Airplane Collection (#11)

Olympia Aero Show
14th March 1914: Display stands at the Aero Show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Nieuport Scout
16th March 1914: The Nieuport Military Scout plane, on display at the Aero Show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Calcutta Flying Boat
circa 1928: The flying boat Calcutta manufactured by the Short Bros company in Rochester England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Perry Flying Boat
16th March 1914: A Perry-Beadle flying boat on display at the Olympia Aero show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Farman Biplane
October 1909: Louis Paulman flying a Farman biplane at Blackpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Voisin
May 1909: A Moore Brebazon Voisin being assembled at the Shorts Bros Factory, Sheppy, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aircraft Exhibition
16th March 1914: Penny Beadle flying boat at the Olympia aircraft show, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Old Flyer
15th April 1907: Mr Hall with his model aeroplane, which he walked 94 miles with in order take part in the Aero Clubs Aeroplane Exhibition at Alexandra Palace, London

The Hampden
June 1938: A Handley Page bomber, the Hampden, on the airfield at Radlett, Hertfordshire. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

RAF Flamingo
January 1940: An RAF De Havilland Flamingo. (Photo by Hudson/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)

Bristol Scout Biplane
19th March 1914: A Bristol Scout biplane at the Olympia aircraft show in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Taube In Paris
circa 1915: A birdlike German Taube aircraft, on display at Les Invalides, Paris, during the height of the First World War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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)

Pterodactyl Plane
2nd July 1926: A tailless plane, the Pterodactyl in flight during rehearsals for the Royal Air Force Display and Pageant at Hendon, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Observation Balloon
3rd June 1924: An RAF (Royal Airforce) observation balloon leaving the ground. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Viper Autogiro
20th October 1927: A British C 8D Viper Autogiro at Hamble airfield in Hampshire. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fitting Gun Sights
9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester, fitting controls and calibrating the gun sights of the Bristol Bulldog

Take Off
March 1916: A bi-plane taking off from the airfield at Hendon Flying School. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bi-Plane Parts
March 1916: The mechanical workings and propeller of a bi-plane at Hendon Flying School. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Plane Parts
March 1916: The mechanical workings of a bi-plane at Hendon Flying School. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bi-Plane
March 1916: A bi-plane on the airfield at Hendon Flying School. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rolls Last Flight
Air pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 - 1910) of Rolls Royce in his French built Wright biplane which broke up in the air and crashed during Bournemouth Aviation Week

Dunne Biplane
The John William Dunne D8 biplane in flight during trials at Hendon. The aircraft flew from Eastchurch to Paris in 1913. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship Mayfly
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, prior to its maiden test-flight. (Photo by 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)

Filming Take-Off
A US Army cinematographer filming a US Nieuport 28 biplane taking off during the summer counter-offensive. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hydroplane
Monsieur Henri Fabres hydroplane leaving the water. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flapping Machine
The Bartlett flapping machine on display at Olympia. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship Wreckage
The remains of a Zeppelin L2 naval airship, near Berlin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Zeppelin Fire
Crowds survey the wreck of a Zeppelin airship LZ-4, the fourth design of Count von Zeppelin, which caught fire at Echterdingen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Early Flight
Hubert Lathams attempt to cross the Channel in his Antoinette IV monoplane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Spencer Airship
A Spencer Airship ascending at Ranelagh, watched by a fashionable crowd. (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)

Vast R34 Airship
Britains R 34 airship moored in Mineola, New York, on the first leg of the first return-crossing of the Atlantic by air in July 1919, under Major G H Scott and a crew of 31 plus one stowaway

Pescara Helicopter
Raoul Pescaras 16-bladed helicopter leaves the ground at Issy les Moulineaux, France, to attempt the world endurance record. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Moored Italia
General Umberto Nobiles ill-fated airship Italia, moored at Svalbard before an attempt to reach the North Pole. (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

Hurlingham Balloons
Hot air balloons prepared for a race at Hurlingham sports ground, near London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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)

Mayfly Disaster
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, lying twisted in half and beyond repair after a gust of wind tipped it over prior to its maiden test-flight

Overhead Plane
23rd September 1916: Visitors to a Zeppelin crash site in Essex watch a low flying aeroplane pass overhead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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)

Crashed Zeppelin
20th March 1917: The ruins of a German Zeppelin being inspected by French troops. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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

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