Pilot Collection (page 20)

French Aviator - Chanteloup
French Aviator - Pierre Chanteloup (1890-1976). Date: circa 1910s

Jaffa, Israel - The Pilot guiding shipping through the rocks. Date: 1911

Edward, Prince of Wales - Calshot - Schneider Trophy
Edward, Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) (1894-1972) - with British Pilots at Calshot. The September 1929 Schneider Trophy contest at Calshot was won by H R D Waghorn

Turkish Military parade - Holding gliders Date: circa 1935

Curtiss P40 Warhawk Fighter Aircraft - WWII
Pilot getting into the cockpit of his RAF North American P-51 Mustang. It was first flown operationally by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber

Memorial to Charles Rolls at Monmouth
Memorial to Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910) at Agincourt Square, Monmouth. Rolls was a motoring and aviation pioneer and (somewhat ironically), the first Briton to be killed in a fliying accident

C J Jimmy Melrose the Australian pilot
C.J. Jimmy Melrose the Australian pilot of de Havilland DH80 Puss Moth, VH-UQO, My Hildegarde, in the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

C W A Scott making a speech at Croydon
C.W.A. Scott making a speech at Croydon after winning the Schlesinger Portsmouth to Johannesburg race. Co-pilot Giles Gutherie is left and Lady Connop Guthrie centre. October 1936

C W A Scott, left, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie
C.W.A. Scott, left, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie at Rand Airport after winning the Schlesinger Portsmouth to Johannesburg race

C W A Scott, right, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie
C.W.A. Scott, right, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie inspect their Percival Vega Gull, G-AEKE, prior to the start of the Schlesinger Portsmouth to Johannesburg race

Avro From left: Roy Dobson, Sir John Higgins
Avro. From left: Roy Dobson, ?, Sir John Higgins, ?, H.A. Sam Brown, Chief Test Pilot; Frederick Basil Tomkins, Test Pilot and Roy Chadwick, Chief Designer

First prototype of the Sopwith Triplane, N500, at RNAS Chingford. The pilot is Flt Lt Hardstaff, an Admiralty Test Pilot

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail prize
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

From left: H W R Fedden, chief engineer
From left: H.W.R. Fedden, chief engineer and engine designer, Bristol Aeroplane Co; Capt Cyril Uwins, chief pilot, Bristol Aeroplane Co and R.K

On my signal - Painting by Andrew McGeachy
On my signal - an early monoplane awaiting taxi and takeoff. The ground crew awaiting the final signal from the pilot. Date: circa 1910

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1000
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

J T C Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1000 prize
J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British aeroplane in the Short Biplane No2 at Leysdown in

Tom Brooke-Smith Chief Test Pilot Short Brothers
Tom Brooke-Smith, Chief Test Pilot, Short Brothers, 1948 to 1960, in the Short SC1. Date: 1948

W R Murray Chief Test Pilot takes Kaman K-225 125477
W.R. Murray, Chief Test Pilot, takes Kaman K-225, 125477, equipped with a Boeing 502-2 on its first flight becoming the worlds first gas turbine-powered helicopter. 10 December 1951. Date: 1951

Launching Bluebird at Bathurst. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

McCarthy Island (seed boat in river). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Natives repair tailplane (McCarthy Island). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Bluebird moored at Bathurst. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Aerial view of Dakar. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF, for a survey flight down the West African coast

River Gambia (reflections). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Casting off Bluebird at Bathurst. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Bluebird at Cape St Mary (Bathurst). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Cape Juby landing ground. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF, for a survey flight down the West African coast

Cape Juby Officers Quarters. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Bluebird at Freetown (Sierra Leone). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Bluebird on Baloma Mud Flats. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

French Senegal (typical country). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Villa Cisrejajajaja in Africa air view. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

French Senegal (north of McCarthy Island). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Cape Juby (petrol barrels). Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Repairing Bluebird at Bathurst. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF

Cape Juby W G Pudney
Cape Juby. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF, for a survey flight down the West African coast

Anne Burns (1915-2001)
Anne Burns, 1915-2001, aeronautical engineer and gliding pilot. Date: 1915

Jaguar S07 XW563 during its first flight on 12 June 1970
Jaguar S07, XW563, during its first flight on 12 June 1970 from Warton flown by Wg Cdr Jimmy Dell, BAC Preston Division Chief Test Pilot. Date: 1970

From the film Ferry Pilot - Philip Wills
From the film Ferry Pilot, Philip Wills, right, Director of Operations, Air Transport Auxiliary, in the Operations Room at White Waltham

Richard L Johnson dressed in an Air Force T-1 pressure suit
Dressed in an Air Force T-1 pressure suit, Richard L. Johnson, Convair F-102A chief test pilot, prepares for take-off at Edwards Air Force Base, California

Juan de la Cierva 1- Sir Samuel Hoare - Capt F F Courtney
From left: Juan de la Cierva, 1895-1936; Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Minister and Capt F.F. Courtney, pilot, following an autogyro demonstration at Farnborough. Date: 1936

Fred Rainham - Chief test pilot Avro
From left: Fred Rainham, chief tesdt pilot, Avro; Dr A.P. Thurston and Roy Chadwick, chief designer, A.V. Roe in front of the Avro 529 at Hamble prior to delivery to the RFC at Martlesham Heath

The first Bristol Scout No206 with the test pilot
The first Bristol Scout, No206, with the test pilot Harry R. Busteed

Test pilot Harry R Busteed in the Bristol-Coanda Monoplane
Test pilot Harry R. Busteed in the Bristol-Coanda Monoplane

Cyril Frank Uwins (1896-1972) chief test pilot Bristol Aero
Cyril Frank Uwins, 1896-1972, chief test pilot, Bristol Aeroplane Company. Date: 1972

Piasecki XHUP-1 hovering hands-off on the automatic pilot

Fernandez stand at the Salon Aeronautique in 1909. This aircraft flew at the aviation meeting at Rheims in 1909 but the designer/pilot was killed later in the year due to the failure of a wire in

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