Air Transport Collection

New Imperial Airways Aircraft At Croydon
An aerial view of the christening ceremony for five Handley Page airliners of Imperial Airways at Croydon Aerodrome, London, 30th March 1926

The Aerial Man
1843: The aerial man passing over the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Flying Teletubby
July 1909: This aviator performs some last minute adjustments on the plane, while his lucky mascot looks on. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Passenger Plane
3rd November 1945: A Sunderland flying boat used by British Overseas Airways for business flights to India. The aircraft carries 16 passengers, travelling the 4769 miles in 30 hours and 20 minutes

Experiments with the tethered balloon on the sea near Helgoland, Germany, Historical
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Printing technique, simple high-speed press with railway movement and cylindrical undercarriage, by Koenig und farmer
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Mothballed Boeing B17 and Consolidated B24 Planes Graveyard
31st July 1975: Mothballed Boeing B17 and Consolidated B24 planes at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after being declared obsolete by the US Air Force. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

de Havilland Mosquito B35
circa 1945: Mosquito bombers lined up on the tarmac. (Photo by Harry Shepherd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Radar Plane
circa 1949: Side view of a US Navy radar plane in flight, with a large radar dish attached to its top. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

First World War fighter aircraft
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Airco DH2
A single seat De Havilland Airco DH2. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

RAF In Cairo
31st December 1937: RAF fighting planes landing in Cairo in front of the pyramids. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Giant Wing
July 1928: An RAF plane with a giant wing ( The Beardmore). (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Flying Stunt
13th July 1929: A stunt being performed at an RAF Pageant at Hendon. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Hidden Plane
October 1939: An RAF bomber covered with branches as camouflage. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Vickers Bombers
15th March 1938: Three RAF Vickers Valentia bombers at the RAF aerodrome at Ismailiya, Egypt, beside the Pyramids (background) being prepared for a non-stop flight. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Reserve Manoeuvres
8th October 1938: Student pilots of the University of London Reserve Airforce running to their planes during a training exercise

Sopwith Camel
1917: A Sopwith Camel, one of the First World Wars best-known British fighter planes. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Canal Transport
18th March 1938: RAF planes fly over a ship on the Suez canal. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Lindberghs Arrival
29th May 1927: Thousands of spectators watch Charles Lindbergh arriving at Croydon, London in his Spirit Of St Louis monoplane, after completing the first direct

Flying Santa
circa 1930: Santa Claus waves hello as he leaves his plane. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Wing Structure
circa 1930: Students at an Airplane Design course initiated by New York University studying the section of a wing. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Sports Plane
circa 1930: A sports plane making a promotional European tour. The slogan on its side reads Everybody in Berlin once. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Control Panel
circa 1930: Radio and navigation controls for a large German aircraft. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

German Airforce
circa 1915: A German Airman demonstrates the greater range of fire achieved by mounting his gun on a swivel upon a rotating ring. On the right, German hangars damaged after a British raid

Parachute Packing
circa 1930: Airforce cadets are taught the vital skill of correctly folding and packing their parachutes, as part of their groundwork syllabus at the RAF College at Cranwell

Hello Santa
circa 1930: Children welcome Santa Claus as he leaves his plane. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Spirit Of St Louis
May 1927: Captain Charles Lindberghs aeroplane The Spirit of St Louis at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, from where he will start his solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris

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)

R 101 In Hangar
1929: The nose of the rigid airship R101 airship seen through hangar doors. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Airship R 101
1929: Airship R101 at Cardington. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Airship Construction
1927: Airship R101 under construction. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Junkers J1
German Junkers J1, nicknamed the Tin Donkey, the first all-metal monoplane. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Low Flying Craft
25th July 1933: Holidaymakers on a beach in Jersey wave farewell to an aeroplane whose passengers had dropped in for the day. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Seaplane At Rest
June 1929: A US Navy seaplane rests on the catapult track on the deck of the USS Raleigh, which is berthing at Gravesend, Kent. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Winter Falls
March 1951: A Bell Aircraft helicopter flies close to Niagara Falls, which is frozen. Only a trickle of water is coming from the falls. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Super Constellation
circa 1955: A Lockheed Super Constellation in the livery of Luthansa Airlines. The aircraft carried uo to 110 passengers, reaching speeds of 360mph. Extra range is provided by wing tip fuel tanks

Bus Dock
circa 1955: A bus in the bus docks at New Yorks East Side Airlines Terminal. The docks are open on one side to permit exhaust fumes to escape. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)

Petrol Tank
31st May 1928: One of the stream-lined petrol tanks to be carried externally on a non-rigid airship currently under construction, designed to fly from London to Australia in 12 days

Airline Steward
6th April 1929: A cabin steward serves drinks to the passengers on an early French airliner providing a service to and from Le Bourget. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Nairobi Airport
circa 1950: A man watches aircraft at Nairobi airport, next to a crossroads of Africa signpost. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Windmill Plane
January 1930: A Cierva autogiro windmill plane, which resembles a helicopter, being tested at Heston Park by Captain Rawson. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Coast Guard Plane
November 1949: Side view of a United States Coast Guard B-17 airplane, mounted with two aerial cameras used to count icebergs, sitting on a runway, Baffin Bay, Greenland

Hindenburg Landing
May 1936: Ground crew help pull the German-made dirigible Hindenburg to the ground at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

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