Air Races Collection

Macchi Varese
circa 1928: A record breaking plane, the Italian Macchi Varese Type 52 seaplane which won the 1926 Schneider Cup. It has a 12 cylinder A93 engine capable of 512 kilometres per hour

Japanese Welcome
1st September 1925: A crowd of Japanese aviation enthusiasts waiting at Berlin to welcome flyers en route for London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Seaplane Launch
August 1929: Launching a Vickers Supermarine Rolls Royce S6 at Calshot, Southampton, a competitor in the Schneider Trophy Cup. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
A spectator with square parasol at an Aero Derby. (Photo by A R Coster/Getty Images)

Aerial Chase
25th September 1913: The American entry with double propellers at the first International Aero Race at Hendon racing against the British entry. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Balloon Enthusiasts
1909: Edwardian ladies and gentlemen attend a hot air ballooning event. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Steady Nerve
1929: Mr Glnny and his aeroplane Gadfly banking as he flies under a bridge at Brooklands race course. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Low Flying
1929: Mr Glnny and his aeroplane Gadfly flying under a bridge at Brooklands race course. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
The start of the speed handicap race during the Aerial Derby at Hendon aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Horse Drawn Plane
One of Robert Esnault-Pelteries steel-framed streamlined REP monoplanes being towed by a horse to the starting line to compete in the Reims Aviation week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fly Over
George Barness Bleriot-based Humber flies over Claude Grahame-Whites Farman at Brooklands, near London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cody In Flight
American aviator Colonel Samuel Franklin Cody (1862 - 1913), in flight for the Michelin trophy at Brooklands, near London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aviation Meeting
Aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White flying low over crowds at a Hendon Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aviation Meeting
22nd November 1912: G Sabelli just beating LWF Turner at an aviation meeting at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Pageant
July 1920: Crowds at an aerial pageant at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Farmans Aeroplane
27th April 1910: Crowds surround Grahame-Whites Farman aeroplane at Polesworth while taking part in the London to Manchester flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Wright Machine
1st August 1909: Paul Tissandiers Wright Biplane at the Reims Aviation Week, with tail number 4 and its launching pylon and rails

Monoplane In Flight
25th September 1913: The American monoplane flown by W L Brock at the International Air Race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Information Board
August 1910: The information board for the air races at Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
6th June 1914: Louis Noel, the winner at the Aerial Derby at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The French Spad
11th July 1919: The French SPAD competing in the Schneider Cup, the International Seaplane Race held at Bournemouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Lanark Hangars
August 1910: The hangars as seen from the grand stand at the Lanark Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Race At Hendon
August 1913: Pilots Birchenough and Carr flying Grahame-White biplanes in the final race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Harbord Cup Race
25th May 1907: An entry for the Harbord Cup Balloon Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Climbing Aloft
24th July 1911: A spectator climbs onto the roof of a car for a better view at the Harrogate leg of the Round Britain Air Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Doncaster Flight
19th October 1909: A plane flying past the first pylon in the Leeds Cup, during Doncaster Flying Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hendon Aerodrome
22nd July 1911: Spectators watching a competitor arriving at Hendon during the Daily Mail Round Britain Air Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Race
7th September 1912: The start of the flying race from Dublin to Belfast Leopardstown. (Photo by Desmond Arthur Stanton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A Failed Flight
18th June 1910: Grahame White crashes his plane at Brooklands Motor Racing circuit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
September 1913: A view of the motors in the enclosure at the Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

In Flight
July 1910: Planes flying over the hangars at a Bournemouth Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Seaplane Race
4th September 1919: Jacques Schneider Trophy National Seaplane Race, Hawkers Sopwith seaplane at East Cowes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Show
18th October 1909: Summers flying around a pylon during Doncaster Flying Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Race
August 1910: Blondeau in flight on Farman in the Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
20th September 1913: Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fairey Entrant
4th September 1919: Fairey machine at East Cowes in the Schneider Trophy national Seaplane Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

AVRO Entry
11th September 1919: The AVRO entry in the Schneider International Seaplane Race, Bournemouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Enchanted Waters
16th August 1913: During a waterplane race round Britain, Lieutenant Travers on his seaplane pays a visit to the Enchantress. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Balloon Contest
13th July 1912: A balloon contest at Hurlingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Shorts Shamrock
1st April 1919: The Short Shamrock bi-plane which had to withdraw from the Daily Mail Transatlantic Competition. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ready For The Off
circa 1920: Hot air balloons about to take off. The name Gordon Bennett, a wealthy American journalist who was a sponsor of ballooning, is clearly displayed on two of them. (Photo by M)

Racing Start
15th August 1931: One of the two flying-boats engaged in a race to the Red Sea and back, a Saunders- Roe A 7, about to take off from Felixstowe Seaplane Station, Kent. (Photo by A)

Schneider Entrant
19th August 1929: A Gloster Napier 6, one of the aircraft with which Britain hopes to retain the 1929 Schneider Trophy, at Calshot, Southampton. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Schneider Cup
Crowds watching the Schneider Trophy International Seaplane Race from Bournemouth pier. The race was won by Italian Guido Janello in his Savoia S13 plane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Grahame-White
Claude Grahame-White, winner of the first International Air Race at Hendon, passing over waiting monoplanes at the meet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Conneaus Return
Lt. Jean Conneau (of the French Army), who raced as Andre Beaumont, wins the Daily Mail £ 10, 000 Air Race in his Gnome powered Bleriot XI at Brooklands

Sopwith Tabloid
Aviator Howard Pixton in a Sopwith Tabloid. The aircraft won the second Schneider Trophy race in Monaco. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Race
25th September 1913: Claude Grahame White in the First International Air Race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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