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Churchills praise for RAF Pilots" Never was so much owed by so many to so few" - Prime Minister Winston Churchill from a speech made on 20th August 1940
Mercury 7 AstronautsThe Mercury Project astronauts standing beside a 106-B plane. (l to r) Ms Carpenter, L G Cooper, John H Glenn, V I Grissom, Walter M Schirra, Alan B Shepard and D K Slayton
Wartime poster of Churchills famous words: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few, referring to the pilots of the Royal Air Force, fighting the Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing two pilots in flight, with other planes in the background. 1936
Propaganda poster: prime ministers statementSecond world war propaganda poster. Above a photograph of five brave airmen is a quotation from the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill: Never was so much owed by so many to so few
National Air Safety Committee PosterPoster, National Air Safety Committee, providing instructions to new pilots -- please help to keep flying safe. 1933
Supermarine test pilots at High Post Aerodrome in March?Supermarine test pilots at High Post Aerodrome in March 1946: From left: Flt Lt P. Wigley DFC, Sqn Ldr W.J.G. Morgan DFC, Lt Cdr Jeffrey K. Quill AFC, Chief Test Pilot; Flt Lt Leslie R
WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941
Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the Central Aircraft Co at Northolt, having just obtained her pilot?s certificate, becoming the first Australian woman to do so on 15 November 1919
Flight simulator in use, RAF Lyneham, WiltshireA flight simulator in use at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire. Before computers, flight simulators used actual models of different airfields in order to train pilots
The Battle of BritainA circular painting depicting the brave men of the Royal Airforce on the ground and in action during the Battle of Briatin
The pilots of a Heinkel He111
Pilots view from the Concorde simulator at BAC Filton. July 1977. Date: 1977
Imperial Airways Poster, Travel Luxuriously in the Worlds largest air liners, serving Europe, Africa, India and the Far East. Showing two pilots in the cockpit of a Heracles, and passengers boarding
CONCORDE 002 FLIES 1969Brian Trubshaw pilots the British-built Supersonic transport aircraft, Concorde 002 on its maiden flight from Filton to Fairford, seven years before entering service. Date: 9 April 1969
The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, book coverTHE FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY, a book by Donald E Keyhoe. The cover shows two airline pilots sighting a flying saucer through their cockpit window
The new R. A. F. Centrifuge 1955Testing the effects of gravitational stresses experienced by pilots at high speeds: the new R.A.F. centrifuge at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough, Hampshire
Sopwith Camel biplanes on an airfield, WW1A long line of Sopwith Camel biplanes of No. 148 Aero Squadron USAS (United States Air Service) on an airfield during the First World War, with pilots and ground crew. Date: 8 August 1918
Richthofen and members of the JagdstaffelCaptain Baron von Richthofen, German flying ace, responsible for bringing down 80 Allied planes during World War One
Pilots cockpit of a spitfire 1940Cockpit, with its amazing array of dials, is the epitome of intensive mechanical warfare. 1940
Sketch cover featuring Amelia Earhart by Olive SnellPortrait of pioneering American aviator, Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937) by society portraitist Olive Snell on the front cover of The Sketch magazine. Date: 1928
Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille LafayetteFour Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette, formed of French commanded American volunteer pilots
Fokker Dr I with Pfalz D III in backgroundFokker Dr I German fighter triplane with a Pfalz D III in the background. The Fokkers pilot prepares for takeoff, with a mechanic ready to swing the propeller and two more in attendance
Cartoon, the French aviator as hero, WW1Cartoon, the French aviator as hero -- everyone admires him! Date: 1915
Two men at the controls of a Sunderland flying boatTwo men (second fitter and rigger) at the controls of a Sunderland Mark I flying boat and bomber, used by RAF 230 Squadron during the Second World War. Date: circa 1938
Handley Page V / 1500 F7140 Atlantic after the crashHandley Page V/1500, F7140, Atlantic, after the crash at Parrsboro, NS, showing the damaged pilots seat from which Brackles had a narrow escape
Mrs Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks, the second woman to obtain a Royal Aero Club Pilots Certificate, Number 153 (awarded on 7 November 1911), at Hendon. Date: 1911
Air Scouts learning to glideTwo Scouts sit in a Slingsby T.21 while another Scout connects it to a cable prior to launch at the first Air Scout Gliding Course at Lasham. An Avro York G-ANTK can also be seen in the background
Alcock and Brown - AviatorsBritish aviators John Alcock (1892 - 1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886 1948)
French Air Force PosterPoster advertising for pilots to join the French Air Force from the age of 17 years
Croydon Aerodrome is Britains largest and most prestigious airport, with regular flights to the European Continent. Note the wind-sock which tells pilots the prevailing wind
German Pilots BriefedGerman pilots attend last briefing before a mission - aircraft in background is a Stuka
Commander Samson with other British airmen, WW1Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 5 February 1931), British naval aviation pioneer
Advert for the recruitment of men for the RAF 1941Fly with the RAF. Volunteer now! Heres the chance you ve been waiting for - to fly with the R.A.F be a pilot (age 18 - 30), Air Observer (18 - 32) or wireless operator/air gunner (18 - 32)
Poster, Indias First Aerial PageantPoster, Captain C. D
WW1 - Georges Guynemer in his SPADGeorges Guynemer (1894-1917) - popular hero and an airman of distinction, Guynemer won many medals in his prolific career. Photograph published in September 1917
Futuristic fast food stops on the Channel crossingA futuristic scene showing fast food stops for aeroplane pilots on the Channel crossing
Scott Black and Campbell Black, British Airmen Pilots winners of McRobertson London to Melbourne Centenary Air Race, 1934 in a De Haviland Comet Date: 1934
Westland Lynx AH.7 ZD560Empire Test Pilot's School - Westland Lynx AH.7 ZD560 (msn 333), at RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo on 22 July 1989. Date: 1989
Sir Ross Smith, Australian aviator, who with his brother, Sir Keith Smith, were the first pilots to fly from England to Australia - Romantic Stories of Air Heroes, 1937
Sir Keith Smith, Australian aviator, who with his brother, Sir Ross Smith, were the first pilots to fly from England to Australia - Romantic Stories of Air Heroes, 1937
Hawker Siddeley P.1127 Kestrel FGA.1 XS689Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley P.1127 Kestrel FGA.1 XS689 (msn to 64-18263, NASA521), of the Tri-Partite Evaluation Squadron at RAF West Raynham in September 1965
Tee Emm Pilots Notes Spoof Ads - Watneys - Royal Air Force Training Memoranda Tee Emm. Date: 1945
Tee Emm Pilots Notes Spoof Ads - Bovril - Royal Air Force Training Memoranda Tee Emm. Date: 1944
Tee Emm Pilots Notes Spoof Ads - Allenburys Foods - Royal Air Force Training Memoranda Tee Emm. Date: 1943
Scottish Aviation Training For Pilots & Navigators - Scottish Aviation Ltd. Date: 1939
Air Transport College Coaching For Professional Pilots Licences - Air Transport College Ltd. Date: 1947
Air Service Training. AST Flying Training. Pilots Navigators - Air Service Training Ltd. Date: 1939
The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Presents For Pilots - The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company. Date: 1917
U.S. Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association. AOPA 1942 - Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association. Date: 1942
Triplex Safety Glass Saves Pilots Eyes From Shrapnel - Triplex Safety Glass Co Ltd. Date: 1917
Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a vis?Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School during a visit to Rotol Ltd, Gloucester. Capt N.F. Harrison, DSO, SaF, extreme right; and H. Read, Rotol Instruction School, in civilian dress
Brothers Maurice, left, and Joseph ?Mutt? Summers, Vick?Brothers Maurice, left, and Joseph ?Mutt? Summers, Vickers test pilots, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
Poster, Churchills praise for RAF PilotsPoster, Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Prime Minister Winston Churchill from a speech made on 20 August 1940
Group Captain Wilson?s team from the Empire Test Pilots? School at Cranfield visited A. V. Roe and Co Ltd on 19 November 1945. From left: P. Kidson, Avro; R.E. Clear, Airspeed; Sqn Ldr E
From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and?From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and Sydney Albert ?Bill? Thorn with Avro?s chief designer, Roy Chadwick, alongside Avro Tudor 2, G-ASSU, March 1946. Date: 1946
General Dynamics F-16B Fighting Falcon 93-0825United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-16B Fighting Falcon 93-0825 (MSN TB-4) of the 21st FS, 56th FW, at Luke AFB on 14 December 1996
L.V.G B.IIDie Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches - L.V.G B.II with student pilots at a training school. (L.V.G)
SOP. 1E.2Aviation Militaire - SOP. 1E.2 two-seat trainer, with student pilots. One of many hundreds licence-built in France, in reconnaissance (Sop. 1A.2), bomber (Sop. 1B.2), single-seat bomber (Sop)
Aermacchi AL.60C-4 Trojan I-MACP (msn 6231), a new version with 340 hp Lycoming GSO-480-B1 engine, tail wheel landing gear, separate pilot's door and enlarged vertical tail
Diamond DA42-MPP Twin Star QQ103QinetiQ - Diamond DA42-MPP Twin Star QQ103 (msn 42.255, ex G-LTPA, to G-ETPM), for the Empire Test Pilots School. Date: 2017
BAC 1-11 Srs.479FU ZE432Empire Test Pilot's School - BAC 1-11 Srs.479FU ZE432 (msn BAC.250, ex DQ-FBV) Date: circa 2000
Bolkow Bo 209 Monsun G-AZVCBolkow Bo 209-160FV Monsun G-AZVC (msn 188)
Royal Netherlands Air Force - Northrop NF-5B K-3010Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Klu)) - Northrop NF-5A K-3010 (msn 3010) of 316 Squadron
HMS Indomitable and Supermarine Seafires probably 1940s
British biplane dropping a torpedo during WW1
William Reefe Robinson VC RFC during WW1
Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier and biplanes possibly 1920s
RNAS Airmen early 1900s
Hydroplane during WW1
Hydroplane early 1900s
Adolphe Pegoud WW1 Ace early 1900s
Burgess-Dunne D, 2 AH-7United States Navy - Burgess-Dunne D, 2 AH-7, after the addition of a nacelle around the pilots. Date: circa 1915
Hawker Siddeley Andover C. 1 XS606Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1 XS606 (msn Set 13), of the Empire Test Pilot's School. Date: circa 1990
Pilots Etienne Poulet and Jean Benoist Coudron G-4 airplane attempted flight Paris to Australia Oct 1919 but abandoned in Burma - French postcard Date: 1919
A Pilot cobble being towed by a ship in 1907 Date: 1907
Porte and Pirie Glider early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Bristol Scout A biplane early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Coventry Ordnance Biplane 1912 Date: 1912
AVRO Duigan Biplane, Humber Works, Coventry early 1900s Date: circa 1900s