Air Transport Collection (#26)

Messerschmitt M 21 biplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Messerschmitt M 21 biplane, 1920s, (1932). German single-engined trainer aircraft with 115 horse power air-cooled Siemens engine

Junkers Ju 52 plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Junkers Ju 52 plane, 1932. The Junkers Ju 52, manufactured in Germany from 1931 to 1952, saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s

Heinkel HD 40 cargo plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel HD 40 cargo plane, 1920s, (1932). The Heinkel HD 40 was a special-purpose cargo biplane developed in Germany in the 1920s to distribute the Berlin newspaper B.Z

Raab-Katzenstein RK 25 plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Raab-Katzenstein RK 25 plane, 1920s, (1932). German monoplane aircraft designed for fast touring, with 80 horse power air-cooled Cirrus engine

Arado Treff Ass plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Arado Treff Ass plane, 1920s, (1932). German plane with 80 horse power air-cooled Argus As 8 engine. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Junkers G. 38 plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers G.38 plane, 1920s, (1932). The G.38 was a German four-engined transport aircraft which flew commercially in Europe before World War II

Dornier Libelle flying boat, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Dornier Libelle flying boat, 1920s, (1932). The Libelle ( Dragonfly ) was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft, which first flew in 1921

Junkers F13 L plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers F13 L plane, 1920s, (1932). The worlds first all-metal transport aircraft, developed in Germany at the end of World War I

Junkers F 13w medical plane, c1919, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers F 13w medical plane, c1919, (1932). The Junkers F 13, developed in Germany at the end of World War I, was in production for thirteen years and in commercial service for almost twenty

Junkers G 24 L passenger plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers G 24 L passenger plane, 1920s, (1932). German three-engine, all-metal low-wing monoplane aircraft manufactured by Junkers from 1925

Junkers W 33w seaplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers W 33w seaplane, 1920s, (1932). German single-engine transport aircraft which made aviation history for the first east-west non-stop heavier-than-air crossing of the Atlantic

Jacob Degens flying machine, 1808, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Jacob Degens flying machine, 1808, (1932). Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna, who made his first attempt in his tethered ornithopter in the spring of 1808

Caprettis flying machine, 1877, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Caprettis flying machine, 1877, (1932). Italian inventor Ignazio Teodoro Capretti with his winged contraption. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Junkers 700-800 horse power diesel aircraft engine, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Junkers 700-800 horse power diesel aircraft engine, 1932. German Jumo IV engine. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Renard and Krebs airship, 1884, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Renard and Krebs airship, 1884, (1932). The electric-powered aerostat airship La France, launched by Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs on 9 August 1884

Otto Lilienthals glider, 1890s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Otto Lilienthals glider, 1890s, (1932). German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) made about 2, 000 flights before being killed in a crash

Focke-Wulf W 4 floatplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Focke-Wulf W 4 floatplane, 1920s, (1932). The German W 4 was designed in 1927 as a reconnaissance floatplane. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Dornier Do X II flying boat, 1920s, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Dornier Do X II flying boat, 1920s, 1932. The Dornier Do X, produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929, was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world at the time

Gutermuths glider, 1912, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Gutermuths glider, 1912, (1932). On 22 July 1912, Hans Gutermuth of the Darmstadt Technical Institute in Germany flew a glider for one minute fifty-two seconds covering a distance of 840 metres

Albatros L 75a Ass plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Albatros L 75a Ass plane, 1920s, (1932). The Ass ( Ace ) was a German trainer biplane with 320 horse power water-cooled BMW engine

Heinkel HD 42 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel HD 42 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). The Heinkel HD 42 50, later designated the Heinkel He 42, was a German biplane seaplane later built for the Luftwaffe

Wright brothers flyer, c1903, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Wright brothers flyer, c1903, (1932). Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the worlds first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Albatros L. 66a plane, 1920a, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Albatros L.66a plane, 1920a, (1932). The Albatros L.66 was a two-seater sports and training monoplane with a 35 horse power water-cooled engine, built in Germany in the mid-1920s

Berblingers attempt to fly across the Danube, 1811, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Berblingers attempt to fly across the Danube, 1811, (1932). German inventor Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger (1770-1829), also known as the Tailor of Ulm, constructed a working flying machine

Junkers G 24 Diesel passenger plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers G 24 Diesel passenger plane, 1920s, (1932). German three-engine, all-metal low-wing monoplane aircraft manufactured by Junkers from 1925

Etrichs Zanonia glider, 1906. (1932). Creator: Unknown
Etrichs Zanonia glider, 1906. (1932). Flying wing aircraft built by Austrian flight pioneer Ignaz Etrich and inspired by the flying seed of Zanonia macrocarpa, a kind of plant

Heinkel He 5b floatplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel He 5b floatplane, 1920s, (1932). The Heinkel HE 5, produced in Sweden as the Svenskas 5 and nicknamed the Hansa, was a reconnaissance floatplane built during the 1920s

The flying ship of Bartolomeu de Gusmao, c1709 (1932). Creator: Unknown
The flying ship of Bartolomeu de Gusmao, c1709 (1932). On 17 April 1709, Friar Bartolomeu de Gusmao (1685-1724), a Portuguese Jesuit priest and naturalist, petitioned King John V of Portugal

Lenormands parachute, 1783, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Lenormands parachute, 1783, (1932). French chemist, physicist and inventor Louis-Se bastien Lenormand (1757-1837) is considered as the first man to make a witnessed descent with a parachute

Grades monoplane, 1908, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Grades monoplane, 1908, (1932). German aviation pioneer Hans Grade (1879-1946) made the first successful motor-flight over German soil at Magdeburg in 1908

Heinkel He 58 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel He 58 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). The He 58 was a pontoon-equipped mail plane built in Germany in 1929, designed to be launched by catapult from a liner at sea

Radio room on board Dornier flying boat, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Radio room on board Dornier flying boat, 1920s, (1932). From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Albatros L 101 plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Albatros L 101 plane, 1932. The Albatros Al 101 German trainer aircraft with 100 horse power air-cooled Argus As 8 engine

Albatros L76 Aeolus plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Albatros L76 Aeolus plane, 1920s, (1932). German military reconnaissance aircraft with 490 horse power water-cooled BMW engine

Heinkel HD 32 biplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel HD 32 biplane, 1920s, (1932). German trainer aircraft with 100 horse power air-cooled Siemens radial engine. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Klemm L 25 IVa plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Klemm L 25 IVa plane, 1932. German sportsplane with 100 horse power air-cooled Armstrong Siddeley Genet engine. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Albatros L 82 plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Albatros L 82 plane, 1920s, (1932). German trainer biplane with 100 horse power air-cooled de Havilland engine. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Raab-Katzenstein KI 1 biplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Raab-Katzenstein KI 1 biplane, 1920s, (1932). The The Raab-Katzenstein KL.1 Schwalbe ( Swallow ), German aircraft used for aerobatic displays, with 80 horse power air-cooled Siemens engine

Junkers G 31b plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers G 31b plane, 1920s, (1932). The Junkers G 31 advanced tri-motor airliner was produced in Germany in the 1920s. Like other Junkers types, it was an all-metal, low-wing cantilever monoplane

Dornier Delphin III flying boat, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Dornier Delphin III flying boat, 1920s, (1932). The Delphin ( Dolphin ) III was a German single-engine commercial flying boat built by Dornier Flugzeugwerke in the 1920s

Arnold Bocklins flying machine, 1885, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Arnold Bo cklins flying machine, 1885, (1932). The Swiss painter Arnold Bo cklin (1827-1901) drew up plans for a flying machine without an engine

Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the worlds first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Dornier Do X I flying boat, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Dornier Do X I flying boat, 1920s, (1932). The Dornier Do X, produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929, was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world at the time

Heinkel Hd 39 cargo plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Heinkel Hd 39 cargo plane, 1932. The Heinkel HD 39 was a special-purpose cargo biplane developed in Germany in the 1920s to distribute the Berlin newspaper B.Z

Jaques Etienne Montgolfier und Joseph Michael Montgolfier, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Jaques Etienne Montgolfier und Joseph Michael Montgolfier, (1933). Portrait of French inventor brothers Jacques E tienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) and Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810)

Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, USA

Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976 Creator: NASA
Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976. The Enterprise (OV-101) was built as part of NASAs Space Shuttle programme to perform atmospheric test flights after

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