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Background imagePiloted Collection: Modified de Havilland Mosquito FBVI LR359

Modified de Havilland Mosquito FBVI LR359
Modified de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, LR359, which made the first twin-engined carrier-borne landing on to HMS Indefatigable on 25 March 1944 piloted by Lt Cdr Eric Brown. Date: 1944

Background imagePiloted Collection: Arthur Whitten Brown

Arthur Whitten Brown
Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, he was the navigator of the first direct transatlantic flight in June 1919 piloted by Captain John Alcock

Background imagePiloted Collection: Thunderbirds number 1 - North American F-100C Super Sabre

Thunderbirds number 1 - North American F-100C Super Sabre
United States Air Force Thunderbirds number 1 - North American F-100C-10-NH Super Sabre 55-2723, piloted by Major Bob Fitzgerald. Date: circa 1960

Background imagePiloted Collection: Royal Aircraft Factory BE2a on Port Meadow, Oxford

Royal Aircraft Factory BE2a on Port Meadow, Oxford, piloted by an officer of No2 Squadron from Montrose to Netheravon

Background imagePiloted Collection: Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789

Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789 ( Percival P.46 G-AMBL), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. The High Lift was a one-off experimental, flying test-bed for the system of slotted flaps invented by R.T

Background imagePiloted Collection: de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 2 G-ANAR

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 2 G-ANAR (msn 80) at the 1958 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. The prototype Beaver 2 was built in Canada and first flew at Downsview, piloted by George Neal

Background imagePiloted Collection: Hawker Siddeley Dominie T. 1 XS710

Hawker Siddeley Dominie T. 1 XS710
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1 XS710 (msn 25012), from RAF Strubby in March 1966. View in the cockpit, during flight, piloted by Jim Perry and Dave Lord. Date: 1966

Background imagePiloted Collection: The Wedding of the World Champion Sculler Mr George Towns to Miss Amy Roslyn Harding at

The Wedding of the World Champion Sculler Mr George Towns to Miss Amy Roslyn Harding at Southsea, prior to Towns return to his native Australia

Background imagePiloted Collection: Royal Aircraft Factory RE. 8 prototype 7996

Royal Aircraft Factory RE. 8 prototype 7996
Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 prototype 7996; first flown on 17 June 1916, piloted by Frank Gooden and closely followed by the second prototype 7997 on 5 July 1916. Date: 1916

Background imagePiloted Collection: The first de Havilland DH. 112 Venom prototype - VV612

The first de Havilland DH. 112 Venom prototype - VV612
The de Havilland DH.112 Venom - a British post-war single-engined jet aircraft developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company

Background imagePiloted Collection: Vickers Viscount 630, G-AHRF 1st prototype

Vickers Viscount 630, G-AHRF 1st prototype
The first prototype Vickers Viscount 630, G-AHRF, seen here on the grass airfield at Wisley. A British medium-range turboprop airliner

Background imagePiloted Collection: Chilton DW. 1 G-AFGI

Chilton DW. 1 G-AFGI
Chilton DW.1 G-AFGI, race number 7, at Shoreham for the for the South Coast Air Race, piloted by H.M. Kendall, which he won by a large margin, to the chagrin of the handicappers. Date: 1951

Background imagePiloted Collection: French Aeroplane Fantasy card of circa 1915

French Aeroplane Fantasy card of circa 1915, featuring an early monoplane flying over a wishy-washly landscape, piloted by a very young child!! Date: 1916

Background imagePiloted Collection: Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, G-EBJQ

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, G-EBJQ, flew in the 1924 King?s Cup Race piloted by Flt Lt H.W.G. Jones

Background imagePiloted Collection: Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin

Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin
Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI (11) mission space flown lapel pin. An incredible piece of Apollo 11 flown history, Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon

Background imagePiloted Collection: Culver PQ-14 near B-29 tail -this diminutive lightplane

Culver PQ-14 near B-29 tail -this diminutive lightplane was normally operated as a target drone, but could be piloted

Background imagePiloted Collection: Hermann Lang on the twelve-cylinder Mercedes-Benz

Hermann Lang on the twelve-cylinder Mercedes-Benz
Hermann Lang on the twelve-cylinder, 490 bhp, 3 litre Mercedes-Benz with which in 1939 he made the fastest timed laps of four Grand Prix circuits with an astonishing peak of 117.5 mph in practice for

Background imagePiloted Collection: French Concorde Flies

French Concorde Flies
The French prototype Concorde 001, piloted by Andre Turcat, takes off on its first flight at Toulouse, a co-production of Sud-Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation. Date: 2 March 1969

Background imagePiloted Collection: Europe to America in 45 minutes by G. H. Davis

Europe to America in 45 minutes by G. H. Davis
Not a Wellsian fantasy, but an actual project in preparation by Germany: Europe to America in 45 minutes. Drawings of a long-range rocket designed in Germany during the Second World War

Background imagePiloted Collection: Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, G-EBJQ, flew in the 1924?

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, G-EBJQ, flew in the 1924?
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, G-EBJQ, flew in the 1924 King?s Cup Race piloted by Flt Lt H.W.G. Jones

Background imagePiloted Collection: Lt Col Orde Lees 103rd drop made from an aeroplane pilot?

Lt Col Orde Lees 103rd drop made from an aeroplane pilot?
Lt Col Orde Lees 103rd drop made from an aeroplane piloted by a Japanese aviator, June 1922

Background imagePiloted Collection: The Short S38, piloted by Commander Charles Rumney Samson

The Short S38, piloted by Commander Charles Rumney Samson, leaves the the launching ramp on HMS Hibernia at Weymouth on 9 May 1912 for the first flight from a ship underway in Great Britain

Background imagePiloted Collection: Fieseler Fi103R piloted bomb

Fieseler Fi103R piloted bomb

Background imagePiloted Collection: The maiden flight of the first Avro Shackleton MR1 VW126

The maiden flight of the first Avro Shackleton MR1 VW126
The maiden flight of the first Avro Shackleton MR1, VW126, took place at Woodford on 9 March 1949 piloted by Jimmy Orrell. Date: 1949

Background imagePiloted Collection: Maiden flight of the first North American F-100D Super Sabre

Maiden flight of the first North American F-100D Super Sabre
The maiden flight of the first Avro Shackleton MR1, VW126, took place at Woodford on 9 March 1949 piloted by Jimmy Orrell. Date: 1949

Background imagePiloted Collection: British-built Deperdussin monoplane

British-built Deperdussin monoplane powered by a 100hp Anzani, entered for the British Military Aircraft Competition, August 1912, piloted by J.C. Porte. It won a 500 prize. Date: 1912

Background imagePiloted Collection: The first Short SC1 XG900 landing

The first Short SC1 XG900 landing
The first Short SC1, XG900, landing at the end of its first flight piloted by Tom Brooke-Smith. Boscombe Down, 2 April 1957. Date: 1957

Background imagePiloted Collection: The Pika A93-2 a piloted test version of the Jindivik

The Pika A93-2 a piloted test version of the Jindivik
The Pika, A93-2, a piloted test version of the Jindivik

Background imagePiloted Collection: Hot-air balloon piloted by Lunardi, which took

Hot-air balloon piloted by Lunardi, which took of from Buen Retiro Gardens on 12th August 1792 in the presence of Ferdinand VII of Spain. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imagePiloted Collection: Damaged machine to the right of the launching track at the e

Damaged machine to the right of the launching track at the end of flight 31, piloted by Orville. The tall, white-shirted man in the foreground may be Charles E

Background imagePiloted Collection: Bernhardt / Sais Tout 1905

Bernhardt / Sais Tout 1905
SARAH BERNHARDT French actress flying over Paris in a balloon, piloted by Godard Date: 1845 - 1923

Background imagePiloted Collection: Lucifer Monoplane in the Aerial Derby Handicap, 1922

Lucifer Monoplane in the Aerial Derby Handicap, 1922
Photograph showing a Lucifer monoplane, piloted by L.L. Carter, crossing the line to take first place in the Aerial Derby Handicap Race, Croydon, 1922

Background imagePiloted Collection: W H B Evans - Cricketer

W H B Evans - Cricketer
W H B Evans - cricketer for Oxford & Hampshire. Died tragically in an aviation accident along with Samuel Cody in 1913 when the plane (piloted by Cody) crashed

Background imagePiloted Collection: Nungessers Attempt - 3

Nungessers Attempt - 3
The Oiseau Blanc ( White Bird ) piloted by French WW1 air ace Charles Nungesser, with colleague Coli, at Paris before their fatal attempt to fly the Atlantic, never explained

Background imagePiloted Collection: Nungessers Attempt - 2

Nungessers Attempt - 2
The Oiseau Blanc ( White Bird ) piloted by French WW1 air ace Charles Nungesser, with colleague Coli, before their attempt to fly the Atlantic : they will vanish at sea or in Maine

Background imagePiloted Collection: Vincenzo Lunardi

Vincenzo Lunardi
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian Diplomat who piloted the first balloon flight in England in 1783 at Moorfields in London. Balloon later exhibited at the Pantheon

Background imagePiloted Collection: Farman Biplane / Sommer

Farman Biplane / Sommer
At the Port D Aviation, Paris, during the Grand Quinzaine (fortnight) a Farman biplane is piloted by noted aviator Roger Sommer

Background imagePiloted Collection: Bruno Mussolini Flies

Bruno Mussolini Flies
Two Italian aircraft, one of them piloted by Bruno Mussolini, Il Duces son, fly to Brazil where they are received with great applause

Background imagePiloted Collection: LEGAY AVIETTE 1920

LEGAY AVIETTE 1920
Competing for the Prix Peugeot at Longchamps, Paris, is the man-powered aviette of Legay, piloted by Jacques Noel who must pedal furiously to turn those twin propellers

Background imagePiloted Collection: Deperdussin Monoplane

Deperdussin Monoplane
A supremely elegant design from one of the great French pioneers : piloted here by Vergnieault



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