Propeller Collection (page 5)

Captain Georges Bellenger, early aviator
Captain Georges Bellenger (1878-1977), early aviator and pioneer who flew a Bleriot plane in 1911, and during WW1 served with the French 6th Army as an aviation officer. 1911

Berlin Blue Biplane 1932
The Berlin Blue passenger biplane, whose route was Paris - Lyons - Marseilles. Date: 1932

Cycloscaphe 1896
The CYCLOSCAPHE gives a new meaning to the phrase three men and a boat with its adaptation of the bicycle to boat propulsion, the pedals turning the propeller. Date: 1896

Santos-Dumont / Vfair 1901
ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT Brazilian aviation pioneer Date: 1873 - 1932

Music cover, Going Up at the Gaiety Theatre, London
Music cover, Going Up at Gaiety Theatre, London - depicting people standing on a flying biplane. Ev rybody Ought to Know How to do the Tickle Toe. circa 1916

Wallace Beery, American actor, with favourite plane
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (1885-1949), American actor, with his favourite plane, a Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket. Date: circa 1935

French Nieuport 17 captured by Germans, WW1
French Nieuport 17 captured by Germans in the autumn of 1916. Date: 1916

Handley Page biplane, O / 400 bomber, WW1
Handley Page biplane, O/400 bomber, with a large group of men standing in front of it on an airfield. Date: circa 1916

Wreck of an airship, Les Images en Musique
The wreck of an airship, getting caught up on a chimney pot and a weathervane, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu

Man and woman in a biplane on an airfield. Date: circa 1930s

Biplanes in a field. Date: circa 1930s

Vickers FB 19 Mk II single seat fighter
Vickers FB19 Mk II, a compact single seat fighter introduced in June 1917. Date: circa 1917-1918

SPAD A II a two seat scout first flew in May 1915 Unusual in having propeller behind the gunner to give a good field of fire 99 built for France and Russia

Sopwith Swallow monoplane, with standard Camel fuselage and parasol-mounted wings, serial no. B 9276 (the only one made), photographed in October 1918

Sopwith Gordon Bennett Racer armed with a Lewis gun and protetively sheathed propeller at RNAS station Dunkerque in Spring 1915

Sopwith 8F1 Snail single seat fighter, designed in late 1917, doomed because its engine was not accepted. Only two were completed -- seen here is the second, serial no

Sopwith 5F Dolphin single-seat fighter
Sopwith 5F1 Dolphin single seat fighter, first flown in mid-1917. It was later used for air support, in particular trench and ground strafing

Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a - Photo by Hugh W. Cowin - Old Warden. Created by Henry Folland, this single-seat fighter was the finest design to come from the Royal Aircraft Factory

Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a single-seat fighter, operational from mid-1917. Seen here is serial no. B4897. Date: circa 1917-1918

Guynemer and d Esperey with SPAD VII
Georges Marie Ludovick Jules Guynemer (1894-1917), French pilot and fighter ace (right), briefing General Louis Franchet d Esperey (1856-1942) on the SPAD VIIs Hispano-Suiza engine in June 1917

Fokker EI first to use a gun synchronised gun to fire through the propeller arc

Dornier Do 335A -a rare cine still of the first of its breed Fortunately this very fast twin propeller engined fighter was too late to have any impact in combat

DFW Dr I German fighter triplane. Date: circa 1917-1918

Second Lieutenant Albert Ball with Caudron G III
The 19-year-old Second Lieutenant Albert Ball (1896-1917) with a Caudron GIII of the Ruffy-Baumann School of Flying at Hendon during the summer of 1915

Austin AFT 3 Osprey triplane, first flown in February 1918, seen here at Farnborough in mid-June 1918 following trials at Martlesham Heath in March. Date: 1918

Airco DH 5 single-seater biplane completed during the autumn of 1916. This one belonged to No. 68 Squadron, RFC, based at Baizieux. Date: circa 1916-1918

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in construction
John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534, which began in December 1930 on the River Clyde

SMITH, Sir Francis Pettit (1804-1874). English inventor and, along with John Ericsson, one of the inventors of the screw propeller. Engraving

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, nearly ready for launching
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, 6 months of activity
Six months of ceaseless activity. The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Armstrong Whitworth Ensign, Imperial Airways
An Armstrong Whitworth Ensign passenger plane operated by Imperial Airways, surrounded by a crowd of people. Date: circa 1938

Dutch air scouts at Schiphol Airport with KLM aeroplane
Dutch scouts, the Parmentier Air Scout Troop, at Schiphol Airport with a KLM aeroplane, 29 January 1947. They are being inspected by Commander K D Parmentier

An Indian soldier pays homage to British airmens grave
An Indian soldier pays homage to the memorial of two British airmen who died whilst on active service in Mesopotamia. The propeller-blade was mounted over the grave by the Turks while occupying

Winged Royal Flying Corps Sweetheart brooch
A winged Royal Flying Corps. Sweetheart brooch, with a propeller as a centre-piece.. Commemorative Ware

Wooden Propeller manufactured by Frederick Tibbenham of Ipswich (the companys transfer sign of a bumble bee was used on every propeller that the company made)

Brooch with a pair of wings and a propeller at its centre. Commemorative Ware

WWI biplane bullet fuselage with copper propeller
First World War biplane bullet fuselage with copper propeller.. Trench Art

Wooden Propeller painted with either an RE8 or a BE2E on a spotting and reconnaissance mission leaving English coastline over the North Sea.. J. Willey J

Model of biplane, finely cut wings and fuselage, WW1
Model of a biplane, finely cut wings and fuselage, with enamel Hansa crosses on wings. Only has half a propeller. Trench Art

WWI propeller with inscribed silver plaque
WW1 propeller with inscribed silver plaque, dated 8th June 1916. In memory of a forced landing in a cornfield at Avesnes. Observer - 2nd Ltn. J. Heyward and Pilot - 2nd Ltn. F. Gartside-Tippinge

The German acoustic mine by G. H. Davis
The German acoustic mine: a new terror under the sea during the Second World War. A trembler circuit, set in motion by an advancing ships propeller vibrations, brings about an explosion. Date: 1941

Balloon bursting at RAF display by G. H. Davis
Balloon bursting: a new contest at the RAF display. A supreme test of skill in manoeuvring: fast little gamecock aeroplanes ramming elusive balloons that dart rapidly here

A captured German aircraft in London
A captured German aircraft being paraded through the streets of London as a crowd watches. the plane was captured by the Royal Flying Corp in France. First World War

New Russian bombs by G. H. Davis
Molotovs breadbaskets: Russias new dual-purpose bomb used during the Second World War. Its false head was filled with small incendiary bombs, released by a cap propeller

Two airmen in French bomber, WW1
Two airmen in a French bomber biplane during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Fruit Label -- Sea-Gull Brand
Fruit Label -- luscious selected Sea-Gull Brand, depicting wings with a propeller. Date: 20th century

Early British dirigible, front view
Early British dirigible, seen from the front, on the ground with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible on the ground
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

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