Historic Aircraft and Flights

Black and white photos of vintage aircraft, including commercial planes, air maneuvers, and engine details, showcasing early aviation history and technology.

High angle view of an airplane near a car, V8 Plane and Ford V8, 1937

At a gliding contest near Clermont Ferrand, France, aviator Sardier is towed into the air in his Clement triplane Date: 1922

XV-3 from rear in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel with K Edenborough and B. Ramsey

Description: Blackburne Airfield, Montserrat. Location: Montserrat Date: 1957-1960 montserrat, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Dirigible ZR-3 1930's

A Leviathan of the skies: Britain's Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers. A mammoth aerial express able to cover the England-Australia route in 48 hours, carrying 72 passengers in luxurious comfort in a pressurised, air-conditioned suite of saloons. Date: 1945

Voiliers au Nil. Nº 398. Photographs. 1880 - 1889. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Egypt , Views, Nile River, Bridges , Egypt, Sailboats , Egypt

Melvin Gough at the Tail of a NACA Lockheed Plane

Wilbur Wright gliding above the slope of Big Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk, NC, Oct. 10, 1902 (BSLOC_2018_2_144)

Helicopters - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

in australian catamaran a old rope in the sky like abstract concept

Photo collection Government information service. Navigation systems. undated. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Flying to the summit, with MacIntyre's plane in shot, this is a south west view of the mountains of Nepal. Date: 3 April 1933

Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) R5D Taking off from Air Strip. N3-410.. 1944-01-01T00:00:00.

World War I air battle depicting a Canadian Sopwith Camel piloted by Captain A. Roy Brown downing a German Fokker triplaine piloted by Manfred von Richthofen (aka The Red Baron), April 21, 1918, painting by Charles H. Hubbell

Aircraft, Burma, India &Maintenance,ENGINES War

DF-SC-88-02309. Country: Unknown

Early helicopter. Curtiss Bleaker Helicopter at Langley Air Force Base in June 1930. It has massive wing-like rotors attached to a light plane body.

Subjects: Jim King Collection; Transportation; Aircraft; Amphibious vehicles; Aircraft; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

Grumman F9F-6 (Bu. No. 128138) Cougar airplane. EVALUATION OF CARRIER APPROACH TECHNIQUES Boundary Layer Control, STOL, and V/STOL Note Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig. 101

Anefo photo collection. Gliding to Velp. Models. August 29, 1948. Gelderland, Velp

Illustration showing Drzewiecti's cycle powered flying machine, Leipzig. 1895

Poll photo collection. Corporate identity and emblems KLM. The name lettering of the four-engine KLM Douglas DC-6 passenger plane 'Princess Irene' with the Sch-TDI registration at Schiphol airport. August 1951. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

aeronautica, veduta frontale del ca161, detentore del primato d'altezza, 1930-1940

One-half left front view of a Grumman SA-16A Albatross (s/n 51-006), somewhere in Korea. The wings are fitted with a pontoon and a drop tank. Two crewmen stand next to the aircraft, under the left wing. Parked next to the aircraft is a Douglas C-47B Skytrain (s/n 43-48957; c/n 14769-26218).

Coast Guard Helicopter Demonstration. This image depicts a demonstration of a Coast Guard helicopter at the Coast Guard Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York.

Airtrain of 1891; The Pennington Air Ship Design by E.J. Pennington

Airplane in the 1930s. A well dressed young woman looks small when comparing her size to the giant wheels on the landing gear to this german Junker G38 aircraft. It was used between Berlin and London from July 1 1931 and was at that time the largest four engined passenger aircraft, with 34 passengers and seven crew members.

LANZAMIENTO DE BOMBAS DESDE UN AEROPLANO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

Artwork: "A Henkel III on Coastal Patrol" Artist: Schmidt-Effenberger. Country: Unknown

Wilbur Wright Lands a Glider

Aircraft for the owner-pilot: British aeroplanes designed and built solely for private ownership. Showing 1945 examples of the family aeroplane of the future -- sturdy, reliable, and easy to fly. Date: 1945

Henry Hirt's seaplane the Albatros Werke, seaplane races on Lake Como, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 41, October 12, 1913.

Air Cargo - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

An illustration depicting Juan de la Cierva's plane. Juan de la Cierva's (1895-1936) a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and aeronautical engineer. Dated 20th century

Fouga CM-170R Magister of the Belgian Air Force in the colors of the Demonstration Team Red Devils during a flight demonstration. Fouga is also known under the name Potez.

One-half right front view of a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star approaching the runway, somewhere in Korea. The aircraft is equipped with wing tip tanks. In the foreground is a wooden sign, which stands in a muddy area beside the runway. In the background, a man sits on a small hill watching the aircraft.

Coast Guard Helicopter Demonstration. This image depicts a demonstration of a Coast Guard helicopter at the Coast Guard Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York.

Italian engineer Giuseppe Mario Bellanca and American pilot Martine working on a plane, Port Richmond, New York, United States of America, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LIV, No 47, November 20, 1927.

Historical Waterfowl Survey. Creator: Beals, Frank L. Descriptive Note: Kaflia Bay (Katmai National Monument, Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service airplane (Gruman Goose NC-709) servicing stream-guard Art Freeman. Enforcement Agent Roy Lindsley (left) Mr. Freeman (right) Date: July 16, 1949. Subjects: Historical; Waterfowl Survey; Aircraft; Aircraft; Grumman Goose. . 1998 - 2011.

The mural was created to celebrate the achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright and to commemorate a century of powered flight. Central to the composition is the 1903 Wright Flyer."On Dec. 17, 1903, the Wright brothers inaugurated the aerial age with their successful first flights of a heavier-than-air flying machine at Kitty Hawk, N.C. This airplane, known as the Wright Flyer, sometimes referred to as the Kitty Hawk Flyer, was the product of a sophisticated four-year program of research and development conducted by Wilbur and Orville Wright beginning in 1899. During the Wrights' design and construction of their experimental aircraft, they also pioneered many of the basic tenets and techniques of modern aeronautical engineering, such as the use of a wind tunnel and flight testing as design tools. Their seminal accomplishment encompassed not only the breakthrough first flight of an airplane, but also the equally important achievement of establishing the foundation of aeronautical eng

retro biplane plane flying in the clouds. Pop art vector illustration vintage kitsch. retro biplane plane flying in the clouds

Helicopter Flies By Itself -- Helicopter flies by itself here as two test pilots watch it hover just above the ground. Stanley Hiller, young inventor, says the new model is "inherently stable" in that it will tend to right itself if tipped by a gust of wind. He said stability is gained through the two additional short arms in the rotor, mounted at right angles to the regular rotor blades. January 29, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

A scale model of a space shuttle orbiter lifting frame. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Diagram illustration of a British Hawker Hurricane Fighter, able to fly at a height of 35,000 feet, with a 600 mile range and eight fixed Browning guns, firing 250 rounds in 10 seconds, controlled by the fighter pilot. The structural skeleton is all of metal, fabric covered and all three wheels are retracted when flying. 1939

Jet Boat Goes Through Paces - The "White Hawk,"jet-powered hydrofoil speedboat, raises a spray screen as it speeds over Britain's Lake Windermere at about 90 miles an hour during a trial run Thursday. Mrs. Stella Hanning-Lee, wife of the boat's owner, naval architect Frank Hanning Lee, hopes to set a new speed record in the sleek craft. British speed ace John Cobb set a mark of 206. 89 m.p.h. before he was killed two weeks ago when his boat exploded. October 11, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

British Overseas Airways Corporation and Qantas, 1940-1945. Short S.33 'C' Class Empire Flying Boat, G-AFRA 'Cleopatra' of BOAC, circling Durban, South Africa, prior to landing on the harbour after flying the 'Horseshoe route' from Sydney, Australia. 'Cleopatra' was the last 'C' Class Empire Flying Boat to be built and was handed over to BOAC in May 1940.

Lydda Air Port. Palestine Airways plane close-up, showing name. 1934, Israel, Lod

New Coast Guard HUS-1G Helicopter. This image depicts a new addition to the U.S Coast Guard airfleet is the HUS-1G.

Hoist Pick-Up Demonstration. This image depicts a helicopter demonstrating the use of hydraulic hoist to pick up a man from the ground.

Wilbur Wright Gliding at Kitty Hawk

Mercedes 20 horse power engine, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

Bonneville Salt Flats, 'World's fastest speedway.' Utah , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Low angle view of a boy holding a model airplane

Engraving depicting Victor Goddard's designed for a petrol engine helicopter. Victor Goddard (1897-1987) an Air Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Dated 20th Century

At the airport, with an aircraft of Imperial Airways. 1932

Anefo photo collection. Dijk Enkhuizen to Lelystad closed; Airplane with protest texts. September 4, 1975. Enkhuizen, Lelystad

'First carriage, Ariel', 1843. Artist: W Walton

Originally designed as a light transport for Imperial Airways, this twin-engine monoplane will be modified as the 'Anson' reconnaissance aircraft widely used in WW2. Date: 1935

A view of some of the historical items displayed in Hangar No. 9. Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Bonneville Salt Flats, 'World's fastest speedway.' Utah , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Biplane aircraft, DH-9 DE Haviland, Museum, Junagarh Fort, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Bonneville Salt Flats, 'World's fastest speedway.' Utah , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

VIETNAM - CIRCA 1987: A stamp printed by VIETNAM shows plane Hafnia, series, circa 1987

Military Air Transport Service, Matchbox Covers

USSR - CIRCA 1974: A stamp printed by USSR (Russia) shows Aircraft with the inscription ´Grizodubov´s biplane No:2 (1910)´, from the series ´The history of aviation in Russia´, circa 1974

A glamorous blond Aviatrix, sporting red goggles and a cream flying helmet and jumpsuit enjoys a well earned smoke in between flights Date: 1933

Band design for: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Listen! De Wind (Listen! The Wind), 1939, Anonymous, in Or Before 1939 drawing Plane above an island in the sea. In the air the contours of the continents of South America and Africa are shown with a line in between. This refers to the flight from Africa to South America who made Anne Morrow Lindbergh with her husband Charles Lindbergh. paper. paint (coating). deck paint. pencil brush / snipping aircraft, aeroplane. island. maps of separate countries or regions

Tom Watson and plane, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Bonneville Salt Flats, 'World's fastest speedway.' Utah , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A humourous card depicting an unlucky airship passenger dangling rather precariously over the mountains near Kislovodsk, Russia, suspended only by his jacket and the strength of the anchor rope! Date: 1910

CUBA - 1977: shows Three-engine plane and Cuba-Key West 1st flight cancel, Oct. 28, 1927, series International Airmail Service, 50th Anniversary CUBA - CIRCA 1977: A stamp printed in Cuba shows Three-engine plane and Cuba-Key West 1st flight cancel, Oct. 28, 1927, series International Airmail Service, 50th Anniversary, circa 1977 Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 4730188

USSR - CIRCA 1980: A stamp printed in USSR, shows helicopter ´Mi-10k´, circa 1980

CUBA - CIRCA 1983: a postage stamp printed in Cuba commemorative of the 200 anniversary of the first balloon flight, circa 1983.

VIETNAV - CIRCA 1987: A stam printed in Vietnam shows amphibian DO-18, circa 1987

MONGOLIA - CIRCA 1980: A Stamp printed in MONGOLIA shows the Yanki-anu Plane, from the series ´10th World Aerobatic Championship´, circa 1980

MONGOLIA - CIRCA 1980: A Stamp printed in MONGOLIA shows the Acrostar Plane, from the series ´10th World Aerobatic Championship´, circa 1980

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