Aviator Collection (page 5)

Amy Johnson, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Amy Johnson, 1930, (1933). Amy Johnson reading congratulatory telegrams en route. In 1930, British aviator Johnson (1903-1941)

Bert Hinkler, 1928, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Bert Hinkler, 1928, (1933). Australian pioneer aviator and inventor Hinkler (1892-1933), dubbed Australian Lone Eagle, designed and built early aircraft

RAF personnel learning to use a dinghy, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF personnel learning to use a dinghy, 1941. Airmen at training school during the Second World War: Getting into and out of a rubber dinghy is a difficult job until the process has been practised

RAF personnel receiving aero-engine instruction, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF personnel receiving aero-engine instruction, 1941. Airmen at training school during the Second World War: Knowledge of the working and construction of the engine

RAF personnel learning about weapons, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF personnel learning about weapons, 1941. Airmen at training school during the Second World War: An armaments lecture is here shown in progress

RAF personnel learning to fire guns during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF personnel learning to fire guns during the Second World War, 1941. Clay pigeon shooting was found in the war of 1914-18 to be a great help in the training of air gunners

RAF pilot learning to fly during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF pilot learning to fly during the Second World War, 1941. Flying lesson in a de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane at the Elementary Flying Training School

Airman using a parachute during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
Airman using a parachute during the Second World War, 1941. The " free" parachute type is standardised in the R.A.F. and with it parachutist jumps with the pack attached

Pay-day Marks-off Life in the Royal Air Force at Regular Intervals, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
Pay-day Marks-off Life in the Royal Air Force at Regular Intervals, 1941. British airmen being paid during the Second World War

Revolver practice at the Elementary Flying Training School, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
Revolver practice at the Elementary Flying Training School, 1941. RAF personnel learning to fire guns during the Second World War

Airman learning navigation during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
Airman learning navigation during the Second World War, 1941. A Royal Air Force volunteer, who comes from the United States of America, is seen taking an observation with the Mark IX sextant

RAF personnel learning navigation during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF personnel learning navigation during the Second World War, 1941. Navigation is one of the subjects which follow the pupil from the earliest moment right through to the most advanced stages of his

RAF personnel learning to fly in a flight simulator during the Second World War, 1941. The Link trainer enables the motions of controlling an aeroplane, and even of tlying it on a course

Control desk at an RAF flight training school, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
Control desk at an RAF flight training school, 1941. The Link trainer can record and interpret his pupils control movements as they learn to fly on a flight simulator during the Second World War

Training in telecommunications, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
Training in telecommunications, 1941. British RAF personnel in the classroom during the Second World War: Class work...in properly equipped rooms

The Edwards Rhomboidal biplane, c1911, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The Edwards Rhomboidal biplane, c1911, (1935). The Edwards Rhomboidal was an unusually shaped early British aircraft designed by E.W. Edwards. It was tested at Brooklands in 1911

Amelia Earhart, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Amelia Earhart, 1928, (1935). American aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart (born 1897; disappeared 2 July 1937), was the first woman to to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Alcock and Brown... after the first non-stop transatlantic flight, London, June 1919, (1935)
Alcock and Brown are welcomed after the first non-stop transatlantic flight, London, June 1919, (1935). British aviators Captain John Alcock (1892-1919) and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948)

Costes and Bellonte beat the flying distance record, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Costes and Bellonte beat the flying distance record, 1929. Costes et Bellonte Battent Record de Distance en Avion. French aviators Dieudonne Costes (1892-1973) and Maurice Bellonte (1896-1983)

Investigation into the Trait d Union II, 1931. Creator: Unknown
Investigation into the " Trait d Union II", 1931. L Enquete Sur Le Trait-D Union II. In September 1931, French aviators Joseph Le Brix

Sir Alan J. Cobham, A. F. C. 1927. Creator: Unknown
Sir Alan J. Cobham, A.F.C. 1927.Sir Alan J Cobham (1874-1973) English pilot and long distance aviation pioneer. From " A Series of 25 Famous Men - Carreras High-Class Cigarettes" [London

Gun And the Instruments Used By The Pilot, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Nose Of A Huge Bombing Aeroplane, Showing How The Gun Is Used And the Instruments Used By The Pilot, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919

One Nights Rations for a Bombing Squadron, (1919). Creator: Unknown
One Nights Rations for a Bombing Squadron, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: All these bombs were dropped on German munitions dumps, railways etc

Back cover of Merchant Airmen, 1946. Creator: Unknown
Back cover of " Merchant Airmen", 1946. From " Merchant Airmen - The Air Ministry Account of British Civil Aviation, 1939-1944". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1946]

British aimen who built the Atlantic Bridge, c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown
British aimen who built the Atlantic Bridge, c1939-c1944 (1946). Returning For More. - These were the men who built the Atlantic Bridge

Churchill as an Airman, c1945. Creator: Unknown
Churchill as an Airman, c1945. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in an RAF greatcoat. Churchill learned to fly and once crashed his plane but escaped unhurt

Grahame White and Mr. Churchill, 1910, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Grahame White and Mr. Churchill, 1910, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), second from left, with aviation pioneers Claude Grahame-White, second from right

Elly Beinhorn with her plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Elly Beinhorn with her plane, 1932. Beinhorn (1907-2007) was one of Germanys most distinguished female aviators. In 1931 she crash-landed in the Sahara on the way to Portuguese Guinea

German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen, 1932. Creator: Unknown
German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen, 1932. Koenig-Warthausen (1906-1986) made the first solo flight around the world, August 1928-November 1929

Sea sled Miss England at mooring, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Claude Grahame-White in his experimental 45-foot power sledge, Miss England, 3 Sept 1922. Miss England was built of wood by the Cowes firm of S.E. Saunders in 1921

Sea sled Miss England under way, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Claude Grahame-White in his experimental 45-foot power sledge, Miss England, 3 Sept 1922. Miss England was built of wood by the Cowes firm of S.E. Saunders in 1921

Sea sled Miss England at anchor, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Claude Grahame-White in his experimental 45-foot power sledge, Miss England, 3 Sept 1922. Miss England was built of wood by the Cowes firm of S.E. Saunders in 1921

Returning from a mission, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Refuelling biplane, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Fighter plane taking off, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Return of fighter plane, c1914-c1918. Nieuport-Delage NiD 29, French single-seat biplane fighter (C.I category). Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World

Kitty Brunell in the cockpit of a Blackburn Bluebird aeroplane, c1930s. Artist: Bill Brunell
Blackburn Bluebird aircraft Reg. No. G-aTS. Date: Brunell, Kitty

Lea-Francis V type saloon and Blackburn Bluebird aeroplane, c1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Lea-Francis V type saloon 1496 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. VC3461. Blackburn Bluebird Aircraft No. G-aTN. 3rd. Place in 1930 Kings Cup Air Race flown by Flight-Lieutenant Henry Waghorn. Race No. 37

Tiny Scholefield with his Buick at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Buick 3395 cc. Event Entry No: 8 Driver: Edward Tiny Scholefield, Vickers test pilot. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Riley, Buick and Bugatti on the start line at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, 1928
Riley 1495 cc. Entry No: 3 Driver: Gillow, V. Centre: Buick 3395 cc. Entry No: 8 Driver: Scolefield, Tiny. Vickers test pilot. Right: Bugatti 1496 cc. No: 5 Driver: Jefferys, J.R. Brooklands

Helene Dutrieu at the controls of her plane, c. 1911
He le ne Dutrieu (1877 - 1961) at the controls of her plane, pub. C. 1911 (b/w photo)

Louis Bleriot sitting in his monopolane, c. 1920
Louis Ble riot (1872 – 1936) sitting in his monopolane, c. 1920 (b/w photo)

Louis Bleriot leaving Calais to cross the English Channel in 1909
Louis Ble riot (1872-1936) leaving Calais to cross the English Channel in 1909 (b/w photo)

American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne after their flight to Japan, 1931. In May 1927 Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) made the first successful transatlantic flight

American aviator Charles Lindbergh addressing a crowd at the Washington Monument, USA, c1927
American aviator Charles Lindbergh addressing a crowd at the Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA, c1927. Lindbergh (1902-1974)

Charles Lindbergh, American aviator, at Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris, France, May 1927. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) after completing the first successful solo transatlantic flight

The Hero of the Decade, 1927. Charles A Lindbergh (1902-1974), American aviator who, on 20 May 1927, made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic

The Great Blizzard of June, 1927, New York City, USA, 1927. A ticker tape parade to welcome American aviator Charles A Lindbergh (1902-1974)

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