Record Breaking Collection

Amy Johnson with her De Havilland Gipsy Moth Jason
Amy Johnson in Australia, 1930. She was one of the first women pilots to make headline news and held many records

Supermarine S. 5
R J Mitchell designed the Supermarine S.5 Seaplane which won the 1927 Schneider Trophy

Loughborough - Bell-ringing - World Record Change-ringers
Bellringing - World Record Change-ringers - who produced a peal of 18, 027 Stedman Caters - rung in 12 hours and 18 minutes at All Saints, Loughborough on Easter Monday - 12th April, 1909

Fokker Trimotor Southern Cross of Charles Kingsford-Smith
Anthony Fokker designed the Trimotor used by Charles Kingsford-Smith to break records

Louis Bleriot in his Bleriot XI starting his cross channel flight, 1909
On 25 July 1909 Frenchman Louis Bleriot flew from Les Baraques in France to Dover in England, becoming the first man to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel

Alex Henshaw in the cockpit of a Spitfire
Alex Henshaw began his flying career winning air races. In 1939 he flew solo from England to South Africa and back, breaking several records as he did so

James Doolittle on the float of his Curtiss R3C racer, 1925
Lieutenant General James H Doolittle is most famous for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942 but had previously won the Schneider Trophy for the USA in 1925

Jim Mollison was a record breaking pilot. He married Amy Johnson in 1932 and they were nicknamed the flying sweethearts

De Havilland Gipsy Moth of Jean Batten
Jean Batten had a short but spectacular career between 1934 and 1937, becoming the first person to hold the record for solo flights between Australia and England in both directions

Thrust SSC supersonic car and team C016 / 2051
Thrust SSC supersonic car and team. Testing took place here at Farnborough, UK, in 1996

Henri Farman on his Voisin-Farman Biplane
Henri Farman winning the Grand prix d Aviation by making the first flight in Europe further than one kilometre, 13 January 1908

Amelia Earhart at Southampton in 1928 with Stultz and Gordon
Amelia Earhart became famous by being a passenger on a flight from America to Britain in a Fokker F.VIIb/3m; it made headline news worldwide

Macchi Varese
circa 1928: A record breaking plane, the Italian Macchi Varese Type 52 seaplane which won the 1926 Schneider Cup

Meteorologists, August 1946
WaF personnel checking weather conditions for a high-speed flight test, August 1946

Bluebird CN7 deploying parachute at Lake Eyre, World Land Speed Record attempt, 1964
Bluebird CN7 deploying parachute at Lake Eyre, World Land Speed Record attempt, Australia, 1964

Felix Baumgartner after freefall
Felix Baumgartner after jumping to Earth from an altitude of 39, 045 meters. During the jump he was in freefall for four minutes and twenty seconds

Percival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean Batten
Percival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean Gardner Batten, CBE, OSC (19091982), - a New Zealand aviatrix - on two record-breaking flights in the 1930s. Date: circa 1937

Eva Baumgartner watching her son Felix
Eva Baumgartner watching her son, Felix Baumgartner, jumping from his capsule at an altitude of 39, 045 meters. During the jump Felix was in freefall for four minutes and twenty seconds

The Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902 (gold, silver, enamel, seed pearls & precious stones)
1108733 The Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902 (gold, silver, enamel, seed pearls & precious stones) by Faberge

The Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902 (gold, silver, enamel, seed pearls & precious stones)
1108732 The Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902 (gold, silver, enamel, seed pearls & precious stones) by Faberge

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Bannister (1929-2018) was a Britlish neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Bannister (1929-2018) was a Britlish neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

Mechanics working on Bluebird CN7 for World Land speed record attempt, Lake Eyre, 1964
Mechanics working on Bluebird CN7 for World Land speed record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Elfin Ford used to test tyre grip during Bluebird record attempt, Lake Eyre, 1964
Elfin Ford used to test the grip of scale models of Bluebird CN7s tyres on the salt, driven by Andrew Mustard during Donald Campbells World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Ampol fuel trucks en route to Lake Eyre for Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Record attempt, 1964
Ampol fuel trucks en route to Lake Eyre for Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Record attempt, Australia, 1964

Mechanics working on Bluebird CN7 at lake Eyre for World Land speed record attempt, 1964
Mechanics working on Bluebird CN7 at lake Eyre for World Land speed record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Support vehicles, Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia
Toyota and Land Rover support vehicles, Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Longines timing equipment for Bluebird CN7s World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 support team barbequeing at Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964. Creator: Unknown
Bluebird CN7 support team barbequeing at Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Scene during Bluebird CN7 world land speed record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 in temporary canvas hangar for World Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 instrumentation panel, 1964. Creator: Unknown
Bluebird CN7 instrumentation panel, 1964

Bluebird CN7 being transported to Lake Eyre for World Record attempt, 1964
Bluebird CN7 being transported to Lake Eyre for World Record attempt, Australia, 1964

Toyota Ampol fuelling trucks for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Australia
Toyota Ampol fuelling trucks for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt at Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Transporting Bluebird CN7 through the bush to Lake Eyre, World Land Speed Record attempt
Transporting Bluebird CN7 through the bush to Lake Eyre for World Land Speed Record attempt, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7, Donald Campbell and support crew, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964
Bluebird CN7, Donald Campbell and support crew, World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Donald Campbell with his wife Tonia and Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 support crew, Ken Norris (3rd from left), Leo Villa (3rd from right)
Bluebird CN7 support crew, including Ken Norris (3rd from left) and Leo Villa (3rd from right), Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 support crew member Allan Dougherty, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Mechanics fuelling Bluebird CN7 for World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, 1964
Mechanics fuelling Bluebird CN7 for Doanld Campbells World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Marking the course for Bluebird CN7s World Land Speed record attempt, Lake Eyre
Marking the record run course for Bluebird CN7s World Land Speed record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Mechanics inflating Bluebird CN7 tyre for World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre
Mechanics inflating one of Bluebird CN7s tyres for Doanld Campbells World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Donald Campbell in front of Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964. Creator: Unknown
Donald Campbell in front of Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

World Land Speed Record course for Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964
Blue paint marking the World Land Speed Record course for Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Allan Dougherty, support crew member for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, holding on of the cars wheels, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Donald Campbell being interviewed in front of Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. Creator: NASA
Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911

Fokker T-2 Instrument Panel, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Wooden instrument panel, removed from the aircraft, which contains eight instruments which are secured to the panel with screws

Cattaneo going for the distance prize in Lanark, August, 1910 (b / w photo)
JHL390990 Cattaneo going for the distance prize in Lanark, August, 1910 (b/w photo) by Grant, Thomas E

Alan Cobham alighting on the Thames at Westminster, 1st October 1926 (b / w photo)
STC444614 Alan Cobham alighting on the Thames at Westminster, 1st October 1926 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte, French aviators (b / w photo)
3102163 Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte, French aviators (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte)

The Badminton Cabinet, c. 1720-32 (pietra dura, ebony & ormolu)
BAL44639 The Badminton Cabinet, c.1720-32 (pietra dura, ebony & ormolu) by Italian School

The Forerunner (colour litho)
981879 The Forerunner (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Forerunner)

On a Himalayan summit (colour litho)
3097642 On a Himalayan summit (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On a Himalayan summit)

The Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902 (gold, silver, enamel, seed pearls & precious stones)
CH407594 The Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902 (gold, silver, enamel, seed pearls & precious stones) by Faberge

Richard Bransons powerboat, Virgin Atlantic Challenger breaks the trans-Atlantic sea crossing record. 29th June 1986

Richard Bransons Powerboat Virgin Atlantic challenger broke the Trans-Atlantic sea crossing record

Mr Cecil Edge on his 90 bhp Napier attained a speed of seventy one and a half miles per hour in an attempt on the Yorkshire mile record at Filey Sands

Piper PA-24-260B Commanche G-ATOY Myth Too (msn ). The aircraft flown by Sheila Scott (OBE) on her record-breaking solo round the world flight, taxiing in to a reception committee. Date: 1966

Juanita Burns - Aviatrix
circa 1910s

The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. L Heroique Ascension du Professeur Piccard

Amazing giant beetroot, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Amazing giant beetroot, 1929. Les Surprises D Une Betterave Geante. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 27 October 1929]

Three RAF Vickers Wellesleys flying in formation on a Wo?
Three RAF Vickers Wellesleys flying in formation on a World-Record Distance Flight Without Refuelling of 7157 Miles in 1938 Which Stood for 8 Years

Tupolev Ant-25 Parked in a Grass Cow Pasture Near San Ja?
Tupolev Ant-25 Parked in a Grass Cow Pasture Near San Jacinto, California, Usa after Flying from Moscow - over the North Pole Route, 7500 Miles in 62 Hours and 17 Minutes Date: 1957

Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane
The Kellett Hughes Xh-17 Flying Crane Unusual Design First-Flight of the Then Worlds Largest Helicopter Date: 1952

The R-34 during flight trials before its Atlantic crossing
The British R-34 was based closely on the Zeppelin L33 and in 1919 made the first double crossing of the Atlantic Ocean

Jean Battens Percival Gull at night
Jean Batten was inspired by Charles Lindbergh and Amy Johnson

Sikorsky S42 giant seaplane flown by Colonel Lindbergh for Pan American Airways broke all existing records for transport seaplane flights, averaging 157

The Pan American flying boat, Clipper III landing at Southampton

Fay Taylour, Speedways Queen of the cinders, hopes to return to the saddle. Frank Arnold
Fay Taylour, Speedways Queen of the cinders, hopes to return to the saddle

Sarcosuchus, artwork C015 / 3241
Sarcosuchus, artwork. Sarcosuchus is an extinct genus of reptile and a distant relative of todays crocodiles

Jack Hobbs, English cricketer, 1925. Sir John Berry Hobbs (1882-1963) in the year that he overtook WG Graces record of 125 first class centuries

Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in front of Winnie Mae, New York, USA, 1931

The St Louis Robin refuelling, c1929 (c1937). An endurance flight of over 420 hours was made in 1929 by the St Louis Robin, shown here being refuelled during flight

Advertisement for Yacco motor oil, c1937. Poster featuring a world record-breaking Matford car driven by an all-woman team at the Montlhery motor racing cicuit near Paris in May 1937

Illustration of record breaking stretch limousine

SS United States
1952: Cheering crowds lining the quayside as the record breaking liner, SS United States arrives in Southampton. She crossed the Atlantic in record time on her maiden voyage. (Photo by M)

Flying Over Bridge
October 1926: Alan Cobhams (1894 - 1973), aircraft flying over crowds of well-wishers on Westminster Bridge, London, after his record-breaking flight from Australia

Straw Dog
12th October 1946: Quare Times, the record-breaking greyhound. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4226 - ?10, 000s Worth Of Dog - pub.1946 (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post/Getty Images)

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)

Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver
Felix Baumgartner (born 1969), Austrian skydiver, at a ceremony to lay a star for him on the Walk of Fame at the Vegas shopping centre in Moscow, Russia

Elinor Smith, US aviation pioneer C018 / 0619
Elinor Smith (1911-2010), US aviation pioneer. Smith began learning to fly at the age of ten, flying solo at the age of fifteen

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"Breaking Barriers: Pioneers of Record-Breaking Aviation" Amy Johnson with her De Havilland Gipsy Moth Jason, soaring through the skies and shattering expectations. The Supermarine S. 5, a marvel of engineering that propelled aviators to new heights and record-breaking speeds. Wiley Post with the Lockheed Vega Winnie May, defying limits as he pushed boundaries in the world of aviation. Alex Henshaw in the cockpit of a Spitfire, rewriting history with each daring flight and breaking records along the way. Charles Kingsford-Smith's Fokker Trimotor Southern Cross, carrying dreams across oceans while setting new records for endurance flights. Jean Batten's De Havilland Gipsy Moth, an emblem of determination as she shattered gender barriers and soared to unprecedented heights. Louis Bleriot embarking on his historic cross-channel flight in his Bleriot XI, forever etching his name in record-breaking aviation history. James Doolittle perched on the float of his Curtiss R3C racer, fearlessly pushing speed limits and leaving competitors astounded. Jim Mollison's audacious spirit taking flight as he broke records one after another, leaving a trailblazing legacy behind him. Loughborough - Bell-ringing - World Record Change-ringers; transcending traditional notions by achieving unparalleled feats in bell-ringing artistry. Charles Kingsford Smith piloting the Lockheed Altair Lady Southern Cross towards uncharted territories while setting remarkable aerial milestones. The Lockheed Sirius carried Charles Lindbergh beyond borders as he embarked on groundbreaking journeys that captivated hearts worldwide. In their pursuit of greatness and passion for exploration these visionaries left indelible marks on aviation history by breaking records that were once thought impossible – inspiring generations to reach for the sky without limits.