Air & Flying Machines Collection (page 3)

Saturdays Great Air Force Pageant at Hendon Bristol fighters flying in formation 2 July 1921

Wealth From The Air Through these great Horns the air is drawn into the electric furnaces which extract the nitrogen from the atmosphere in the production of the nitrates that form an important part

The Italian round the world flight. Signor Antonio Locatelli ( left ), who started from Pisa on July 24, in a Dornier - Wal seaplane, carrying a crew of five. He is due in London on Saturday

Aerial photo of London taken from airship R 22 1920

First Air Pictures of The Prince of Wales When HMS Renown was in the Suez Canal at Port Said and Ismailia a set of air photographs was taken from RAF aeroplane This photograph one of the set shows

Mr Parry Thomas and Mr Eldridge meet in match for ? 500 a side at Brooklands Mr Parry Thomas in his car 11 July 1925

American navy plane and crew rescued by submarine R4 Commander John Rodgers, who commanded the ill fated flight, photographed after the rescue 28 September 1925

Lady Bailey christens Mr H W Mases baby moth All Black at Croydon. 19 April 1929
Lady Bailey christens Mr H W Mases baby moth " All Black " at Croydon. 19 April 1929

New hydroplane air service A regular hydroplane service is to be maintained between Rome, Genoa and Barcelona. The hydroplane used is a Dornier Wall 21 May 1925

The Duke of York at Lympne. The Duke of York with Mr Courtney, the famous airman. 13 October 1923

The Kings Cup Air Race. Captain F G M Sparks ( seated ) and Captain Hs Broad ( with cigarette ). 9 July 1926

Important mooring masts tests at Pulham air station One of the crew for the R33 boarding the airship from the platform at the summit of the mooring mast 24 March 1921

Young pilot of 17 who has flown 80, 000 miles. William H Rhodes Moorhouse, son of Lieut W E Rhodes Moorhouse, VC. William Rhodes Moorhouse at Eton on Friday. 25 September 1931

Civil aviation display for King of Afghanistan at Croydon aerodrome. 21 March 1928

German Dornier Do X plane to fly the Atlantic. It has been fitted with 12 new engines. 11 August 1930

Great mechanical army on Salisbury Plain. An aerial attack on the mechanicalised army column which was held up owing to the road being " blown up ". 19 August 1927

Round the world by torpedo plane 6apt Sacadura Cabrale of Portugal will lead an expeditionof five fokker torpedo planes one of which is shown above in flight

Laurence Hall L A Strange at Hendon 18 June 1921

R 36 Ready for launching at Inchinnan One of the women workers 19 March 1921

New hydroplane air service A regular hydroplane service is to be maintained between Rome, Genoa and Barcelona. The hydroplane used is a Dornier Wall The six seated cabin of the Dornier wall

The only woman competitor in round England flight. Miss W E Spooner. 19 July 1928

Just a few moments before the airship Shenandoah sailed away for its transcontinental trip. An usual picture of the giant Shenandoah, showing it attached to its mooring mast at Lakehurst, New Jersey

Electricity from the air : remarkable new type of aero windmill in the course of erection near Luton. The huge windwill in the course of erection. 25 February 1925

Amundsens airship Norge arrives at Pulham. Colonel Umberto Nobile and his dog Titina. 12 April 1926

Air Motor Car Most perfect streamed lined machine in the world Known as the air motor car left Croydon with the French Air Ministry officials 13 May 1921

The start of the British round the world flight from Calshot aerodrome Southampton 26 March 1924

Mr F Roy Tuckett who is to fly to the Cape to try and beat the record. 7 November 1929

R 33 in taking off trial with two D H 53 Hummingbirds at Pulham. The two pilots of the aeroplanes Flying Officer McKenzie Richards ( left ) and Flying Officer R L Ragg 21 October 1926

Lady Bailey christenes Mr H W Mases baby moth All Black at Croydon. 19 April 1929
Lady Bailey christenes Mr H W Mases baby moth " All Black " at Croydon. 19 April 1929

De Muyters great win. The Belgian Aero Club received word shortly after noon on Wednesday that the Belgica landed at St Arrshead, Berwickshire after 43 and a half hours flight

End of 17, 000 mile air trip Air Vice Marshal Sir W Sefton Brancker, with Mr Alan Cobham, at Croydon on the termination of their 17, 000 mile flight to Rangoon and back 17 March 1925

Bird flight copied. The autogiro demonstrated at Farnborough. A view of the machine. 19 October 1925

Pulham Aerodrome On the left is seen the shed housing two German zepplins on the right is the shed conatining the R33. To the ridght of the shed is the hydrogen plant 17 June 1921

Mrs Alan Cobham leaving Stag Lane Aerodrome to meet her husband in mid air. 13 March 1926

The aerial visitors, RAF bombers, start on peaceful tour from Netheravon. Left to right, Pilot Officer P de Festing Smith, Flt Lt J Whitford, Wing Commander J H A Landon, DSO, O B E Flt Lt W Yool

Z R 3 built by the Germans for America by the German Freiedrichshafen 29 September 1924

The Kings Cup Air Race. Colonel the Master of Sempill. 1 July 1926

Saturdays Great Air Force Pageant at Hendon Fight giant bombing planes flying in formation 2 July 1921

First flight of a British airship for over three years. R33 leaves Cardington Aerodrome. 2 April 1925

British Air Race Round Britain Pilot R A De Haga Haig 8 September 1922

An open - air ceremony at the Woking mosque. 25 July 1923

Brothers in a long non stop flight. The brothers Arrachart left Le Bourget aerodrome on an attempt to beat the record for a long distance non stop flight

The Air Race of the Year Mr Raynhams Martynside Semi Quaver 2 October 1920

To try for new womans endurance record. Miss Marjorie Crawford, 20 to attempt flight endurance record for women. 29 May 1929

Sir Sefton Brancker starts his survey flight to India. Air Vice Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, left Hendon in a De Havilland machine to survey the possibilities of an

British engined flying boat flies across Atlantic. The aeroplane Plus Ultra, in which the intrepid Spanish airmen cross the Atlantic, on the water off Cape Verde. 6 February 1926

British Air Race Round Britain Pilot Lieutenant Colonel J F Tennant, ( Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross ) 8 September 1922

Air Commodore Steel paid a visit of inspection to the RAF Cadet College at Cranwell. Cadets passing their final examination in rigging the tail plane of the aeroplane. 19 December 1923

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