Aviation Collection

An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

Galley, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built

Runway Perspective, 1941, (1944). Creator: Eric Ravilious
Runway Perspective, 1941, (1944). RAF Spitfires at a British airfield during the Second World War. Painting in the Imperial War Museum, London. From " Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye

Rolls-Royce Merlin R. M. 14S. M. Mk 100 V-12 Engine, 1944. Creator: Rolls-Royce
Formed in 1906 to produce automobiles, Rolls-Royce was asked to begin designing and building aircraft engines at the outbreak of World War I in 1914

U-2 spy plane with fictitious NASA markings, USA, 1960. Creator: NASA
U-2 spy plane with fictitious NASA markings, USA, 1960

Aeropostale. La Cote Basque, ca 1928-1930. Creator: Anonymous
Aeropostale. La Cote Basque, ca 1928-1930. Private Collection

Advert for Pratts Ethyl Petrol, c1928

Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 1, 1904

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, 1941. Artist: Chas Brown
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, 1941. The iconic British Second World War fighter was designed by Reginald Mitchell

German airship Graf Zeppelin flying over Wembley during the FA Cup Final, London, 1930. The final was played between Arsenal and Huddersfield Town, with Arsenal winning 2-0

Otto Lilienthal makes one of his last flights, 1896 (1956). Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders

Aerial view of Tangier, Morocco, from a Zeppelin, 1930 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zeppelin 1932, Dresden, 1933

The Santos Dumont Air-ship rounding the Eiffel Tower, on October 19th 1901, (c1910)

Curtiss OXX-6, V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Among the most successful early engines marketed in the United States were those designed and built by aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss

Neta Snook Southern at Ames Research Center, California, USA, 1980. Creator: NASA
Neta Snook Southern at Ames Research Center, California, USA, 1980. American pioneer aviator Neta Snook Southern, age 84, emerges from the Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft

Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. During World War II many materials were unavailable to the public because of government rationing

The Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft, c1937 (c1937)

Illustration from the childrens book The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, 1902. From a private collection

British pilot Captain Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory, 1917

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prep
P-51 (" Mustang" ) fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of the North American Aviation, Inc. plant in Inglewood, Calif

Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop, 1937

Wright Brothers Glider Tests, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA, October 10, 1902. Historic photo of the Wright brothers third test glider being launched

Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon", 1933
Monoplane glider with strut-braced

Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, 1946. Creator: Piper Aircraft Corp
Single engine, two seat, high wing, monoplane, yellow and red, first light aircraft to fly around the world

Imperial Airways, 1926. Artist: Dickson, Charles C. (active 1920s)
Imperial Airways, 1926. From a private collection

The aeroplane proposed by Henson in his patent of 1842, c1936 (c1937). William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) was a pre-Wright brothers aviation engineer and inventor from Nottingham, England

Louis Bleriot about to make the first successful flight across the English Channel, 1909

Bleriot monoplane used by the British army, 1914. This aircraft was essentially the same as the one in which Louis Bleriot made the first successful flight across the English Channel in 1909

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

New York International Airport, Idlewild, New York, 1949

Airways to Peace exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. New York City, 1943

Airways to Peace exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. New York City, 1943

F & R Machine Works, 44-14 Astoria Blvd. Long Island City, New York, 1953

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd. Astoria, Long Island, 1956. Creator: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc
Ledkote, Vernon Blvd. Astoria, Long Island, 1956

Boeing T50-BO-8A (502-10VC) Turboshaft Engine, ca. 1950s. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
In the mid-1940s, Boeing engineers conducted research to become familiar with gas turbines, but it became apparent that the research engines were significant in themselves

Junkers Jumo 207 D-V2 In-line 6 Diesel Engine, ca. World War II. Creator: Junkers
Dr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911

Nakajima Mamoru 11, Radial 14 Engine, Circa World War II. Creator: Fuji Koku Keiki
Nakajima provided Japan with its first large radials by building licensed Bristols beginning in the late 1920s, and Gnome-Rhone engines beginning in 1936

Bush hat worn by United States Air Force pilot, Vietnam War, 1960s. Creator: Unknown
Bush hat worn by United States Air Force pilot, Vietnam War, 1960s

Imperial Airways Handley-Page HP 42 biplane Hanno, Gwadar, Baluchistan, c1931-c1940 (1946). By 1929, Imperial Airways Ltd. had pushed their regular weekly service from Great Britain to India

E.N. Gott, 1927. Creator: Bain News Service
E.N. Gott, 1927. Shows a portrait of Edgar Nathaniel Gott (1887-1947), co-founder and first president of the Boeing Company

Crown Prince Cecilie, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Crown Prince Cecilie, between c1910 and c1915

Count de Boliac, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Count de Boliac, between c1915 and c1920

Elliott Cowdin, Lt. Delage, Capt. Thenault, Wm. Thaw, between c1915 and c1920

Wrecked "GOTHA", 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wrecked "GOTHA", 1917. Shows Allied forces servicemen inspecting a crashed German Gotha bomber during World War I

NC-1 at Halifax, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
NC-1 at Halifax, 1919. Shows Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat NC-1 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a leg of its trans-Atlantic journey in 1919

Sgt. C.R. Coombs, Alan Hawley, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Sgt. C.R. Coombs, Alan Hawley, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Alan Hawley, President of the Aero Club of America

Naval Airship, Parseval, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval Airship, Parseval, between c1910 and c1915

W. Camp, Mrs. C. Van Rensselaer, Col. F.M. Davis, Lt. R. Breeze, Sgt. Coombs, 1918

Le Martin, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Le Martin, between c1910 and c1915

Kath. Stinson in Japan, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kath. Stinson in Japan, 1917. Shows aviatrix Katherine Stinson standing by an airplane

NC-4 being towed, Ponto Delgado [i.e. Ponta Delgada], 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
NC-4 being towed, Ponto Delgado [i.e. Ponta Delgada], 1919. Shows Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat NC-4 in Ponta Delgada, the Azores, Portugal after its first trans-Atlantic journey in 1919

NC-1 at Halifax, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
NC-1 at Halifax, between c1915 and c1920

NC-1 at Halifax, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
NC-1 at Halifax, 1919. Shows Navy-Curtiss Flying Boats NC-1 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a leg of its trans-Atlantic journey in 1919

Navy C-5, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Navy C-5, 1918. Shows a C-5 blimp airship which was operated by the U.S. Navy in 1918 and 1919

Martin Bomber, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Martin Bomber, 1919. Shows a modified Martin MB-1 Bomber (Martin GMB-TA or "Martin GMT") probably in July 1919

Paul Tarascon, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Paul Tarascon, between c1915 and c1920

Lt. Richards, Capt. Kirby, Capt. L.G. Heffernan, Lieut. Schultz, 1917

Putting U.S. Emblem on plane, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Putting U.S. Emblem on plane, between c1915 and c1920

Lt. E.F. Stone & Lt. Com. R.A. Lavender, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Lt. E.F. Stone & Lt. Com. R.A. Lavender, 1919

Hawker in London, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Hawker in London, between c1915 and c1920

Lindley, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Lindley, between c1915 and c1920

Lieut. Madon, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Madon, between c1915 and c1920. Shows aviator Georges Fe´lix Madon (1892-1924) who was the fourth ranked French ace pilot of World War I

German plane, Flanders, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
German plane, Flanders, between c1915 and c1920

Katherine Stinson with her biplane, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Katherine Stinson with her biplane, between c1915 and c1920

Kath. Stinson [in Tokyo], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Kath. Stinson [in Tokyo], between c1915 and c1920

Joseph C. Stehlin, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Joseph C. Stehlin, 1918. Shows Lieutenant Joseph Charles Stehlin (1897-1967), a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of American pilots who served in the French air force during World War I

Dayton flying field, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Dayton flying field, 1917. Shows aviation students with officers at the Wilbur Wright Aviation camp at Wilbur Wright Field, near Riverside, Ohio during World War I

Crew of Navy dirigible, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Crew of Navy dirigible, 1919. Shows the crew of a Navy C-Class blimp probably at Rockaway Naval Air Station before their flight to Key West, Florida on Jan. 12, 1919

Commander Scott just off R-34, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Commander Scott just off R-34, 1919

Christensen & North, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Christensen & North, between c1915 and c1920

F.H. Burnside, Lt. Anthony Sunderland, J.D. Hill, Corp. C.T. Robbins, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Frank H. Burnside, Lt. Anthony Sunderland (Connecticut National Guard student), James D

A.D. Smith, Army Aviator, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
A.D. Smith, Army Aviator, between c1915 and c1920. Shows aviator Albert D. Smith who won an American Hydroplane duration record in February 19, 1916

Aviators on RMS Mauretania, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Aviators on RMS Mauretania, 1918. Shows the ocean liner RMS Mauretania in New York City with American aviators and other troops returning from Europe after World War I on December 2, 1918

Assembling plane wings, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Assembling plane wings, 1917. Shows workers assembling airplane wings at the Lowe, Willard & Fowler Engineering Company, College Point, Queens, New York City

The Home Of "Zeppelin I": The Newly Built Air-Ship Shed On The Military Exercise-Ground At Frescati, Near Metz, 1909. From "Illustrated London News", 1909

A sight England is to see before long: a shed for a dirigible balloon under construction
A Sight England Is To See Before Long: A Shed For A Dirigible Balloon Under Construction, Near Paris, 1909

As It May Be In Germany: A Round "Hall" For A "Zeppelin", 1909

Rigid Or Non-Rigid?: The Great War-Ships Of The Air, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Rigid Or Non-Rigid?: The Great War-Ships Of The Air, 1909. Diagrams of German dirigibles. The Zeppelin, the Parseval, and the Gross II

"Aerial Voyages" - mountain ranges of cloud, 1870. Creator: Unknown
"Aerial Voyages" - mountain ranges of cloud, 1870. Under the title of "Voyages Aeriens, " a large and finely-printed volume of 600 pages has been published by Messrs

The late Mr. Charles Green, the Aeronaut, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. Charles Green, the Aeronaut, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Mayall

Ministero dell'Aeronautica, 1934. Creator: Francisi; Raffaele (1901-1945)
Ministero dell'Aeronautica, 1934. Found in the Collection of the Museo Nazionale Collezione Salce, Treviso

Constructing A "Garage" For A "Zeppelin", 1909. Creator: Parks
The Building Of A Shelter For One Of Germany's Great Warships Of The Air: Constructing A "Garage" For A "Zeppelin", 1909. From "Illustrated London News", 1909

Rigid Or Non-Rigid?: The Great War-Ships Of The Air, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Rigid Or Non-Rigid?: The Great War-Ships Of The Air, 1909. Diagrams of French dirigibles. The Clement-Bayard, the Lebaudy, the Republique, and the Ville de Paris

"Aerial Voyages", 1870. Creator: C Laplante
"Aerial Voyages", 1870. Under the title of "Voyages Aeriens, " a large and finely-printed volume of 600 pages has been published by Messrs

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