Propeller Airplane Collection

Illustraton of Spirit of St Louis monoplane flown by Charles Lindbergh, non-stop flight from New York to Paris, 1927. Charles Lindbergh was born on Feb 4, 1902

Sopwith Camel in Flight
(Original Caption) World War I allied fighter plane: Sopwith F-1 "Camel". English manufactured. Photograph

French Pilot Standing Beside Biplane
An autographed photo of Georges Boillot beside his Nieuport Bebe

Amelia Earhart Boarding Airplane
Amelia Earhart climbs aboard a small single-engine airplane

Stunt Performer Schindler in Flight
Stunt performer Schindler balances above the cockpit of a stunt plane. He was killed moments later when his plane collided with another

Santos-Dumont In His Plane, 1907
(Original Caption) Santos-Dumont seated in his plane. Photograph, 1907

A Wright Brothers Airplane
(Original Caption) A group of men get a close view of the Wright Brothers airplane as it sits on the ground in the middle of a field. Undated photograph, circa 1906

Military and Flight Officials with Wright Airplane
(Original Caption) Virginia: Testing Out The New Wright Brothers Biplane, At Fort Meyer, 1909

Stunt Flyer on Top of Plane in Midair
(Original Caption) Croyden, England: Stunt flyer stands on top of his plane. Photograph, England, ca. 1910

Pilot Harriet Quimby Starting Airplane
Harriet Quimby grabs hold of the propeller of her monoplane and prepares to start the engine. In 1911, she became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence

Pilot Harriet Quimby with Airplane
In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the United States to receive her pilot's license

WWI British Bi-Plane Fighting Germans
A British Sopwith Camel in battle with German biplanes during World War I

American Pilot Attaching Bombs to Plane
An US Air Force pilot attaches bombs to the wings of his plane during World War I

Aviator James Doolittle Sitting in Cockpit
James Doolittle sits in the cockpit of his plane at Roosevelt Field, New York, after another record setting flight

Sikorsky Commercial Airplane Parked in a Field
(Original Caption) Photo shows the giant Sikorsky passenger plane ready for the flight. It is the largest commercial air transport in service

Airmail Pilots with Fokker Airplane
Three pilots for Colonial Air Transport, Inc. are congratulated by Managing Director Juan T. Trippe following their successful first airmail trip between Boston and New York

Airplane on Practice Flight Before Endurance Record Attempt
Airplane designed by G.M

Charles Lindbergh Flying Klemm Airplane
(Original Caption) Charles Lindbergh is a versatile flier, he takes up a Klemm plane at Curtiss Field, Long Island. Photo shows the plane in the air with Colonel Charles Lindbergh at the controls

Airplane Refueling in Midair
Loren Mendell and R.B. Reinhart refuel their Angeleno in midair above Culver City, California, after setting a new flight endurance record. The pair stayed aloft for 246 hours and 43 minutes

Charles Lindbergh Spinning Propeller of Light Plane
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Charles Lindbergh Working on Plane
(Original Caption) Lindy tinkers with motor at Portland, Maine

Airplane Refueling in Midair
Passing their 32nd hour of their endurance flight over Los Angeles, female aviators Bobbi Trout and Elinor Smith refuel in midair as they circle over the Metropolitan Airport

Front View of American Airlines Passenger Airplane
(Original Caption) View of the whirling propellers of a passenger transport plane. Undated photograph

Charles and Anne Lindbergh Breaking in New Plane
(Original Caption) This striking aerial closeup of Lindy and Anne shows them above the hills of Hollywood trying out their new plane which was just recently delivered to them

Flight Crew of Largest Tri-Motored Airplane
Flight crew of the world's largest tri-motored monoplane, which will attempt to bring back to Southern California the world endurance speed record

Amelia Earhart in Airplane Cockpit
(Original Caption) 4/8/1931-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Amelia Earhart in the cockpit of her autogiro after setting a new altitude record for women in planes of this type

Katharine Hepburn as Aviatrix
Actress Katharine Hepburn standing next to an aircraft for the film Christopher Strong

Dog Flying in Aircraft
(Original Caption) Fagin Flys to Chicago. Los Angeles... That "Viper Fagin" of the British underworld just couldn't wait to see Mayor Anton J

Aviator Roscoe Turner Posing Beside Airplane
(Original Caption) 6/23/1933-Los Angeles, CA- Aviator Roscoe Turner poses with his Wedell Williams low-wing monoplane, at the National Air Races

Judges Table on Grandstand at Air Race
(Original Caption) 7/5/1933-Los Angeles

Lee Gelbeck Poses With Airplane
(Original Caption) 7/5/1933-Los Angeles, CA- Lee Gelback, Thompson Trophy Race entrant, poses with his airplane at the National Air Races

Hubert Julian, "The Black Eagle"
Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, the African-American aviator known as "The Black Eagle" and once the entire Ethiopian Air Force

Skydiver Wearing Homemade Skydiving Suit with Wings
(Original Caption) Modern Icarus. He flew threw the air with the greatest of ease, and without the aid of mechanical motivation

Howard Hughes in Cockpit of Racing Airplane
(Original Caption) Howard Hughes, young film producer and aircraft enthusiast, is shown here settled in his new racer, in which he plans to compete in the Bendix Trans-Continental Race

Women Aviators for Roosevelt
Mrs. Oxlie, the chairwoman of the Commitee of Women Aviators for President Roosevelt and assistant Attorney General Stella Akin standing with one of their planes

Howard Hughes Standing in Front of Airplane
Howard Hughes standing in front of an airplane in a leather flight helmet and goggles

Beryl Markham Posing with Airplane
Pilot Beryl Markham, posing for photographer at Abingdon Aerodrome, Berkshire, prior to take off for her solo flight across the Atlantic

Pilot Howard Hughes in Airplane Cockpit

Amelia Earhart Outside Her Plane
(Original Caption) 7/7/1937-Los Angeles, CA: Here is the last picture made in Los Angeles of Amelia Earhart, missing with her navigator as she completed preparations for her ill-fated flight. (ACME)

Amelia Earhart Posing Before Her Plane's Propeller
Amelia Earhart leans on the propeller on the right wing engine on her airplane

Jacqueline Cochran Odlum
(Original Caption) Jacqueline Cochran Odlum, waves a cheery greeting to the crowd at Maimi air races as she arrives from New York with a brand new record

Howard Hughes Plane Arriving at Paris on World Flight
Journalists and military officials wait as Howard Hughes Lockheed 14 Super Electra arrives in Paris during his round the world flight

Howard Hughes Plane Surrounded by Crowd in Minneapolis
Howard Hughes Lockheed 14 Super Electra airplane is surrounded by onlookers and refueling trucks on landing at Minneapolis for refueling during his record round the world flight

Howard Hughes Transatlantic Plane
The Lockheed 14-N2 Super Electra, being flown by Howard Hughes, is fueled at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York before his departure on a record round the world flight

Howard Hughes Arriving in Los Angeles After World Flight
(Original Caption

Wreckage of Army's XP-38
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Pilot Jacqueline Cochran Standing Beside Airplane
(Original Caption) Jacqueline Cochran, famous woman flyer

Joseph McCarthy Sitting in Bomber Plane
Joseph McCarthy of the US Marine Corps sits in the gunner's seat of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Passenger At Aviation Field At Newark Nj
(Original Caption) Newark, NJ: Passenger at aviation field at Newark, New Jersey. Undated photograph. Gendreau collection

Boy in Aviator Suit Sitting in Toy Plane
Little Craig Smith looks around for enemy planes as he daydreams in a toy fighter plane

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Touring Aircraft Factory
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on an inspection tour of the Douglas Aircraft Company's factory in Long Beach, California, USA

Tuskegee Airmen Reading Map
Cadets at the Negro Training Center examine a map before taking off in a biplane for a training exercise. The pilots would later be known as the "Tuskegee Airmen"

Pilot on Wing of Fighter Plane
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Davis talks to Lieutenant Charles W. Dryden before he takes off

World War II Pilot
Fighter pilot Major Gregory Boyington poses for a picture before a mission

Factory Workers Cheer 3000th Douglas C-47 Skytrain
(Original Caption) 2/13/1944-Long Beach

Paul Fisher, Jr. with Plane
(Original Caption) To Berlin and Back. England: Lieutenant Paul Fisher, Jr. of Bronxville, N.Y

Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter Aircraft on Assembly Line
(Original Caption) 5/3/1944-Burbank

World War II USAAF Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in Formation
(Original Caption) 5/29/44-Farmingdale, NY: A potent weapon of the U.S

Pentagon and Surrounding Highways
(Original Caption) 1/11/45-Washington, DC: An unusual air view of the fabulous Pentagon building nerve center of the U.S. Army

Propeller-Powered Bomber
This bomber served as a "mothership" for a robot-piloted plane in March 1946

Pilot Jacqueline Cochran Painting on Plane
Pilot Jacqueline Cochran paints a message on her airplane. She hopes it will help the Army Air Forces Aid Society

Stewardess Watching Magician Levitate Woman
Irene Fredericks, stewardess for American Airlines, watches in amazement as magician Jack Gywnne levitates his helper and daughter-in-law Helen Gywnne during their East India levitation performance

Howard Hughes Standing with His First Plane
(Original Caption) Howard Hughes first plane, the H-1, a featherweight midget, was the ancestor of his newly-built "flying boat

Berlin Airlift Plane Landing
(Original Caption) 1948-49-Berlin, Germany-The Berlin airlift brings supplies to the blockaded city of 2 1/2 million West Berliners. Children eagerly wait for plane

Wings Clipped by Storm
The third snowstorm in 10 days halted air transport operations at Logan Airport in Boston, Jan. 2. Grounded commercial and National Guard planes are shown

Children Watch Food Airlift Plane Arrive
Grouped atop some of the ruins of war-battered Berlin, German adults and children watch as an American plane flies overhead during an airlift

Daredevil Al Wilson Golfing on Biplane
(Original Caption) The first aerial golfer, the first man to actually drive a golf ball from the top of a plane's wing, is shown here

Louis Bleriot Landing His Monoplane
(Original Caption) Louis Bleriot alights on English soil after his historic crossing of the Channel by monoplane

Illustration of Langley Aerodrome No. 5
The Langley Aerodrome No. 5, built by Samuel Langley, made it's first flight on May 6, 1896. The unpiloted, steam-driven plane was launched over the Potomac River because the Aerodrome No

Amelia Earhart
(Original Caption) Hand-colored portrait of Amelia Earhart, (1898-1937), American aviator, smiling as she stands in front of her plane. Undated illustration

Airplane Being Refueled In-Flight
Pilots Bill Barris and Dick Riedel receive some in-flight assistance from a speeding car as they try to break the flying endurance record

Watching a Plane During the Berlin Airlift
(Original Caption) Bridge to Berlin. Airlift Spotter

Aerial View of Airplanes at La Guardia
(Original Caption) LaGuardia Airport, New York. Queens, New York, New York: Aerial view shows section of apron

Crewmen Clearing Deck of USS Essex
Crewmen aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex clear the flight deck of snow. | Location: Near Korea

Sandy Wirth Twirling Baton on Top of Airplane
Miss Florida, Sandy Wirth twirls a baton atop an airliner in Miami, Florida. Her natural beauty and her twirling talent have won Sandy acclaim in the NBC-TV show, Super Circus

Ole Miss Monoplane Parked by Passenger Airplane
Ole Miss, a high winged monoplane that set a flight endurance record of more than 27 days, makes its last landing in Washington, DC, before going into the Smithsonian Institute

Francis Cardinal Spellman on C-54 Plane
(Original Caption) Francis Cardinal Spellman is firmly fastened in his seat with a safety belt aboard an Airforce C-54, ready for takeoff for Labrador and Greenland, November 29

Inflatable Airplane Deflated
(Original Caption) You'd never guess from looking at the equipment at left that it's an airplane at right, engineer Roger L

Portable Rubber Airplane in Flight
(Original Caption) An inflatable rubber airplane, small enough to pack in the trunk of a car when the air's let out, is taken aloft by pilot Dick Ulm at Akron, Ohio

Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper
(Original Caption) Robert Redford, full-length wearing old time aviator's uniform, in a scene from the movie: "The Great Waldo Pepper." Movie still, 1974

Gossamer Albatross in Flight
Bryan Allen flies the pedal-powered Gossamer Condor aircraft during a competition at Shafter Airport. The Gossamer Condor, designed by Dr

Black and white illustration of biplane propeller aircraft

Small, fixed-wing aircraft, cross-section, elevated view

Illustration of a light aircraft with red arrows illustrating pitch, yellow arrows illustrating yaw and blue arrows illustrating roll

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