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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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
Richthofen and members of the JagdstaffelCaptain Baron von Richthofen, German flying ace, responsible for bringing down 80 Allied planes during World War One, pictured here with members of Jagdstaffel 5 around a Fokker plane after his 62nd
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
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
Pilots cockpit of a spitfire 1940Cockpit, with its amazing array of dials, is the epitome of intensive mechanical warfare. 1940
Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille LafayetteFour Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette, formed of French commanded American volunteer pilots. The squadron was formed in April 1916
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
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
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
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) made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919.[1] They flew a modified World War I Vickers Vimy bomber
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
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
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. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal
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. Barnard presents Indias First Aerial Pageant, with passenger flights in the famous monoplane Spider, parachute descents, daring acrobatics by famous pilots
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
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
Mother and son riding a Rytecraft Scoota-boat - LlandudnoMother and son riding a Rytecraft Scoota-boat - a wooden plywood motor boat at the Fairground - Tusons Scoota Boats - Llandudno, Wales
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