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U.S.S. Coral Sea. January 10, 1952. (Photo by Look Magazine).

Pangborn Plane For Globe CirclingClyde Pangborn hopes to fly non-stop around the world in this New Plane this fall, refueling only three times in mid air. The twin-motored transport, which he tested in flight today, gives the impression of being all wing. The Fusilage is 15 feet wide and built into the wing lines. It has a fuel capacity of 2,500 gallons and an estimated cruising range of 8,300 miles. July 21, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Geoffrey Quill - Geoffrey Quill showing him flying the aircraft and about to take off in the demonstration he gave.Geoffrey Quill, the famous test pilot who has flown at a speed of 650 m.p.h. flew today at the Royal Aeronautical Society's garden party a Bleriot aircraft of 1909 vintage, at White Waltham near Maidenhead. May 09, 1949. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

If you've ever felt like blowing your top, here's just the machine for it. Frenchman Georges Sablier demonstrates his portable helicopter, winner of a special award at the international helicopter competition and show in Saint Etienne Wednesday. The flying windmill, which weighs about 60 pounds, is strapped over the shoulders. It has a six h.p. engine and can fly for ten hours at a top speed of 30 miles an hour, according to the intrepid Sablier. September 25, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Freak Plane Makes Appearance - The airplane which resembles a giant surfboard with a motor and cabin attached beneath, which was designed by Earl E McClary and prepared for flight here. The craft is one of the most unique experiments in aeronautics ever devised. It is largely composed of wing, the cabin, motor and landing gear being suspended beneath the wide surface through which a hole was cut for the propelled to turn. Great lifting power is credited to the pear-shaped wing by the inventor. April 05, 1929. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

British Arctic Air Route Expedition: One of the Moth aeroplanes on floats, with two Eskimos in their Kayaks. December 28, 1931. (Photo by British Arctic Air Route Expedition Photograph).

The Navy's XF2Y1 Sea Dart .let fighter, which usually takes off from San Diego bay on two skis, balances like a human skier on one foot as it takes off using only one ski during a test on the bay. This plane has been fitted with a single ski as part of the Convair aircraft company's testing program. The Sea Darts, first set seaplanes ever built, have exceeded the speed of sound. July 28, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Lilienthal descending with his glides after an unsuccessful attempt to fly like a bird. February 04, 1939.

Demonstrating New Safety Plane - The Herrick Vertaplane which combines the high speed and efficiency of the conventional aeroplane with the safety and low speed characteristics of the windmill plane, being tested at New York, U.S.A. recently. Gerald P. Herrick is experimenting with this new plane to increase the safety and promote wide spread air travel. June 03, 1936. (Photo by Kosmos Press Bureau).

The Mollison Flight. - Air Views as "Seafarer" crosses Ireland -- "The Seafarer" skirting the Irish Coast for the Transatlantic Flight.A series of Aerial views taken from an accompanying aeroplane, showing "Seafarer" with Mr. And Mrs. J.A. Mollison abroad, passing the Irish coast en route for America, over The Atlantic. They succeeded in the crossing but unfortunately crashed at Bridgeport, Connecticut. Both are now in Hospital. September 5, 1933. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.)

Mollison's New Plane - A general view showing the plane "Seafarer II" at stag lane before leaving.Mr. Jimmy Mollison the famous airman left stag Lane aerodrome this morning (Friday) for Newcastle in his new aeroplane which has been built for his bid for a world record. January 19, 1934. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

New U.S. Super-Bomber That Blasted Targets In Japan One of the first pictures of the new U.S. B-29 Superfortress shows the giant four-motored bomber next to a small target plane on an airfield in the United States, On June 15. 1944, the U.S. War Department announced that B-29's, described as being able to carry a greater bomb load faster, farther and higher than any other Allied planes, blasted the Japanese home islands from distant bases in the China-Burma-India war theater. The Superfortresses operate under a new American aerial organization, the 20th U.S. Air Force, in the nature of an aerial battle fleet able to strike wherever the need is greatest. June 30, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information).

Wirraway in a early stage of *****. December 23, 1939.

97D - 97D US Aircraft Factories. August 6, 1942. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

How Jets Refuel on Atlantic Flight -- A B-29 tanker plane with a fuel hose trailing out behind it is abut to make contact with an F-84 jet fighter in practicing the refueling operation being used on today's London-to-New York flight by two single-engine jets. Te jet plane here is one of the two making the flight. In the operation, the jet pilot rams a small boom extending from his wing into the funnel-shaped nozzle at the end of the tanker's hose. September 22, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

A ground crew gives the "thumbs up (she's ready)" sign to ***** a Jindivik pilotless, jet, radio-controlled target aircraft ***** for launching. Mr. Menzies then launched the plane by pressing button two miles away. May 01, 1953.

The Plane Farnborough Will Long Remember This fantastic looking aircraft, the De Havilland 110 is of the same type in which test ***** John Derry lost his life when the plane exploded ***** year's Farnborough Air Show. The machine also ***** 28 spectators. Now under development for Naval ***** DH 110, seen from the rear, has all the ***** features of the present day all-weather ***** very high speed, endurance, interception, radar ***** heavy armament. Providing the power are two Rolls Royce ***

Meteors and Vampires Form Ever-Ready Interceptor Force A group of the Armstrong Whitworth Meteor N.F. 11 jet planes, photographed on the ground before the demonstration at West Malling RAF Station yesterday. Giving a demonstration yesterday at West Mailing RAF Station, Kent., was the first all-weather squadron of jet night interceptors. The planes, de Havilland Vampires and Armstrong Whitworth Meteors converted to carry a navigator and radar equipment, will close the gap in the protective networ

Ground-crew filling the tank of an Australian-made jindivik pilotless, jet, radio-controlled target aircraft with fuel before the Jindvik took off on a test flight at Woomera Rocket Range, SA, on May 2. May 01, 1953.

Hotshot Takeoff -- An Air Force jet fighter zooms into the air like a guided missile as it blasts off a newly-developed zero-length launcher in tests at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The plane, described as the first piloted craft to use the mobile launcher developed by Martin Aircraft, first revs its jet engines up to full takeoff power and then shoots upward with the additional aid of the booster bottle visible under the fuselage near the tail. The platform, mounted on a truck for mobili

Passengers from A RAA Stratocruiser running thru the rain to the Customs shed at Mascot this afternoon. The plane had just arrived from the US. November 07, 1955. (Photo by Leyden).

Pakistan Bound Globemaster Loaded in Korea A. U.S. Air Force truck is loaded on a C-124 Globemaster at an Air Force installation in Korea for airlift to the flood-stricken area of East Pakistan. In the joint Air Force-Army mercy mission, 40 members of the U.S. Army 37th Medical Preventative Medicine Company and nearly 30 tons of medical supplies left Seoul, Korea aboard two Globemasters. Six other C-124s are also taking part in the mercy airlift. August 17, 1954. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Photo).

Pilotless Bombers En Route For Germany A view of the ***** Matador in launching position. The U.S. Air Force Martina-Matador-equiped pilotless bomber planes are now ***** way to Western Germany for a tour of ***** having left their training site at ***** recently. The first two Matador- ***** force pilotless bomber squadrons ***** recently transferred to the tactical command. March 21, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper).

Straight Up! A Banshee jet fighter from Fighter Squadron II, the "Red Rippers", climbs straight up skyward over the rugged snow-covered terrain of North Korea. The "Red Rippers" squadron from Jacksonville, Fla. is flying form the carrier USS Kearsarge in Task Force 77. March 08, 1953. (Photo by U.S. Navy Photo).

First French Jet-Propelled Plane Tested -- An experimental jet-propelled plane - the first constructed in France - Rests atop the French four-Motored plane "Languedoc" Oct. 21 before being taken up 9,000 metres for its first flight. The French engineer Leduc, who designed this jet plane, said the test was successful. The flight was made from the Francazal Airfield, toulouse. In this photo the pilot is already in the jet plane, called "Leduc ready for the take-off. October 24, 1947. (Photo by Ass

Farnborough - 1955 Here is the Victor, one of the new V-bombers...... The Farnborough air show opens today. Organised by the society of the British aircraft constructors in includes several planes still on the secret list and overall shows the world what Britain can do in the air. September 05, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

***** Over Queen's Canopus ***** BOAC stratocruiser Canopus at Filton Airport, Bristol today (Wednesday). Picture taken beneath the nose of this giant plane which will fly the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to Bermuda on the first stage of the Royal Tour of the Commonwealth, leaving London Airport on November 23. Usual time for an overhaul is five of six days. For the Canopus it is taking ten of eleven. The ***** is a luxury sleeper usually ***** of the New York and Montreal *****. November 01,

Kurana Douglas Airliner (Crashed Nov. 8, 1948). November 12, 1948.

Pre-View At Farnborough Supermarine Swift, one Rolls-Royce Avon turbo-jet engine, single seat, swept-wing fighter, seen in flight at the Farnborough preview today. It is in super-priority production for the RAF. September 01, 1952.

The giant Douglas DC2 airliner, "Kyeema," of Airlines of Australia, makes a striking early morning study as she refuels from the Shell refuelling Waggon at Mascot aerodrome. The machine is engaged on the Sydney-Brisbane service. August 15, 1937.

Under Starters Orders -- RAF Fliers who are taking part in the race are here seen in the briefing room at London Airport today. (Left to right) Flt. Lt. J.W. Harper of Sunderland., of Middlesex, Sqd. Ldr. L. Press of Kent., Sqd. Ldr. R. Currie of Manchester and Flt. Lt. R.M. Furze, of Herts. Lined up under starters orders, entrants for the London- New Zealand air-force were on show to the public at London Airport today. Although the instruments have been sealed in readiness for the race which st

Japan Wars On U.S. -- A Japanese plane leaves a carrier to strike at U.S. Soil -- Pearl Harbor - on December 7, 1941. A Jap film recording the opening phase of dub war with the Nipponese, was obtained by the War Department and released by the Office of War Information. April 5, 1943. (Photo by ACME).

A Quartet Of Winged Giants Four huge U. S. Air Force 0124 Globemasters of the 374th Troop Carrier Wing (Combat Cargo) huddle on the flight line, between Combat Cargo missions on the Korean airlift. This unusual photograph of these three-story mammoths of the air was taken from a helicopter at the 374th base in Japan, while the C-124s of the 315th Air Division were receiving routine maintenance. They were parked this way to make maximum use of a central pool of tools and equipment. The four gia

He'll Pilot Vertical Takeoff Plane -- Test Pilot James F. (Skeets) Coleman, 35, looks over the revolutionary vertical takeoff plane which he is scheduled to pilot on its first test flights in the near future. The plane, built by Consolidate-Vultee Aircraft for the Navy, sits on its tail and takes off straight up. It backs down to the ground, tail first, when landing. The counter-rotating propellers had been removed when this picture was taken yesterday. Lockheed Aircraft has made a similar plane

'Flying Laboratory' at the Big Air Show Sleek lines of the Avro Ashton, four-jet experimental aircraft, seen at Farnborough Aerodrome, Hampshire, to-day (Tuesday) - dress rehearsal and technicians day of the 11th Flying Display and Exhibition of the Society of British-Aircraft Constructors, which opens tomorrow. Six Ashtons have been ordered by the Ministry of Supply for research into the characteristic of high-altitude jet flight. A version of the Tudor airliner, it is one of 25 new aircraft am

Three For The Cost Of Two -- Coming in to land during carrier trials , with the Royal Navy is a Short Seamew, Britain's newest anti-submarine aircraft. The Seamew, which goes into service with RAF Coastal Command this month and with the Royal Navy later In the year, has been designed for rapid and cheap production and it is estimated that three can be provided for the cost of two other aircraft of similar type. The plane, now in full production at Short's Belfast works, can dive at 325 knots, ha

Avro Anson Bombers. April 12, 1938.

Lockheed Pogo - Aviation. December 8, 1954.

Tour Douglas skymasters of the type shown, will soon reach Sydney to enter the interstate passenger services of Australian national airways. December 27, 1945.

This Plane Will Take Off And Land On Its Tail. - The Plane is moved up to its vertical take off position... This Fantastic New fighter plane, able to take off and land vertically, was Announced recently by the U.S. Navy. Powered by twin Jet Turbines harnessed to contr-Rotating propellers, the XFV-I can take off vertically from a standing start on its tail, level off to fly and fight at very high speeds, and hover stationary in the air and descend for landing on its tail. The plane uses its four-point, X-shaped tail for a landing gear. A specially designed ground handling cart lifts the plane into its vertical take-off position and Also provides the ladder for the the Pilot to Climb up into the cockpit. March 19, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Airliner Lands After North Pole Flight The first commercial flight over the north pole ends with the safe arrival at Copenhagen Airport today November 16 of the Scandinavian airlines "Royal Viking" airliner. The plane took off 20 hours 49 minutes previously from Los Angeles and covered the 5,800 miles in three Hops, stops being made in Canada and Greenland. November 16, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Lockheed Pogo - Aviation. March 25, 1954.

United States Mercy Mission To East Pakistan Loaded In Korea U. S. Air Force end Army personnel load a jeep aboard one of eight C-124 Globemasters which left recently with United States aid to flood-stricken East Pakistan. In the joint Air Force-Army mission, 40 members of the Army's 37th Medical Preventative Medicine Company and tons of medical supplies and equipment are being airlifted to the flood victims. The Globemaster crews include extra pilots, who will alternate at the controls in order

Post And Gatty Start Engine For New York Hop -- Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, pictured at the Cleveland Municipal Airport, whirling the propeller of their plane "Winnie Mae" just before they left here for New York. The last lap of their flight around the World. They landed at Roosevelt Field in New York at 8:47 P.M., Thus completing their wonderful trip in eight days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. July 02, 1931. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

***** project which first flew on a tether inside its hangar. August 8, 1955. (Photo by Look Magazine).

Britain's Aircraft On Show -- The Bleckburn and General Aircraft's Beverley/C.I. Universal Freighter - capable of carrying 94 troops and their equipment, 70 paratroops, 82 casualties or 45, 000lb of freight over a radius of action of 200 nautical miles. This aircraft is on order for the R.A.F. The great Air Display and Exhibition organised by the British Society of Aircraft Constructors opened at Farnborough, Hampshire. September 06, 1955. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

U. S. Air Force And Army Personnel Load Globemaster With United States Aid To East Pakistan U. S. Air Force and Army personnel in Korea are shown loading supplies aboard a C-124 Globemaster bound for the flood-stricken people in East Pakistan. United States aid to the flood-stricken victims of East Pakistan left Korea as personnel of the U. S. Army 37th Medical Preventative Medicine Company and medical supplies and equipment were airlifted aboard Far East Air Forces C-124 transport planes. Eight

A Flying Tiger migrant Skymaster an arrival at Kingsford Smith airport with Boeing and from Bremen, Germany. The flying tiger line was originally formed by the American wartime flying tiger after the war - has since changed hands. Operate world-wide charter service. February 06, 1951.

The Gold Rush - This all-metal monoplane has been built for service to the New Guinea fields. The pilot, Mr. Mustard, sits above the propeller. Junkers all metal Monoplane imported by New Guinea Aircrafts for use at Lal. Salamon. Pilot mustard tap E.R. Chambers left. April 23, 1928.

548 "Texaco 13" & Capt Frank Hawks. October 14, 1930. (Photo by International News Photos Inc.).

The body of a three-engined Hercules plane being swung a board the Mangola at Pyrmont to-day. The plane, which flew on Western Australian routes, is being taken to fly on services in New Guinea. August 11, 1937.

Target For Track-and-Destroy Anti-Aircraft Gun -- An "R-Cat" 300-mile-per-hour, radio-controlled target airplane is prepared for take-off at demonstration at Weybourne, England, during test of new U.S. 75mm skysweeper Anti-Aircraft gun. The new gun, demonstrated for senior British officers and reporters by the 32nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bridge, has built-in radar and an electronic brain that works cut speeds, heights and angles. It can fire 22 12-pounder shells in 30 seconds at aircraft flying

Britain's Aircraft On Show -- A mobile Workshop, weighing 12 tons, being driven into the great hold of the Beverley Transport aircraft. The great Air Display and Exhibition organised by the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, opened at Farnborough, Hampshire. September 07, 1954. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

542 New Guinea Airways. May 7, 1931.

Fastest Jet Bomber Tanked Up In Air -- Here's the first released picture of the world's fastest bombers, a six-jet, 600-mile an-hour Boeing B-47 stratojet bomber, (bottom) being refueled from a double-deck Boeing KC-97A tanker plane. In this method of refueling, now a standard U.S. Air Force practice, fuel boom form under tail of tanker plane is connected with coupling in nose of bomber and the fuel is pumped in at high speed. June 18, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

American War Planes In England -- The bomb-aimer's cockpit of the Douglas Boston III twin-engined bomber showing the front wheel of the tricycle undercarriage. War planes from the United States are arriving in England in a Steady flow. Heavy bombers are being "ferried" by air across the an Atlantic by both American and British Planes. Photographs taken at an aerodrome in England where many of the aircraft are overhauled before passing into service with the Royal Air Force. April 12, 1944.

U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster is Unloaded in Flood-Stricken East Pakistan The first U. S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster of the Far East Air Forces' 374th Troop Carrier Wing, from Tachikawra Air Installation near Tokyo, Japan, to land at Dacca, East Pakistan, Aug. 16, is unloaded by U. S. Army personnel of the 37th Medical Preventive Medicine Company. United States aid, in the form of medical supplies and personnel, was airlifted to East Pakistan to assist the 7,000,000 flood victims isolated by

Here is an interior view of the latest Douglas type aircraft 124 a four engined Transport plane in which personel and cars and equipment can be rushed to any zone at speed. It carries about 200 of personel as well as equipment. It was on view at Lakenheath RAF station when the American squadron flew in. January 19, 1951.

Resupply Transports. A Military Air Transport Service C-124 Transport plane dwarfs two 4-engine C-54s used in airlifting supplies and equipment to personnel building the air base, at Thule, Greenland. September 18, 1952. (Photo by Official Air Force Photo).

New Luxury Service To U.S.: - Pan American World Airways "Strato" Clipper, called the world's "fastest and most luxurious" commercial passenger plane. These giant airliners will be used on Pan American's new luxury air service to the United States, The doubledecked "Strato" Clippers carry 56 passengers with individual Sleeperette seats or single-occupancy berths for each, A club lounge on the lower deck, reached by a spiral staircase within the plane, offers complete bar service. The huge Clippe

Thousands of women worked in factories throughout the United States helping to build planes and other war machines for World War II. These skilled technicians assembled motors for bombing planes. September 19, 1950. (Photo by United States Information Service).

England-Australia mail ***** arrives at the landing ground Brunette Downs - This service is in danger of extinction owing to the deviation-by means of flying boats - across the gulf of carpentaria. January 22, 1939. (Photo by Francis Birtles).

First Pictures of the Typhoon one of most Formidable Aircraft used by Fighter Command -- An aerial view of Typhoons flying in formation. These are the first pictures to be released of the Hawker "Typhoon" described as one of the most formidable aircraft in use in Fighter Command. Powered with the famous Napior engine the Typhoon is a single seater low-wing monoplane of metal construction. Its armament consists of cither four cannons or twelve machine guns. Already Squadrons equipped these fighte

264d - "Lady Southern Cross". July 23, 1934.

F.D.R In Rio De Janerio - The mighty aircraft carrier, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the largest naval ship afloat, is shown as she arrived here for a ten day visit. Escorted by Brazilian aircraft, the carrier steamed into the harbour with her flight deck completely covered with planes. Prior to her arrival here, the F.D.R. had been on shakedown. Sugar loaf mountain can be seen in the background. September 2, 1946. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

The Globemaster transport with an all-up weight of 78 tons, which arrived at Townsville yesterday to service the United States Air Force Thunderjets which fly non-stop from Tokio to Willimatown, near Newcastle to-morrow for "Operation Handclasp". May 1, 1955.

For The RAF In Germany -- Going into service soon some Royal Air Force squadrons of the 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force in Germany are English Electric Canberra Mark G bombers, specially fitted for ground attack operations at night. The aircraft carry bombs beneath the wings and a streamlined gun-pack containing four 20mm cannons beneath the fuselage, visible in this plane being flown by an English Electric Company test Pilot before delivery to the RAF. August 16, 1955. (Photo by Reaterphoto).

Home For The Brabazon -- The immense size of the partially-completed Brabazon hanger at Bristol dwarfs the car and workers pictured beside it. A ***** steel skeleton which will ***** from the world's largest aircraft hanger is now taking shape at Bristol Airport. Built at a coast of £1,500,000, the hanger will be the home of the Brabazon I, biggest and most advanced land plane yet developed in this country. The aircraft, which will accommodate 80 people in berths and 180 in seats, is also in an

Brabazon I. April 2, 1947.

U.S. B-29 In India Readied for Attack on Japanese Lined up beside a U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber at one of the India bases of the 20th Bomber command are tons of bombs ready to be loaded for a mission against Japanese industrial targets on the Malay Peninsula. Giant B-29's have caused widespread damage to the Japanese-held stronghold of Singapore and the railroad at Kuala Lumpur. During March, 1945, Superfortresses made three attacks on Singapore, hitting oil supplies and naval installations. May 2, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information).

Air Show Shape Towering towards the sky, it looks like a new fighter plane. Actually, it is just the tail plane of a Handley Page Victor bomber, at Farnborough, Hampshire, today (Sunday) ready for the Air Show being held from tomorrow until next Sunday (October 11). September 04, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins stirring camera record of the second Hearst-Wilkins Antarctic Expedition. These exclusive pictures taken by Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins from an inspiring photographic record of the second Hearst-Wilkins Antarctic Expedition, revealing more of the icy secrets of that vast, mysterious and almost inaccessible polar continent. The base for the expedition was established at deception Island, an old whaling observations and taking pictures. The other members of the expedition

First Southampton-Sydney Flying Boat Leaves For Australia Tomorrow.The "Coolangatta" taxi-ing to her moorings after a test flight at Hythe today.The Royal Mail Air-Liner "Coolangatta", the first of six Australian flying-boat which will operate with Imperial Airways on the Empire Truck route, Southampton-Sydney, will leave for Australia early tomorrow morning. Captain Allan and his crew carried out a final test flight at Hythe, Hants, this afternoon. March 17, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

United States Air Force B-29 bombers, photographed during a recent routine training flight over Japan. January 1, 1950. (Photo by United States Information Service).

United States Air Force B-29 Superfortresses, operating with United Nations forces in Korea, are shown flying in formation, en route to bomb North Korean and Chinese communist military targets. January 1, 1951. (Photo by United States Information Service).

Bristol Beaufighter - Tocumwal opp. training unit. January 16, 1945.

U.S. Air Force SA-16: U. S. Air Force SA-16 "Albatross" amphibian lands gracefully on a routine rescue mission. Several SA-16's will be stationed at strategic points along the route of The "Operation Handclasp" flight from Japan to Australia. Re-ferred to by air rescue personnel as the "Dumbo", the SA-16 is used extensively by air rescue units throughout the world. February 23, 1955. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

351 - Early Planes (See Also: Aust. Flying Corp.). December 3, 1934.

40 Years Of Progress -- What has happened to the airplane in four decades is graphically revealed hare of a an Air Force North American F-86 Sabre jet flying by a 1912 model pusher biplane. The Sabre holds the official speed record of 670 miles per hour and is powered with a turbo jet engine with a horsepower rating of 9,000 as compared to 80 horsepower and a cruising speed of 60 miles an hour for the biplane built and flown by Billy Parker. February 29, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Brabazon' Flies Over Farnborough -- The Brabazon flying over a Handley Page Marathon I (on the ground) at Farnborough to-day. The world's largest civil landplane, the 130-ton Bristol 'Brabazon I', flew over Farnborough Aerodrome, Hampshire, to-day (Thursday), making a low-level run down the full length of the field. The 'Brabazon', which made her maiden flight only last Sunday, had flown from Filton, Bristol, to Farnborough, where the tenth Flying Display and Exhibition organized by the Society

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.

Helicopter Hovers Over Biggest Airliner -- Hovering around just like a bird a helicopter flies over the Bristol Brabazon, biggest air liner in the world, at Farnborough, Hampshire, England, where the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' display is being held. September 6, 1950.

Britain's Giant Takes The Air Maiden Flight Of World's Largest Aircraft -- Taking the air on its maiden flight today from London Airport is the Brabazon, largest aircraft in the world. It carried only 26 passengers instead of its full possible load of about one hundred and was in the air for half-an-hour. Among the passengers were members of parliament and aeronautical scientists. The plane has been built by Britain for a non-stop service between London and New York. July 25, 1951. (Photo by Pau

72 C - Meteor (Jet Propelled Fighter). November 12, 1954. (Photo by Department Of Air).

The Lid Is Off Jet Power: First released photograph of the powerful General Electric TG-180 (Allison J-35) jet engines on the Martin XB-48 high-speed, six-jet airplane. Three jet engine are mounted in each wing of the Air Force bomber, now undergoing flight tests at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Cowling on two of the engines have been raised to permit inspection and give some idea of how 11,000 pounds of thrust is produced by each engine. The XB-48 weighs 102,600 pounds and ca

First Bristol-Beaufort Bomber made in NSW. Location: Mascot. October 20, 1941. (Photo by Norman E Brown/Fairfax Media).

Helicopter on Mount Blanc French pilot Jean Moine is shown here beside his American Bell 47-G helicopter atop mount blanc, 15, 781 feet, Europe's highest mountain, yesterday June 6. He claims this is a new record for the highest helicopter landing - the previous record was held by a Frenchman who landed on the jungfrau, 13, 653 feet, in Switzerland.. Moine, who took mountain guide Andre Contanine as a passenger, spent about four minutes on the peak. June 23, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Phot

Ellsworth Expedition 1935. May 4, 1936.

Andrew's Camp on White Island - After thirty-three years: Aftenposten airplane lying at Tromso Harbour waiting to start back towards Oslo with photos from the Bratvaag. November 17, 1930. (Photo by Associated Press).

Arctic Expedition - Lincoln Ellsworth Expedition - 1933, 34, 35. April 20, 1936.

"The American-Japanese Apple Incident"This photo was snapped in September, 1931, showing the American aviators Clyde Panghorn and Hugh Herndon with their world-circuling plane "Miss Veedol" at Sabishiro beach, Aomori Prefecture, where they landed on their long hop and took off on the last lap of their flight across the Pacific. When the apple-growers of Aomori found out that Mr. Panghorn was a native of Wenatches Valley, Washington State, famous for its "Richared Delicious" apples, they presented him with a few of their product as souvenir. November 30, 1938. (Photo by Japan Photo Library).

132 Aviation - Ambulance Planes (See Also: Mercy Flights, Hospital & Medical; Dr. M. Caldwell, Late, Dr. J. Flynn, Dr. A. Vickers). March 26, 1945.

132B - Ambulance Planes - American. October 14, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

19 Airplane pilots know this mechanism as a: Throttle quadrant. July 6, 1950. (Photo by Cowles Syndicate).

North American Navion. April 24, 1947.

Fuel For Berlin By The Airlift Coalmen -- A lorry loaded with sacks of coal passes under the nose of the "aerial coalman", a giant Ha stings aircraft, at Schleswigland. The first of the new giant air freighters, the Royal Air Force Handley Page Hastings, are now being used on the air lift to Berlin, Germany. They are operating from the ex-Luftwaffe night-fighter station at Schleswigland where 19,000 tons of soil has been remove and 7,000 tons of concrete laid in the last 15 days to get the aerodrome ready for the giant aircraft that can make the trip to Berlin in one hour and carry a load of nearly 7½ tons. November 03, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Backing Up The "Air-Lift" -- Honington is busiest at night, when aircraft are loaded so that at first light they may take off for bases in Germany. Here a giant wheel for a York aircraft, grounded at Wunstorf, Germany, is trundled out to a waiting Dakota of "Operation Plumber." An important if unspectacular link in the maintenance of the Royal Air Force's contribution to the "Air-Lift" into blockaded Berlin is "Operation Plumber." This is the R.A.F.'s name for the major servicing unit of transport Command at Honington, Suffolk, where a fleet of six Dakota are kept busy flying unserviceable aircraft parts back from Germany and taking out immediate replacements. November 24, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Britain's Latest Planes To Boost Berlin "Air Lift" -- German workmen loading coal into one of the new "Hastings" aircraft at the base near Kiel, in readiness for the flight to Berlin. Eight Handley Page "Hastings" Britain's latest, now being used to increase the R.A.F.'s share in the great Berlin "air lift". Each aircraft is capable of carrying seven and a half tons and will be used mainly for transporting coal. The squadron will work from a specially prepared airfield about 25 miles outside Kiel. November 03, 1948. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Aircraft Setters At Templehof - Berlin children have a new pastime these days as they gather on the fences around Templehof Airport, Berlin, Germany, watching the fleets of American planes arrive with supplies for the city, now on short rations because of the land and water blockade established by the Russians. An American four- engine transport flies ahead. May 07, 1948. (Photo by AP Photo).

Ellsworth A-II, Antarctic-Expeditions-Ellsworth. April 2, 1934.

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