Flyers Collection

Tipler pigeons - 02
Black Country pigeon fancier Dennis Fellows, who, in 1990, reformed the Midland Tipler Union, founded in 1912. Its members bred

Motoring and Aviation Record Breakers
Sir Henry Tim Birkin (1896-1933) and Dorothy Paget (1905-1960) showing off their Bentley. And James Allan Jim Mollison (1905-1959)

Jim Mollison and Kangeroo
Scottish aviator James Allan Jim Mollison (1905-1959) was greeted by a kangaroo in Croydon, at the end of his record breaking flight from Australia to England

Miss F. J. Crossley, Aviatrix
Miss F. J. Crossley, a female aviator who had recently competed in an air race around England. Date: 1931

Members of the ATA (Women's Section)
Members of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) Women's Section. Winifred Crossley (d. 2008) was one of the very first women to join. Date: 1940

Women ATA pilots
Gabrielle Patterson (1905-1968) and Grace Brown, pilots in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Date: 1940

Dance of the Flyers or Pole Flying, Mexico
Dance of the Flyers (Danza de los Voladores) or Pole Flying (Palo Volador), ancient Mesoamerican ceremony. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Crown Princess Cecilie greeting German Marine Flyers
circa 1930s

Tipler pigeons - 01
Black Country pigeon fancier Dennis Fellows, who, in 1990, reformed the Midland Tipler Union, founded in 1912. Its members bred

Postwar poster, The Victory Loan Flyers, Watch for the Airplane Special. 1919

Anthony H. G. Fokker, aviator
Anthony H.G. Fokker(1890-1939), Dutch aviator

Up With The Lark
Promotional postcard for Up With The Lark adapted by Douglas Furber from Le Zebre (see The Glad Eye above); music Philip Bra-ham

Whiteoaks by Mazo de la Roche
Promotional flyer for Whiteoaks by Mazo de la Roche from his famous Canadian story. First produced Little Theatre, 14th April 1936. Touring flyer

White Cargo by Leon Gordon
Promotional flyer for White Cargo by Leon Gordon from the novel Hells Playground by Vera Simonton. First produced in England, at the Playhouse Theatre, 15th May 1924

Lockheed L188C Electra of American Flyers A lines N122US at JFK

Cecil Stanley Grace and The Hon Charles Stewart Rolls flying Short-Wright biplanes at Eastchurch on 28 March 1910. It was to these flyers that a memorial window was inserted in Eastchurch parish

Some of the early birds who learned to fly under the tutelage of the Wright brothers at the memorial for the pioneer flyers trained at Wright Brothers Field. 19 August 1940

At the memorial for the pioneer flyers trained at Wright Brothers Field. 19 August 1940. From left: Capt Kenneth Whiting, General Inspector of Naval Aircraft, Eastern Division; Col E.A

Orville Wright (third from right) at the memorial for the pioneer flyers trained at Wright Brothers Field. 19 August 1940

A brush for the lead: New York Flyers on the snow. Date 1867. A brush for the lead: New York Flyers on the snow. Date 1867

The Victory Loan flyers - Watch for the airplane special. Poster showing airplanes flying over a speeding train. Date 1919

Picture No. 10295686
Vehicles from the Fatherlands Front (Patriotic Front) distributing flyers in Vienna

Female operator, Howe Bridge, Lancashire
Female operator wiping the flyers in the old section of the Cardroom at Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co. Atherton, Lancashire

Kite Flyers Dream
For young boys flying their kites, an aeroplane passing overhead is an inspiration

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