Early Aviation Milestones

Historical images of pioneering aircraft, including unique designs and prototypes from the early 20th century, capturing the essence of early aviation.

1923 'helicopter' in trials at McCook Field, Ohio. It lifts from the ground, piloted by Arthur Smith and carrying Major T.H. Bane as a passenger. Jan. 19, 1923.

Flying airplane; Fédèle Azari (Italian, 1895 - 1930); Milan, Italy; 1914 - 1929; Gelatin silver print; 17.4 x 23.4 cm (6 7,8 x 9 3,16 in.)

1923 'helicopter' in trials at McCook Field, Ohio. It lifts from the ground, piloted by Arthur Smith and carrying Major T.H. Bane as a passenger. Jan. 19, 1923.

At the airfield debringum in the Hangar in Kragla.

Picture from Oscar Ask's operations in Landskrona with several locations, the years 1910-1915.

Flying boat Satyrus 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Planes on Patrol. This image depicts the "Eyes of the Coast Guard.".

The Fokker Spin model 3 plane built by Dutch aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker. 1911

Lockheed Transport. This image depicts a Lockheed Aircraft Company transport plane, V-188.

View from Cockpit on a parked DO217.

CIERVA Y CODORNIU , JUAN DE LA INGENIERO ESPAÑOL . MURCIA 1895 - 1936 AUTOGIRO 1925.

Off to Heat an Iceberg. A 1,000-pound thermate bomb enclosing a cluster of small bombs, each capable of burning at a temperature of 4,300 degrees Fahrenheit, rides under the wing of a Coast Guard UF-2G amphibian plane toward an iceberg target in the foggy Grand Banks region of Newfoundland. The temperature of one bomb equals half the sun's surface temperature. This bomb was one of twenty cluster bombs of thermate and petroleum types air-dropped on selected icebergs during heated destruction tests made by the International Ice Patrol force in June, at the height of the 1959 heavy ice season. Above the bomb carrier is a large passenger type Coast Guard R50 plane, one of three used on regular ice observation flights out of Argentia, Nfld. The more modern R5Ds this year replace old World War II B-17 bomber type planes with Plexiglass noses where ice observers stood their watch on previously annual ice patrols. In place of passengers the R5D is equipped with ice observation instruments and

Lydda Airport. Major Gumbly, with his private flying machine, closeup. 1934, Israel, Lod

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Seen plane from the front, Anonymous, c. 1930 - c. 1940 photograph paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print aircraft, aeroplane

An image showing a radio installation on an airplane at Love Field, Texas. The photograph was taken during World War I.

Sudan. On route to Khartoum. Air view. Country immediately north of Khartoum. 1936, Sudan, Khartoum

Low angle view of an aircraft in an air show, College Park, Maryland, USA

Spanish engineer Raul Pescara piloting his co-axial rotor helicopter in 1922. It rose vertically and sustained hovering three feet above the ground in tests near Paris (BSLOC_2018_2_141)

Thebes to southern border of Egypt. Air view. General view of hills. 1936, Egypt, Thebes

05/25/1911. The aviator Vedrines arriving at the Getafe airfield.

The USS Akron, an American airship plunged off Barnegat Light, New Jersey, United States, on the night of April 4, 1933, photo from L'illustrazione Italiana, year LX, n 15, April 9, 1933.

Sudan. Khartoum. Plane landed at Khartoum, refuelling. 1936, Sudan, Khartoum

London, England: July, 1939 A crew member of an air tanker signals to the Imperial Airways Empire flying boat that everything is ready for refueling to commence. The refueling is for the new service route crossing the Atlantic.

Plane of the Wright brothers in flight, LL, c. 1908 - Before 1910 photomechanical print paper collotype aircraft, aeroplane

Over the Rockies. This image depicts a U. S. Coast Guard plane over the Rocky Mountains.

Portraits - Portraits "G". Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Rear view of a Macchi seaplane at Langley Field, VA, during December 1917. The photograph was taken by photographer Reed and released by the W.O.D to the Photo Division. It was assigned the identification number 111-SC-1274.

Postcard 'Air Force Museum island 1, Tummelisa', 1920 Speeches: Postcard 'Air Force Museum island 1, thumbselisa' .. Aircraft thumbsite in the air.

Taking a photograph from a plane Kolomea, Galicia; photographer: Krieg Vermessung 7.

in crains austalia window of little popular plane parking in the airport

Field Marshal of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring steps out of a Junkers Ju 52 transport plane at the Waalhaven airport for a visit to the Netherlands.

Junkers F13 L plane with snow skids, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

Africa. 1936, Africa

Illustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944. This system of launching and towing a glider was designed as a time-saving measure, so that tug aircraft, such as the Dakota, could pick up gliders without landing. This illustration was made by the Illustrated London News special artist, C.E. Turner using information supplied by the US Ninth Air Force. Date: 1944

Photograph of German Bomber plane. Dated 1941

The Aeroplane. Artist: Alfred Stieglitz (American, Hoboken, New Jersey 1864-1946 New York). Dimensions: 14.5 x 17.5 cm (5 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.). Date: 1910, printed 1911. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Aerial image of aircraft Phönix C.I DRONT NUMBER 0124 In the air above mountain . Aerial image of aircraft Phönix C.I Dront number 0124 in the air over scales.

Malmö city airport, Bultofta in 1930.

Airplane Phönix Dront number 3180 in the air Airplane Phönix Dront number 3180 in the air. Large format, mounted photo.

Martin Aircraft Air Force jet fighter, first piloted plane to be airborne from a zero-length launcher

Anefo photo collection. Reporting of boat trip with Karel Doorman. July 8, 1962

Zanzibar. 1936, Tanzania. People standing around a plane with palm trees in the background

Description: Bahamas. Douglas Dolphin afloat with wheels in fully retracted position. Location: Bahamas Date: 1944 caribbean, bahamas, caribbeanthroughalens

Photograph of a Propeller on a Dirigible. Original caption: Propeller outrigger assembly.. Dirigible Disasters.

Plane over Brockton Fair , Fairs, Airplanes, Brockton Public Library Archival Collection

United States, c 1954A U.S. Navy seaplane, the Martin P5M-2 Marlin, in flight.

'A Symbol of the Modern World - Passengers Embarking at Croydon Aerodrome', c1935. Artist: Unknown.

Artwork: "Close-up of a German Bomber on a Night Raid" Artist: Schmidt-Effenberger. Country: Unknown

Vintage Photograph. The Air Force SM-62. "Smash" long range strategic missile.

Arrival of French pilot Marc Bonnier and mechanic Joseph Barnier in a Nieuport airplane, the first aviators to fly into Jerusalem. 1913, Israel

Home At Dusk: An 8Th Air Force Fortress Comes In With Flaps Down And Appears To Hang Motionless A Few Feet Above The Runway At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England. The Ship Has Just Returned From A Successful Mission Over Northwest Germany, And T

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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Piper L4-J Cub Grasshopper in the air. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. week, direct flight connection Hollandia Merauke September 1954. Previously, Dakota South Newguinese capital arrived twice month. day arrival event. October 1954. Guinea

SC-130B "Hercules" In Flight Over Pacific Ocean. The SC-130B is the first turbine-propelled aircraft to enter U.S. Coast Guard Aviation. Built by Lockheed, this was the second accepted early in 1960 as the first step in the Coast Guard's program of modernizing its air fleet and is station in Honolulu. A four-engine, all weather, high speed, long range land plane, its primary mission is search and rescue but can be used also for transporting personnel, emergency equipment, and cargo. The "Hercules" replaces the old PB-1G (B-17) long-ranged model planes used since World War II.

Maryland - Portsmouth Depot. Portsmouth Lighthouse Depot, Virginia. Buoyage congestion.

The Boeing B-17 'Five Grand' In Flight Over England.

Trolley with firebombs to be fitted into a R.A.F. bomber before an attack on industrial Germany.

A PAMELIO aircraft is displayed in this photograph, taken at the Aviation Experiment Station in Langley Field, Hampton, VA. The image showcases the tail skid, rudder, and elevator of the aircraft. This photo was taken in November 1917 by Bignal Cores. It is catalogued as 111-SC-1295.

Bottom wing of Baker's plane as mended. January 9, 1933.

'Skywriting' from an aeroplane, at 4000 metres Date: 1922

transport transportation aviation Hubert Latham's aircraft ""Antoinette VII"" picture postcard coloured 1909,

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

Description: Wichibai Air Strip, Rupununi District with the Kanuku Mountains in the background. Location: Rupununi, Guyana Date: 1953 guyana, caribbeanthroughalens

A Honest John launch truck from an artillery unit crosses the IJssel at Zwolle using a sailing bridge.

"Fearless Freddie", a Hollywood stunt man, clinging to a rope ladder slung from a plane flown by A.M. Maltrup, about to drop into automobile below: automobile shown. 1921

LA ALEMANIA DE LA POSTGUERRA (1945-1949). CRISIS DE BERLIN. Tras el bloqueo soviético entre Berlín y las zonas occidentales, las potencias occidentales crearon el "PUENTE AEREO" por el que aviones americanos abastecieron a los berlineses occidentales durante 11 meses. Avión de transporte americano durante el bloqueo de Berlín, 1948-1949.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936. 1936, Israel, Haifa

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Airport. A catalina lands. January 29, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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Diagrammatic drawing of a German Messerschmitt ME262 jet fighter, used during the Second World War, showing its construction and propulsion unit. Date: 1945

Somebody who is no champion speller scribbled the anme of "Katherine the Great" on this A-20 attack bomber photographed along the air strip at the Alaskan Wing's base.

Airplane engineers.Three mechanics are performing the important last minute check of engine details before start. The airplane is a swedish single propeller engine light bomb and survaillance unit model B5. The swedish company Saab Svenska Aeroplan AB produced this airplane on license from American Northrop and their model 8A-1. Picture taken in the 1940s during the second world war.

'Flying Tramp', 4-ton cargo aeroplane tested by Blackburn Aeroplane Motor- Car Co. With weight-lifting wings at a curve of a spreed of 146 feet, capable of giving 35 per cent more actual lift than any ordinary plane of its time. An opening at the front of the the nose on a patent hinge, for loading up cargo on runners wheels inside the body. 1920

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Flying boat 'Satyrus' on Sea of Galilee, ca. 1935. 1935, Israel

Flying boat Satyrus 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

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

Aircraft B 16 marked number 31 stands on a field. Aircraft B 16 Marked number 31 stands on a field. Colored photo.

Anchored to a tree in a gale and saved before the Ripping Cord - A hot air balloon hanging on for dear life

Seville, 06/09/1933. The Four Winds moments before taking the Seville-Havana flight. Barberán and Collar explain the particularities of the airplane.

Amundsen's Dornier Do J Wal in polar ice, 1925, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

Wilbur Wright on the biplane Flyer at the airfield of Auvours, France, photo from L'Illustration, No 3420, September 12, 1908.

Graf Zeppelin over Sharon, MA. Graf Zeppelin over Sharon, MA

Bleriot's plane that flew across the English Channel in 1909.

Description: Jamaica. A Cassana which flew the survey party from Vernam Field to Montego Bay shown on Montego Airfield. The Airfield was under construction and this was the first aircraft carrying passengers to alight. Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica Date: 1944 jamaica, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

1940s LAUNCH OF SUBMARINE USS GATO SS-212 AUGUST 15 1941 AT ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY WON 13 BATTLE STARS DURING WW2 GROTON CT USA

Illustration depicting Jean Batten and her plane Percival Gull. Jean Batten (1909-1982) a New Zealand aviator and record breaker. Dated 20th Century

Description: Bahamas. Douglas Dolphin amphibian on slipway at Nassau. Location: Nassau, Bahamas Date: 1944 caribbean, bahamas, caribbeanthroughalens

Dallas, Texas, 1935Vought SBU-1 Corsair flying over Texas.

Emergency landing at Ovcja Draga, removal. .

1920s 1930s GROUP OF PASSENGERS WAITING IN FRONT OF FORD TRI-MOTOR AIRPLANE

Iceboat racing in the 1940s. Engineer Sten Scholander in his ice boat when competing at the swedish championships in Stockholm April 6 1940. The ice boat is powered by the wind in the sail and steered by a wheel. Photo Kristoffersson ref 109-10

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Norway, Aerial Photograph.

Hovertravel Hovercraft in the UK circa 1973.

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