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Background imageTransportation Collection: Aftermath of the Abbots Ripton Crash in Cambridgeshire, January 1876

Aftermath of the Abbots Ripton Crash in Cambridgeshire, January 1876
The aftermath of a rail crash at Abbots Ripton in Cambridgeshire, where the Flying Scotsman collided with a coal train, and was then hit by the Leeds express, January 1876

Background imageTransportation Collection: Gresley Pacific locomotives at Kings Cross station, London, circa 1926

Gresley Pacific locomotives at Kings Cross station, London, circa 1926.. Left to right; Class A1 No 2544 Lemberg ; unidentified; Class A1 No 2578 Bayardo ; Class A1 No 4476 Royal Lancer

Background imageTransportation Collection: Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh
29th May 1927: American aviator Charles Lindbergh arriving at Croydon from America. Lindbergh is the first man to fly from America to England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Spirit Of St Louis

Spirit Of St Louis
21st May 1927: US aviator Charles Lindberghs monoplane Spirit of St Louis landing at Le Bourget Paris after his non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York City. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Paris Parade For Lindbergh

Paris Parade For Lindbergh
A huge crowd gathers to watch a parade in honor of American pilot Charles A. Lindberghs successful trans-Atlantic flight, non-stop from New York to Paris, Paris, France, May 22, 1927

Background imageTransportation Collection: Ticker-Tape Parade

Ticker-Tape Parade
The tickertape parade in New York following Charles Lindberghs arrival after his solo flight across the Atlantic. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Parade For Lindbergh

Parade For Lindbergh
June 1927: A tickertape parade on Broadway, New York, to welcome home US aviator Charles Lindbergh following his non-stop solo Atlantic flight from New York to Paris

Background imageTransportation Collection: Lindberghs Return

Lindberghs Return
June 1927: New York City celebrates Charles Lindberghs return with a ticker-tape parade, after his non-stop one-man transatlantic flight from New York to Paris

Background imageTransportation Collection: Lindberghs Plane

Lindberghs Plane
29th May 1927: US aviator Charles Lindberghs aeroplane flying above welcoming crowds at Croydon aerodrome, following his record-setting non-stop solo transatlantic crossing from New York to Paris

Background imageTransportation Collection: Spirit of St. Louis Landing In Croydon

Spirit of St. Louis Landing In Croydon
29th May 1927: Charles Lindbergh flying into Croydon after his record breaking flight across the Atlantic. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Lindbergh Arrives In Croydon

Lindbergh Arrives In Croydon
Aerial view of a huge crowd of people as they surround Charles A. Lindbergh and his plane upon his arrival at Croydon airfield, Croydon, England, May 29, 1927

Background imageTransportation Collection: Ava In Flight

Ava In Flight
1926: The new Ava bomber descending after its public maiden flight at the Royal Airforce display and pageant at Hendon Aerodrome, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Shenandoah

Shenandoah
The christening of the US Airship USS Shenandoah (American Indian name, Daughter Of The Stars ) at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The first helium filled rigid airship

Background imageTransportation Collection: Santos-Dumont Airship

Santos-Dumont Airship
The Santos-Dumont dirigible airship No 16, built in 1903. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: British Army Baby

British Army Baby
A crowd of people at Aldershot watching the British Armys new airship Baby being demonstrated. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Mayfly Unveiling

Mayfly Unveiling
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, slowly emerges from her hangar prior to its maiden test-flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship Norge

Airship Norge
The airship Norge, piloted by Italian Umberto Nobile and commissioned by explorer Roald Amundsen for his failed attempt to reach the North Pole

Background imageTransportation Collection: Hindenburg Fire

Hindenburg Fire
The German-built dirigible Hindenburg (Zeppelin LZ 129) catches fire in the stern while trying to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship Pax

Airship Pax
Brazilian born inventor Augusto Severos colourful airship Pax. Severo was killed in Paris in 1902 when the airship rose steeply and exploded. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Early Zeppelin

Early Zeppelin
A passenger carrying Zeppelin operated by the German Delag, the first scheduled airline company, in France. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: La France Dirigible

La France Dirigible
The first fully controllable air dirigible La France, designed by Captain Charles Renard and Lieutenant Arthur Krebs, at Chalais-Meudon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: R 34 Flight

R 34 Flight
6th July 1919: R 34 Airship (gasbug) slowly descending at Mineola, New York, having made the first leg of its two-way Atlantic flight, July 1919. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Akron Airship

Akron Airship
1933: The worlds largest airship the Akron, used by the US Navy, flying over Philadelphia. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Baldwin Airship

Baldwin Airship
1905: The Baldwin airship, rising from the ground at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: British Fleet

British Fleet
July 1914: An airship, the Gamma, is seen flying over the Royal Yacht as George V reviews the Fleet at Spithead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Le Baudy Airship

Le Baudy Airship
circa 1911: A group watching Le Baudy airship take off the passengers travelling on an open platform supported by a framework of struts. The airship later crashed

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship

Airship
12th March 1979: AD 500 airship wheeled out for trials at Cardignton. (Photo by Mike Stephens/Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: The Schwaben

The Schwaben
circa 1925: A German airship, the Schwaben which was destroyed by an explosion. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship R33

Airship R33
April 1925: British airship R33 leaving Pulham aerodrome, Norfolk. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship Ascends

Airship Ascends
24th September 1852: The ascent of French engineer and inventor Henri Giffauds first steam airship. Collection of the Musee de l Aeromautique (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Venetian Airship

Venetian Airship
circa 1910: Parseval, an Italian airship flying over the Campanile of San Marco, Venice. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship

Airship
1917: A British airship attached to its mooring. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: R 101 Moored

R 101 Moored
October 1929: Airship R101 moored to a control tower at Cardington. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: ZR3

ZR3
August 1924: The enormous German built Zeppelin ZR3, re-christened the Los Angeles, in a hangar in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship Echelon

Airship Echelon
March 1944: An echelon of airships from the US Naval Airforce glide across the sky over California. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: German Airship

German Airship
circa 1920: German airship Bodensee. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: American Airship

American Airship
October 1923: The ZR-1 renamed Shenandoah. Largest airship of her time and the first to be filled with helium. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Doomed Airship

Doomed Airship
6th May 1937: Aerial view of the German-made dirigible the Hindenburg flying over New York City on its transatlantic voyage from Frankfurt, Germany to Lakehurst naval airfield in New Jersey

Background imageTransportation Collection: Zeppelin Airship

Zeppelin Airship
August 1924: Zeppelin Airship ZR3, later called Los Angeles, Gas bags after 3 hours of inflation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Experimental Flight

Experimental Flight
2nd April 1925: The R33 airship making an experimental flight from Bedfordshire to Pulham, the first trip of its kind for four years. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Airship C5

Airship C5
circa 1925: American airship C5 leaving Montauk Point, New York for a journey to Newfoundland. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg
1937: The German-built airship Hindenburg (LZ-129) flying over New York City, showing the swastika symbol on its tail. Filled with the flammable gas hydrogen

Background imageTransportation Collection: Ill Fated R-101

Ill Fated R-101
1929: The airship R101 at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedfordshire. It crashed on its maiden voyage to India while over northern France. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageTransportation Collection: Marine Airship

Marine Airship
20th September 1913: A L2 Marine airship with three gondolas landing at Johannistal, after completing its maiden voyage from Freidrichshafen, Germany in thirteen hours

Background imageTransportation Collection: Zeppelin Ascending

Zeppelin Ascending
circa 1915: A German Zeppelin ascending from its base for a raid on London. During World War I the Germans carried out 12 airship raids on London and many aeroplane attacks, killing some 530 people

Background imageTransportation Collection: Great 20th Century Explorers

Great 20th Century Explorers
The semi-rigid N-class airship Norge (Norwegian for Norway ), which was used by the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition to fly over the North Pole, lands on a snowy field, Teller, Alaska, May 13

Background imageTransportation Collection: Great 20th Century Explorers

Great 20th Century Explorers
The ill-fated semi-rigid N-class airship N1 (aka Italia ) makes a stopover at an airfield before continuing on with Italian general Umberto Nobiles second expedition to overfly the North Pole, Stolp

Background imageTransportation Collection: Electric Airship

Electric Airship
A model of an airship, built by the Tissandier brothers in 1843, on display at the Science Museum, London, 23rd June 1950



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