Worlds Collection (page 7)

Short N1B Shirl single seat torpedo bomber first flown in May 1918 Production of 100 cancelled at wars end

Pfalz E I scout of 1915 was based on the French Morane Saulnier Type H

Junkers J1 of 1915 ushered in the modern military metal monoplane

Curtiss AB-3 of the USMC being hoisted aboard USS North Carolina, July 1916 (photo US Navy)

Bristol F2A entered service in Spring 1917 and soon became beloved by its 2-man crews

Benoist flying boat and pilot Tony Jannus Sp Petersburg-Tampa early 1914 scheduled service

Arado Ar 234B-Germanys and the Worlds first operational jet bomber Used from August 1944, it was fast enough to evade any attempt at interception

Centennial Exposition at Dallas, Texas, USA, commemorating 100 years of Texas independence, 1836-1936, Showing four of the buildings in which exhibits were shown. Date: 1936

Switzerland - Berne. From Schaenzli
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Berne. The city lies on the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern, slightly west of the centre of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps

Mary Pickford in The Poor Little Rich Girl
Mary Pickford (1892-1979), The Worlds Sweetheart, in The Poor Little Rich Girl. She was a silent film star, early Hollywood pioneer, and co-founder of United Artists. Date: 1917

General Booth Looks for New Worlds to Conquer
General Booth 1829-1912 Looks for New Worlds to Conquer (1912). Wilson, David 1873 - 1934. Date: 1912

United for Peace - Worlds Peace Conference, San Francisco, USA (formally United Nations Conference on International Organization) - April 25th - June 26th, 1945

Paris Exposition of 1900 and inset portrait of Marianne
Paris Exposition (Exposition) of 1900 - The Monumental Gate (La Porte Monumentale) and an inset portrait of Marianne Date: circa 1901

Genoa, Italy - International Exhibition
The International Exhibition of Marine and Maritime Hygiene - Italian Colonial Show (Esposizione Internazionale d Igiene Marinara e Mostra Coloniale) was held in Genoa in 1914

The Sears Roebuck Building - Chicago Worlds Fair. A windowless building with a circulating air system. Date: 1933

Argentine Pavillon of 1889 Paris Worlds Fair - Buenos Aires
The Argentine Pavillon of the 1889 Paris Worlds Fair after its re-erection at Buenos Aires, where it served as seat of the National Museum of Fine Arts. Date: 1904

International Exhibition in Paris - Pavilion de L Algerie Date: 1937

International Exhibition in Paris - Pavilion du Portugal Date: 1937

International Exhibition in Paris - Le Palais du Trocadero
International Exhibition in Paris - Model of the Le Palais du Trocadero et les Bassins. Date: 1937

Jade Pagoda - Rep. of China Building - Century of Progress E
Jade Pagoda - Republic of China Building (Jade Pavilion) - Worlds Fair, Chicago - part of the " A Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

Worlds Largest Single Bascule Lift Bridge - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Date: 1911

St. Louis Worlds Fair - Busch Place with mammoth plant in ba
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Busch Place with mammoth plant (Brewery) in background

St. Louis Worlds Fair - Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Palace of Mines and Metallurgy Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Germanys Building
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Germanys Building Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Electricity Building
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Electricity Building Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - The Restaurant Pavilion
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - The Restaurant Pavilion. Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair - Machinery and Electricity Building
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Machinery and Electricity Building Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Liberal Arts Building
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Liberal Arts Building Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Administrative Building
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Administrative Building Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Center Tower
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Center Tower and Varied Industry Building Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Missouri State Building
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Missouri Sate Building. Cost of construction - $160, 000. Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Palace of Agriculture
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Palace of Agriculture. Cost of construction - $550, 000 Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA Date: 1904

St. Louis Worlds Fair, St. Louis - Illinois State Building
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - The Illinois State Building Date: 1904

New York Worlds Fair - The Parachute Jump - a 200 ft tower - one of the highest buidlings at the fair Date: 1939

Travel & Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago
Travel and Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago - with a suspended dome - part of the " A Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

Court of Electrical Group - Worlds Fair, Chicago, USA. Part of the " Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

Travel and Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago - with a suspended dome - part of the " A Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

Malta - Procession on Royal Street, Valletta - WWI era
Malta - Procession on Royal Street (Stada Reale), Valletta - WWI era. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless

Kaman K-225 125477 equipped with a Boeing 502-2
Kaman K-225, 125477, equipped with a Boeing 502-2, the worlds first gas turbine-powered helicopter

W R Murray Chief Test Pilot takes Kaman K-225 125477
W.R. Murray, Chief Test Pilot, takes Kaman K-225, 125477, equipped with a Boeing 502-2 on its first flight becoming the worlds first gas turbine-powered helicopter. 10 December 1951. Date: 1951

Vickers Type 618 Viking VX856 / G-AJPH
Vickers Type 618 Viking, VX856/G-AJPH, was converted to take two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets to become the worlds first pure-jet transport. SBAC Air Show at Farnborough. September 1948. Date: 1948

Amy with her husband Jim Mollison
Amy with her husband, Jim Mollison, alongside their de Havilland Dragon, G-ACCV, Seafarer, in June 1933 just before their unsuccessful attempt on the worlds long distance record. Date: 1933

Technicians at NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
Technicians at the NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory making final adjustments on a full-scale ramjet engine for a guided missile in the 8 by 6 foot test section of the worlds largest

Research model of a guided missile
Constructed for research in the worlds largest supersonic wind tunnel at NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, this research model of a guided missile incorporates a ramjet engine buried in

de Havilland DH106 Comet 1 G-ALYS
de Havilland DH106 Comet 1, G-ALYS, the third production aircraft for BOAC but the first to be delivered and the worlds first jet airliner to receive a CofA

Gloster Meteor F1 EE227
Gloster Meteor F1, EE227, after modifications to take two Rolls-Royce RB50 Trents, thus becoming the worlds first propeller-turbine aircraft

The Vickers Viscount (four Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines) in the colours of British West Indian Airways. Jane?s all the world?s aircraft 1955-56 Date: circa 1956

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