Plane Collection (page 17)

The hydroplane Vicuna III underway, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The Sam E. Saunders built hydroplane Vicuna III, 1913

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

Machine gun mounted on a biplane, exhaust towards the top, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Checking aircraft with the pilot, 1916. German biplane. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

A Sopwith Camel, c1917-c1918. The Sopwith Camel was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I

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

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

Front view of Gotha, c1914-c1918. German plane made by Gothaer Waggonfabrik. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

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)

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

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

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

Squadron at Sommesous, northern France, 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

In the clouds at 1200 metres, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

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

Solution of Aerial Transport Problems in Cities: Aeroplanes That Require No Aerodromes, c1935. Pitcairn auto-giros (autogyros) over New York, America

Where Officers of a Great Aerodrome Keep Contact with the Flying Pilots, c1935. The Control Tower of Croydon Airport, also known as London Terminal Aerodrome or London Airport

A Symbol of the Modern World - Passengers Embarking at Croydon Aerodrome, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

With the Royal Air Force, 1937
With the Royal Air Force, 1936 (1937). King Edward VIII on a RAF inspection tour climbs the ladder to look in the cockpit. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles

Sketch of the submarine designed by Isaac Peral Caballero (1851-1895), engraving, 1889

Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932
Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, Greenwich, London, 1932. Workshop with men using machinery to make or repair parts for trams

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

Blackburn Bluebird Mk 4 and De Havilland DH60 Moth at the Oxford Speed Trials, c1930
Blackburn Bluebird Mk. 4 Reg. No. G-aU. S/N SB223.. Right: De Havilland DH60X Moth Reg. No. GE-BWY. S/N S84. Place: Oxford Speed Trials

Aeroplane at the Oxford Speed Trials, c1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Airplane. Place: Oxford Speed Trials

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, Croydon Aerodrome, 25 April 1931. Artist: Bill Brunell
A.W. Argosy Vehicle Reg. No. G-aEJ. Place: Croydon. Riley M.C. Rally. Date: 25.4.31

Handley Page W10, Croydon Aerodrome, 25 April 1931. Artist: Bill Brunell
Handley Page aircraft W10 Vehicle Reg. No. G-EBMM. Unidentified aircraft Vehicle Reg. No. F-ALC? Place: Croydon. Riley M.C. Rally. Date: 25.4.31

Man planing wood, Plate 379 from Animal Locomotion, 1887 (photograph)

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)

Aerial view of London Airport, 1925. Londons first airport opened in 1920 at Croydon. It was created by amalgamating two adjacent World War I airfields, Waddon Aerodrome and Beddington Aerodrome

Passengers boarding an Imperial Airways aircraft for a flight to Paris, c1924-c1929 (?) Artist
Passengers boarding an Imperial Airways aircraft for a flight to Paris, c1924-c1929 (?). Imperial Airways was a British airline that operated from 1924 until 1939

Loading Vickers-Vimy aircraft City of London with motorbike frames for Cologne, c1919-c1929(?). The Vickers-Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft of the First World War

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

The wreckage-strewn Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbour, 7th December 1941
The wreckage-strewn Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, USA, 7 December 1941. The Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the US military facilities at Pearl Harbour on the morning of 7

Ford Trimotor plane about to depart from an airfield, c1932. Nicknamed the Tin Goose, the Ford Trimotor was designed by William B Stout and was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company

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

Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in front of Winnie Mae, New York, USA, 1931. Wiley Hadreman Post (1898-1935) and Harold Charles Gatty (1903-1957)

Mrs W Buller, first woman to fly professionally, 1914. Artist:s and G
Mrs W Buller, first woman to fly professionally, 1914. Mrs Buller became a professional pilot with Caudron and Co. Inset is a portrait of British aviator John Alcock (1892-1919)

Pursuit. Aerial warfare, World War I, c1916-c1918. A British plane swooping down and scattering a German formation (the German planes are marked with black crosses)

Dogfight between British and German aircraft, World War I, c1916-c1918

Cover of Roald Amundsen, Explorer by Charles Turley, 1935. Artist: Charles Turley
Cover of Roald Amundsen, Explorer by Charles Turley, 1935. Norwegian explorer. Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole in December 1911

Women of Britain Come into the Factories, c1940. WWII propoganda poster

The Wright Brothers testing an early plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, c1903. Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville Wright (1871-1948)

American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his June Bug, 1908
American aviator Glenn Curtiss making his first heavier-than-air flight in his June Bug, 1908. On 4 July 1908 at Hammondsport, New York, Curtiss (1878-1930) won a $25

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