Historic Aviation Photos

Black and white photographs of vintage aircraft and aviation scenes, illustrating the early days of air travel and airline history.

Vintage photograph. Constellation airliner
Vintage photograph. Constellation airliner
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historic airplane on a runway
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A B-52 awaits engine starts after being uploaded with weapons. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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1940s REAR VIEW OF BOY AND GIRL STANDING TOGETHER LOOKING AT PROPELLER AIRPLANE OUTDOOR
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Anefo photo collection. New car air service Rotterdam to Manchester. April 6, 1966. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Airliner Above Municipal Airport. ca. 1939, Orlando, Florida, USA, O-19-Orlando, Florida's Modern Airport. Orlando Municipal Airport is the airline terminal of Central Florida and a favorite rendezvous of private flyers. Every modern aviation facility is available to the air traveler. The port is 200 acres in area.
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Pacific Ocean, January 1963Two U. S. Navy F-4 Phantom II Fighter Aircraft escort a Soviet Badger which flew over their ship, the attack carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in the North Pacific Ocean, the soviet aircraft was escorted to and from the carrier and kept under surveillance during the time they were in the vicinity of the ship.
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Anefo photo collection. day Soesterberg Air Force Base. crowds Soesterberg Air Force Base Mc Donnell Douglas 15 Eagle Hunting Plane starts. September 12, 1981. Soesterberg, Utrecht (province)
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Inspection tour of NASA installations: St. Louis, Missouri, McDonnell Aircraft, 3:27PM. President John F. Kennedy tours the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Left to right (in foreground, backs to camera): Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Sanford N. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell (partially hidden); President Kennedy. A U.S. Navy jet fighter plane sits in the background; McDonnell plant employees observe. The President visited the plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Anefo photo collection. Dutch plane for the UN. Fokker F27 Friendship. June 11, 1967
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DF-ST-89-02202. Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)
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Three lesson aircraft of the Rijksvaartschool in Eelde.Cessna 500 Citation, PH-CTABEECH F33C BONANZA, PH-BNASAAB SAFIR 91D, PH RLS.
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Sudan. Malakal. Passengers entering the plane southward bound. 1936, Sudan, Malakāl
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Anefo photo collection. KLM decorations by Minister Spitzen at Schiphol, overview. October 7, 1949. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Northeast Airlines Boeing 727 , Airplanes, Airlines, Boeing 727 Jet transports, Northeast Airlines, Inc.. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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A rear view of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the Military Airlift Command, 438th Military Airlift Wing, that has been assigned to evacuate a group of survivors of the DC-10 passenger aircraft crash to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Adkin collection : Untitled gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives
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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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A right side view of an X-26 sailplane on display during the open house Expo '83. Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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President and Mrs. Kennedy about to leave Air Force One in Mexico City. Jan. 29, 1962.
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DF-ST-86-00430. Base: Belfast Harbor Airport Country: Ireland (IRL)
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Anefo photo collection. Europort 1975 in Amsterdam RAI; Ship screws. November 11, 1975
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A view of commercial aircraft damaged during Hurricane Hugo, which devastated the area on September 19th. Base: Saint Croix State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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USA, Washington, Seattle, Museum of History and Industry.
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Anefo photo collection. Explosion in DC 8 plane at Schiphol. The remains of the plane. 29 June 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Aircrafts - HH-65 Dolphin - 26-HK-54-95. HH-65s on ramp, with personnel in hangar--RS Lounge. Hurricane Katrina
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Airplane in front of South Station , Airplanes. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Travel photos. Hall of the Pan American Airways system
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El Conquistador , Airplanes, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States