Aircraft Collection (#35)

Antoinette monoplane of French aviator Hubert Latham, c1910
Antoinette monoplane of French aviator Hubert Latham, (1883-1912), c1910. In 1909 Latham made two unsuccessful attempts in his Antoinette to become the first to fly across the English Channel

Hubert Latham attempting to fly his Antoinette monoplane across the English Channel, 1909. Hubert Latham (1883-1912), French aviator

Aders flying bird Eole ( Aole ), 1890 (c1910)
Aders flying bird Eole ( Aole ). This aeroplane was designed by the French aviation pioneer Clement Ader (1841-1925). It was steam-powered

Santos-Dumont making the first powered plane flight in Europe, Paris, 1906
Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) flying his 14-Bis aeroplane, powered by an Antoinette engine, in the Bois du Boulogne, Paris, in 1906

Broadsheet showing Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud
Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud, killed in action 1915. Looping-the-loop, dropping bombs, shooting- up observation balloon. From a contemporary broadsheet

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) Brazilian aeronaut, unsuccessful attempt at the Deutsch Prize
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) Brazilian aeronaut, dirigibles and aeroplanes. Santos-Dumont coming to grief in his airship on roof of house in Quai de Passy, Paris

Broadsheet showing Georges-Marie Guynemer, French air fighter ace
Georges-Marie Guynemer (1895-1917) French air fighter ace shot down 8 times. Died in combat 1917. Credited with 53 air victories. Broadsheet showing dog fights with German biplane and Fokkers

Autogiro, designed by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva, 1928
Autogiro (1928), designed by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva (Cordoniu) 1896-1936. From Le Petit Inventeur, Paris, 1928

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer, 1901. Artist: George Hum
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer, 1901. Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) made his first flight in the balloon Brasil in 1898, and later that year his second balloon, America

Wilbur Wrights first flight in Europe at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France, 1908
Wilbur Wrights (American aviator) first flight in Europe, at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France in the Wright Brothers Flyer

Wright Brothers biplane Flier, 1910
Wright Brothers biplane Flier, used fuel injection, Card published 1910

Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les Boraques near Calais, France, in his monoplane Bleriot XI on 25 July 1909

Henson and Stringfellows 1843 design for steam-powered flying machine, 1843
Henson and Stringfellows 1843 design for steam-powered flying machine. Webbed tail 15.24m, and beneath it a rudder. Steam engine in car drove two set of vanes (pink objecs) 6.09m diameter

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