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Prone Collection

Background imageProne Collection: A spectre rising from the prone body of a knight in armour

A spectre rising from the prone body of a knight in armour. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from The Tournament, or Days of Chivalry, William Sams

Background imageProne Collection: Regency man with a cudgel riding a horse prone to tumbling

Regency man with a cudgel riding a horse prone to tumbling. In the background, a woman falls off a horse with panniers. The Tumbler, or its Affinities

Background imageProne Collection: Nursery plate hand-painted - design by Daisy Makeig-Jones

Nursery plate hand-painted - design by Daisy Makeig-Jones
Wedgewood Etruria, England. Nursery plate hand-painted with design by Daisy Makeig-Jones. Shows flying rowing boat, soldiers and figure lying prone on ground and an animal

Background imageProne Collection: SIAI Marchetti SM93 -this Italian attempt at a Ju 87 S

SIAI Marchetti SM93 -this Italian attempt at a Ju 87 Stuka replacement used a prone pilot position and was tested by the Luftwaffe

Background imageProne Collection: Addressing a Parcel

Addressing a Parcel
If you have occasion to write an address on a parcel, it will prove much easier and less prone to error if it is written in pencil first. Date: 1940s

Background imageProne Collection: Soldiers drilling 1914

Soldiers drilling 1914
Soldiers drilling in a Hull street, watched by members of the public August 1914

Background imageProne Collection: Gloster Meteor F8 WK935

Gloster Meteor F8 WK935
Gloster Meteor F8, WK935, was used by the RAE Farnborough for prone-pilot trials

Background imageProne Collection: AKRON CRASHES 1933

AKRON CRASHES 1933
AKRON : always accident- prone, the American airship is caught in a storm and plunges into the sea, never to emerge... Date: 1933

Background imageProne Collection: Wilbur in prone position in damaged machine, on ground after

Wilbur in prone position in damaged machine, on ground after unsuccessful trial of December 14, 1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Photographs shows the shadow cast by the photographer. Date 1903 Dec

Background imageProne Collection: Wilbur Wright in prone position on glider just after landing

Wilbur Wright in prone position on glider just after landing, its skid marks visible behind it and, in the foreground, skid marks from a previous landing; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1901

Background imageProne Collection: Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end o

Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Background imageProne Collection: Airsickness ?

Airsickness ?
The prudent pilot should inquire before take-off whether his passenger is prone to airsickness : once airborne, it may be too late to avoid unpleasantness


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