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Taking Off Collection

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Sunrise from an airplane above the clouds with wing unit, above Norway

Sunrise from an airplane above the clouds with wing unit, above Norway

Background imageTaking Off Collection: RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off

RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off
17th May 1952: An RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5864 - We re Flying Five Years Ahead - pub.1952

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Sputnik I

Sputnik I
October 1957: Sputnik I, the first Russian satellite to enter space, displayed on a stand shortly before its launch on October 4, 1957. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Haliaeetus leucocephalus, flying Bald eagle holding a fish in its talons

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, flying Bald eagle holding a fish in its talons

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Couple on a rocket

Couple on a rocket
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Background imageTaking Off Collection: Rockets in Flight

Rockets in Flight
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Background imageTaking Off Collection: Rocket Launch

Rocket Launch
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Background imageTaking Off Collection: Rocket in Space

Rocket in Space
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Background imageTaking Off Collection: Space Travel

Space Travel
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Background imageTaking Off Collection: Illustration of a cat jumping, multiple image

Illustration of a cat jumping, multiple image

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Dacelo novaeguineae, Laughing Kookaburra in flight, side view

Dacelo novaeguineae, Laughing Kookaburra in flight, side view

Background imageTaking Off 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 imageTaking Off Collection: Illustration of Eilmer (Elmer) of Malmesbury, 11th century Benedictine monk, attempting to fly

Illustration of Eilmer (Elmer) of Malmesbury, 11th century Benedictine monk, attempting to fly

Background imageTaking Off Collection: View from a Boeing 747-400 of a storm front at full moon, Australia

View from a Boeing 747-400 of a storm front at full moon, Australia

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Cygnus olor, Mute Swan at three stages of taking-off from water, side view

Cygnus olor, Mute Swan at three stages of taking-off from water, side view

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Group of birds in flight, on land, and perching on branch

Group of birds in flight, on land, and perching on branch

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), stages of bird in flight preparing to land, and White Swan on water

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), stages of bird in flight preparing to land, and White Swan on water

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Sequence of illustrations of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) plunging feet first into water

Sequence of illustrations of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) plunging feet first into water, catching fish and flying away, gripping it by reversible front toes and sharp spicules

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Rocket launched in cloud of fire and smoke

Rocket launched in cloud of fire and smoke

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Black and white illustration of Saturn V rocket being launched

Black and white illustration of Saturn V rocket being launched

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Illustration of people looking at large screen showing rocket taking off

Illustration of people looking at large screen showing rocket taking off

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Illustration of an airport

Illustration of an airport

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Illustration of a rocket taking off

Illustration of a rocket taking off

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Illustration of plane in hangar and another one on runway

Illustration of plane in hangar and another one on runway

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Illustration of US space rocket Saturn 5

Illustration of US space rocket Saturn 5

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbills (The Banana Birds), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbills (The Banana Birds), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Laika

Laika the satellite dog in her specially designed contraption in Sputnik II before take-off. Her last meal was poisoned to prevent her dying a slow death of starvation

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Test Launch

Test Launch
1957: Sputnik II, the second Russian satellite to enter space, on a test launch. (Photo by APA/Getty Images)

Background imageTaking Off Collection: RAF Round-The-World Flight

RAF Round-The-World Flight
A Vickers type 78 Vulture Mk 1 flying boat gets a push while taxiing before take-off at Cairo during the Royal Air Forces unsuccessful around the world attempt, 1924

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Cape cormorant or Cape shag -phalacrocorax capensis- at Robberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

Cape cormorant or Cape shag -phalacrocorax capensis- at Robberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Canada Goose -Branta canadensis-, Oesinghausen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Canada Goose -Branta canadensis-, Oesinghausen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Aircraft in flight above a cloud front, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Aircraft in flight above a cloud front, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Background imageTaking Off Collection: White Storks -Ciconia ciconia-, two young storks on a nest during flight exercises, North Hesse

White Storks -Ciconia ciconia-, two young storks on a nest during flight exercises, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Cessna in approach for a landing, the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Cessna in approach for a landing, the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Background imageTaking Off Collection: View of the island of Majorca from a plane, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

View of the island of Majorca from a plane, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Ulm take off

Ulm take off, Iceland

Background imageTaking Off Collection: A puffin taking off from the cliff

A puffin taking off from the cliff

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Martinsyde Monoplane

Martinsyde Monoplane
A Martin-Handasyde (aka Martinsyde) monoplane ready for take-off at Army Tests on Salisbury Plain, , 8th August 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Qutb Minar minaret with aircraft flying above, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, India

Qutb Minar minaret with aircraft flying above, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, India

Background imageTaking Off Collection: Rocket ship

Rocket ship
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Rocket ship. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)


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