Aviation Collection (page 27)

RAF Apprentices Rigging a Plane at the Technical School, Halton, Buckinghamshire, 1927. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co, Limited, London & Melbourne, 1927]

A British triplane flying boat, c1918 (1919). Artist: RAF photographer
A British triplane flying boat, c1918 (1919). The manufacture and development of flying boat aircraft accelerated rapidly during World War I

Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, c1918 (1919). Artist: WH Holloway
Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, 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]

Aerial photographers fixing on parachute harnesses before making an ascent, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Canadian official cinematographer and assistant ready to ascend in a kite balloon, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Quite an early type of waterplane making a trial flight from Hampstead Ponds, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
Quite an early type of waterplane making a trial flight from Hampstead Ponds, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

British staff officers examining the wreckage of a Zeppelin brought down in England, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

How the inventor of the aeroplane first got the idea during a landslip, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
How the inventor of the aeroplane first got the idea during a landslip in the Pyrenees, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

The Eyes of the Fleet: A Short Seaplane, c1918 (1919). Artist: Geoffrey Watson
The Eyes of the Fleet: A Short Seaplane, 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]

More Crime in the Air, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
More Crime in the Air, c1918 (1919). A reckless young pilot pilfering Scottish garments from the slopes of Ben Nevis. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding

A French General conferring decorations on aviators, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

A coast patrol airship sending a despatch by motor launch, c1919 (1919) Artist: Frank Henry Mason
A coast patrol airship sending a despatch by motor launch, c1919 (1919).. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

The risks of night flying, c1918 (1919). An aeroplane landed in a tree close to the aerodrome it was aiming for. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward

A French aeroplane descends in a Paris street, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

A Zeppelin at home, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

An Abandoned Young Pilot Appropriating Somebody Elses Rations, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
An Abandoned Young Pilot Appropriating Somebody Elses Rations, c1918 (1919).From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

An unexpected caller, c1918 (1919). An aircraft crashed into the roof of a house in Twickenham, London. Tthe pilot escaped unhurt

The Bomb Berlin Bus, c1918 (1919). One of the many planes that were ready to bomb Berlin had the Armistice not been signed. The plane?s wings folded to save space in the aircraft hangar

A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, 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]

The first balloon ascent, c1785 (1919). Joseph-Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques-Etienne (1745-1799) Montgolfier developed a hot air balloon in Annonay, Ardeche, France

The flying ship, c1709 (1919). On 17 April 1709 Friar Bartolomeu de Gusmao, a Portuguese Jesuit priest and naturalist, petitioned King John V of Portugal, claiming to have invented a flying machine

A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). Artist: Cyrus Cuneo
A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). The Etrich Taube was a German monoplane. The first mass produced German military aircraft

De Havilland DH89 aircraft used on some of the Railway Air Service routes, c1934 (c1937). Introduced in 1934, the De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide was a British short-haul biplane airliner for 6-8

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

Method of refuelling aircraft devised by Sir Alan Cobham, c1936 (c1937). Alan John Cobham (1894-1973) was an English aviation pioneer

The four Bristol Jupiter engines of the Imperial Airways liner Scylla, c1936 (c1937). Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long distance air travel company, operating from 1924 to 1939

The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft Mercury, c1929 (c1937)
The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft Mercury undergoing flight trials at Rochester, Kent, c1929 (c1937)

American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his plane, Spirit of St Louis, c1927 (c1937). In 1927 Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) an American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer

Charles Lindbergh checking the engine of his aircraft before his transatlantic flight, 1927 (c1937)
Charles Lindbergh checking the 220 hp Wright Whirlwind engine of his aircraft before his transatlantic flight, 1927 (c1937)

Hawker Hart biplanes flying in formation, c1936 (c1937). The Hawker Hart was a British two seater biplane light bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force

Movable gun of a two-seater fighter plane, c1935 (c1937). The feature of a moving gun on the two-seater fighter allowed for precise firing

A Swissair plane flying near St Moritz Aerodrome, Switzerland, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Pilots cockpit of a Tiger Moth equipped for blind flying, c1936 (c1937). The De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth is a 1931 biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland (1882- 1965)

Customs officers examining passengers baggage at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, 1937. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Control tower at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

X-ray apparatus used for examination of suspected cases of heart or lung disease, c1935 (c1937)
X-ray apparatus used at the Central Medical Board for examination of suspected cases of heart or lung disease in prospective commercial pilots, c1935 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

The winner of the £10, 000 prize for the flight from London to Manchester, 1910 (c1937)
The winner of the £ 10, 000 prize for the flight from London to Manchester, 1910 (c1937). Pioneering French aviator Louis Paulhan (1883-1963)

Passengers boarding one of the Junkers airliners of South African Airways, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

The US airship Macon being moored to the mobile mast at Lakehurst, New Jersey, c1935 (c1937). The USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid airship built and operated by the US Navy as a flying aircraft carrier

Making adjustments to the net of a balloon before attaching the basket, c1935 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Ready to test instruments for use in the attempt on the words height record in 1935 (c1937). American balloonists Orvil Arson Anderson (1895-1965) and Albert William Stevens (1886-1949)

Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). Artist: GPO
Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). The mail is brought from London to the aerodrome in streamlined cars painted blue to distinguish the airmail

An instructor explaining engine details to a pupils at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, c1936 (c1937)
An instructor explaining engine details to a group of pupils at the Service Flying Training School at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, Wales, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

A lecture on instrument flying at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937)
A lecture on instrument flying in progress at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937). The diagrams on the board represent turn indicators. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviators, c1919 (c1937). John William Alcock (1892-1919), a Captain in the Royal Air Force

All clear for the start at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, c1936 (c1937). A Lufthansa aircraft ready to take off. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester

The aeroplane that made the first flight of a circular mile in Great Britain, c1909 (c1937). John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon

The internal structure of the airship R101, c1929 (c1937). The R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a government programme to develop civil airships capable

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