Aviation Collection (#26)

Updated Supersonic, USA, 2007. Creator: NASA
Updated Supersonic, USA, 2007. Aircraft design concept from NASA research partner Lockheed Martin, a good example of how simulations and wind tunnel tests, conducted over time

D-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. Creator: Unknown
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. The Douglas D-558-2 2 Skyrocket (NACA 144), prior to flight, being towed under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for the Air Force B-29)

D-558-1 in flight, USA, May 1952. Creator: NACA
D-558-1 in flight, USA, May 1952. The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak was a single-engine turbojet-powered research aircraft used by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Curtiss Bleeker helicopter, Virginia, USA, June 18, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Curtiss Bleeker helicopter, Virginia, USA, June 18, 1930. Curtiss Bleeker prototype rotary wing aircraft, introduced in 1926

Richard Whitcomb with Area Rule Wind Tunnel Model, USA, April 20, 1955. Creator: Unknown
Richard Whitcomb with Area Rule Wind Tunnel Model, USA, April 20, 1955. Aviation pioneer Richard Whitcomb worked at the Langley Research Center in Virginia throughout his exceptionally prolific life

British aviator Sheila Scott, 1970s. Creator: NASA
British aviator Sheila Scott, 1970s. Sheila Scott with her Piper Aztec " Mythre, " in which she made her world and a half flight in 1971

The worlds largest wind tunnel, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California, USA, 1947. 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel which, when built, was the worlds largest

Lunar landing training vehicle piloted by Neil Armstrong, Texas, USA, June 16, 1969. As preparation for the Apollo 11 moonshot

Eugen Sanger, Austrian aerospace engineer, c1950s. Creator: Unknown
Eugen Sanger, Austrian aerospace engineer, c1950s. During World War II, Sanger worked with the German air force on rocket and ramjet technology

Giffard Dirigible, 1852. Creator: Perot
Giffard Dirigible, 1852. Woodcut by Perot depicting the left side view of French aviator Henri Giffards steam-powered airship in flight

P-51 Mustang, c1950s. Creator: Unknown
P-51 Mustang, c1950s. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber was used during World War II and the Korean War

Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman, mid to late 20th century
A circular pinback button featuring a sepia portrait of the aviator Bessie Coleman. The portrait is the one used on her aviation license issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale

Valery Chkalov meets with Joseph Stalin. Artist: Anonymous
Valery Chkalov meets with Joseph Stalin. Private Collection

London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). The London to Paris Air Race 1914, ran from Hendon to Buc and back with a total distance of 508 miles

Hawker Hurricane Fighter, 1938. The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly produced by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for the Royal Air Force

Professor Huntingdon, Mr. Frank Hedges Butler, and the Hon. C. S. Rolls, 1906. The British crew who competed in the 1906 Gordon Bennett Cup

Aerial view of the Tannenberg Memorial, near Olsztynek, Poland, from a Zeppelin, c1931 (1933)
Aerial view of the Tannenberg Memorial, near Olsztynek, Poland, c1931, (1933). The memorial commemorated the German soldiers killed during the victory over the Russians at the Battle of Tannenberg

Zeppelin LZ 126 ascending in fog, c1924-1933 (1933). LZ126 was built for the US military as part of the war reparations Germany was compelled to pay after World War I

Passengers boarding Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built. Between its first flight in 1928 and retirement in 1937

Passenger cabin during the day, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built

A German Junkers airliner arriving at Croydon Airport, c1934 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Prototype Hawker Hurricane being test flown by Flight Lieutenant PWS Bulman, c1935 (1941). PWS George Bulman was Chief Test Pilot for Hawker Aircraft from 1925

John Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British aviators, 1919. Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14 June 1919

Otto Lilienthal, German aeronaut, early 20th century. Lilienthal taking to the air in one of his gliders. He made more than 2000 flights before being killed in a crash

Sunset at 35, 000 feet above La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, 2009

Tokyo Haneda International Airport, 1937. Private Collection

Figure and exact proportions of the Aerostatic Globe, 1786. Found in the Collection of Library of Congress, Washington D. C

Aviation pioneers of France, 1910. Found in the Collection of Cha teau de Ble rancourt

Design for a mechanical wing, 1478-1518. Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

The Balloon or The defense of Paris, 1870-1871. Found in the collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Grand Meeting Aeronautique, 1920. Private Collection

Allegoria del Golfo e del Palazzo delle Poste di La Spezia, ca 1933. Private Collection

Overflight of the Caucasus Mountains. Found in the Collection of State Museum- and exhibition Centre ROSIZO, Moscow

Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov (1887-1914), c. 1914. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Building for the aeronautical section of AEG, Hennigsdorf near Berlin. Artist: Anonymous
Building for the aeronautical section of AEG, Hennigsdorf near Berlin. Found in the collection of State Scientific A. Shchusev Research Museum of Architecture, Moscow

Alexander Belyakov, Georgiy Baidukov and Valery Chkalov by their plane on June 20, 1937. Artist: Anonymous
Alexander Belyakov, Georgiy Baidukov and Valery Chkalov by their plane on June 20, 1937. Private Collection

Balloon Ascent. Artist: Kaemmerer, Frederik Hendrik (1839-1902)
Balloon Ascent. Private Collection

Virtue on a Balloon. Artist: Orelli, Vincenzo Angelo (1751-1813)
Virtue on a Balloon. Found in the collection of Church in Grumello de Zanchi, Bergamo

Glory to the heroes of the Patriotic War! Glory to the Stalins falcons!. Artist: Vandyshev, Pavel Vasilyevich (1914-?)
Glory to the heroes of the Patriotic War! Glory to the Stalins falcons!. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Poster for the Potolowsky Glove Manufacturer, 1897. Artist: Orlik, Emil (1870?1932)
Poster for the Potolowsky Glove Manufacturer, 1897. From a private collection

Clement-Bayard, 1915. Artist: Montaut, Ernest (1879-1909)
Clement-Bayard, 1915. From a private collection

The first Salon de la locomotion aerienne, 1909. Artist: Montaut, Ernest (1879-1909)
The first Salon de la locomotion aerienne, 1909. From a private collection

Aeroflot (Poster). Artist: Anonymous
Aeroflot (Poster). Private Collection

Donations to the Air Fleet, 1914. Artist: Renggli, Eduard, the Younger (1882-1939)
Donations to the Air Fleet, 1914. From a private collection

Ascent of a Balloon in the Presence of the Court of Charles IV, ca. 1783. Artist: Carnicero, Antonio (1748-1814)
Ascent of a Balloon in the Presence of the Court of Charles IV, ca. 1783. Found in the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

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