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Vintage Air Travel

Historical photographs of passenger planes and airports, featuring notable aircraft models and flight operations from the mid-20th century.

Vintage Photograph. Looking up at United Air Lines Mainliner airplane in flight

Alitalia Plane. 1962

Visby Airport was inaugurated on January 27, 1942.

Vintage Photograph. National Airport with American Airlines plane on the tarmac, Washington, DC

Photo collection Government information service. Aviation, general. undated. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Low angle view of a fighter plane in flight, Convair B-36D

A left rear underside view of a Soviet Bear-A bomber aircraft in flight. Country: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Marines depart from Schiphol to Curacao in connection with the riots in Willemstad. May 31, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

A right side view of a Middle East Airlines 747 aircraft parked near a Marine campsite at Beirut International Airport. The Marines are participating n a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DN-SN-89-10389. Base: Naval Air Station, Bermuda Country: Bermuda (BMU)

Vintage Photograph. Jet plane in flight.

Poll photo collection. Berlin airport - Tempelhof. Crew and staff at the Junkers G24 D-1089 HESTIA who maintains the Lijndienst Berlin - Warsaw for the Lufthansa. October 1934. Berlin, Germany

DC-6 Tucson Arizona USA

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Russian jet plane at Schiphol. July 7, 1958

The Pathfinder research aircraft's solar cell arrays are prominently displayed as it touches down on the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, following a test flight. The solar arrays covered more than 75 percent of Pathfinder's upper wing surface, and provided electricity to power its six electric motors, flight controls, communications links and a host of scientific sensors.

AV - 86F D H Comet Jet airliner. August 29, 1949.

un'auto sale su un globemaster, 1960

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. test landing Dakota airport Wamena succeeded Baliem Valley. valley, means progress mainly economic significance, result freight prices considerably reduced (Twin Pioneer / KG 1, -, Dakota / KG 0.65. October 1959. Guinea, Wamena

Anefo photo collection. unknown . First plane with medikaments for SERIA of Schipho left. September 4, 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Arrival 12 super constant. For KLM. There are still 12 same times. June 29, 1953

The pak speed which carries the luggage being lowered by hydraulic holist after the new Qantas Lockheed Constellation arrived at Mascot today The plane is the first of 4 to arrive. October 14, 1947. (Photo by Ernest Charles Bowen/Fairfax Media).

Right side view of a Soviet IL-76 Candid long-range jet transport aircraft. "Soviet Military Power," 1983, Page 94. Country: Unknown

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Airport Soebi Blanco on Bonaire. 1947. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Anefo photo collection. RVD exhibition is transported (KLM). March 12, 1946

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0856. 1956

Black and white photo of the Couzinet Airplane Arc-en-Ciel. Designed by Rene Couzinet (1904-1956).

Poll photo collection. Israel: Lydda airport (LOD). Loading and detachment with a device from El al already at the airport. undated. Israel, LOD Airport, Lydda Airport

Artwork: "Utah Air Guard at Barksdale" Artist: Dick Kramer. Country: Unknown

Australian Air Force C-47 Dakota at the German Air Force museum.

Airplane Douglas DC-6 'Asmund Viking' on the flight path, about 1946-1959 Aircraft Douglas DC-6 'Asmund Viking' on the flight course. Framed photo.

Anefo photo collection. Christmas print at Schiphol. December 20, 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

View of STS Discovery

Youth Forum Students See "Brabazon" -- The Youth Forum students inspecting the "Brabazon Mark I", at Filton, Bristol, today March 17. The twenty-six teen-age students who are guests of the Bristol Aeroplane Company today March 17, were shown the giant 130 ton "Bristol" Type 167, "Brabazon Mark I" under construction at Filton, Bristol. The students who are visiting England under the Aegies of the "Overseas Daily Mail" Youth Forum, represent thirteen different countries - Belgium, France, Denmark,

DF-SN-85-02812. Country: Unknown

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Departure from a Dutch delegation with the Skymaster (DC-4, 313) from the Dutch government from Schiphol via Cairo and Calcutta to Indonesia. 13 February 1946. The Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Copy photos of Air Force 86970 and White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) railroad communications car. Copy photograph of United States Air Force 86970 Military Air Transport Service (MATS) airplane.

Funeral services for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York. View of Air Force One at Stewart Air Force Base in Newburgh, New York; President John F. Kennedy traveled to Hyde Park, New York, to attend the funeral of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Britain's New Jet Bomber In Flight -- The new Avro 698 in flight. On Saturday (August 30th) Britain took off the secret list the world's first four-engined operational delta bomber, the Avro 698. On the same day the new jet aircraft successfully made its first flight. Afterwards, Mr. Duncan Sandys, Minster of Supply disclosed that the Government had ordered an appreciable number' of these new bombers without writing for the prototype to carry out the usual flying trails. Designed to fly at alti

Royal Couple Leaves On Commonwealth Tour -- The Royal family (in front row) wave goodbye as the Royal Coupled Argonaut plane taxis down the runway to take off. The King is 2nd from left. The King and Queen and Princess Margaret were at London Airport today to bid farewell to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh who left by air for Nairobi, Kenya, on the first stage of their tour of Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand. January 31, 1952. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Viscount To Cyprus -- As the British European airways viscount airliner prepared to leave London this morning, 18 April, to make the world's first fare-paying flight in a jet-prop airliner, a stagecoach and helicopter were on the scene to add publicity to the enterprise. April 18, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo). ;Viscount To Cyprus -- As the British European airways viscount airliner prepared to leave London this morning, 18 April, to make the world's first fare-paying flight in a jet-p

Aircraft - B-52 - Aviation. August 05, 1954.

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

Pan Air "Clipper" plane, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Anefo photo collection. New anti-ice handling is sprayed against and on wing brake surfaces and stirring surfaces of aircraft in Schiphol. January 13, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

KLM & LOT planes arriving and taking off, Lydda. 1934, Israel, Lod

A left side view of an F-106A Delta Dart aircraft intercepting a Soviet Tu-95D Bear aircraft off Cape Cod. The Delta Dart is from the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC airbases. Palembang airport. Douglas C-47 Dakota In de Verte a train runs. April 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Paris International Air Show 1953. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Passengers departing from an airplane at an unidentified airport in Israel .

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Douglas DCGA by Mrs. Damme. July 21, 1953

The Speed Pak being wheeled away from the plane. This new luggage carrying device was seen for the first time when the new Cams Lockheed Constellation arrived at Mascot today. It is the first of 4 of this type of aircraft to arrive in Sydney for Qantas. October 14, 1947. (Photo by Ernest Charles Bowen/Fairfax Media).

Paris-Saigon-Wings of Mercy. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. First Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 from Pan am Landt at Schiphol. De Boeing 747 just after taking off from Schiphol. July 2, 1970. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

The 'Whispering Giant' Comes Home -- Over the traffic on the main Gloucester road, the Bristol Britannia comes in to land at her home airport, Filton, Bristol, to-day hours 55 minutes from Khartoum following her tropical trials in Africa. Overseas, Britannia had been christened 'The Whispering Giant' - a tribute to her silent flight.On the return journey, the airliner fought 50 knot head wind all the way. Sir ***** Chairman of BOAC, which ***** Britannia planes sent ***** on the airliners *****. April 13, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Lydda Air Port. Air Port building showing a Misr plane & Palestine Airways plane. 1934, Israel, Lod

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration at Zestienhoven airport with the Freight and passenger plane argosy by D Armstrong Whitworth. October 16, 1959

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspectorate General H.J. Curls by Indonesia. Arrival Batavia the procession cars leaves Kemajoran airport. May 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. New type of cargo plane The so-called Spacecraft of D Seaboard World Airlines. September 4, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Lockheed giant plane for 180 passengers. June 23, 1948

DN-SN-85-06118. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Passengers Boarding Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) R5D #39174. N3-413.. 1944-01-01T00:00:00.

Zeppelin - LZ 129 Hindenburg - a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class. Bearing the Swastika insignia of the German Nazi party on her tail fins. At rest outside her hangar at Frankfurt am Main Airport circa 1936

Poll photo collection. Corporate identity and emblems KLM. Name lettering the four-engachy KLM Lockheed Constellation Passenger Plane 'Surabaya' registration number PH-TFG at Schiphol airport. August 1951. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

A cameraman films Columbine II, the presidential aircraft for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as the plane starts its engines in preparation for departure. After undergoing restoration at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center following over 20 years in storage, the C-121A aircraft is leaving the base to undergo further repair work at a private company. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

S89-28090 (24 Jan 1989) --- The orbiter Columbia, slated for mission STS-28 is rolled over from the Orbiter Maintenance and Refurbishment Facility to the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 to begin processing for its mission in July 1989. The Department of Defense dedicted mission will be commanded by astronaut Brewster Shaw.

Coast Guard Develops Flying Lifeboat. This image depicts a Coast Guard flying lifeboat.

British Aircraft on Show to the World - The Tudor VIII, the first plane with four jet engines, is seen landing beside the assembled aircraft at Farnborough.The annual exhibition of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, which opened yesterday at Farnborough Hampshire, introduced some of the latest British aircraft to the public and the world. September 08, 1948. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Vintage Photograph. Aerial view of a section of John F Kennedy International Airport, New York City

Poll photo collection. Report Schiphol. The KLM DC-4 'Zeeland' is loaded at night with freight and mail items at Schiphol airport. 1952. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Schiphol

1960s AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER WITH AIRPLANES AND TRUCK IN FOREGROUND NEW ORLEANS LA USA

Vintage Photograph. Two Boeing 707 Commercial Airplanes in flight. Frame 2

Return of His Excellency from London, Sunday Oct. 16, 1938. Sir Harold MacMichael landing on Kulundia aerodrome in a Palestine airways machine. High Commissioner's hand bags being removed from plane. His pilot Cap't. Andrews is in foreground, West Bank, Qalandiyah

Poll photo collection. Filmstrip Suriname. Airport. undated. Netherlands Antilles, Suriname

Aviation event, presumably Schiphol, c. 1925 - c. 1935 photograph Album magazine with a photo of people sitting on tables on an airport with four aircraft parked in the background. Part of the memorial album of the Indies line of KLM, part I. Schiphol paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print airborne traffic, aviation. travelling; tourism. airfield, airport Schiphol

The Farnborough Aircraft Display -- The Vickers Armstrong Valiant, which is powered by Four Rolls-Royce Avon turbo jet engines, seen in flight during the flying display and watched by some of the visitors to the show. Some of the world's most advanced military and civil aircraft are on view for the first time at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors's display, which opened at Farnborough, Hants., on Sept. 1st1/3. September 2, 1952. (Photo by Fox Photos). ;The Farnborough Aircraft Display

DN-SN-89-10508. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Fokker F27 Friendship for Royal House. 30 June 1960

Anefo photo collection. Frost at Schiphol, aircraft wings are sprayed against ice deposit. January 10, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

View of STS Discovery

Anefo photo collection. Hijzelingsdrama Schiphol; The Boeing 707 during the transfer of hostages. September 17, 1974

Anefo photo collection. Palestinians to Tunisia to be exchanged; The DC 9 and car with Palestinians on Schiphol platform. November 23, 1974. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. 75 tons of heavy armagnaz plane at Schiphol (Sageta). September 27, 1955

AIR FORCE ONE (1997), directed by WOLFGANG PETERSEN.

Panavia tornado ids from the German Air Force at the Static Show of the International Aerial Show at Le Bourget.

Airplane in flight

Long Row of Planes on the Tarmac

P-3 Neptune Patrol Aircraft"Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MarylandP-3 Neptune Patrol Aircraft of Patrol Squadron Thirty (VP-30) stand on the runway.".

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Departure from a Dutch delegation with the Skymaster (DC-4, 313) from the Dutch government from Schiphol via Cairo and Calcutta to Indonesia. 13 February 1946. The Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Schiphol

S82-33420 (4 July 1982) --- The aft wheels of the space shuttle Columbia ease down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) today to successfully complete a week-long spaceflight for astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II, and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. A T-38 aircraft serves as a chase plane (just above center of photo) in the background. Not long after this photograph was made and the crew had egressed their craft, President Ronald Reagan addressed a giant crowd on hand at Edwards AFB for a special kind of July 4 celebration.

World's Most Powerful Bomber -- The Avro 698. This recent photo has just been released. The delta winged Avro 698 Four ***** Bomber is considered to be the most ***** in the world. It carries a bigger ***** load and flies higher faster and ***** than any of its rivals. September 2, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper).;World's Most Powerful Bomber -- The Avro 698. This recent photo has just been released. The delta winged Avro 698 Four ***** Bomber is considered to be the most ***** in the world. It car

An unusual shot of an Imperial flying-boat (Corsair) being beached at Imperial Airways base at Hythe, Southampton, England. This base in on Southampton Water and from it operate all services to Africa, India, the Far East and Australia. December 28, 1938.;An unusual shot of an Imperial flying-boat (Corsair) being beached at Imperial Airways base at Hythe, Southampton, England. This base in on Southampton Water and from it operate all services to Africa, India, the Far East and Australia.

Evacuees from Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay, disembark from a commercial aircraft following their arrival on base. Civilian and military personnel and dependents are being evacuated from the Philippine bases in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's volcanic eruption on June 10th. Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington(WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vintage photograph. People waiting outside at La Guardia Airport near planes

The world's biggest plane, Brabazon 1, dwarfing the crowd at Bristol (England), ***** ceremony. The Brabazon has a fuel capacity of 13,000 gallons, and a wing span of ***** 120 passengers and a crew of 12 and has a maximum speed of more than 300 miles *****. October 9, 1947.

Britain's New Air Liners On Show -- Modern version of a wartime expediency. A view of the Bristol Aeroplane Co's Freighter plane at the display. It is a heavy cargo transporter, with two Bristol Hercules engines; picture shows how nose of plane opens to allow loading of lorry. Visitors from all parts of the world attended the first of a four-days flying display and exhibition of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors at Radlett, Herts. Included among the exhibits were our latest and most s

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