Airfield Collection

R 101 Airship
circa 1929: A broadside view of the Airship R101, at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

R101
4th October 1930: R101 at its moorings in Cardington, Bedfordshire prior to its departure for India. It crashed en-route. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship R 101
1929: R101, a British airship, which was built in 1929 and was 221 metres (724 feet) long. The airship had dining, sleeping and recreational facilities for 100 passengers

RAF Scramble
RAF fighter pilots run for their planes. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

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

RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off
17th May 1952: An RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5864 - We re Flying Five Years Ahead - pub.1952

Avro Lincoln
7th September 1948: An Avro Lincoln on display at the Farnborough Air Show. It is a heavy bomber, and has an experimental turbo propeller engine fitted in its nose

Air Pageant
circa 1927: A line of aeroplanes awaiting rehearsals for Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fly! Airship! Fly
March 1919: Airship R33 during its take off for its maiden flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. (Photo by R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Canberras
31st May 1952: A squadron of twin-jet Canberra bombers. A light bomber which carries no armament, relying on speed and height. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5879 - RAF Scare: The Truth - pub

Transatlantic Flight
May 1919: The US Navy NC4 flying boat (biplane) ready for its first transatlantic flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

RAF Station
circa 1940: Fighters on the ground at Hawkings RAF Station, in Kent. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Lancaster Bomber
circa 1942: A Lancaster bomber on the airfield ready for its next mission. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

F-86 Sabre
28th June 1952: A US Airforce pilot stationed in Britain waits as an engineer refuels an F-86 Sabre. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5927 - The Yanks In England - pub

Nulli Secundus
Britains first military airship, Nulli Secundus, 110 ft in length, 28 ft in diameter. Suspended from the balloon by a network of cordage is a framework of bamboo and aluminium

A Dirigible
February 1923: A helium filled US Navy dirigible, Los Angeles, is at her mooring mast. Formerly the ZR3, built by the Germans as part of their war reparations

Norge In Norfolk
The Italian-built airship Norge arrives at the Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) airship station, Pulham, Norfolk, from Rome, 11th April 1926

At The Ready
August 1939: Pilots scramble for their Hurricane fighters at an RAF station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Red truck driving along airfield, airplane visible in background

Golden Ray Fleet
French Air Unions fleet of Breguet and Bleriot Golden Ray (Rayon d Or) passenger planes at Le Bourget aerodrome near Paris, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the airlines London-Paris service

Laying Smoke
A smoke screen being laid at Naval Station Anacostia DC by a twin-engined flying boat. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Graf Zeppelin
Giant dirigible the Graf Zeppelin just after landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on her second visit to the USA. The underside of the giant craft is lit up giving the appearance of a giant flying

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

RAF Round-The-World Flight
A Vickers type 78 Vulture Mk 1 flying boat gets a push while taxiing before take-off at Cairo during the Royal Air Forces unsuccessful around the world attempt, 1924

Ready For Flight
circa 1930: A biplane outside its hangar ready to take off. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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)

Flying Circus
The Red Barons Flying Circus. (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)

Hangar Demolished
circa 1920: Zeppelin hangar under demolition. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Off To The Pole
circa 1930: Propellers on the Graf Zeppelin airship as she is about to take off for a polar flight. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Junkers D-2000
circa 1930: A Junkers aeroplane at Berlin airport, one of the largest planes built to date. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial view, Friedrichshafen airport with the village of Allmannsweiler and Friedrichshafen trade fair, Friedrichshafen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

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

Martinsyde Monoplane
A Martin-Handasyde (aka Martinsyde) monoplane ready for take-off at Army Tests on Salisbury Plain, , 8th August 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Gordon Biplanes
The Gordon England bi-plane on Salisbury Plain. Built with 70 hp Daimler in-line engines, it was one of two entered for Military trials in 1912. Only three were finally built

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)

Hendon Air Review
Military aircraft lined up for inspection at a Naval and Military review at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Handley Page Pullman
The Handley Page Pullman, a British built passenger plane designed to compete for London - Paris luxury services. (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)

Watching Pegoud
Spectators watching Adolphe Pegoud flying a strengthened Bleriot plane upside-down 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)

Focke-Wulf
6th November 1931: A German Focke-Wulf monoplane makes an appearance at Hanworth Aerodrome in Middlesex. Because its tail is positioned on the nose of the aircraft, it will neither stall nor spin

Gale Damage
November 1918: Wrecked planes as a result of a gale at Hendon aerodrome. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tarrant Triplane
26th May 1919: The 3-winged Tarrant Triplane is made ready for its trial flight. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Bellamy Aeroplane
9th March 1907: A rear view of the Bellamy aeroplane at Brooklands Motor Racing circuit, Weybridge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Goupy II
8th April 1910: A Goupy II biplane built by Ambroise Goupy in collaboration with Mario Calderara in Bleriots shop. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 68 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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