Hendon Collection

Aerial Derby
The start of the speed handicap race during the Aerial Derby at Hendon aviation meeting. (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)

Gale Force
November 1918: Remains of a plane and a hangar after a gale at Hendon aerodrome. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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

Aviation Meeting
22nd November 1912: G Sabelli just beating LWF Turner at an aviation meeting at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Pageant
July 1920: Crowds at an aerial pageant at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bi-plane
28th August 1913: A small crowd gathered round Claude Grahame-Whites five seater bi-plane at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The First Air Mail
9th September 1911: The first air mail leaves Hendon on its way to Windsor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Forces Aircraft
28th September 1912: Naval and military aircraft in a line on the airfield at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Monoplane In Flight
25th September 1913: The American monoplane flown by W L Brock at the International Air Race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
6th June 1914: Louis Noel, the winner at the Aerial Derby at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Race At Hendon
August 1913: Pilots Birchenough and Carr flying Grahame-White biplanes in the final race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hendon Aerodrome
22nd July 1911: Spectators watching a competitor arriving at Hendon during the Daily Mail Round Britain Air Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
September 1913: A view of the motors in the enclosure at the Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
20th September 1913: Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Channel Flight
21st May 1914: Aviator Princess Ludwig of Lowenstein-Wertheim in the skies above Hendon, during her flight across the English Channel. (Photo by 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)

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)

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)

Car Sale
March 1919: A motor sale at Hendon. (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)

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