Aeroplane Collection (page 7)

The Petrol Era, five phases of the great power of the reign of King George V
2915348 The Petrol Era, five phases of the great power of the reign of King George V. Centre plate, King George entering his Daimler car. Top left, petrol and the farm waggon

First flight of Henri Farman (1908), c.1910 (chromo)
1790241 First flight of Henri Farman (1908), c.1910 (chromo); (add.info.: first flight of Henri Farman (1874-1958), pioneer of the aviation, from Bouy to Reims october 30, 1908

Magneto side of a used Wright four-cylinder motor, 1911
1128912 Magneto side of a used Wright four-cylinder motor, 1911; Private Collection; (add.info.: Wright Brothers Collection).

Underside view of the Wright brothers' reconstructed 1903 motor, 1928
1128910 Underside view of the Wright brothers' reconstructed 1903 motor, 1928; Private Collection; (add.info.: Wright Brothers Collection).

A bird's-eye-view of the city of Koblenz, 1860 (engraving)
1579506 A bird's-eye-view of the city of Koblenz, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting a bird's-eye-view of the city of Koblenz, Germany)

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Greetings from Milan. This postcard attested that the imagination was beginning to be
5313743 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Greetings from Milan. This postcard attested that the imagination was beginning to be struck by the large number of aerial machines simultaneously in flight.;

Pioneers of Italian aviation: In Naples. in Ferrara. the airplanes fly so low that in the postcards of the time
5313736 Pioneers of Italian aviation: In Naples. in Ferrara. the airplanes fly so low that in the postcards of the time the background is always made up of the panorama of the cities.; SeM Studio/UIG.

First World War: France, humorous postcard playing on the ambiguity of the word " falcon" showing a winning
LUX4736785 First World War: France, humorous postcard playing on the ambiguity of the word " falcon" showing a winning plane and a beaten eagle, 1914

Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph (engraving)
5616548 Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph)

An electrically driven ornithoper
5616667 An electrically driven ornithoper; (add.info.: Reuben Jasper Spalding's (1889) method of quick, direct transport; an electrically driven ornithoper. From Der Stein der Weisen, (ca 1895)

Futuristic drawing showing a hotel landing platform to board an air taxi
5616664 Futuristic drawing showing a hotel landing platform to board an air taxi; (add.info.: Futuristic drawing showing a hotel landing platform to board an air taxi)

Aerial Steamer of 1875
5616610 Aerial Steamer of 1875; (add.info.: Aerial Steamer of 1875, by Thomas William Moy (1823-1910) was an English engineer and patent agent. 01/01/1875); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Tatin's mechanical bird
5616609 Tatin's mechanical bird:; (add.info.: Victor Tatin (1843 - 1913) was a French engineer who created an early airplane

Idea for air travel in America attributed to Thomas Edison, 1880 (engraving)
5616607 Idea for air travel in America attributed to Thomas Edison, 1880 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Idea for an air station, attributed to Thomas Edison, 1880 (engraving)
5616606 Idea for an air station, attributed to Thomas Edison, 1880 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Tatin's mechanical bird
5616605 Tatin's mechanical bird; (add.info.: Victor Tatin (1843 - 1913) was a French engineer who created an early airplane, the Aeroplane in 1879

Mechanical bird or ornithopter
5616604 Mechanical bird or ornithopter; (add.info.: Mechanical bird or ornithopter, driven by twisted rubber bands, by Alphonse Penaud (1850 - 1880)

Alphonse Penaud's airplane
5616601 Alphonse Penaud's airplane; (add.info.: Alphonse Penaud's airplane, driven by twisted rubber bands. Alphonse Penaud (1850-1880) a French aviation designer and engineer

Alphonse Penaud's model airplane driven by twisted rubber bands
5311854 Alphonse Penaud's model airplane driven by twisted rubber bands; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Alphonse Penaud's model airplane driven by twisted rubber bands)

France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great maneuvers of the West, in the Tourangelle countryside
LUX4797677 France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great maneuvers of the West, in the Tourangelle countryside, the crowd contemplates the Bleriot of Jacques de Sylvestre in breakdown

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton
LUX4796302 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton, 1915 - plane Maurice Farman: MF 569; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton
LUX4796298 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton, 1915 - plane Maurice Farman: MF 569; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: April-May 1910, aviation week in Rochepinard, Touraine meeting
LUX4796284 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: April-May 1910, aviation week in Rochepinard, Touraine meeting, a Farman aircraft running in full flight, 1910; (add.info.: France, Centre)

First World War: Patriotic map showing an Alsatian who thinks of the French soldier coming to the Delivre with their
LUX4744772 First World War: Patriotic map showing an Alsatian who thinks of the French soldier coming to the Delivre with their troops and aircraft

France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900
LUX4811013 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: German biplane landing in catastoph in the middle of a road
LUX4802252 Greece, Thessaloniki: German biplane landing in catastoph in the middle of a road, guard by French soldiers and surrounded by a band of curious people, 1916; (add.info.: Greece)

France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on Deauville beach with a crowd of
LUX4801967 France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on Deauville beach with a crowd of curious people, 1910; (add.info.: France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14)

France: a biplane plane Voisin LA10, single-engine propulsion with 2 tanks under wings, on a beach, 1918
LUX4789201 France: a biplane plane Voisin LA10, single-engine propulsion with 2 tanks under wings, on a beach, 1918; (add.info.: France: a biplane plane Voisin LA10)

France: Portrait of a child included in a drawing of a monoplane, 1925
LUX4726486 France: Portrait of a child included in a drawing of a monoplane, 1925; (add.info.: France: Portrait of a child included in a drawing of a monoplane, 1925); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

France, Champagne-Ardennes, Aube (10), Camp de Mailly: Breguet biplane from front with his mechanics, 1915
LUX4726324 France, Champagne-Ardennes, Aube (10), Camp de Mailly: Breguet biplane from front with his mechanics, 1915; (add.info.: France, Champagne-Ardennes, Aube (10)

France: Representation of the Deperdussin plane with a woman as a passenger, 1912
LUX4726439 France: Representation of the Deperdussin plane with a woman as a passenger, 1912; (add.info.: France: Representation of the Deperdussin plane with a woman as a passenger)

France: Airman Leger and his passenger Desmazes leave in their biplane Breguet, 1912
LUX4726511 France: Airman Leger and his passenger Desmazes leave in their biplane Breguet, 1912; (add.info.: France: Airman Leger and his passenger Desmazes leave in their biplane Breguet)

Going up by Otto Harbach (1873-1963 (lyrics) ) and Louis Hirsch (1887-1924) (music), a Gaiety Theatre production
3916912 Going up by Otto Harbach (1873-1963 (lyrics) ) and Louis Hirsch (1887-1924) (music), a Gaiety Theatre production; (add.info)

France: Pilot in his airplane spad 13 single-engine biplane, 1917 - Plane spad biplane
LUX4769041 France: Pilot in his airplane spad 13 single-engine biplane, 1917 - Plane spad biplane. On the carlingue: photo Crapouillot; (add.info.: France)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the plane of the distruding triple agreement and German Zeppelin, 1914
LUX4740514 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the plane of the distruding triple agreement and German Zeppelin

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a hairy heading to the front, entitled: 'We shall count with us
LUX4740970 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a hairy heading to the front, entitled: 'We shall count with us, long live the class of 1919'

Les freres Wright
2418412 Les freres Wright; (add.info.: Transport. Aviation. "Our life". Special issue dedicated to the american pilots Wilbur and Orville Wright.); Photo © CCI.

Transport. Aviation. Crossing of the English Channel by plane by Louis Bleriot, July, 25, 1909: start from Calais
2636462 Transport. Aviation. Crossing of the English Channel by plane by Louis Bleriot, July, 25, 1909: start from Calais. Photo, France, 1909.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Transport. Aviation)

A bird's eye view of Rome, Italy in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement, pub
3506034 A bird's eye view of Rome, Italy in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement, pub

A British monoplane versus an Etrich-Rumpler Taube German monoplane during WWI (litho)
3252901 A British monoplane versus an Etrich-Rumpler Taube German monoplane during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

Italian airship of the engineer Gajo flying over Buenos Aires, 1920 (b/w photo)
3066212 Italian airship of the engineer Gajo flying over Buenos Aires, 1920 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Alinari.

Peru, South America, 18th century
3618319 Peru, South America, 18th century; (add.info.: Peru, South America, 18th century. Plane of the inlet of Pisco, located on the coast of Peru, at 13 degrees 40 austral latitude)

The Wright biplane of the pusher type, 1900s (photo)
3732816 The Wright biplane of the pusher type, 1900s (photo); (add.info.: Photograph depicting the Wright biplane of the pusher type with elevators at the front)

Design for the 'Flyer 1' by the Wright Brothers
3732815 Design for the 'Flyer 1' by the Wright Brothers; (add.info.: Design for the 'Flyer 1' by the Wright Brothers)

The first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903
3671109 The first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903, from The Pageant of the Century, pub

London Sky I
Tal Paz-Fridman

Vintage IAF VIII
Tal Paz-Fridman

Vintage IAF III
Tal Paz-Fridman

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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.