Air Vehicle Collection (page 9)

German Captive
November 1915: The wings of a German bi-plane are displayed in the Horseguards Parade, London, during a military recruitment event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Balloon Race
7th July 1906: Society visitors gather to watch a balloon race at Ranelagh in Barnes, West London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship R101 Disaster Wreckage
7th October 1930: Wreckage of the airship R101 which crashed and burst into flames in a forest near Beauvais on its maiden voyage to India. Only six of the 54 people on board survived. (Photo by S)

Dirigible Duo
26th April 1930: The Graf Zeppelin under Dr Eckener arrives at Cardington airfield, Bedfordshire, where another ship, the R100 is already moored

R33 Returns
April 1925: A landing party follow the airship R33 into its hangar at Pulham, Norfolk after a successful flight from Cardington in Bedford

Airship Test
April 1925: The R33 airship emerges from its hangar to begin a series of trial flights for research purposes. Its first voyage will be from Cardington in Bedford to Pulham in Norfolk

Supermarine Seaplane
October 1925: The Vickers Supermarine Seaplane is put through its paces at Brough Aerodrome near Hull. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hangar Time
March 1919: Airship R33 leaving its hangar for its first ever flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. (Photo by R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Triplane Nosedive
26th May 1919: The trial flight of the three-winged Tarrant Triplane ends in failure. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship In Flight
June 1919: An SST-9 airship in flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

US Navy Curtiss NC4
June 1919: A US Navy Curtiss NC-4 at Plymouth, one of three planes to attempt the first transatlantic crossing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airborne
3rd June 1919: NS-11 airship over the city (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

HMS Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend
July 1919: NS-7 airship over His Majestys Ship Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Farman
October 1909: French pioneer aviator and aircraft manufacturer Henri Farman (1874 - 1958) breaks an English record in his Farman Le Gypaete no 6 at Blackpool

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)

Inflating Airship
circa 1910: A French airship, with a Dansette motor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Farman Bi-plane
9th September 1911: Preparing the Farman bi-plane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Bus
25th April 1914: The Grahame-White aerial bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London To Paris
An Airco DH4A biplane, G-EAJC, of the British airline, Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited, about to leave Hounslow Heath Aerodrome (later Heathrow), London, for Le Bourget, Paris

In flight
August 1910: Blondeau in flight (on a Farman bi-plane) over Brooklands Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Thames Flight
10th August 1912: A modified Short S27 hydroplane flown by Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) returns from the River Thames

Biplane To Take Off
April 1911: Crowds watching the aviator Gilmour about to take off in a biplane at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Transatlantic Flight
16th May 1919: The US Navy NC4 flying boat sets of on its first transatlantic flight. Alcock and Brown made first non stop crossing June 14-15 in 16 hours

Willows Airship
25th August 1910: The Willows airship which made the first channel crossing is parked at the Crystal Palace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Crashed Triplane
May 1919: The trial flight of the Tarrant Triplane ends in failure. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mayfly Launch
12th May 1911: The first naval airship, the Mayfly in her hangar before launch. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Astra Stand
circa 1910: The Astra stand showing the carriage of the latest Astra airship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Balloon Construction
September 1906: The balloon workshops at Short Brothers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Mayfly
23rd May 1911: The launching of the first naval airship, the Mayfly. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Inflation Gas
12th May 1911: Storage of the gas cylinders for filling Britains first naval airship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flight Preparations
17th May 1911: Britains first airship later called The Mayfly being prepared for flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Zeppelin
circa 1908: The most famous of all airships the Zeppelin. Invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838 - 1917) which first flew on the 2nd July 1900 and was of the dirigible (or rigid) type

Camber Sands Launch
29th March 1910: Alex Ogilvies Wright flying machine perched on a slope ready for the launch at Camber Sands. (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)

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

Air Race
August 1910: Cattaneo in open competition at the Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airplane Testing
8th August 1912: Large crowd watchng the Army areoplane tests on Salisbury Plain. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Biplane
1911: The biplane Coanda at an aviation meeting at Reims. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Avro Lancastrian
12th July 1946: A Lancastrian aircraft at the trade show at Handley Page airfield in Radlett, Hertfordshire. The aircraft is fitted with two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet engines

Dornier DO X
24th May 1932: A Dornier DO.X flying boat (D-1929) at Southampton (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship Moored
October 1910: The Clement Bayard Airship on its mooring on arrival from Paris. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

British Air Heroes
circa 1926: The sea planes of Captain W H Pulford and his companions alighting at the Lee on Solent after flying 14, 000 miles from Cairo to the Cape. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sea Take Off
circa 1939: An Osprey plane taking off from an aircraft carrier. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bristol Brabazon
circa 1949: The first air to air picture of the giant Bristol Brabazon in flight. Once the largest air liner in the world, the Brabazon had a fuel capacity of 13, 000 gallons

Calcutta
1928: The seaplane Calcutta lying off the Houses of Parliament on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

R-100 Airship Tail
3rd September 1929: The tail view of the R100 airship. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Watching Airship
22nd July 1905: A crowd at Alexandra Palace, north London, watching the Barton-Rawson airship prepare to ascend. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship Norge
April 1926: Italian airship Norge arriving at Pulham aerodrome in Norfolk on its Great North Pole Adventure. The semirigid craft has a capacity of 18.4 million litres

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