Aviator Collection (page 8)

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

Santos-Dumonts airship departing from Trouville, France, 1905. Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian pioneer aviator. He initially focused on airship design

The conquest of the air at the Ambigu-Comique, 1900. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 2nd December 1900

The new airship of Alberto Santos-Dumont, 30th September 1900. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 30th September 1900. Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an early pioneer of aviation

Biplane crashed in a field, World War I, France, 1915. A photograph from Le Pays de France, 23 September 1915

Gustave Hamel, British aviation pioneer, 1913. Hamel (c1884-1914) disappeared over the English Channel on 23 May 1914 on a flight from France piloting a new aircraft

Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932. Johnson (1903-1941) saying goodbye to her husband, fellow pilot James Mollison, before starting off

John Alcock (1892-1919), British aviator, 1914. Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14 June 1919, for which they shared a £ 10

French air ace Adolphe Pegoud, 1914-1915. Pegoud, 4th from right, standing in front of his plane on the day when fellow officers presented him with a bouquet in celebration of his latest citation

Flight-Lieutenant Rex Warneford VC, British pilot, 1915. Warneford was the first Royal Naval Air Service pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross

The crew of the first aircraft to shoot down another aeroplane, 1914. Flight-Sergeant Joseph Frantz, a French army pilot, and his mechanic Louis Quenault who

Antoinette monoplane of French aviator Hubert Latham, c1910
Antoinette monoplane of French aviator Hubert Latham, (1883-1912), c1910. In 1909 Latham made two unsuccessful attempts in his Antoinette to become the first to fly across the English Channel

Hubert Latham attempting to fly his Antoinette monoplane across the English Channel, 1909. Hubert Latham (1883-1912), French aviator

Aders flying bird Eole ( Aole ), 1890 (c1910)
Aders flying bird Eole ( Aole ). This aeroplane was designed by the French aviation pioneer Clement Ader (1841-1925). It was steam-powered

Santos-Dumont making the first powered plane flight in Europe, Paris, 1906
Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) flying his 14-Bis aeroplane, powered by an Antoinette engine, in the Bois du Boulogne, Paris, in 1906

Otto Lilienthal, German gliding pioneer & aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders
Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders. He made about 2, 000 flights before being killed

Henri Farman in the Farman biplane, French aviator and aircraft constructor, c1909. From set of cards on aviation published 1910. Chromolithograph

Baroness Raymonde Delaroche, first woman to hold pilots licence, 1909. On 3 Nov 1909 flew Voisin biplane 1, 000 yards. From set of cards on aviation published 1910. Chromolithograph

Autogiro, designed by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva, 1928
Autogiro (1928), designed by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva (Cordoniu) 1896-1936. From Le Petit Inventeur, Paris, 1928

SP Langleys steam-powered model plane Aerodrome, c1896. SP Langley, American astronomer and aeronautical pioneer. Langleys steam-powered model plane Aerodrome. In 1896 Aerodrome 5 flew 3/4 mile

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aeronaut, first recorded flight in Europe, 1906, (1915)
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), Brazilian aeronaut in his aeroplane of 1906, the machine in which he made first recorded flight in Europe (22 August 1906). Fitted with Antoinette engine

Samuel Franklin Cody, American-born British aviator, flying Cody Biplane c1909. Chromolithograph card of 1910

Henri Farman, French aviator, winning prize for first circular kilometre flight, Paris, Jan 1908
Henri Farman (1874-1958), French aviator and aircraft constructor, in his Voisin biplane winning Archdeacon Deutsch prize for first circular l kilometre flight, Paris, 13 January 1908

Graham White (left) and RT Gates, British pioneer aviators

Graham White, British pioneer aviator, c1910

Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913), facing camera. American-born British aviator. Signed photograph

Louis Bleriot (right) 1872-1936, French aviator and the French air ace Adolphe Pegoud
Louis Bleriot (right) 1872-1936, French aviator and first man to cross English Channel in an airplane, July 1909. With him is the French air ace Adolphe Pegoud who was killed during World War I

Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913) in his biplane. American-born British aviator

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer, 1901. Artist: George Hum
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer, 1901. Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) made his first flight in the balloon Brasil in 1898, and later that year his second balloon, America

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

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

Orville Wright, 1903. American aviation pioneer, Wright and his brother Wilbur originally designed and built bicycles but changed their interest to flying, producing a controllable glider by 1902

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