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Pilot Collection

Background imagePilot Collection: RAF Scramble

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

Background imagePilot Collection: Cartoon, pilot flying green open-topped aeroplane among clouds and waving

Cartoon, pilot flying green open-topped aeroplane among clouds and waving, his scarf rustling in wind, side view

Background imagePilot Collection: Monck Masons Airship

Monck Masons Airship
The Victoria, an early airship built by English aviator Thomas Monck Mason, 1843. American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

Background imagePilot Collection: Flying Teletubby

Flying Teletubby
July 1909: This aviator performs some last minute adjustments on the plane, while his lucky mascot looks on. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: 1939 Supermarine Spitfire, side view

1939 Supermarine Spitfire, side view

Background imagePilot Collection: First manned hydrogen balloon flight

First manned hydrogen balloon flight

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration, two men standing in basket of rising hot-air balloon, one talking into radiophone

Illustration, two men standing in basket of rising hot-air balloon, one talking into radiophone, the other one looking down, low angle view

Background imagePilot Collection: Pioneering aircraft

Pioneering aircraft

Background imagePilot Collection: Early mechanical wing aircraft

Early mechanical wing aircraft

Background imagePilot Collection: Hurricane Fighters

Hurricane Fighters
10th December 1940: Two Czech pilots watching colleagues take to the air in their Hurricanes. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Royal Canadian Air Force During World War 2

Royal Canadian Air Force During World War 2
Two pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force getting in to an aircraft at a training centre in Canada circa 1940. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: F-86 Sabre

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

Background imagePilot Collection: Cockpit

Cockpit
17th June 1950: Pilot Bruce Wingate at the controls of a Meteor jet belonging to RAF 54 squadron. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5066 - Acrobats In Vampires - pub

Background imagePilot Collection: Flying Scotsman painted on the carriage roof of the famous train to enable the

Flying Scotsman painted on the carriage roof of the famous train to enable the
20th May 1932: The words Flying Scotsman painted on the carriage roof of the famous train to enable the pilot of an Imperial Airways

Background imagePilot Collection: At The Ready

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

Background imagePilot Collection: Balloon of Renard and Krebs

Balloon of Renard and Krebs
Antique illustration of balloon of Renard and Krebs

Background imagePilot Collection: Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)
Antique illustration engraving of Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration of inside view of F15 cockpit, navigator sitting behind pilot

Illustration of inside view of F15 cockpit, navigator sitting behind pilot, wearing anti-gravity suits, masks containing microphones covering mouths, small TV screens displaying information

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration, man riding red hang glider over green hills, side view

Illustration, man riding red hang glider over green hills, side view

Background imagePilot Collection: Autogyro, flying with pilot

Autogyro, flying with pilot

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration of pilot in biplane cockpit

Illustration of pilot in biplane cockpit

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration of Air Force pilot in cockpit

Illustration of Air Force pilot in cockpit

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration of Amelia Earhart standing on red Lockheed Vega

Illustration of Amelia Earhart standing on red Lockheed Vega

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration of Amelia Earhart sitting in cockpit of Lockheed Vega aeroplane

Illustration of Amelia Earhart sitting in cockpit of Lockheed Vega aeroplane

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration of World War One British pilot firing machine gun from Sopwith Camel aeroplane in

Illustration of World War One British pilot firing machine gun from Sopwith Camel aeroplane in mid-air

Background imagePilot Collection: Illustration of a biplane

Illustration of a biplane

Background imagePilot Collection: Pilot Pond in Banff

Pilot Pond in Banff

Background imagePilot Collection: Beacon of Fanad Head at the mouth of Milford sound, Co Donegal, Ireland

Beacon of Fanad Head at the mouth of Milford sound, Co Donegal, Ireland

Background imagePilot Collection: Beacon of Fanad Head at the mouth of Milford sound, Co Donegal Ireland

Beacon of Fanad Head at the mouth of Milford sound, Co Donegal Ireland

Background imagePilot Collection: The Future Of Flight

The Future Of Flight
July 1909: This aviator performs some last minute adjustments on the plane for the Blackpool Flying Week. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Raising Dust

Raising Dust
15th January 1908: The Voisin-Farman No 1 biplane, built by Henri Farman (1874 - 1958), French aviator and manufacturer and flown by him and his brother, Maurice (1878 - 1964)

Background imagePilot Collection: Trailing Vortex

Trailing Vortex
19th May 1970: The tornado effect left in the wake of aeroplanes which can last for several minutes and may cause serious accidents as pilots follow aircraft into apparantly calm air

Background imagePilot Collection: Hirth And Weller

Hirth And Weller
1930: German aviators Wolf Hirth and Oscar Weller in their 40hp Klemm L25aI monoplane. The pair are attempting a transatlantic flight from Berlin to Chicago via the Orkneys, Iceland

Background imagePilot Collection: Cockpit Machine Gun

Cockpit Machine Gun
A German airman demonstrates the greater range of fire achieved by mounting his gun on a swivel upon a rotating ring. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Cody In Flight

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)

Background imagePilot Collection: Damaged Minerva

Damaged Minerva
1907: A damaged Minerva racing car, belonging to the English aviator and politician John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, on its side on the track at Brooklands, after an accident in the sixth race

Background imagePilot Collection: Air Race

Air Race
August 1910: Blondeau in flight on Farman in the Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Channel Flight

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)

Background imagePilot Collection: High Flyer

High Flyer
March 1924: A canine aviator ready for action. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Codys No 14

Codys No 14
August 1910: The aircraft flown by American aviator Commander Samuel Cody at the Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Rolls Last Flight

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

Background imagePilot Collection: Stunt Flying

Stunt Flying
Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) flies his Short seaplane through Tower Bridge, over the River Thames, 10th August 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Sopwith Tabloid

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)

Background imagePilot Collection: Flying Farman

Flying Farman
October 1909: French pioneer aviator and aircraft manufacturer Henri Farman (1874 - 1958) breaks an English record in his Farman Le Gypaete no 6 at Blackpool

Background imagePilot Collection: Thames Flight

Thames Flight
10th August 1912: A modified Short S27 hydroplane flown by Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) returns from the River Thames

Background imagePilot Collection: Biplane To Take Off

Biplane To Take Off
April 1911: Crowds watching the aviator Gilmour about to take off in a biplane at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePilot Collection: Canine Aviator

Canine Aviator
circa 1920: A close-up of Mike, the worlds only canine aviator, wearing flying cap and goggles in Chicago. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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