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Flying Collection (page 36)

Background imageFlying Collection: City Fog

City Fog
21st January 1939: A pigeon flies over a fountain in Trafalgar Square on a misty day in London. In the background a shadowy Nelsons column

Background imageFlying Collection: Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane Replica In Flight

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

Background imageFlying Collection: Dogfight At Airshow

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

Background imageFlying Collection: Handley Page Victor

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)

Background imageFlying Collection: Balloon Rides

Balloon Rides
4th October 1863: French caricaturist, writer, portrait photographer, balloonist and showman Gaspard Felix Tournachon Nadar (1820 - 1910) flies his giant balloon, Le Geant

Background imageFlying Collection: Nadars Balloon

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

Background imageFlying Collection: Ojibwa War Dance

Ojibwa War Dance
circa 1800: Four members of the Ojibwa tribe perform a war dance. From left to right, they are Pat-au-a-quot-a-wee-be (Flying Cloud), Sa-Mah (Tobacco)

Background imageFlying Collection: Moon Dwellers

Moon Dwellers
circa 1835: A cartoon entitled A view of the inhabitants of the moon, as seen through the telescope of Sir John Herschell

Background imageFlying Collection: Steam Power

Steam Power
1820: An illustrators comic vision of future pollution from various modes of steam-powered transport. People are represented as walking, riding and flying by steam

Background imageFlying Collection: German Biplane Flies Over a Field

German Biplane Flies Over a Field
circa 1910: A German biplane flies over a field. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: circa 1909: French Aviator Louis Bleriot

circa 1909: French Aviator Louis Bleriot, the first pilot to fly from Calais to Dover in a monoplane, flies across the English Channel. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: The Flying Scotsman at Kings Cross, London

The Flying Scotsman at Kings Cross, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). The 21.34m-long, 100-tonne machine was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley

Background imageFlying Collection: Spirit Of St Louis

Spirit Of St Louis
21st May 1927: US aviator Charles Lindberghs monoplane Spirit of St Louis landing at Le Bourget Paris after his non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York City. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageFlying Collection: Paris Parade For Lindbergh

Paris Parade For Lindbergh
A huge crowd gathers to watch a parade in honor of American pilot Charles A. Lindberghs successful trans-Atlantic flight, non-stop from New York to Paris, Paris, France, May 22, 1927

Background imageFlying Collection: Parade For Lindbergh

Parade For Lindbergh
June 1927: A tickertape parade on Broadway, New York, to welcome home US aviator Charles Lindbergh following his non-stop solo Atlantic flight from New York to Paris

Background imageFlying Collection: Lindberghs Plane

Lindberghs Plane
29th May 1927: US aviator Charles Lindberghs aeroplane flying above welcoming crowds at Croydon aerodrome, following his record-setting non-stop solo transatlantic crossing from New York to Paris

Background imageFlying Collection: Spirit of St. Louis Landing In Croydon

Spirit of St. Louis Landing In Croydon
29th May 1927: Charles Lindbergh flying into Croydon after his record breaking flight across the Atlantic. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Ava In Flight

Ava In Flight
1926: The new Ava bomber descending after its public maiden flight at the Royal Airforce display and pageant at Hendon Aerodrome, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: R 34 Flight

R 34 Flight
6th July 1919: R 34 Airship (gasbug) slowly descending at Mineola, New York, having made the first leg of its two-way Atlantic flight, July 1919. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Akron Airship

Akron Airship
1933: The worlds largest airship the Akron, used by the US Navy, flying over Philadelphia. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Baldwin Airship

Baldwin Airship
1905: The Baldwin airship, rising from the ground at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: British Fleet

British Fleet
July 1914: An airship, the Gamma, is seen flying over the Royal Yacht as George V reviews the Fleet at Spithead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Airship Ascends

Airship Ascends
24th September 1852: The ascent of French engineer and inventor Henri Giffauds first steam airship. Collection of the Musee de l Aeromautique (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Venetian Airship

Venetian Airship
circa 1910: Parseval, an Italian airship flying over the Campanile of San Marco, Venice. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Doomed Airship

Doomed Airship
6th May 1937: Aerial view of the German-made dirigible the Hindenburg flying over New York City on its transatlantic voyage from Frankfurt, Germany to Lakehurst naval airfield in New Jersey

Background imageFlying Collection: Experimental Flight

Experimental Flight
2nd April 1925: The R33 airship making an experimental flight from Bedfordshire to Pulham, the first trip of its kind for four years. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg
1937: The German-built airship Hindenburg (LZ-129) flying over New York City, showing the swastika symbol on its tail. Filled with the flammable gas hydrogen

Background imageFlying Collection: Marine Airship

Marine Airship
20th September 1913: A L2 Marine airship with three gondolas landing at Johannistal, after completing its maiden voyage from Freidrichshafen, Germany in thirteen hours

Background imageFlying Collection: Zeppelin Ascending

Zeppelin Ascending
circa 1915: A German Zeppelin ascending from its base for a raid on London. During World War I the Germans carried out 12 airship raids on London and many aeroplane attacks, killing some 530 people

Background imageFlying Collection: Great 20th Century Explorers

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, lands on a snowy field, Teller, Alaska, May 13

Background imageFlying Collection: Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman
July 1931: The Flying Scotsman train leaves Kings Cross station, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Wellington Barracks

Wellington Barracks
1944: The Royal Military Chapel at the Wellington Barracks, London, which was damaged in an air raid by flying bombs. The bombs fell during the Sunday morning service with substantial loss of life

Background imageFlying Collection: US Army Flying Fortresses

US Army Flying Fortresses
3rd April 1944: US Army Fortresses fly in tier formation in manoeuvres over south east USA. This is in preparation for joining one of the Allied theatres of war overseas

Background imageFlying Collection: Planes Over Paris

Planes Over Paris
British bombers flying over Paris during World War II, circa 1943. At the bottom of the image is Les Invalides, near the south bank of the Seine. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Lockheed Bomber

Lockheed Bomber
circa 1943: A U.S. Navy Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber flies over a mountain range during a long-range mission, World War II. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: Formation Flying

Formation Flying
circa 1940: US Airforce aircraft flying in formation. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageFlying Collection: 1916 Bi-Plane

1916 Bi-Plane
July 1966: A 1916 seaplane bi-plane, the first model to be produced by the Boeing aircraft company is seen here flying again at Seattle Washington

Background imageFlying Collection: RAF Supermarine Spitfire

RAF Supermarine Spitfire



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