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Monoplanes Collection

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Types of German aeroplanes, World War One

Types of German aeroplanes, World War One
Types of German aeroplanes flying over France and Belgium in the First World War, autumn 1914. A gathering of the doves of war at a German aerodrome

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Pangborns monoplane at Wenatchee, Washington State, USA

Pangborns monoplane at Wenatchee, Washington State, USA
Clyde Pangborns Bellanca Skyrocket monoplane, which he belly-landed at Wenatchee, Washington State, on 5 October 1931, to complete the first non-stop aeroplane flight between Japan and the USA

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Brighton, Hove & Worthing Municipal Airport, Sussex

Brighton, Hove & Worthing Municipal Airport, Sussex. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Junkers D I German fighter plane

Junkers D I German fighter plane photographed in a field in Belgium on 21 January 1919. Although left abandoned in the open for more than three months, it was still deemed to be basically airworthy

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Junkers J8 two-seat German prototype fighter plane

Junkers J8 two-seat German prototype fighter plane
Junkers J8 two-seat German prototype fighter monoplane. Work on it began in October 1917, with trials in 1918. It led to the production of the Junkers CI I. Date: circa 1917

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Fokker E III of Max Immelmann at Douai, France

Fokker E III of Max Immelmann at Douai, France
Fokker E III of the German pilot and ace Max Immelmann (1890-1916) at Douai, France, where his unit, KEK 3, was based. Date: circa 1915-1916

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: The Graphic Christmas Number 1914, front cover

The Graphic Christmas Number 1914, front cover
Front cover of The Graphic, 1914, its first Christmas number of the Great War, featuring two aeroplanes, the top one a German Taube, flying against a dark, ominous sky

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Air race

Air race
Biplanes and monoplanes in the air over the countryside. Date: circa 1915

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Insert of cover design, Popular Flying

Insert of cover design, Popular Flying
Insert reproduction of cover design, Popular Flying, the National Aviation Paper, July 1936. Running the Gauntlet(s), showing a Hawker Demon (with a Rolls Royce Kestrel engine) of 23F Squadron

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: LFG Roland D XVI German single seat fighter

LFG Roland D XVI German single seat fighter
LFG Roland D XVI German single seat parasol-winged fighter. Two were made and entered for fighter trials in October 1918. Seen here is the first of the two. Date: circa 1918

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Junkers D I prototype German single-seat fighter plane

Junkers D I prototype German single-seat fighter plane. Seen here is a pre-production machine completed at the end of April 1918

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Saluting the Vanquished Foe, WW1 in the air by C Clark

Saluting the Vanquished Foe, WW1 in the air by C Clark
A German monoplane, forced to descend with the British lines on the Western front. The plane was forced to alight owing to the tactics of the British aviators in the neighbourhood where the aerial

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Aeroplane in modern warfare by G. H. Davis

Aeroplane in modern warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in modern warfare: how the aeroplanes of the combatant powers have fared. Left: dropping bombs from an aeroplane onto massed troops below

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Bristol-Prier and Coanda Monoplanes on Salisbury Plain

Bristol-Prier and Coanda Monoplanes on Salisbury Plain

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Flanders Monoplanes

Flanders Monoplanes

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Bleriot monoplanes owned by Messrs Gilmore and Radley

Bleriot monoplanes owned by Messrs Gilmore and Radley
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Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Mr Morrison and his aeroplane at the Prudential Garage

Mr Morrison and his aeroplane at the Prudential Garage, King Street, Brighton

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Hubert Latham at Rheims, 1909 - the Bird Man in Full Flight

Hubert Latham at Rheims, 1909 - the Bird Man in Full Flight
Hubert Latham, pioneering French aviator seen in his bird like Antoinette monoplane at Reims in 1909. Latham recorded the second longest flight at the event, Henri Farman the longest. Date: 1909

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Page from An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil)

Page from An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil) for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes, the Miles Hawk Major, two-seater touring monoplane; the Monospar S.T

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: French Army Aircraft

French Army Aircraft
In their annual manoeuvres, the French army experiments with the use of monoplanes for reconnaissance purposes, bringing back information about the enemys whereabouts. Date: September 1910

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: An experimental monoplane

An experimental monoplane

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: The Ford Monoplane was used for Air Mail carrying

The Ford Monoplane was used for Air Mail carrying and was manufactured by a subsidiary company of the ford Motor Company. It was fitted with a 400 H.P. Liberty Engine

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: Paulhans monoplane, Bleriots model

Paulhans monoplane, Bleriots model, Los Angeles aviation meeting

Background imageMonoplanes Collection: BLERIOT 1910

BLERIOT 1910
The distinctive pigeon tail on this, one of the last Bleriot monoplanes, is a marked advance on the box-like tail-ends he has used till now


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