Aviation Collection (page 32)

Umberto Nobiles hangar, base of the airship Italia, Kongsfjorden, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929. Umberto Nobile (1885-1978) was an Italian aeronaut and Arctic explorer

Westland Whirlwind, 1941. The twin-engined Whirlwind was one of the fastest and most heavily armed fighters when it first flew in 1938

Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF, 1941. Initailly conceived as a light bomber, the Blenheim was successfully converted into a long-range and night fighter aircraft

Boulton Paul Defiant I, 1941. The Defiant saw service early in World War II, notably with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, 1941. The iconic British Second World War fighter was designed by Reginald Mitchell. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine

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. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pioneer of aviation, (c1924). Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an important early pioneer of aviation

The balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard ascending from Lille on August 26, 1785, 1785. Artist: Watteau, Louis (1731-1798)
The balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard ascending from Lille on August 26, 1785, 1785. From a private collection

Lenormand jumps from the tower of the Montpellier observatory, 1783, 19th century. Artist: Anonymous
Lenormand jumps from the tower of the Montpellier observatory, 1783, 19th century. From a private collection

Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot air balloon, 1785. From a private collection

Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya (1889?1920) und Vladimir Alexandrovich Lebedev, 1913
Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya (1889?1920) und Vladimir Alexandrovich Lebedev

Eugenie Mikhailovna Countess Shakhovskaya (1889?1920), 1913
Eugenie Mikhailovna Countess Shakhovskaya (1889?1920)

Portrait of French balloonist Sophie Blanchard during her flight in Milan, Italy, 1811. Artist: Luigi Rados
Portrait of French balloonist Sophie Blanchard during her flight in Milan, Italy, 1811. Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819) was the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard

The balloon Entreprenant, flown by Coutelle, at the Battle of Fleurus, 1794 (1890s). In 1794 the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety established a company of balloonists for the French Army

Transport of the balloon Entreprenant from Mauberge to Charleroi, 1794 (1890s). In 1794 the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety established a company of balloonists for the French Army

Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Romain, 1785 (1890s). In November 1783, French scientist and aeronaut Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742-1809)

Crossing of the English Channel by Blanchard and Jeffries, 1785 (1890s). Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard and American Dr John Jeffries made the first aerial crossing of the English Channel in a

First attempt by Guyton de Morveau to direct a balloon, Dijon, France, 1784 (1890s). Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816) was a French chemist and politician

First aerial voyage by Charles and Robert, Paris, France, 1783 (1890s). On 1 December 1783, French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Noel Robert made the first manned (free flight)

First aerial voyage of Pilatre de Rozier and d Arlandes, Paris, France, 1783 (1890s). On 21 November 1783, Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742-1809)

Jacques Charles launches his first aerostat from the Champ de Mars, Paris, 1783 (1890s). French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823)

First test flight of a hot air balloon at Annonay, France, 4 June, 1783 (1890s). Enthusiastic crowds watching the first unmanned test flight by brothers Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier

The Montgolfier brothers, French ballooning pioneers, (1890s). Joseph Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799)

Poster for the exhibition of new explorations of the Russian Aero Club, 1909. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

View of the Sevres Bridge and the Hills of Clamart, Saint-Cloud and Bellevue, 1908. Artist: Henri Rousseau
View of the Sevres Bridge and the Hills of Clamart, Saint-Cloud and Bellevue, 1908. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Carrier-borne planes to be transferred to the French with the carrier Langley, 1951.The United States Navy Independence-class aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27)

French aviation personnel being trained at the naval air station, Quonset, Rhode Island, USA, 1951. Training for the transfer of the United States Navy Independence-class aircraft carrier USS Langley

Curtiss Biplane, 20th century. Designed by American aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930), the Curtiss Biplane set several records in 1909

Farman biplane, 20th century
Farman Biplane, 20th century. Designed by French aviation pioneer Henri Farman and powered by a 50hp Gnome engine, this biplane won the distance contest at the Reims Aviation Week in 1909

Captain Marconnet and Lieutenant Fequant, French army aviators, c1910. On 9th June 1910 Marconnet and Fequant made the first aerial reconnaisance flight in an aeroplane

A French faience plate depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon trip. Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning

A French faience plate with aeronauts with flags, 1785. A popular painted scene was the Charles and Robert balloon, Globe

The death of the aviator Auguste Severo over Paris, 1902. Severo and his mechanic were both killed soon after the hydrogen in Severos recently built airship Pax exploded 2000 feet above the city

Helicopter landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Vietnam, 1953

Song on the aerostatic sphere, 18th century. Commemorating the Montgolfier Brothers balloon experiment in the garden of M Reveillon on 19 October 1783

The airship of Pierre and Paul Lebaudy, France, 1903. The Lebaudy Brothers airship was an attempt by French designers to counter the achievements of Germany

The attempt by the Count de la Vaulx to cross the Mediterranean by balloon, 1901. Artist: P Doye
The attempt by the Count de la Vaulx to cross the Mediterranean by balloon, 1901. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 20th October 1901

Alberto Santos-Dumont landing his airship number 9 in Longchamp, Paris, 1903. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 19th June 1903

Alberto Santos-Dumont flying his airship number 10, 1903. Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an early pioneer of aviation

The lion aeronauts, 1903. Lions in a cage carried aloft by a balloon. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 14 August 1903

Aerial Navigation, c1910. Three early aeroplanes; Henri Farmans (1874-1958) biplane, in which he made his first flight in 1908

A balloon on a roof, 1894. Firemen trying to come to the aid of a balloonist who has crash landed on a roof. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1894

Archdeacon aeroplane, 1904. Ernest Archdeacon was a French lawyer of Irish descent who was also a pioneer aviator. This aircraft built by him in 1904 was based on the design of the Wright Brothers

On the Open Sea, 1901. A balloon on the bow of a ship. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1901

Death of an aeronaut over Beuzeville, France, 1899. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1899

A Balloon struck by lightning near Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1891. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1891

The Man in the Moon, 1648 (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
The Man in the Moon, 1648, (1887). Frontispiece of a novel of Gonzales, 1648, showing a man flying by means of a contraption pulled by birds

Satirical engraving on the fire of the balloon of Miolan and Janinet 1784 (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Satirical engraving on the fire of the balloon of Miolan and Janinet 1784 (1887). French abbots Miolan and Janinet were ridiculed for their failed balloon ascent from the Jardin de Luxembourg

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