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Gliding Collection

Background imageGliding Collection: Inter-City 125

Inter-City 125
15th May 1978: The Scotsman, the high speed, Inter-City 125 train, gliding out of Londons Kings Cross station, on its way to Edinburgh

Background imageGliding Collection: British Army Airspeed Horsa Glider Force

British Army Airspeed Horsa Glider Force
circa 1944: Four British Army Airspeed Horsa gliders with their tails detached for unloading and a Waco Hadrian glider all safely landed in a field

Background imageGliding Collection: Illustration of Blue Land Crab (Discoplax hirtipes) crawling up tree trunk

Illustration of Blue Land Crab (Discoplax hirtipes) crawling up tree trunk, and Forest Snail (Anoglypta) gliding over leaves on ground

Background imageGliding Collection: Illustration of Eilmer (Elmer) of Malmesbury, 11th century Benedictine monk, attempting to fly

Illustration of Eilmer (Elmer) of Malmesbury, 11th century Benedictine monk, attempting to fly

Background imageGliding Collection: Flying Dragon (Draco volans)

Flying Dragon (Draco volans)
Antique illustration of a Flying Dragon (Draco volans)

Background imageGliding Collection: Small red and white aeroplane, side view

Small red and white aeroplane, side view

Background imageGliding Collection: Illustration, Snail crossing winding garden path, side view

Illustration, Snail crossing winding garden path, side view

Background imageGliding Collection: Illustration, smiling spotted Snake, side view

Illustration, smiling spotted Snake, side view

Background imageGliding Collection: Illustration, man riding red hang glider over green hills, side view

Illustration, man riding red hang glider over green hills, side view

Background imageGliding Collection: Digital illustration of glider remaining in sky by angling wings downwards

Digital illustration of glider remaining in sky by angling wings downwards and hitching lifts on currents of warm air

Background imageGliding Collection: Sequence of illustrations of Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)

Sequence of illustrations of Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps) gliding through air and landing on tree trunk

Background imageGliding Collection: Illustration of Bat flapping wings, Swallow gliding, and Dragonfly hovering

Illustration of Bat flapping wings, Swallow gliding, and Dragonfly hovering

Background imageGliding Collection: Illustration of a hang glider, view from below

Illustration of a hang glider, view from below

Background imageGliding Collection: Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight

Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight

Background imageGliding Collection: Northern gannet (morus bassanus) in flight

Northern gannet (morus bassanus) in flight
Northern gannet (morus bassanus or sula bassana) in flight, preparing for landing. The first breeding pair of gannets came to Helgoland only in 1991

Background imageGliding Collection: A sign Vorsicht Rutschgefahr, German for caution, slip hazard at the Hamburg harbour, Germany

A sign Vorsicht Rutschgefahr, German for caution, slip hazard at the Hamburg harbour, Germany, Europe

Background imageGliding Collection: Glider at sunset

Glider at sunset

Background imageGliding Collection: Glider at sunset

Glider at sunset

Background imageGliding Collection: Cartoon character BASE jumper in gliding flight through clouds

Cartoon character BASE jumper in gliding flight through clouds

Background imageGliding Collection: Glider Launch

Glider Launch
July 1910: Aeroplane taking off down the gliding launch track at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGliding Collection: Gliding

Gliding
July 1910: An aeroplane gliding at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)


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