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R1014th October 1930: R101 at its moorings in Cardington, Bedfordshire prior to its departure for India. It crashed en-route. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Stephensons RocketOctober 1829: Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, winner of the prize for best locomotive in a contest of steam engines at Rainhill
R-101 Airship in a hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire1929: The R101 airship in a hangar at Cardington in Bedfordshire. The R101 was 221 m (724 ft) long and had a gas capacity of 140 million litres (5 million cu ft)
Dufaux IV19th July 1910: A Dufaux IV biplane built by Armand and Henri Dufaux at Geneva with a Swiss cross on the rear fuselage. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 27 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dufaux Biplanecirca 1910: A Dufaux IV biplane built by Armand and Henri Dufaux at Geneva. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 26 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Santos-Dumont28th June 1909: A front close-up view of a Demoiselle monoplane, designed and built by Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 - 1932) the aeronaut
Turbinia1894: The SS Turbinia, the first vessel fitted with steam turbines designed by Charles Parsons, under way with flags flying. C A Parsons and R J Walkers Marine Steam Turbine Development - pub
Phantom Bikecirca 1869: Phantom bicycle, invented by W F Reynolds and J A Mays. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
First Tram1861: The first tram in London running between Marble Arch and Notting Hill Gate. It was patented by George Francis Train but withdrawn shortly after its first run due to local opposition
Rocket By Stephensoncirca 1900: Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson. In October 1829 the machine won the prize for best locomotive in a contest of steam engines at Rainhill
Saving Petrolcirca 1940: An Austin Therm balloon car. The bag on the roof is full of coal gas used to fuel the saloon car thus saving petrol during World War II
Goupy II8th April 1910: A Goupy II biplane built by Ambroise Goupy in collaboration with Mario Calderara in Bleriots shop. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 68 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Flying Failure19th September 1911: An armoured plane with cantilever wings and a Leon Levavasseur designed Antoinette engine which proved too heavy to fly more than a few yards
Bellamy Plane18th June 1908: Bellamys aeroplane at trials in Petersham Meadows showing a front view of the propellers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
RAC Dust Trials1st July 1908: A racing car with anti-dust devices at the RAC Dust Trials at Brooklands race-track. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Replica Of Rocket21st April 1913: A replica of the steam locomotive Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, on display at Crewe for a visit by King George V and Queen Mary
Early Aircraft1910: A crowd gathered around an aircraft at Claude Grahame-Whites passenger flights event at Ranleagh. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Barton Airship1906: Doctor Bartons airship tethered in Alexandra Park, north London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Wrights Biplane29th March 1910: Alex Ogilvies Wright biplane at Camber Sands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Single Or DoubleNovember 1915: A van with a collapsible top section which converts the vehicle into a double decker. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Farman Plane1911: Reynolds Farman bi-plane on the ground at Brooklands, with Lathams Antoinette in the background just taking off. (Photo by Henry Bury/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Tricyclecirca 1900: An early tricycle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Early Planecirca 1909: An unusual mono-plane on the airfield at Brooklands. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Rolls Sommer PlaneEnglish motoring and aviation pioneer Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) in his Sommer 1910 biplane, at Eastchurch airfield on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, 2nd April 1910
Maurice Farman6th March 1910: A Maurice Farman biplane design. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 58 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Esnault PelterieDecember 1910: A side view of an Esnault-Pelterie REP monoplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 67 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
LaurensDecember 1910: An Esnault-Pelterie REP influenced design of monoplane belonging to Laurens. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 74 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Hanriot VI28th May 1910: A view of an Antoinette inspired design, the Hanriot VI monoplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 79 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wright Biplanecirca 1910: A modified Wright biplane being pushed on wheels into a shed. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 60 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
AnzaniNovember 1909: An Anzani monoplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 71 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Clerget17th October 1910: A monoplane and a group of onlookers. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 80 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
De Pischoff7th July 1910: A group of helpers around a de Pischoff monoplane No 63 at Reims. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 66 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Caudran II14th August 1910: The Caudron No 2 biplane and mechanics at an Air Meet. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 73 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Coffee PotAugust 1910: An early Breguet biplane called The coffee pot due to its aluminium covering, with the Air Meet number 19 on the tail
Aviation History1907: A Dunne Model DI powered glider. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bird Mancirca 1781: Book illustrations showing hero Victorin and early designs of parachute or glider. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 5 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Naus Monoplane13th May 1910: A monoplane belonging to Robert Nau. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 33 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Tethered Hopcirca 1906: The Jacob Ellehammer Danemark II making an unmanned tethered hop. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 47 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ferber Powercirca 1905: A powered aircraft built by Ferdinand Ferber being launched into flight. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 45 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Archdeacon12th October 1905: One of Ernest Archdeacons gliders on its launching rails. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 44 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bleriot V14th March 1907: A Bleriot V monoplane being erected in front of a crowd of onlookers. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 70 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Auffin23rd April 1908: A workman leaving a Auffin-Ordt monoplane aircraft. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 79 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wright Engine25th July 1908: The engine propeller chain drive and twin seating of the Wright Flyer II biplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 54 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Lifting Off5th November 1908: The Koechlin monoplane being prepared for flight. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 33 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Road Plane19th August 1908: A Ferber biplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 19 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wright Biplane15th July 1908: The Wright Flyer II biplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 53 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Monoplane18th May 1910: A tidy Robert Nau monoplane tractor design. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 32 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Air Meetcirca 1909: Two biplane boxkites of Farman-Voisin influence guarded by the military or police with crowds kept behind at a distance