Skies Gallery

Britains Brabazon I passenger aircraft by G. H. Davis

A Leviathan of the skies: Britain's Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers. A mammoth aerial express able to cover the England-Australia route in 48 hours, carrying 72 passengers in luxurious comfort in a pressurised, air-conditioned suite of saloons.
1945

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The Belle of the Skies, by Squiers and Jones

The Belle of the Skies, a musical play by Graham Squiers and Guy Jones, with music by Guy Jones. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, May 1911. The Midland Dramatic & Musical Society in support of The Childrens Hospital. Not produced professionally. Date: 1911

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l'Aigle de malheur. Apocalypse of Angers

BATAILLE, Nicolas (14th c.). The Fourth Trumpet and the Eagle of Woe. 1375-1382. Disasters on the skies. Scene of the tapestry number 2 from the series Apocalypse of Angers commissioned by Louis I, Duke of Anjou, after cartons attributed to Jean de Bruges (fl. 1368-1381). International gothic. Tapestry. FRANCE. PAYS DE LA LOIRE. MAINE-ET-LOIRE. Angers. Angers Castle

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