT OLYMPICS
The Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg flies over the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games. Date: 1936

ARCHITAS / MAGNETISM / C17
Magnetism demonstrated by the dove of Architas. The dove flies in a circle, not because of the wind, but through the influence of magnetism. Date: 17th century

Tour Eiffel Air Crash
French aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally Date: 1926

A relief sculpture depicting the new era of powered flight - countryfolk stare in amazement as an aeroplane flies above their smallholding

Hokusai woodcut - Cuckoo and Azalea
Reproduction of a woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) entitled: Cuckoo and Azalea. Date: circa early 19th century

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

Young boy flying a kite
A young boy in a yellow check shirt with shoulder patches flies a kite on a reel of twine whilst kneeling at the base of a low hill amongst the mushrooms below his cottage home

Witch & Cat & Broomstick
A witch flies to the sabbat with her cat on her broomstick

John A. Macready
American Flight-Lieutenant J.A. Macready photographed before making an attempt at the altitude record. His outfit is made from wool, leather, fur and down to keep him warm

Japanese art postcard - Stork in flight beneath the moon Date: circa 1909

Come on and join me! - girl flies off a diving board
Come on and join me! - curvy girl in tight red swimsuit flies off the diving board! Date: circa 1930

WW1 - Cartoon - As the eagle flies
WW1 - A cartoon personifying the German enemy as vultures. It waits on post to either prey on the crow or eagle. Date: 1914

A Westland Wessex HAS3 flies over RFA Engadine (K08)

An early aircraft flying over Stonehenge, Wiltshire Date: circa 1910

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW flies past the crowd
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, flies past the crowd at the 1950 SBAC show at Farnborough. Date: 1950

Supermarine Spitfire VB AB910 at the Wisley Garden Party
Supermarine Spitfire VB, AB910, at the Wisley Garden Party in 1956. This aircraft currently flies with the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Date: 1956

DIPTERA
A variety of DIPTERA. Date: 1909-1910

Buzzard in the late afternoon light
A Buzzard visible only as a white silhouette flies up over a broken wooden fence on the lower levels of a hilly countryside scene. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Gull swoops above an empty rowing boat
A gull swoops above an empty rowing boat with oars resting across the sides. The boat rests propped up on some small rocks close to a large lake, glowing in the evening light

Buzzard and countryside landscape
A Buzzard visible only as a white silhouette flies up over a broken wooden fence on the lower levels of a hilly countryside scene

Spanish Witch in Air
A Spanish witch flies to the Sabbat on the back of a horned, cloven-footed demon

Two young children talking - Elizabeth Bem
Painting by Elizabeth Bem (1843-1914) - " There will be a lot of Honey and Flies". Date: 1910

The Torch of Night
A woman flies through the air carrying a torch to light her way in the darkness. 1899

New York celebrates the return of Charles Lindeburgh
A parade through New York, photographed here on the front cover of The Sphere magazine, celebrates Charles Lindeburghs return after his celebrated flight on the Spirit of Saint Louis. 1927

Cartoon, William Gladstone asleep, with insect MPs hovering over his face -- How the Grand Old Man manages to take forty winks with a lot of pestiferous flies buzzing about him is a wonder! 1884

His Waterloo by H M Bateman, The Foreman of a crazy-pavement enterprise comes up against a frightful problem. A pavement tile with straight sides, a square of perfect proportions

Fantastic Adventures - Return of Sinbad by Chester S. Geier. A man in Arabian dress flies in space on a giant bird of prey. The distressed bird is being attacked by the lasers of several spaceships

The Swing - A French girl flying high and showing some leg
The Swing - A French girl flying high and showing off her stockings! Date: circa 1920

Ken Achurch with spying equipment -- a fly bug in a glass tube, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Date: 1970s

Model fly for use in spying
Model fly invented by Ken Achurch for use in spying and other undercover activities. Date: 1970s

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