Pilot Collection

Daily Herald photographer Ron Burton in the cockpit of a Folland Gnat aircraft of the RAF Aerobatics team the Red Arrows as he joins the team on a training flight over RAF Little Rissington

The flight crew of a BOAC VC10 make preparations for landing at Khartoum airport, during a proving flight to Sudan 1st February 1964

Sergeant S. W. Loader of New Barnet climbs into his Spitfire to join a Channel sweep
Sergeant S.W. Loader of New Barnet climbs into his Spitfire to join a Channel sweep during the Second World War. February 1944

Four Supermarine Spitfire F Mark XIVs, of No. 610 Squadron on patrol over Southern England. September 1944

Richard Branson holding a bottle of champagne and pilots hat as he celebrates Virgin Atlantic Airlines inaugural flight June 1984

The Prince and Princess Michael of Kent Prince Michael and Captain Eric Westropp, both officers of the 11th Hussars, stationed at Tidworth

Sub Lieutenant Ian "Soapy"Watson arrives at Gatwick airport
Sub Lieutenant Ian " Soapy" Watson arrives at Gatwick airport. On the 7th June he was forced to land his Harrier jump jet on a small Spanish container ship Alraigo

Three high-flying women started work with their heads in the clouds yesterday as British Airways first female pilots. And airline bosses are convinced Lynn Bartton

Reconnaissance equipment is fitted to the fuselage of a Spitfire by airmen of a Royal Air Force Reconnaissance Unit before flying out on a mission

After spending 11 hours in the sea, an RAF Hurricane pilot who had been shot down in combat over the retreating enemy, walked in to an aerodrome near El- Daba

Captain Sharps BMA breaks London-Tessside flying time in 38 minutes. January 1975

C H Lowe-Wylde in novel plane. C H Lowe-Wylde (known as glider pilot No 1) in a small plane that he has designed. This machine built during experiments to determine the cheapest

Joan Hughes, MBE was a World War II ferry pilot and one of Britains first female test pilots. (Picture) Joan Hughes in aeroplane. 25th May 1953

French test pilot Andre turcat speaking after completing the maiden flight of the Concorde 001 plane at Toulouse, France. 2nd March 1969

Captain James Andrews, who will fly the first commercial Concorde flight for BOAC in 1971, meets the press the day before the unveiling ceremony of the supersonic aircraft at Toulouse

Squadron Commander Christopher Draper DSC, an English flying ace of World War I. His penchant for flying under bridges has earned him the nickname The Mad Major

Sergeant S. W. Loader of New Barnet climbs into his Spitfire fighter plane to join a sweep over the English Channel during the Second World War. February 1944

Trainee pilots Stephen Radcliffe and John Penwill 1st February 1968

Microlight pilot and ex-Army captain 33-year-old Storm Smith, who flew from Madrid to Britain in his aircraft. 26th June, 1997

Winners of the Sunday Sun competition to win a flight on Concorde in August 1984. Pictured are left to right: Glenis Nixon, flight engineer Bill Brown and Margaret Heckels, in the aircrafts cockpit

The new Dan-Air British Aerospace 146 (BAe 146), a medium-sized commercial airliner/aircraft also known as the Whisper Jet

The 40m-long Spirit of Eindhoven, sponsored by the electronics giant Philips, arrived at Peterlee Airfield to take staff from the Philips Components factory in Durham for a spin as a reward for

War - World War II - RAF - Battle of Britain "Tin-Legs"
War - World War II - RAF - Battle of Britain " Tin-Legs" Group Captain Douglas Bader pictured with a Hurricane fighter after officially opening the Swansea air show yesterday - 30th May 1976

Richard Branson drinking from a bottle of champagne as he celebrates Virgin Atlantic Airlines inaugural flight June 1984

Prince Charles receiving his pilots wings from Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood at the RAF College in Cranwell, Lincolnshire August 1971

Aircraft HS Gnat RAF Red Arrows August 1967 - Royal Air Force aerobatic display team The Red Arrows in their HS Gnat trainer aircraft

Group captain Peter Townsend. 10th March 1955 Local Caption G1280-6
Group captain Peter Townsend.10th March 1955 G1280-6

Captain Hector McMullen, who retires after his record-breaking flight on the Concorde. February 1985 P004608

A new project at Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Bitteswell, is well and truly airborne. The first of 21 Buccaneer aircraft due to be modified

The Avro 504L seaplane, a former WW1 wooden trainer was widely used, mostly with a wheeled undercarriage, by numerous companies and individuals for joy riding from 1919 through to the mid 1930s

This Farman F-60 Goliath France, a former French WW1 bomber, with its box-like fuselage, was eminently suitable for conversion into a 12 or 14 seat passenger airliner

Captain James Thain, pilot of the plane carrying the Manchester United football team which crashed in Munich in 1958, pictured with his 17 year old daughter Sebuda outside their home winfield

Royal Air Force Acting Squadron Leader Percy Charles Pickard, awarded the DSO for leadership in leading new Czech bomber crews on their initial operations in long distance bombing during the Second

Flight Lieutenant Howard Peter "Cowboy"Blatchford of Number 257 Squadron RAF
Flight Lieutenant Howard Peter " Cowboy" Blatchford of Number 257 Squadron RAF who, in his Hurricane fighter plane

Lt. Ivan Aksyutin of the Soviet Air Force who destroyed five German bombers. This picture taken when Russia had joined the Allies in fighting Germany

A French pilot in the Middle Eastern command of the R. A. F
A French pilot in the Middle Eastern command of the R.A.F. pictured in front of his Morane Saulnier. 20th October 1940

A Meteorological Assistant and an R. A. F. pilot during the Second World War
A Meteorological Assistant and an R.A.F. pilot during the Second World War. 11th October 1941

The rear gunner of an R. A. F. heavy bomber before a mission
The rear gunner of an R.A.F. heavy bomber before a mission. Equipment includes: 1. Helmet. 2. Oxygen mask and microphone. 3. Oxygen tube. 4. Inter-Communication lead

During the recent great four-day battle in the Atlantic waged by aircraft of Coastal Command against Nazi U-boat packs, a flying officer and his crew sighted eight U-boats and attacked five

Australian airman Warrant Officer Holden of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pilot of the Australian Air Force landed his spitfire plane safely back at base in southern Italy

Sergeant pilot and sergeant observer of the Royal Air Force after a reconnaissance flight over the Siegfried Line. 26th February 1940

The crew of one of the 12 Beauforts of No 42 Squadron preparing to attack the German cruiser Prinz Eugen. The cruiser was attempting to return to Germany for repairs following being torpedoed earlier

An Airman of the RAF who took part in the raid on the German capital Berlin, picture at his base back in England after the mission. August 1940

Fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force whose lives were saved by parachutes make a visit to the factory where the parachutes were produced

Five British airmen of the Royal air Force were rescued from the sea by Royal Navy destroyer HSM Jackal after 24 hours afloat on rubber floats in the sea

A fragment cut from an enemy aircraft which this RAF squadron shot down is used for recording the number of enemy aircraft destroyed

A sergeant pilot of one of the two "East India"squadrons of the RAF
A sergeant pilot of one of the two " East India" squadrons of the RAF, smiles as he return safely from a successful mission in his Spitfire fighter plane during the Second World War

Serving with the Royal Air Force in France are men of the pre-war Auxiliary Squadrons, who while still in civil occupations, learned to fly in their spare time

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