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Pilot Collection (page 5)

Background imagePilot Collection: Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imagePilot Collection: Student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein

Student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imagePilot Collection: Civilian pilot training school, returning from practice... Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942

Civilian pilot training school, returning from practice... Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942
Civilian pilot training school, returning from practice flight, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imagePilot Collection: Civilian training school, students and instructors, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942

Civilian training school, students and instructors, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. 1942. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Civilian training school, students and instructors, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex

Background imagePilot Collection: Possibly: International student assembly, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Possibly: International student assembly, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Pilot officer Russell Garlick, a delegate from New Zealand]

Background imagePilot Collection: Test pilot and engineer, USA, 1920. Creator: Unknown

Test pilot and engineer, USA, 1920. Creator: Unknown
Test pilot and engineer, USA, 1920. Double the pilots double the trouble. Goggles at the ready, this test pilot and engineer conducted research business high above the Langley Research Center in

Background imagePilot Collection: Paresev 1-A and tow plane with crew and pilot, USA, 1962. Creator: NASA

Paresev 1-A and tow plane with crew and pilot, USA, 1962. Creator: NASA
Paresev 1-A and tow plane with crew and pilot, USA, 1962. With the Paresev 1-A (Paraglider Research Vehicle) and the 450-hp Stearman Sport biplane as a backdrop the pilot

Background imagePilot Collection: Dedication Day - visitors to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Dedication Day - visitors to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 20, 1943. From left to right: Colonel E.R. Page, William F

Background imagePilot Collection: Aviation pioneers at a conference, Langley Field, Virginia, USA, May 23, 1934

Aviation pioneers at a conference, Langley Field, Virginia, USA, May 23, 1934. Eight of the twelve members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

Background imagePilot Collection: Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp, 1948. Creator: NASA

Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp, 1948. Creator: NASA
Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp, California, USA, 1948. Radio and early television personality Arthur Godfrey, (left) has a discussion with NACA civilian pilot George Cooper

Background imagePilot Collection: Jimmy Doolittle with Curtiss R3C racer, c1925. Creator: Unknown

Jimmy Doolittle with Curtiss R3C racer, c1925. Creator: Unknown
Jimmy Doolittle with Curtiss R3C racer, c1925. The R3C was an American racing aircraft, made in landplane and floatplane form

Background imagePilot Collection: Scott Crossfield Mach 2 flight. Creator: Unknown

Scott Crossfield Mach 2 flight. Creator: Unknown
Scott Crossfield after the first mach 2 flight, USA, November 20, 1953. Naval officer and test pilot Scott Crossfield piloted the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket to Mach 2, or more than 1

Background imagePilot Collection: American aviation pioneers Charles M. Manly and Samuel Pierpont Langley, c1890s

American aviation pioneers Charles M. Manly and Samuel Pierpont Langley, c1890s. Charles Matthews Manly (chief mechanic and pilot)

Background imagePilot Collection: Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. Creator: Unknown

Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. American pioneer aviator Earhart on the steps of the Langley Research Building, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Background imagePilot Collection: Chase plane and remote-piloted test vehicle X-48, USA, 2008. Creator: Lori Losey

Chase plane and remote-piloted test vehicle X-48, USA, 2008. Creator: Lori Losey
Chase plane and remote-piloted test vehicle X-48, USA, 2008. The view from a NASA chase plane following one of the first flights of the remote-piloted test vehicle X-48

Background imagePilot Collection: Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Creator: NASA

Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Creator: NASA
Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Dryden pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight

Background imagePilot Collection: Jerrie Cobb testing gimbal rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. Creator: NASA

Jerrie Cobb testing gimbal rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. Creator: NASA
Jerrie Cobb is tested in the Gimbal Rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. American pilot and aviator Jerrie Cobb at the Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Background imagePilot Collection: Pilot Joe Walker and the X-1A, California, USA, 1955. Creator: NASA

Pilot Joe Walker and the X-1A, California, USA, 1955. Creator: NASA
Pilot Joe Walker and the X-1A, California, USA, 1955. Cowboy Joe (NACA High-Speed Flight Station test pilot Joseph Walker) and his steed (Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A)

Background imagePilot Collection: Wright Flyer test flights at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, September 3, 1908

Wright Flyer test flights at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, September 3, 1908. In January 1908, as a response to a War Department request for a " Heavier-than-air Flying Machine"

Background imagePilot Collection: Apollo 13 Recovery Area, 1970. Creator: NASA

Apollo 13 Recovery Area, 1970. Creator: NASA
Apollo 13 Recovery Area, 1970. Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr. command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr

Background imagePilot Collection: Scott Crossfield... after the first mach 2 flight, USA, November 20, 1953

Scott Crossfield... after the first mach 2 flight, USA, November 20, 1953
Scott Crossfield in the cockpit of the D-558-2 after the first mach 2 flight, USA, November 20, 1953. Naval officer and test pilot Scott Crossfield piloted the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket to Mach 2

Background imagePilot Collection: Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong, California, USA, February 1964

Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong, California, USA, February 1964. Test pilot Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong on his first hovering flight in the Ames Bell X-14 Vertical

Background imagePilot Collection: Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. Creator: NASA

Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. Creator: NASA
Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. On October 24, 1911 Orville tested a new glider and broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring

Background imagePilot Collection: Gus Grissom and Milt Thompson with Paresev, California, USA, 1962. Creator: NASA

Gus Grissom and Milt Thompson with Paresev, California, USA, 1962. Creator: NASA
Gus Grissom and Milt Thompson with Paresev, California, USA, 1962. Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom (L) and NASA test pilot Milton Thompson with Paraglider Research Vehicle 1-A at Rogers Dry Lakebed at

Background imagePilot Collection: Fred E. Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. Creator: Unknown

Fred E. Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. Creator: Unknown
Fred Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. American aviators visting the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Fred E

Background imagePilot Collection: Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House, 1968. Creator: NASA

Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House, 1968. Creator: NASA
Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House, 1968. Apollo 7 and 8 flight crews sign a commemorative document to be hung in the Treaty Room of the White House honoring the occasion

Background imagePilot Collection: Mattingly and Hartsfield Salute President Reagan, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA

Mattingly and Hartsfield Salute President Reagan, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, 1982. Columbia Space Shuttle astronauts Commander Thomas K. Mattingly, foreground, and Pilot Henry W

Background imagePilot Collection: Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. Creator: Unknown

Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. A Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory test pilot prepares to fly the Apache to high altitude

Background imagePilot Collection: JATO Flight Test Crew, 1941. Creator: NASA

JATO Flight Test Crew, 1941. Creator: NASA
JATO Flight Test Crew, 1941. Flight test crew for the Jet Assisted Take-Off (JATO) experimental solid rocket booster. It was later refered to as RATO (Rocket Assisted Take-Off)

Background imagePilot Collection: Flying suit, USAF Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Creator: Gibson & Barnes

Flying suit, USAF Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Creator: Gibson & Barnes
Flying suit, USAF Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Suit worn by Nicole Malachowski of the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force

Background imagePilot Collection: A Newhaven Pilots Cottage Door, 1845. Creators: David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson

A Newhaven Pilots Cottage Door, 1845. Creators: David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
A Newhaven Pilots Cottage Door, 1845

Background imagePilot Collection: Ballad of the Involuntary and Voluntary Fall (Ballade vom unfreiwilligen und vom freiwilli... 1911)

Ballad of the Involuntary and Voluntary Fall (Ballade vom unfreiwilligen und vom freiwilli... 1911)
Ballad of the Involuntary and Voluntary Fall (Ballade vom unfreiwilligen und vom freiwilligen Sturz"), 1911

Background imagePilot Collection: Airmans Equipment, 1932, (1944). Creator: E. A. Harvey

Airmans Equipment, 1932, (1944). Creator: E. A. Harvey
Airmans Equipment, 1932, (1944). A pilots flying helmet, goggles and navigation aids. From " Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imagePilot Collection: 1969 Triumph 2500i ( B. M. I. H. T. ). Creator: Unknown

1969 Triumph 2500i ( B. M. I. H. T. ). Creator: Unknown
1969 Triumph 2500i ( copyright B.M.I.H.T.)

Background imagePilot Collection: King George V decorates British personnel, Belgium, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)

King George V decorates British personnel, Belgium, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). The Kings Visit to Belgium: presenting decorations to heroes of the Royal Naval Air Service

Background imagePilot Collection: Air Sickness: Incident with the Royal Flying Corps in France, 1917. Creator: Unknown

Air Sickness: Incident with the Royal Flying Corps in France, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Air Sickness: Incident with the Royal Flying Corps in France, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VII. The Autumn Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Background imagePilot Collection: That Aeroplane Rag, 1911. Creator: John Frew

That Aeroplane Rag, 1911. Creator: John Frew
That Aeroplane Rag, 1911. Lovers in a biplane with full moon. The man is piloting the plane while embracing his partner. Cover to sheet music for a song composed by Berte C Randall

Background imagePilot Collection: Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). On August 6, 1931, James Mollison broke, by one day, the Australia-England record established but a few days before by his friend C.W.A. Scott

Background imagePilot Collection: Amy Johnson, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown

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

Background imagePilot Collection: Commander Samson of the Royal Flying Corps... First World War, c1914, (c1920). Creator: Cribb

Commander Samson of the Royal Flying Corps... First World War, c1914, (c1920). Creator: Cribb
Commander Samson of the Royal Flying Corps with some of his officers, First World War, c1914, (c1920). Heroes of the Royal Naval Flying Corps, right to left: Flight-Lieutenant Draper

Background imagePilot Collection: Flight-Lieutenant C. H. Collet, R. N. D. S. O. c1914, (c1920). Creator: N Birkett

Flight-Lieutenant C. H. Collet, R. N. D. S. O. c1914, (c1920). Creator: N Birkett
Flight-Lieutenant C. H. Collet, R.N. D.S.O. c1914, (c1920). British naval airman Charles Herbert Collet (1888-1915) sitting in the cockpit of a DFW Mars, a German military utility aircraft

Background imagePilot Collection: The Fourth Arm in the Great War: French Air-scouts at work, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)

The Fourth Arm in the Great War: French Air-scouts at work, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). A powerfully engined French biplane as used for detailed reconnaissance

Background imagePilot Collection: Bomb Droppers, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Bomb Droppers, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Bomb Droppers, 1914-1918, (c1920). A powerfully-engined, weight-carrying biplane, of the type used in bomb-dropping. The pilot is in his driving-seat in the bow

Background imagePilot Collection: 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. 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

Background imagePilot Collection: RAF personnel learning navigation during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown

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

Background imagePilot Collection: RAF personnel learning to fly in a flight simulator during the Second World War, 1941

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

Background imagePilot Collection: The Miles Magister, 1941. Creator: Unknown

The Miles Magister, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Miles Magister, 1941. Instructional flight in a Miles M.14 Magister, a British two-seat monoplane trainer aircraft built by the Miles Aircraft for the RAF

Background imagePilot Collection: Amelia Earhart, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown

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



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