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Aerodrome Collection (page 6)

Step into the world of aviation with a glimpse into the captivating history and thrilling events that have taken place at various aerodromes around the globe

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Sir Nigel Norman, owner of Heston Airport

Sir Nigel Norman, owner of Heston Airport, left, at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Major James L Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page

Major James L Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page
Major James L. Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page (under the umbrella) at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Ford Aerodrome - Geoffrey Cobham, Sir Alan Cobham

Ford Aerodrome - Geoffrey Cobham, Sir Alan Cobham
Ford Aerodrome. From left: Geoffrey Cobham, Sir Alan Cobham, William Courtenay, Lady Cobham, Michael Cobham, Sqn Ldr Helmore and Lady Gunter

Background imageAerodrome Collection: De Havilland School of Flying Advertisement, 1931

De Havilland School of Flying Advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for the De Havilland School of Flying, based at Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire. Date: 1931

Background imageAerodrome Collection: AIRCRAFT, 1931

AIRCRAFT, 1931
Scene at Shoreham Aerodrome, 2 women pose in front of single- seater aircraft (type unknown). Date: 1931

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Raf Monoplane Pilots

Raf Monoplane Pilots
Squadron Leader Q.R. Gayford and Flight Lieutenant O.L.G. Bett, pilots of the giant RAF Fairey (Napier) Long Range Monoplane, at Cranwell Aerodrome, destination Egypt. Date: 22 October 1931

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Fly to Beechams Pills for Perfect Health - Promo Prochure

Fly to Beechams Pills for Perfect Health - Promo Prochure Date: 1930

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Handley Page biplane, Imperial Airways, Croydon

Handley Page biplane, Imperial Airways, Croydon
Handley Page W.8B biplane, RMA Princess Mary, belonging to Imperial Airways. Seen here at Croydon Aerodrome. Date: circa 1925

Background imageAerodrome Collection: WW1 - Pilot at an Airfield (unidentified)

WW1 - Pilot at an Airfield (unidentified) Date: circa 1915

Background imageAerodrome Collection: R. A. F. Reserve Flying Club Display spectators

R. A. F. Reserve Flying Club Display spectators
A page of sketches by H.H.Harris showing some of the guests and spectators at the inaugural display of the R.A.F. Reserve Flying Club at the Hatfield Aerodrome Date: 22 July 1933

Background imageAerodrome Collection: King Edward VII with Wilbur Wright

King Edward VII with Wilbur Wright
King Edward inspecting Wilbur Wrights flying machine that floats on an " attenuated sea". Wilbur Wright explaining the machines mechanism at Pau. Date: March 1909

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Anthony Wilding at an aerodrome in France, 1915

Anthony Wilding at an aerodrome in France, 1915
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion pictured at an aerodrome somewhere in France in 1915 with from left

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Chinese sentry guards American bomber

Chinese sentry guards American bomber
A Chinese sentry stands guard in the shadow of the wing of a bomber of the 14th U.S. Army Air Force at an aerodrome in China

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Defence of British aerodromes by G. H. Davis

Defence of British aerodromes by G. H. Davis
The defence of British aerodromes: methods of defence above and under the ground during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Round the clock with a bomber squadron

Round the clock with a bomber squadron. The bomber pilot and captain starts his day with a wash; he sets out with his crew on the back of a vehicle; the crew climb a ladder to board the aircraft

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Advertising material displayed on a car

Advertising material displayed on a car, with a man sitting alongside. One poster reads: Stop this car for a free drive, and the other reads: See the seaside from the air

Background imageAerodrome Collection: No. 2 Squadron on a German aerodrome in 1918

No. 2 Squadron on a German aerodrome in 1918
No.2 Squadron on a German aerodrome in 1918

Background imageAerodrome Collection: W. Wyne, known as ?Winnie Wynne? an autogyro enthusiast, ?

W. Wyne, known as ?Winnie Wynne? an autogyro enthusiast, ?
W. Wyne, known as ?Winnie Wynne? an autogyro enthusiast, in front of a Cierva C40 at the Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Great West Aerodrome, Hayes, Middlesex, on 14 May 1939

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Hounslow Aerodrome circa 1919

Hounslow Aerodrome circa 1919

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Hounslow Aerodrome

Hounslow Aerodrome

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Dr Harold Roxbee Cox, Royal Aeronautical Society Preside?

Dr Harold Roxbee Cox, Royal Aeronautical Society Preside?
Dr Harold Roxbee Cox, Royal Aeronautical Society President 1947-1949, leaves the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May in a hydrogen balloon flown by

Background imageAerodrome Collection: The 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Whit?

The 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Whit?
The 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: The Duchess of Bedford at the 1936 Royal Aeronautical So?

The Duchess of Bedford at the 1936 Royal Aeronautical So?
The Duchess of Bedford at the 1936 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex, on 10 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Guests in front of the Sopwith Pup belonging to the Shut?

Guests in front of the Sopwith Pup belonging to the Shut?
Guests in front of the Sopwith Pup belonging to the Shuttleworth Collection at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Blimp at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Part?

Blimp at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Part?
Blimp at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Neville Duke flying Hawker Tomtit G-AFTA at the 1951 Roy?

Neville Duke flying Hawker Tomtit G-AFTA at the 1951 Roy?
Neville Duke flying Hawker Tomtit G-AFTA at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: The 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Whit?

The 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Whit?
The 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: A guest at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Pa?

A guest at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Pa?
A guest at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Sopwith Pup belonging to the Shuttleworth Collection at ?

Sopwith Pup belonging to the Shuttleworth Collection at ?
Sopwith Pup belonging to the Shuttleworth Collection at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Charles Dollfus inspects the basket of his hydrogen ball?

Charles Dollfus inspects the basket of his hydrogen ball?
Charles Dollfus inspects the basket of his hydrogen balloon at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Kite and blimp at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Ga?

Kite and blimp at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Ga?
Kite and blimp at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height ?

Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height ?
Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: L. C. Marmol in a Lunak L107 sailplane, G-ALSI, is towed ?

L. C. Marmol in a Lunak L107 sailplane, G-ALSI, is towed ?
L.C. Marmol in a Lunak L107 sailplane, G-ALSI, is towed to height at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Fouga Cyclone at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Gar?

Fouga Cyclone at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Gar?
Fouga Cyclone at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Charles Dollfus at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society G?

Charles Dollfus at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society G?
Charles Dollfus at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Cierva Skeeter, G-AJCJ, at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical S?

Cierva Skeeter, G-AJCJ, at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical S?
Cierva Skeeter, G-AJCJ, at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly II, KK991, at the 1949 Royal Aeron?

Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly II, KK991, at the 1949 Royal Aeron?
Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly II, KK991, at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Wg Cdr J. A. Kent in the cockpit of the Deperdussin of 19?

Wg Cdr J. A. Kent in the cockpit of the Deperdussin of 19?
Wg Cdr J.A. Kent in the cockpit of the Deperdussin of 1910, belonging to the Shuttleworth Collection at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Jeffrey Quill in the cockpit of the Blriot XI of the Sh?

Jeffrey Quill in the cockpit of the Blriot XI of the Sh?
Jeffrey Quill in the cockpit of the Blriot XI of the Shuttleworth collection at the 1949 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 8 May

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Viscount Swinton, left, and Frederick Handley Page inspe?

Viscount Swinton, left, and Frederick Handley Page inspe?
Viscount Swinton, left, and Frederick Handley Page inspect a Kay Gyroplane at the 1938 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex

Background imageAerodrome Collection: A C-17 Globemaster III on the flight line as fire retardant foam is released

A C-17 Globemaster III on the flight line as fire retardant foam is released
September 24, 2013 - A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on the flight line as fire retardant foam is unintentionally released in an aircraft hangar

Background imageAerodrome Collection: UH-60 Blackhawk flies over Camp Speicher airfield at sunset

UH-60 Blackhawk flies over Camp Speicher airfield at sunset
Camp Speicher, Iraq - UH-60 Blackhawk flies over Camp Speicher airfield at sunset

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Service members undergo maintenance on a B-2 Spirit

Service members undergo maintenance on a B-2 Spirit
During early morning operations, 131st Bomb Wing Missouri Air National Guard mantainers service a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri

Background imageAerodrome Collection: The Airfield, 1918 (w / c on paper)

The Airfield, 1918 (w / c on paper)
XIR178713 The Airfield, 1918 (w/c on paper) by Flameng, Francois (1856-1923); Musee de l Armee, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Background imageAerodrome Collection: An Aeroplane Taking Off, 1913 (w / c on paper)

An Aeroplane Taking Off, 1913 (w / c on paper)
XIR178712 An Aeroplane Taking Off, 1913 (w/c on paper) by Flameng, Francois (1856-1923); Musee de l Armee, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Runway at Auckland Airport, and Manukau Harbour, North Island, New Zealand - aerial

Runway at Auckland Airport, and Manukau Harbour, North Island, New Zealand - aerial

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Golden Ray Fleet

Golden Ray Fleet
French Air Unions fleet of Breguet and Bleriot Golden Ray (Rayon d Or) passenger planes at Le Bourget aerodrome near Paris, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the airlines London-Paris service

Background imageAerodrome Collection: Gale Force

Gale Force
November 1918: Remains of a plane and a hangar after a gale at Hendon aerodrome. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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Step into the world of aviation with a glimpse into the captivating history and thrilling events that have taken place at various aerodromes around the globe. From exhilarating air races to breathtaking aerial pageants, these snapshots offer a window into the awe-inspiring world of flight. Imagine yourself transported back in time as you admire the Air Race for the Kings Cup Poster, showcasing skilled pilots pushing their limits in pursuit of victory. The Hendon Aerial Pageant comes alive through faded photographs, capturing daredevil stunts and heart-stopping maneuvers that left spectators breathless. Intrigue surrounds Supermarine test pilots at High Post Aerodrome in March - what groundbreaking innovations were they testing? Meanwhile, Blackburn Kangaroo, G-EAOW, has arrived at Hounslow Aerodrome, ready to embark on new adventures high above. The Empire Air Day Poster invites you to witness a celebration of aviation's triumphs and advancements. And if you seek an adrenaline rush from a different perspective, Pleasure Flights beckon with promises of soaring through endless skies. Delve deeper into this fascinating realm with printed souvenir paper napkins adorned with iconic aircraft designs. An Afternoon At Home at a Modern Flying Club by Johns offers an intimate glimpse into the camaraderie shared among aviators who call these aerodromes home. From an aerial view of Duxford Aerodrome - now Imperial War Museum Duxford and American Air Museum - one can almost hear echoes of engines roaring overhead. Wind sock flutters proudly over Belle Ile en Mer's aerodrome in France; it stands as a testament to countless takeoffs and landings witnessed throughout its existence. Traveling further back in time reveals Types of German aeroplanes during World War One - relics that shaped military strategies and forever altered warfare tactics. Finally, Rarotonga International Airport welcomes visitors to paradise amidst palm-fringed shores; here lies an aerodrome where dreams take flight.