Society Collection (#90)

The 1980-1981 Royal Aeronautical Society Council on the terrace at No.4 Hamilton Place

Mr R M Balstons kite
Mr R.M. Balstons kite at the Aeronautical Society of Great Britains kite display at Chobham Common, Sunningdale, Berkshire, on 1 July 1907

Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS, 1885-1962, RAeS President 1945-1947, left, presents the Edward Busk Memorial Prize to Joe Smith

Members at an Aeronautical Society of Great Britain kite display at Chobham Common, Sunningdale, Berkshire, on 1 July 1907. From left: Mr W.H. Dines, Col J.E. Capper, Hon C.S

Grp Capt Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO*, DFC*, FRAeS, (1910-1982) in 1977

The Royal Aeronautical Society memorial to the R38 and its crew which crashed on a test flight in August 1921

Gustavus Green with his Royal Aeronautical Society Honorary Companionship certificate

Miss Betty Voyce, Royal Aeronautical Society staff member, 1928-1956, was made an Honorary Companion in 1957. Date: 1928

Miss Frances (F B ) Bradfield FRAeS (left) and Mrs Kronfeld
Miss Frances (F.B.) Bradfield, FRAeS (left) and Mrs Kronfeld after Miss Bradfield was presented with a RAeS Bronze Medal at the 36th Royal Aeronautical Society Wilbur Wright lecture in 1948

Royal Aeronautical Society Flight Simulation Silver Medal

Royal Aeronautical Society (Gold Silver Bronze) Medal
Royal Aeronautical Society (Gold, Silver, Bronze) Medal

Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (Gold Silver Bronze)
Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (Gold, Silver, Bronze) Medal

The First Gold Medal of the Aeronautical Society
Presentation of the first Gold Medal of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain to Wilbur and Orville Wright for their distinguished services to Aeronautical Science at the Institution of Civil

A Dinner at the suggestion of Colonel The Master of Sempill
At the suggestion of Colonel The Master of Sempill a dinner was held by the Royal Aeronautical Society under the original 1903 Wright Flyer on display in the Science Museum, London

The Royal Aeronautical Society Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Production, appointed in 1941, on the terrace behind No.4 Hamilton Place

The Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1950
The Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1950, in the Council Room at No.4 Hamilton Place. Clockwise from the far end on the right: Florence Barwood, Capt J.L. Pritchard, Major G.P

The Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1943-1944
The Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1943-1944, on the terrace behind No.4 Hamilton Place. From left, back row: A.G. Elliott, E.J.N. Archbold, R.S. Stafford, G.E. Petty and L.A. Wingfield

Outside the Enquiries Tent at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield. From left: Joan Bradbrooke, Florence Barwood, Captain and Mrs Pritchard. Date: 1953

The Royal Aeronautical Society Prize, presented May 1991 (by the Cranwell Branchja). Date: 1991

The Royal Aeronautical Society Library at 7 Albemarle Street, London, 1936. Date: 1936

Unveiling of the R38 memorial in the RAeS Library
Unveiling of the R38 memorial in the Library of the Royal Aeronautical Society at 7 Albemarle Street, London, by the American Ambassador, Mr Houghton, 29 June 1925. Date: 1925

Society staff & organisers of International Aero Exhibition
Society staff and organisers of the International Aero Exhibition at Olympia, 16-27 July 1929. From left: (Back row) Boy Messenger, Miss N.G. Jones, J.E. Hodgson, Miss Jarvis, Capt J.L

Royal Aeronautical Society staff in 1966. From left: Frank H. Smith, Librarian of the Society 1950-1967; Maureen Michael, Personal Assistant to the Secretary; Dr Archie Ballantyne

Lockheed Model 10A Electra of British Airways At the Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Great West Aerodrome, nr Hayes, 9 May 1937. Date: 1937

The experimental shed used by Baden-Powell at the Aeronautical Society of Great Britains flying ground at Dagenham, 1909. Date: 1909

The Aeronautical Society of Great Britains flying ground at Dagenham, 1909. Date: 1909

Mrs Florence Edith Morrison nee Barwood MBE (1897-1966)
Mrs Florence Edith Morrison, ne

Royal Aeronautical Society luncheon
The official luncheon by the Royal Aeronautical Society, Royal Aero Club and the Society of British Aircraft Constructors in honour of Mrs Mollison at the Park Lane Hotel, London, 19 December 1932

B P Laight OBE CEng MIMechE FRAeS RAeS President
B.P. Laight, OBE, CEng, MIMechE, FRAeS, RAeS President 1974-1975, right, receives a Society shield from the new President, AM Sir Charles Pringle, KBE, MA, CEng, FRAeS, RAeS President 1975-1976

Royal Aeronautical Society staff members at de Havilland at Hatfield in 1951. Date: 1951

Dr Archie Merton Ballantyne OBE
Dr Archie Merton Ballantyne, OBE, HonFRAeS, 1908-1977, Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1951-1973, during the excavations for the Lecture Theatre. Date: 1908

Russian Technical Society First International Aircraft Exhib
Front cover of the Imperial Russian Technical Society First International Aircraft Exhibition in St Petersburg Russian-Baltic Factory in Riga. 1911. Date: 1911

Captain O P Jones following his lecture
Captain O.P. Jones following his lecture, Experiences of an airline pilot, at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, 3 January 1957. Date: 1957

The cover of the book A Ride Across the Channel and other adventures in the air by Col Fred Burnaby, published in London in 1882

Lt Cdr Alwyn Greenhalgh CEng FRAeS
Lt Cdr Alwyn Greenhalgh, CEng, FRAeS, with the Stevenson 1898 model he presented to the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1971. Date: 1971

Sir Hiram Maxim and his first aeroplane with members of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, 1891

Dr Archie Merton Ballantyne OBE HonFRAeS (1908-1977)
Dr Archie Merton Ballantyne, OBE, HonFRAeS, 1908-1977, Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1951-1973. Date: 1908

Aeronautical Society of Great Britains stand
The Aeronautical Society of Great Britains stand at the Olympia Aero and Motor Boat Exhibition, 11-19 March 1910

Amy Mollison was honoured at an official luncheon by the Royal Aeronautical Society, Royal Aero Club and Society of British Aircraft Constructors at the Park Lane Hotel upon her return from

The fourth de Havilland DH91 Albatross G-AFDJ
The fourth de Havilland DH91 Albatross, G-AFDJ, Falcon, of Imperial Airways, at the Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Great West Aerodrome, Hayes, Middlesex. 14 May 1939. Date: 1939

Leonard Albus 1909 dining room at 4 Hamilton Place, London, which is now the headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The dining room is now known as the Council Room. Date: 1909

Leonard Albus 1909 boudoir at 4 Hamilton Place, London, which is now the headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The boudoir is now known as the Hawker Room. Date: 1909

Leonard Albus 1909 drawing room at 4 Hamilton Place, London, which is now the headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society. This room is now known as the Argyll Room. Date: 1909

Sir George Edwards invested as President of the RAeS
Sir George Edwards is invested as President of the Royal Aeronautical Society by the outgoing President, E.T. Jones, in 1957. Date: 1957

Sir George Edwards is presented with the British Gold Medal for Aeronautics by the President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, G.H. Dowty, in 1952 at the 40th Wilbur Wright lecture. Date: 1952

Dinner held by the RAeS under the original 1903 Wright Flyer
At the suggestion of Colonel The Master of Sempill a dinner was held by the Royal Aeronautical Society under the original 1903 Wright Flyer on display in the Science Museum, London

Cyanoramphus ulietanus, Raiatea parakeet

Back page of Wallace - Darwin paper, with Wallaces notes
WP7/9 - Back page of Alfred Russel Wallaces annotated copy of his joint 1858 paper with Darwin. Wallace papers, Natural History Museum, London

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