Flies Collection (page 5)

Man reading the rules of the board game Frogger
A man reading the rules of the board game Frogger, which was based on the popular arcade and video game of the same name and was brought out by Milton Bradley in 1981

Flying and ploughing in Weybridge, Surrey
A primitive aeroplane flies over a field which a man and his team of horses are ploughing. The plane has two bicycle-type wheels on the undercarriage

Poster advertising autumn in Germany. A kite flies high above idyllic countryside

Fly-fishing! By D Egville
A humorous illustration of a man being attacked by flies whilst fishing

Pyramids at Giza
The pyramids of Khufu and Khafre at Giza with the Sphinx in the foreground. A very early aeroplane flies above these wonders of the Ancient World

Boer / Battle / Pardorberg
FIGHTING SCENE The Battle of Parderberg - a hot air balloon flies over the scene. Cronje later surrenders

AIR TRAVEL
A lady flies over a city with her dog on her lap, and suddenly she drops her bag!

Air Support Helicopter
The first Metropolitan Police Air Support helicopter (G- META), a Bell 222, flies low over The Tower of London

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Fly clot
Illustration showing protective clothing for horses and other animals to prevent them being bothered by flies and other insects

Federation Strasbourg
Strasbourg celebrates the Revolution in grand style : a big show is made of reconcil- -ing Catholics & Protestants, and the tricouleur flies from the cathedral

Gabon Trading Post
The French tricouleur flies proudly over a factory at Glass

Wilbur Flies 91 Minutes
Wilbur Wright remains airborne for 91 minutes, breaking all previous records

Seagull and columns
A gull flies over some classical columns

Zeppelin Lz 126 (Zr3)
Zeppelin LZ-126 goes to USA as war reparations : before its departure it flies over Berlin during its test flight and drops a message in the Konigsplatz

Stork / Baby / Anderson
A stork flies over the rooftops to bring a baby in a basket. Date: 1920

Pigeon in Alices Face
As Alice stretches a large pigeon flies into her face

Child on Broomstick 1926
A small child flies through the air on a broomstick, watched by his companions on the ground

Merry-Go-Round Man 1804
A seller of gingerbread nuts; a boy flies a kite in the backgound

Concepts / Peace
The Angel of Peace flies over the ravaged lands

Robin Flying in Snow
A robin flies through a snowfall

French Merchant Ships
A French galleon flies the Pavillon Royal : to the right, a vessel flies the standard of the merchant marine, while far off a galley flies the flag of the galley fleet

Salmon Flies
Method of making a salmon fly

Blanchard Flies Channel2
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

French Warplane in Cloud
A lone French warplane flies high among the clouds

Seaplane over Damascus
A British sea-plane flies over Damascus

Ghana / Cape Coast
Two prospects of Cape Coast Castle - above, from the east, below, from the northwest : the British flag flies proudly in the southerly wind

Fixed Flight - 1
The Aerofix flies by NOT moving - when the Earth does !

Plane Hits Train
An RAF fighter flies too low over the London to Manchester express, hits the roof of the restaurant coach : it comes down in a nearby field, but without serious damage

A French Airfield 1922
Spectators flinch as a biplane flies uncomfortably close to them on a French airfield

Westland Pterodactyl
Geoffrey Hill produces several designs for tailless aircraft, and this Mark V, intended as a fighter, flies successfully though erratically

Oehmichen Helicopter
Throughout the world, inventors seek to build a viable helicopter : here French engineer Oehmichen flies his graceful project at Valentignay, Doubs

Mother Flies Kite with Children
A mother flies a kite on the beach with her two children

Bruno Mussolini Flies
Two Italian aircraft, one of them piloted by Bruno Mussolini, Il Duces son, fly to Brazil where they are received with great applause

Air Bombing Foreseen
A French Antoinette mono- plane flies over a city burning as the result of aerial bombardment - a scene that will not occur during WW1, but will in WW2

Moisant Paris London
French-American aviator John Moisant flies Paris-London in his Bleriot monoplane : his mechanic and his mascot kitten are the first cross- Channel passengers

Willows Flight
Pioneer aviator Willows flies his airship number 9 from Cardiff to London

Santos Dumont at Paris
Brazilian aviator Santos- Dumont successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, Paris, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize

Tissandier Airship 3
The electric-powered dirigible of Gaston and Albert TISSANDIER flies from Auteuil, near Paris, and qualifies as the worlds first successful dirigible airship

Clement Bayard
The Clement-Bayard flies from Paris to London

CLEMENT BAYARD - 1
The Clement-Bayard flies from Paris to London

REPUBLIQUE - 3
Lebaudys Republique flies low past the Tour Eiffel, Paris

GUSMAOs 1709 PROJECT
GUSMAOs PROJECT The magnetically steered barque of Bartolomeo Lourenco da Gusmao flies from the tower of the Casa da India to the Terreiro de Pace, Lisbon

BARN OWL (WEIR) 1877
Owl - almost certainly a barn owl (tyto alba) - perches on a rock as another flies past

Kimball Biplane
American designer Kimballs biplane is notable for using eight propellers, though they are powered by a single motor. The plane flies, kind of, but there are problems

Boy Watches Plane 1911
A boy on the roof of a building in his night clothes watches as an aeroplane flies low over the Bon Marche department store, Paris

Cinderella Flees
Midnight strikes, and Cinderella flies from the ball

The Fall of Icarus
Icarus flies too near the sun, which melts the wax of his wings and he falls

Juillots LA Patrie
Juillots military airship flies successfully in August, but in November, alas, it will crash

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