World Record Collection

The "Christopher Columbus" Cutter, 45 Tons, in which Mr. Webb recently crossed the Atlantic, 1858. The cutter sailed from New York on the 19th of August

Travel views of Europe, c1904. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, c1904. Georg Elsenhaus with barrel: Zu Fuss von Waldkirch nach Rom...Von Waldkirch...St. Louis Weltausstellung...Amerika'

Curtiss Robin J-1 Deluxe, 1928-1930. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
108E. Three-seat light cabin monoplane. The Key brothers set an endurance record of 653 hours and 34 minutes, June 4-July 1, 1935 in the Robin. Wright J-6-5 engine. High-wing, tailwheel design

Curtiss R3C-2, 1925. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Curtiss V-1400 Engine:; Type: V-type, 12 cylinders, water-cooled; Mfg. No. 9; Power rating: 496 kw (665 hp); Bore and Stroke: 12.382 cm (4.875 in.) x 15.875 cm (6.25 in.); Displacement

Stits SA-2A Sky Baby, 1950s. Creator: Ray Stits
On a dare from another pilot, Ray Stits designed and built the Sky Baby at his home in Riverside, California, to prove that he could build the world's smallest man-carrying airplane

1933 Napier Railton at Pendine Sands, July 2015. Creator: Unknown
1933 Napier Railton at Pendine Sands, July 2015

Mechanics starting Sunbeam 350hp July 2015, Pendine. Creator: Unknown
Mechanics starting Sunbeam 350hp July 2015, Pendine

Don Wales and Blue Bird fan Claire Meadows Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
Don Wales and Blue Bird fan Claire Meadows Pendine Sands 2015

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp engine at Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp engine at Pendine Sands 2015

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp at Pendine Sands 2015 with model in costume. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp at Pendine Sands 2015 with model in costume

Spectators at Pendine sands July 2015, watching Sunbeam 350hp. Creator: Unknown
Spectators at Pendine sands July 2015, watching Sunbeam 350hp

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Ian Stanfield at Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Ian Stanfield at Pendine Sands 2015

Sunbeam 350 hp with Bluebird fan Claire Meadows, Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
Sunbeam 350 hp with Bluebird fan Claire Meadows, Pendine Sands 2015

1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Don Wales at Pendine Sands 2015. Creator: Unknown
1925 Sunbeam 350 hp driven by Don Wales at Pendine Sands 2015

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)

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)

Sir Malcolm Campbell at high speed in `Blue Bird`, 1935. Campbell set a new land speed record of over 276 miles per hour on 12 March at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah

The St Louis Robin refuelling, c1929 (c1937). An endurance flight of over 420 hours was made in 1929 by the St Louis Robin, shown here being refuelled during flight

Ready to test instruments for use in the attempt on the words height record in 1935 (c1937). American balloonists Orvil Arson Anderson (1895-1965) and Albert William Stevens (1886-1949)

Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
A world record breaker: Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933). Lieutenant Basil Herbert Barrington-Kennett made the first passenger flight in Portholme

The First British pilot to break a world record: Captain Bertram Dickson, 1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The First British pilot to break a world record: Captain Bertram Dickson, 1910 (1933). Bertram Dickson (1873-1913), a pioneering Scottish airman

Advertisement for Yacco motor oil, c1937. Poster featuring a world record-breaking Matford car driven by an all-woman team at the Montlhery motor racing cicuit near Paris in May 1937

Shorts seaplane, Dundee to South Africa, 6 October 1938. World record, 5997.5 miles. Short-Mayo Composite aircraft: the Short S20 aeroplane G-ADHJ Mercury and the Short S21 flying boat Maia

Sir Malcom Campbell (1885-1948) in Bluebird, Daytona Beach, Florida, 7th March 1935 1936)
Sir Malcom Campbell (1885-1948) in BlueBird, Daytona Beach, Florida, 7th March 1935 1936). Campbell set a world land speed record of 272.46 mph at Daytona, Florida in 1933

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