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Historic Air Travelling Scenes

Black and white images depicting vintage airplanes, passengers, and airport scenes from the mid-20th century, highlighting early air travel milestones.

Planes on the field at the Municipal Airport in Washington DC
Planes on the field at the Municipal Airport in Washington DC
280 assets in this story
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1960S Line Of Businessmen Walking Down Stairway Off Jet Airplane
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Anefo photo collection. Flight with Boeing 747 to Rome from Schiphol; cockpit. 27 February 1971
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(Lod) formerly Lydda Airport building showing a Misr plane & Palestine Airways plane. between 1934 and 1939
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Vintage photograph. The Greenbrier Airport
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Anefo photo collection. Transfer Friendship to the Trans Australian Airlines at the Breederfrieken in Amsterdam, the transfer ceremony. April 6, 1959
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The tail lights of an automobile cast a red glow on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft parked at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. More than 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percentage of which are scrap. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Anefo photo collection. Remains of C. Palm at Schiphol. July 25, 1960
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Twin-engine propeller plane, Pagan, Bagan, Burma, Myanmar, Asia 1982
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Anefo photo collection. Textilia assignment. Departure group of Schiphol. August 4, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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President Kennedy Departs Andrews Air Force Base for the White House, 5:00PM. President John F. Kennedy looks out the open door of a United States Army helicopter toward photographers before take-off at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. A crowd looks on.
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Hr.ms. Seal (1961-1990) Work on board.
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Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) R5D #39178 Taxiing after Landing. N3-414.. 1944-01-01T00:00:00.
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TWA Airplanes, Newark Airport, Newark, New Jersey, USA, August 1959
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Wichita, Kansas, 1934A typical scene at Wichita, Kansas on almost any day is to see a group of primary training planes such as these making their departure flight from the Stearman plant. The eight planes in this formation are new Navy N2S-1's fresh from the production line, leaving the factory on the way to play their part in the National Defense training program. The Stearman Aircraft Division of Boeing Airplane Co is now making quantity deliveries regularly on orders from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Air Corps for upward of 3000 primary trainers, the largest number ever ordered by the U.S. Government in peacetime from one manufacturer.
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Madrid's Cuatro Vientos airport in 1968.
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Vintage photograph. Bell H-13D helicopters lined up at Niagara Falls Airport prior to delivery to Armed Forces in Korea
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Blimp J-4 Gondola (non-rigid air ship)
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Anefo photo collection. DC 8 painted with inscriptions viasa. March 28, 1961
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Aircraft and Airports - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Vintage Photograph. New York International Airport. interior of control tower.
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Buildings, aircraft, traffic tas, airports. undated
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Phil Lombardi & Shirley Kay Lombardi, airport , Airplanes, Airlines, American Airlines. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Anefo photo collection. Rotterdam included in the Amsterdam London Air Line, the KLM Viscount on Zestienhoven platform. November 2, 1959. Amsterdam, London, Rotterdam
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Cathay Pacific airline Convair 880 - M jet airliner plane, VR-HFS, 1963.
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Plane wreckage on the lava beach of Solheimasandur on the south coast of Iceland
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines jet at a gate at an airport in Europe (possibly Schiphol Amsterdam airport in Netherlands)  - circa 1975.
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DN-ST-90-01912. Base: Albrook Air Force Station State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)
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Aircraft and Airports - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Anefo photo collection. Transfer Friendship on the Trans Australian Airlines at the Breederfrieken in Amsterdam. April 6, 1959
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DN-SN-85-05717. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Airship Type: Parseval P.N. 29 With the engine: Siemens Halke 80 hk.luftsveppet used in advertising purposes of the silk house during the Stockholm exhibition in 1930.
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An elevated view of F-4 Phantom II aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (VMFA 333) parked on the flight line. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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DF-SC-85-11591. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Poll photo collection. Schiphol and corporate identity KLM. Three KLM board stairs on the adjustment area for aircraft at Schiphol airport, from left to right for the plane destinations Curacao, Tehran, New York and Milan .. August 1951. Curaçao, Milan, New York City, Noord-Holland, Oud-Schiphol , Tehran, Tehran
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An air-to-air right side view of an air-launched cruise missile in flight. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DE-ICING PLANE PRIOR TO FLIGHT
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Freighter, plane ready to taxi out to airstrip for takeoff, 24 March 1959, Wellington, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of Adkin Family, 1997.
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Anefo photo collection. Airplane on Lijnbaan in Rotterdam. March 20, 1957. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Recreation sites, airports E.D., Expansions taxi boans, workers, control tests, aircraft, TD 3070. October 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland
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A Russian cargo aircraft arrive at Goma Airport to deliver relief goods to the Rwandan refugees. Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)
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Mid-Continent Airlines. ca. 1947, USA, MID-CONTINENT AIRLINES. St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Kansas City, Omaha, Tulsa, Des Moines, Shreveport, Sioux City, St. Joseph, Sioux Falls, Quincy, Joplin, Ft. Smith, Muskogee, Ottumwa, Texarkana, Mason City, Rochester, Bismarck, Aberdeen, Minot, Huron, Watertown, Houston, Tyler, Paris, McAlester, Longview, Kilgore, Waterloo.
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Anefo photo collection. Supersonic British / Frans Plane Concorde at Schiphol. Great interest in the Concorde on the hiking tens. 27 February 1982. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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A close-up front view of the space shuttle orbiter Enterprise and its specially modified 747 transport aircraft on display at the airport. Base: Koln-Bonn Airport Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)
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1950S Aerial Of Idlewild Airport Now John F. Kennedy Airport New York Terminal Building
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A partial right side view of a Soviet built Cuban Air Force AN-26 Colt transport aircraft parked on the tarmac in front of the control tower. It was used to bring a Cuban pilot to pick up a Cuban MiG-21 fighter aircraft that was flown to Key West on September 20, 1993 by a defecting Cuban pilot. Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Anefo photo collection. KLM Convairs get painting names. March 17, 1949
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DF-SC-85-11590. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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This is the X-34 Technology Testbed Demonstrator being mated with the L-1011 mothership. The X-34 will demonstrate key vehicle and operational technologies applicable to future low-cost resuable launch vehicles.
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Anefo photo collection. Strike in West Germany from mainly transport personnel. Airplane passengers must choose their luggage at the airport of Dusseldorf. 12 February 1974. Düsseldorf, West Germany
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Revere Beach Oceanside Drive , Beaches, Waterfronts, Airplanes. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Anefo photo collection. RacingTeam Holland to Canada, before departure v.l.n.r. B. Pon, R. Slotenmaker and Jhr. D. van Lennep. May 25, 1965
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Aerial view of "Hercules" seaplane built by Howard Hughes during the closing months of World War II. Designed to carry large loads safe from German U-boats, advances in anti-submarine warfare made the plane obsolete before it was completed. It was flown by Hughes once, for about a mile, in 1947. It is expected to go on public display late this year. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Crash tender at the MVKV
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DN-ST-89-11011. Country: Sicily (SIC)
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Ceremony marking Vice President Lyndon B. Johnsons (LBJ) departure on a good-will trip, 3:30PM. President John F. Kennedy stands with Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, on the South Lawn as Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's helicopter prepares to depart for his good-will trip to Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, and Italy. White House, Washington, D.C.
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Visitors look at a Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 122 (VAW-122) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft as they pass through the American section at the 1991 Paris Air Show. Behind the Hawkeye is a Patrol Squadron 10 (VP-10) P-3C Orion aircraft. Base: Paris Country: France(FRA)
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Transport of a Canadian saking helicopter to the MarineLiegkamp de Kooy in Den Helder.
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Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Port of Spain airport on Trinidad. October 1, 1955. Port of Spain, Trinidad
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An air-to-air left side view of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 209 (VAQ-209), Naval Air Reserve, flying past the Washington Monument. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Junkers Ju 52 aircraft D-2600 over Nuremberg, Germany, 1934. Artist: Unknown
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MarineLiegkamp De Kooy. Central the control tower. Left and middle, 2 Sikorsky S-61N helicopters from KLM Noordzee helicopters. Right, a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter from KLM Noordzee helicopters.
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Participants salute at an Allied scholarship ceremony at Tempelhof Central Airport commemorating the 40th anniversary of the airlift which ended the Soviet blockade of Berlin. In the background a C-47 Skytrain aircraft, the workhorse of the airlift, is on static display. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Northrop NF-5A Freedom Fighters during the Open Day on Soesterberg.
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Anefo photo collection. day Soesterberg Air Force Base. demonstration Soesterberg Air Force Base, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle hunting plane collapsed. Emergency services crashed plane. Fokker 27 transport aircraft parked background. September 12, 1981. Soesterberg, Utrecht (province)
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Anefo photo collection. Flight with Boeing 747 to Rome from Schiphol. 27 February 1971. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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NEPAL, LANDING STRIP AT TIGER TOPS GAME RESERVE WIH PLANE
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A view of several different aircraft from around the world on display at the Farnborough Air Show. Base: Farnborough Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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The Apollo hardware jammed into the F-8C. The computer is partially visible in the avionics bay at the top of the fuselage behind the cockpit. Note the display and keyboard unit in the gun bay. To carry the computers and other equipment, the F-8 DFBW team removed the aircraft's guns and ammunition boxes.
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Webequie First Nation Ojibway community, Eastwood Island, northern Ontario, Canada 1978, Ontario Central Airlines plane, CF-XUS  Douglas DC-3 airplane
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A C-130A Hercules aircraft drops a wind directional marker while flying over the air base during Sarex '81. Subject Operation/Series: SAREX '81 Base: Trenton, Ontario Country: Canada (CAN)
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Monroe County Airport serving Rochester and surrounding areas, Rochester, N.Y. , Airports, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Anefo photo collection. Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo); Population Zaire. August 16, 1973. Belgian Congo, Zaire
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Aircraft Hanno, Imperial Airways, Gaza, ca. 1935, Gaza Strip, Middle East
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President Kennedy departs the White House for Glen Ora, Middleburg, Virginia, 12:55PM. View of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C.; President John F. Kennedy boarded the helicopter to travel to his estate, Glen Ora, in Middleburg, Virginia. The Executive Office Building is visible in the background.
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The Anglo-French supersonic  passenger plane leaves the  ground at Heathrow Airport on  its first scheduled commercial  flight.      Date: 21 January 1976
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