Aeroplane Collection (page 4)

At Stag Lane Aerodrome, Hendon. Hon Lady Bailey ( wife of Sir Abe Bailey ), who pilots a " Moth " plane. 25 February 1927

Soviet MiG-19 jet fighter C015 / 6180
MiG-19. View of a Soviet MiG-19 jet fighter. Powered by two engines, the MiG-19 (NATO reporting name Farmer ) was the first operational fighter capable of supersonic speeds in level flight

Soldiers working on downed Junkers 88, Pagham Harbour, 9 Sep 1940
L Alouette Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: L Alouette/A/1/3/37

Downed Junkers 88, Pagham Harbour, 9 Sep 1940
A soldier is pointing out bullet holes on the cockpit. L Alouette Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: L Alouette/A/1/3/31

Antarctic airfield. Ski-equipped Hercules LC130 aircraft taking off from an airfield in West Antarctica. The aircraft is operated by the US New York Air National Guard

Frank Goodden and Caudron Biplane at Hendon Aerodrome

A soviet mikoyan-gurevich mig-19 farmer jet fighter in flight, 1960s

Ilyushin and test pilot Kokkinaki, 1942
Soviet aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin (centre right) and test pilot Vladimir Kokkinaki (left, in overalls), talking with a group of soldiers in front of an aircraft during World War II

Aircraft drops fire retardant
Israel, Haifa Carmel Mountain Forest, Aircraft dropping fire retardant on a wildfire

Aerial view of SW corner of Baltra with shallows and end of old WWII runway. Baltra, Galapagos Islands
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Aircraft on the ground, Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny"aircraft with model wing suspended, June 22, 1921
Curtiss JN-4 " Jenny" aircraft with model wing suspended, June 22, 1921. Active aircraft biplane, NACA 29-38131, with model wing suspended during flight

An airplane flies across a blue sky leaving vapour trails

Guillaume Amontons' demonstration of his aerial telegraph (engraving)
5616547 Guillaume Amontons' demonstration of his aerial telegraph (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting Guillaume Amontons' demonstration of his aerial telegraph in the Jardin du)

Air combat during the great war, 1919 (print)
7422829 Air combat during the great war, 1919 (print); (add.info.: History. Ist World War. Air combat during the great war)

Illustration showing Letur's flying machine, in which he died 1854
5311480 Illustration showing Letur's flying machine, in which he died 1854; (add.info.: Date: 1854); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Illustration showing early tailless glider or Flying Bird, proposed by de Sanderval in 1895
5311479 Illustration showing early tailless glider or Flying Bird, proposed by de Sanderval in 1895; (add.info.: Date: 1895); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The future of Advertising
5616669 The future of Advertising; (add.info.: Punch cartoon showing the future of Advertising. 'Picturesque London - or, sky-signs of the times', 1890)

Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight, Paris 1850 (engraving)
5616668 Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight, Paris 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight)

Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane, 19th century (engraving)
5616611 Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Artist's impression of Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane)

Wilhelm Kress's airplane of water, 1901 (b/w photo)
5616594 Wilhelm Kress's airplane of water, 1901 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Wilhelm Kress (1836-1913) an aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

24 Aug 1918 - Curtiss JN 4 Landplane powered with 150 HP Hispano motor, Miami, Fla (b/w photo)
7133896 24 Aug 1918 - Curtiss JN 4 Landplane powered with 150 HP Hispano motor, Miami, Fla (b/w photo); (add.info.: 24 Aug 1918 - Curtiss JN 4 Landplane powered with 150 HP Hispano motor, Miami)

Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier, and Florence Klingensmith, winner of the Amelia Earhart Trophy Race
7133783 Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier, and Florence Klingensmith, winner of the Amelia Earhart Trophy Race. Cleveland, August, 1932 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier

Advertising poster for the 1909 International Ballooning Exhibition in Frankfurt, 1909 (colour lithograph)
1769948 Advertising poster for the 1909 International Ballooning Exhibition in Frankfurt, 1909 (colour lithograph) by Oppenheim

Erecting aeroplanes, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400467 Erecting aeroplanes, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

Patriotism: the war of 1914 - 1918: the French cavalry regiment, aviation, the symbol of the homeland
JAB5037074 Patriotism: the war of 1914 - 1918: the French cavalry regiment, aviation, the symbol of the homeland, Marianne guiding the people

Start of aviation: American biplanes during an aircraft race in 1910. The pilots are flying around the brand in
NWI4953129 Start of aviation: American biplanes during an aircraft race in 1910. The pilots are flying around the brand in the wind

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier in an airplane flies with the French flag an Alsatian waiting
LUX4741058 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier in an airplane flies with the French flag an Alsatian waiting for him with impatience

France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900
LUX4810991 France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900; (add.info.: France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Greece, Thessaloniki: dismantling of a German biplane, French soldiers pack the pieces in wooden boxes or is inscribed
LUX4802272 Greece, Thessaloniki: dismantling of a German biplane, French soldiers pack the pieces in wooden boxes or is inscribed: Aeronautic Orient Armee, 1916; (add.info.: Greece)

France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910
LUX4801976 France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910; (add.info.: France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14)

First World War: Patriotic map showing a Bleriot plane flying over Metz Cathedral, 1915
LUX4744379 First World War: Patriotic map showing a Bleriot plane flying over Metz Cathedral, 1915; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1)

First World War: France, Patriotic Calendar Map showing a French plane flying over enemy troops
LUX4742656 First World War: France, Patriotic Calendar Map showing a French plane flying over enemy troops, titled 'Victory Calendar'

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a child in marine uniform carries a flag under a sky filled with French
LUX4738451 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a child in marine uniform carries a flag under a sky filled with French airplane, 1915

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo)
3585905 Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo); (add.info.: Photograph of Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) an American inventor and aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910
LUX4726491 France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910; (add.info.: France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

France: Boillet driver starts on his Nieuport 11 ' Bebe', number 872, 1916
LUX4726376 France: Boillet driver starts on his Nieuport 11 ' Bebe', number 872, 1916; (add.info.: France: Boillet driver starts on his Nieuport 11 " Bebe", number 872)

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Gerardmer: a military pilot lands in the middle of the countryside with his farman
LUX4726118 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Gerardmer: a military pilot lands in the middle of the countryside with his farman aircraft, 1915 - registration: C354; (add.info.: France, Lorraine)

France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909
LUX4726496 France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909; (add.info.: France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton
LUX4796304 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton, 1912 - plane Maurice Farman: MF 569; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Air Show, 1919 - Airco, Morane-Saulnier, Caudron, Farman, Louis Breguet
LUX4798889 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Air Show, 1919 - Airco, Morane-Saulnier, Caudron, Farman, Louis Breguet, Louis Clement, Le Goliath; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West
LUX4797624 France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West, a biplane lands in a field of the Tourangelle countryside, 1912; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Aeroplane Esnault-Pelterie (1906), monoplane aircraft designed by Robert Esnault Pelterie (1881-1957). Photography
YOU4418515 Aeroplane Esnault-Pelterie (1906), monoplane aircraft designed by Robert Esnault Pelterie (1881-1957). Photography

France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Issy les Moulineaux (Issy-les-Moulineaux)
LUX4746130 France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Issy les Moulineaux (Issy-les-Moulineaux): photo of the neighbouring biplane with his driver Henri Farman, 1908; (add.info.: France)

France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft, 1910
LUX4760525 France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft, 1910; (add.info.: France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: September 1912. Menneton, maneuvers
LUX4769005 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: September 1912. Menneton, maneuvers. Plane Louis Bleriot L.B 103 surrounds curious who look at him and soldiers who guard him

Pacific Theater, Nose Art [ French Kiss] April 1946 Manila - Clark Field
3036262 Pacific Theater, Nose Art [ French Kiss] April 1946 Manila - Clark Field; Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of photographs taken at Clark Air Base , Luzon Island , Philippines)

Pischoff aeroplane trying for Deutsch prize 1900 (photo)
681897 Pischoff aeroplane trying for Deutsch prize 1900 (photo); (add.info.: Pischoff airplane competes fro the Deutsch prize)

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From the cockpit of an Airbus A330 to the sleek design of a Bentley car, the world of aeroplanes encompasses both innovation and elegance. With aircraft propellers spinning like artwork, such as the Jaguar aircraft DP035691, it's no wonder that aviation has captured our imaginations for decades. One cannot mention aviation without acknowledging Howard Hughes, a true pioneer in US aviation history. His contributions have shaped the industry we know today. And speaking of pioneers, who can forget about Shackleton over the Strand RAF_228_190E_0048? Their daring feats remind us of the courage it takes to conquer new heights. The Lancaster Bomber accompanied by two Spitfire Fighter planes at the 2011 Goodwood revival showcases not only power but also teamwork in flight, and is a testament to how collaboration can lead to extraordinary achievements. And then there's Concorde – a symbol of speed and luxury that graced British Airways livery at Heathrow Airport in London during its heyday in the 1970s. Its iconic silhouette still captures hearts worldwide. Let's not overlook historical gems like The Westland Lysander from 1941 or aerial photography from 1919 AFL03_aerofilms_c12930. These snapshots transport us back in time and allow us to appreciate how far we've come in terms of technology and exploration. For those seeking adventure combined with breathtaking views, Maho Bay offers an unforgettable experience where low-flying aircraft approach Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Martin Island (St. Maarten). Witnessing these magnificent machines up close is truly awe-inspiring. Lastly, let's not forget moments like Farnborough Air Show in 1952 EAW046639 when enthusiasts gather to celebrate all things aviation-related – showcasing cutting-edge designs and pushing boundaries further than ever before. Whether it's kayaks attached to an aeroplane or any other unexpected combination, the world of aeroplanes continues to surprise and captivate us.