Pilots Collection (page 10)

Eastern aviators in the Far East, with aeroplane
A large group of Eastern aviators in the Far East, posing for their photo in a field, in front of an aeroplane

World War One aviation group
A World War One aviation group, in uniform. The officers sit on the front row, and the men stand behind

French British cooperation WWII
A group of French and British pilots study an operational chart during World War II

An RAF mess hall
RAF mess hall during the Second World War. Pencil sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Pilots socialising WWII
Young pilots far outnumber the girls during World War II

Pilot and co-pilot - Equipage II
The cockpit of a large airliner with pilot and co-pilot. Poster issued by Le Secretariat General a la Defense Aerienne

Andre Beaumont, winner of the Great Air Race
Andre Beaumont of the French Navy, winner of the Great Air Race, also known as the Round Britain Air Race, covering 1000 miles in five days (22-26 July). Twenty pilots took part

Jules Vedrines, second in Great Air Race
Jules Charles Toussaint Vedrines (1881-1919), French aviator who came a close second in the Great Air Race, also known as the Round Britain Air Race, covering 1000 miles in five days (22-26 July)

Colonel Billy Bishop VC with German air aces
Air Marshal William Avery Bishop (1894 - 1956) VC, Canadian First World War flying ace, being toasted at a gathering of air aces in Berlin where he was guest of honour

Captured Focke-Wulf 190, Britain; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a captured German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter-bomber aeroplane, painted in Royal Air Force markings, 1944. During the Second World War

Captured Messerschmitt 109G, Britain; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a captured German Messerschmitt 109G fighter aeroplane, painted in Royal Air Force markings, 1944. During the Second World War

Ufos / Books / Cove
Gordon Cove WHO PILOTS THE FLYING SAUCERS ? English book tells us that they are celestial warnings of imminent catastrophe

Changing Pilots / Fiction
Changing Pilots by Ruby M Ayres

Soviet Allegiance Oath
Soviet pilots swear their oath of allegiance

Soviet Pilots Re-Enact
Soviet pilots at Murmansk recall their dog-fight with German aircraft, in which they were evidently the victors

French Warplanes at Base
French SPAD fighters on the ground at an airfield; these are probably the finest aircraft of the war, flown successfully by such pilots as Guynemer

German Loads up Grenades
A German fighter plane loads up with hand-grenades before a mission

Max Immelmann, Air Ace
MAX IMMELMANN Known today for his " Immelmann turn" manoeuvre, the German was a master of dogfight tactics

Jean Marie Navarre, 1916
JEAN MARIE NAVARRE The first French air ace and known as a solitary hunter, Navarre was a skilful pilot of the Nieuport aircraft

Rene Fonck, Air Ace
RENE FONCK Famous French air ace who once declared " I put my bullets into the target as if I placed them there by hand"

Charles Nungesser
CHARLES NUNGESSER French WWI pilot (1892-1927)

Lieutenant Warenford, Vc
REX WARNEFORD Having heroically downed a Zeppelin in 1915, Warneford won the Victora Cross and Legion D Honneur

GUYNEMERs SPAD 1916
French ace Georges-Marie Guynemers SPAD-VII fighter on which he has shot down many of the 53 enemy aircraft with which he is credited : at Manoncourt airfield

Mccurdys Silver Dart
Canadian aviator J A D McCurdy pilots the Aerial Experiment Associations biplane Silver Dart designed by himself : he makes several successful flights

Futuristic submarine yachting. The pilot sits in a raised section with a glass window

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