Flight Collection (page 5)

Airship R32 Parked

Westland Scout Helicopter

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
Mcdonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom

BAC TSR-2
Control-Yoke and Instruments in the Cockpit of a BAC Tsr 2 Date: 1964

Blackburn Kangaroo, G-EAOW, has arrived at Hounslow Aer?
Blackburn Kangaroo, G-EAOW, has arrived at Hounslow Aerodrome ready for the attempt on the 10, 000 prize for the flight to Australia

Poster, Imperial Airways -- Travel in perfect comfort by the largest Air Liners in the World. circa 1930s

Poster, Imperial Airways -- Fly through Europe in perfect comfort. circa 1930s

Archaeopteryx - bird-like dinosaur
Archaeopteryx - a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern birds. Date: Late Jurassic Period

Nieuport 11 Bebe in low-level flight
Nieuport 11 Bebe single-seater French fighter plane, designed during the summer of 1914. Seen here in low-level flight. Date: circa 1914-1915

Montgolfier balloon in flight over Paris
First manned balloon ascent, made in the presence of the Dauphin, from the Jardin de la Muette, Paris, under the direction of Montgolfier

Graf Zeppelin airship in flight
The German Graf Zeppelin airship in flight, viewed from directly below

Col Joseph R Nevers, the first person to complete 3, 000 ?
Col Joseph R Nevers, the first person to complete 3, 000 flight hours in the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Panavia Tornado F3 of 111 (F) Squadron based at RAF Leuc?
Panavia Tornado F3 of 111 (F) Squadron based at RAF Leuchars dispenses chaff and flares over the North Sea

Boeing B-52H Stratofortress carrying two North American ?
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress carrying two North American GAM-77 Hound Dog air-to-ground missiles

Royal Marine Commandos re-embarking from a Westland Wessex helicopter on to a Royal Navy Commando Carrier

Westland Wessex HC2, XT678, of No28 Squadron RAF Kai Tak?
Westland Wessex HC2, XT678, of No28 Squadron RAF Kai Tak, Hong Kong

Santos-Dumont airship No6 leaving the Aero Club of Saint?
Santos-Dumont airship No6 leaving the Aero Club of Saint-Cloud

Mr. Sadlers Ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford
James Sadlers ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford on 7th July 1810. Sadler became the first Englishman to ascend in a balloon (the first English Aeronaut) on 4th October 1784 from Christ Church Meadow

The Fairy of Flight by William Barribal
A Spirit of the Age - The Fairy of Flight. Gorgeous illustration of a fairy with huge yellow wings. Date: 1909

Cabral and Coutinho fly from Portugal to Brazil
Gabo Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral - Portuguese aviators who flew from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922 in a Fairey IIIB Float plane- the first time this feat was achieved

Douglas DC-7C PH-DSD Zwarte Zee of KLM
Douglas DC-7C, PH-DSD, Zwarte Zee, of KLM. This aircraft achieved the longest passenger flight up to that time flying non-stop from Long Beach, California, to Le Bourget, Paris, a distance of 6

Three RAF Armstrong Whitworth AW660 Argosy CMk1s in flight, including XP411 and XP412

The maiden flight of the first BAe146 G-SSSH from Hatfield
The maiden flight of the first BAe146, G-SSSH, from Hatfield on 3 September 1981. A BAe125 acts as chase plane. Date: 1981

Concorde 002 takes-off from Filton on its maiden flight on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969

Development English Electric Lightning F1 XG331 in flight
Development English Electric Lightning F1, XG331, in flight

Parus caeruleus, blue tit
A blue tit (Parus caeruleus) in flight, U.K.The blue tit is common throughout Britain living mainly in deciduous woodland. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stowmarket
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon

Sophie Blanchard in balloon ascent, Milan
Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), famous French aeronaut, in a night-time balloon ascent performed in Milan, Italy, in the presence of Napoleon, to mark his 42nd birthday. 15 August 1811

Westland Wapiti 1 aeroplane
Westland Wapiti 1 of No. 601 (County of London) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force. 1940s

Handley Page Harrow K6962 aeroplane in camouflage colours. 1940s

Boeing B-17 aeroplanes, one in blue, the other in camouflage colours. 1940s

Balloon event, Charles Green

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Balloon ascent from Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent
Preparing a balloon for ascent from the Village of Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent, during which Mr P Cornillot achieved horizontal steering at different heights. 23 August 1825

Cover design, Aero Espresso Italiana timetable, with scenes of Rhodes and Athens. Serving Brindisi, Athens, Rhodes and Istanbul. 1932

Cover design, Western Airways timetable
Cover design, Western Airways summer timetable, showing a map with destinations: Manchester, Birmingham, Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, Weston, Barnstaple, Newquay and Penzance. 1939

Poster, Guernsey Airways, offering frequent services to and from the Channel Islands, with a map showing places and flight durations. circa 1936

Records of first UK aerial mail service
Thepostmasters official handwrittenrecordsrelatingto thefirst UKaerialmail service from London to Windsor andWindsor to LondoninSeptember1911. 1911

Cover design, Exposition de Locomotion Aerienne
Cover design, official catalogue of the 7th Exposition International de Locomotion Aerienne, Grand Palais, Champs Elysees, Paris, 12-27 November 1921

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Western Airways Ltd Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare

Air League of the British Empire Poster
Poster, Air League of the British Empire, Empire Air Day, May 23, 1936. Showing a group of visitors on an airfield, looking at a row of neatly parked biplanes. May 1936

Use the Air Mail Poster
GPO Poster, Use the Air Mail, The Fastest Mail. Depicting the underside of a monoplane against a blue and black sky

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), showing an aeroplane flying above a route map from London to the Isle of Wight, with a May to August timetable and fares

Western Airways Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, showing prices and times from Bristol to various destinations by Air Express Daily, including special day returns. 20th century

Empire Air Day Poster
Poster, Empire Air Day 1934, organised by the Air League of the British Empire. A civil aviation and RAF " at home". With a map of UK showing where the events are taking place. May 1934

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing a raid by Hudson planes of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, during the Second World War, in which eleven ships were hit. 1941

International Air Rally Poster 1937
Poster, High Speed Thrills! International Air Rally, Lympne, 28-29 August. Spectacular RAF Hendon Acrobatics, Racing, Live Parachuting, Foreign Aces. Organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. 1937

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