Aircraft Collection (page 4)

Balloon Explosion
circa 1912: A balloon explodes with great ferocity in America. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Zeppelin
circa 1914: German Zeppelin used in raids on French strategic points on the west front. During 1916, whilst on one of the raids, the Zeppelin was badly holed by shells

Flying Billboard
A Curtiss Oriole biplane advertising the Simmons Hardware Company and featuring the companys Keen Kutter trademark, USA, circa 1925. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Capronissimo
The Italian Caproni Capronissimo on Lake Maggiore, Italy. With quarters for 100 passengers, it was the largest aircraft in the world, but destroyed by fire before it flew

Out On A Wing
circa 1920: The construction team of the Rohrbach airship Romar line up on the aircrafts wings. The Romar completed its first successful flight in 1928

Seaplane
Circa 1920: Sideview of large seaplane Rohrbach Romar. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Birdman Wingspan
1936: American bird man Clem Sohn showing a back view of his wingspan and harness. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Helicopter in flight, liming the forest, Ommerborn, Bergisches Land region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Seaplane landing, silhouette, 3D graphics

Airplane at sunset over the sea, silhouette, 3D graphics

Glider at sunset

Glider at sunset

Sky, clouds, contrails

Illimani Glacier, 6, 439 m, view from an aircraft, Departamento La Paz, Bolivia

Aircraft in flight above a cloud front, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Cessna in approach for a landing, the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

View of the island of Majorca from a plane, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Young man and woman returning tools at tool room window, (B&W)

Young man and woman working in plane body in factory, (B&W)

Woman working with electric drill in factory, (B&W)

Hot-air balloon, Bagan, Myanmar

Jet plane in flight, Alaska, USA

British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Gallery: Press Photography: British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)

Qutb Minar minaret with aircraft flying above, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, India

Windsock At Floyd Bennett Field
A view of Floyd Bennett Field airport in Brooklyn shows the windsock which indicates wind direction and strength, the main building and control tower, as well as several aircraft and automobiles

Biplane over Baghdad, Iraq
An airplane flies over Baghdad, Iraq, early 20th Century. (Photo by Authenticated News/Getty Images)

Great 20th Century Explorers
The semi-rigid N-class airship Norge (Norwegian for Norway ), which was used by the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition to fly over the North Pole, sits in a hangar as workers prepare it for flight

Bi-Plane Crew
A side view of the pilot and co-pilot in a Vickers F.B.5 Biplane which was dubbed the Gunbus when it was first used on the Western Front. The plane remained in service until 1916

Vickers FB5
A close up of the observer in a Vickers F.B.5 Biplane who is armed with a.303 Lewis gun. The plane remained in service until 1916. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Vickers FB5
A Vickers F.B.5 Biplane which was dubbed the Gunbus when it was first used on the Western Front. The plane remained in service until 1916. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Morane-Saulnier Monoplane
A Morane-Saulnier monoplane used by the R.F.C. (Royal Flying Corps), circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Zeppelin Wreckage
British Sentries guard the wreckage of a German Zeppelin airship brought down at Potters Bar, England, 2nd October 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wrecked Zeppelin
The wreckage, including one of the engines, of a German Zeppelin airship, 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Handley Page V / 1500
The four-engined Handley Page V/1500, circa 1918. Designed to carry out bombing raids on German targets from bases in Britain, it was arguably the first practical strategic bomber

Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane Replica
View of a modern replica (built in 1967 by Cole Palen) of a World War I-era German Fokker Dr.1 triplane as it sits on the grass at an airshow, Rhinebeck, New York, July 1975

Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane Replica In Flight
View of a modern replica (built in 1967 by Cole Palen) of a World War I-era German Fokker Dr.1 triplane in flight at an airshow near Rhinebeck, New York, July 1975

Dogfight At Airshow
A modern replica of a World War I-era German Fokker Dr.1 triplane (left) engages a British Avro 504K replica at an airshow near Rhinebeck, New York, July 1975

Curtiss Sociable Triplane
Colorized photograph of Curtiss L-1 variant Speed Scout sociable triplane, 1916. The plane was developed for use in World War One but never saw combat

Arctic Research Plane
A United States Navy Douglas R4D in the Arctic, 1951. The plane is a flying laboratory used by scientists of the U.S. Navys Arctic Science Research Group to conduct oceanographic ice soundings

Bristol Scout
A Bristol Scout D used by the R.F.C. (Royal Flying Corps), circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor, a four-jet crescent-wing bomber, makes an appearance at the Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1953. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Airman Stands Near Fokker DR-1s
A German soldier stands near a row of Fokker DR-1 tri-planes on an airfield, Germany, 1910s. The DR-1 was designed by aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker, known as the Flying Dutchman

R. A. F. Birthday
A Bristol fighter of 22 Squadron flies over Vert Galand aerodrome, France, on the inauguration day of the British Royal Air Force, 1st April 1918

Captured Fokker
A German Fokker E III monoplane being packed after being captured by French troops, March 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Nieuport XXIII In Flight
A French-built Nieuport XXIII reconnaissance plane, circa 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Handley-Page Bomber
A British Handley-Page 0/400 bomber, circa 1918. The twin-engined aircraft entered service in 1918 and this example was one of several converted for use as passenger planes after World War I

Bell X-1
The Bell X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier, 1947. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Nadars Balloon
Nadars giant air balloon over Paris, 1863. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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