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Balloon descent, Beuvri near Bethune, FranceView of the Plaine de Beuvri (or Beuvry) near the town of Bethune in Artois, north of Paris. Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin near a windmill
Balloon descent, Chateau de Beuvri, FranceBalloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin in front of the Chateau de Beuvry, near Bethune. They had ascended from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, earlier the same day
Balloon descent, Prairie de Nesle, FranceBalloon descent of Charles and Robert onto the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, surrounded by various witnesses, including an English gentleman, Mr Fares, who was the first to greet M Charles
Pioneers in the great religious reformation of the nineteenth century. Head-and-shoulders portraits of Thomas Campbell, B.W. Stone, Walter Scott, and A. Campbell. Date c1885
Marcel Paillette, an early French aviation pioneer in his biplane Sommer
Mr Morrison and his aeroplane at the Prudential Garage, King Street, Brighton
M. Paulhan, and early French aviation pioneer in a biplane
Alberto Santos Dumont in his aeroplane, La Demoiselle. He was an aviator, sportsman and Brazilian inventor
C. Grahame-White in an early aeroplaneClaude Grahame-White, an early English aviation pioneer
An early French aviation pioneer
M. Rougier flying an early biplane
Hubert Latham, early French aviation pioneerArthur Charles Hubert Latham, early French aviation pioneer with his aeroplane, Antoinette IV. He was one of the first aviation pioneers to attempt to cross the English channel
Colonel Cody, an early aviation pioneerColonel Samuel Franklin Cowdery (Cody), an early aviation pioneer from Davenport, Iowa (USA). He was the first man to conduct powered flight in Britain
The Wright Memorial - Kill Devil Hills, USAThe Wright Memorial (by night) - on the principal dune of the Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA. The site where The Wright Brothers undertook their first controlled
Macready and Kelly, non-stop coast to coast flight, USALieutenant John A Macready and Lieutenant Oakley G Kelly, who were awarded the Mackay Trophy for the first non-stop USA coast-to-coast flight
US Armys first plane, Fort Myer, Virginia, USAThe US Armys first plane, seen here with crew at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, after it had been equipped with wheels. It was the first successful aeroplane in the world, powered by a Wright B45 engine
Aviation competition at Rheims, 1909, Farman, Latham & PaulhPage from the Bystander reporting on the record flights made at Rheims Aviation Meeting in 1909. showing the winner, Henri Farman who flew 116 miles in 3 hours, 4 minutes
Gold Rush / AustraliaGOLD RUSH A group of prospecters discuss where to search next Date: 1850 s
Sturts Explorations in Australia - At Depot CreekCaptain Charles Sturt (1795 - 1869) - English explorer of Australia, part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent
People boarding a Transair aeroplane, ViennaA group of people boarding an aeroplane operated by Transair, in Vienna, Austria. (1 of 3)
People disembark from a Transair aeroplaneA group of people disembarking from an aeroplane operated by Transair, in Vienna, Austria. (2 of 3)
People boarding a small aeroplaneA group of people boarding a small aeroplane, operated by Charter Ltd of London. (2 of 3)
German troops WWIIGerman pioneers advancing into an abandoned French village during World War II, checking for mines and preparing for motorised vehicles
Achiet Marcoing Line 1917Pioneers constructing a slope on the Achiet Marcoing Line on the Western Front in France during World War I in November 1917
Early aviation artefactsA selection of early aviation artefacts associated with Louis Bleriot and Alcock & Brown. There are two pieces of wood from the plane in which Bleriot flew the English Channel in 1909
Hanways Umbrella / IlnJonas Hanway pioneers the first umbrella in London
A vaccination station in Connaught, IrelandDuring the late 19th and early 20th century, vaccinations were first introduced in controlling the spread of disease. This groundbreaking medical discovery was made by pioneers such as Pasteur has
Two N American TrappersTwo hunters of Nova Scotia with rifles, snowshoes and dog, discuss their best route home (2 of 2)
German Pontoon BridgeGerman pioneers build a pontoon bridge across a river
Montgolfier BrothersJACQUES-ETIENNE and JOSEPH- MICHEL MONTGOLFIER, French aviation pioneers
1st Madras Pioneers (India)
Racial / Trapper / CanadaA French-Canadian trapper Date: 19th century
Racial / Findley FounderFindley, the discoverer of Kentucky
Racial / Settler & WifeA settler stands ready with a gun outside his shack, with tin bath and washboard hung on the outside wall, while his wife comforts the baby
Racial / Frontier / CanadaA French Canadian frontiersman with rifle slung over his shoulder
Crossing the Plains 1869A wagon train makes its way across the Great Plains towards where the sun is sinking splendidly in the west
Deperdussin MonoplaneA supremely elegant design from one of the great French pioneers : piloted here by Vergnieault
Racial / Settler 1888An American settler poses with his gun, while his woman does the laundry
Transport / Flight / BalloonBallooning pioneers Charles and Robert land at Nesles, France
