Occupations Air Collection

Front Line Copter
5th January 1969: A soldier in the U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry holds his rifle above his head as he serves as a traffic cop for helicopters landing in a field during an operation north of Saigon in

Cockpit
17th June 1950: Pilot Bruce Wingate at the controls of a Meteor jet belonging to RAF 54 squadron. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5066 - Acrobats In Vampires - pub

Avro G Biplane
30th July 1912: The Avro G biplane sans propeller and wings and designed for rapid assembly, is pushed into a hangar at the 1912 Military Trials on Salisbury Plain. It spun in on 25 August

Air Force Gunner
September 1922: An Irish Air Force gunner getting into position in his bi-plane during the Irish Civil War. (Photo by Walshe/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Boxkite Biplane
October 1909: Aviator Rougier flies close to the crowd in his boxkite biplane during Blackpool Flying Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Balloon Making
September 1906: An interior of Short Brothers workshop where hot air balloons are manufactured. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Journeys End
circa 1952: A fireman trains a hose on a crater from which smoke is rising after a plane crash at South Benfleet, Essex. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Barbaras Glider
circa 1930: Romance novelist Barbara Cartland (1901 - 2000) poses beside the glider in which she made the first long distance towed journey in England, from Hanworth to Reading

Cutting Table
September 1906: The cutting table in the workshops of Short Brothers who made hot air balloons. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kite Design
circa 1800: A french illustration of an ornithopter or glider. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 13 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Stoeckel
28th April 1909: A unique monoplane design with pilot and helper. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 11 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Otto Lilienthal
1893: Readying for launch from his artificial hill is Otto Lilienthal (1848 - 1896) with his glider design. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 15 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

626 Squadron
circa 1930: A squadron of Avro 626 military bi-planes destined for service in the Egyptian Army Airforce where they will perform general duties including aerial surveys

Goupy ll
Louis Bleriots Ambroise Goupy ll, first flown in 1909. It served as a forerunner to the classic World War I biplane fighter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Heavy Bombers
20th April 1918: A pair of Handley Page Heavy Bombers at an airfield near Dunkirk, Belgium. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Airship Ascends
24th September 1852: The ascent of French engineer and inventor Henri Giffauds first steam airship. Collection of the Musee de l Aeromautique (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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