Flying Collection (#89)

Train Derailed in Snow
The Great Western Railways Flying Dutchman express goes off the rails in heavy snow at Camborne, Cornwall. Date: 1891

Interior of Latecoere
Interior of the Latecoere 521 flying boat Lieutenant de Vaisseaux Paris, carrying 30 passengers trans-Atlantic or 70 on Mediterranean routes in leg-stretching comfort. Date: 1935

Ufos / Hessdalen
This flying saucer landed in the village of Hessdalen, but was snowed in by bad weather, and its occupants had to stay with the locals until the weather cleared Date: 1996

Friedrich I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor from 1155. He drowned in a river near Antioch while on a Crusade, but as depicted here there is a legend that he is sleeping with his knights in a cave

Schneider Trophy, SS Colombie, Spithead, 1931
Poster advertising views of the Schneider Trophy race from on board the cruise ship Colombie on 12 September 1931 in Spithead Harbour

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 - 1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer, one of the very few people to have contributed significantly to the development of both lighter-than-air

Paul Raineys African Hunt
Promotional postcard for Paul Raineys African Hunt. Rainey was active with the American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, the New York Zoological Society

Flora and Gill pursued by their enemy Luzbel, Mexico -- originally an illustration for a magicians programme. circa 1900

Mucuna with insects in different life stages
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726

WW2 poster, Britains Aircraft Exhibition, London
WW2 Ministry of Information poster, Britains Aircraft Exhibition, on the John Lewis bombed site, Oxford Street, London W1. Admission free

Exocoetus exiliens, or Greater Flying Fish. Date: 1865

RAF Abu Sueir football match, near Ismailia, Egypt
View from behind the goal during an RAF Abu Sueir football match, near Ismailia, Egypt, 18 January 1925. The teams were No. 4 Flying Training School and the 15/19 Kings Royal Hussars

WW1 poster, Imperial Maritime League, Keep the Flag Flying, persuading British Women and British Girls not to condone the behaviour of men who do not enlist. Date: 1914-1918

WW1 - Patrolled U-Boat over Heligoland, German Islands
WW1 - An illustration showing two air-crafts patrolling over Heligoland. From their aeroplanes, they observe a U-Boat hidden in the rough waters of the North Sea. Date: 1915

Vought F4U-1 Corsair -these of US Marine Fighting Squadron 323 in Pacific, 31 Dec 1944 Because of delays in flying the type from carriers, the Marines were first user

Sopwith T1 Cuckoo single-seat torpedo bomber. It was a carrier-borne machine with wheels in place of floats, first flown in June 1917

Savoia Marchetti SM84 -this flawed replacement for the SM 79 is seen here converted to a transport and flying in Hungarian markings

Junkers Ju 86R -though not many built, this high flying reconnaissance version was virtually unassailable through the early war years

Lockheed L1011 Tristar Air Canada flying

Hawker Hurricane 1A, flying, No87 Squadron RAF in France, 1940

Boeing B-17F quartet (forward view, flying)

Boeing B-17G flying, from above

English Electric Lightning F. 1A 111 Squadron RAF Farnborough
English Electric Lightning F.1A of 111 Squadron RAF on static display at Farnborough Air Show on 1 September 1961 Date: 1961

Douglas DC-3 G-AGNG BOAC in flight
Douglas DC-3 G-AGNG of BOAC in flight Date: circa 1950

Douglas DC-3 G-AGHJ Nigeria Airways LAP 1960
Douglas DC-3 G-AGHJ of Nigeria Airways at London Airport in September 1960 Date: 1960

Douglas Dakota KJ994 RAF Turnhouse 1958
Douglas Dakota KJ994 of the Royal Air Force at Turnhouse on 8 October 1958 Date: 1958

Douglas C-47 N17 Fa + US Embassy Dakar 1961
Douglas C-47 N17 of the Fa and used by the US Embassy in Dakar in January 1961 Date: 1961

Douglas C-47 N21795 Colonial Airlines La Guardia 1955
Douglas C-47 N21795 of Colonial Airlines at La Guardia on 2 May 1955 Date: 1955

Vickers VC10 C1 XR810 10 Sqn RAF San Francisco 1968
Vickers VC10 C1 XR810 of 10 Squadron RAF Transport Command at San Francisco Airport in 1968 Date: 1968

Vickers VC10 K3 ZA147 101 Squadron RAF ex BOAC Brize Norton
Vickers VC10 K3 ZA147 101 Squadron RAF ex BOAC at Brize Norton, circa 2000 Date: circa 2000

Vickers Viscount II VH-RML Ansett-ANA Essendon 1969
Vickers Viscount II VH-RML of Ansett-ANA at Essendon in December 1969 Date: 1969

Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde G-AXDN Farnborough 1974
Aerospatiale - BAC Concorde G-AXDN taking off at Farnborough Air Show in September 1974 Date: 1974

Convair CV880M VR-HGA Cathay Pacific Tokyo Haneda 1968
Convair CV880M VR-HGA of Cathay Pacific at Tokyo Haneda on 9 September 1968 Date: 1968

Convair CV880M VR-HFT Cathay Pacific Kai Tak Hong Kong 1965
Convair CV880M VR-HFT of Cathay Pacific at Hong Kong on 26 February 1965 Date: 1965

Folland Gnat RAF Red Arrows formation red smoke
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows Folland Gnats close formation with red smoke Date: circa 1977

Douglas C-47 6W-SAC Senegal Air Force Le Bourget 1963
Douglas C-47 6W-SAC of the Senegal Air Force at Le Bourget in 1963 Date: 1963

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA Ghana Airways LAP 1961
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA of Ghana Airways at London Airport in 1961 Date: 1961

De Havilland Comet 4C G-BDIX Dan-Air London c 1976
De Havilland Comet 4C G-BDIX Dan-Air London, ex RAF 216 Sqn, at London Gatwick 1976 Date: circa 1976

British Aerospace EAP ZF534 cockpit Farnborough 1986
British Aerospace EAP ZF534 single prototype, test and development aircraft for the future Eurofighter Typhoon programme, showing the cockpit at Farnborough Air Show in September 1986 Date: 1986

Bristol Britannia C1 XL636 511 Sqn RAF Gatow 1967
Bristol Britannia C1 XL636 of 511 Sqn, RAF at Gatow, Germany in 1967 Date: 1967

English Electric Lightning F. 3 XR719 56 Sqn RAF Lakenheath 1
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR719 of 56 Squadron RAF at Lakenheath on 22 May 1965 Date: 1965

Folland Gnats Red Arrows take off Finningley 1977
RAFAT Two Folland Gnats from RAF Red Arrows preparing for take off at Finningley in July 1977 Date: 1977

English Electric Lightning F. 1 XM167 74 Squadron RAF
Flight Lieutenant George Black in English Electric Lightning F.1 XM167 of 74 Squadron RAF at Farnborough Air Show in September 1961 Date: 1961

English Electric Lightning F. 1 XM166 74 Squadron RAF
English Electric Lightning F.1 XM166 of 74 Squadron RAF takes off at Farnborough Air Show on 6 September 1962 Date: 1962

De Havilland Canada Beaver floatplane CF-ODA OPAS Toronto
De Havilland Canada Beaver floatplane CF-ODA of Ontario Provincial Air Service at Toronto Island on 26 May1960 Date: 1960

WW1 - WaCS (Air Force Auxiliaries) - No. 2 RFC Cadet Wing
WW1 - A slightly patronisingly-captioned set of images of WaCS (Air Force Auxiliaries) of No.2 Royal Flying Corp (RFC) Cadet Wing. Date: 1917

Steam locomotive, The Flying Dutchman
Steam locomotive 70018, The Flying Dutchman, pulling the Red Dragon express. Date: circa 1960s

WW2 Valentines Day card, RAF plane flying over houses. Date: circa 1942

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