Pilot Collection (page 6)

The King watches Wilbur Wrights aeroplane at Pau, France. 20th March 1909

Marcus Manton in a Grahame-White Biplane used for Lewis Gun tests in 1913

Henri Farman at the First International Air Meet in Rheims, France. 25th August 1909

Louis Bleriot. July 25th 1909

Aviation pioneer Claude Graham-White arriving at Ranelagh from Hendon. Although Graham-White failed to beat Paulhan in the first London-to-Manchester flight in 1910

John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara (l) standing with Charles Voisin, a fellow aeroplane builder and flying enthusiast. 1st November 1908

Mr Jimmy James, winner of the aerial derby. 8th August 1922

Henri Farman in flight at the First International Air Meet in Rheims, France. 25th August 1909

Aviation pioneer Colonel S. F Cody pictured in 1911
Aviation pioneer Colonel S.F Cody pictured in 1911

Sir Frank Whittle, pictuured in 1929, who went on to pioneer the jet engine being used in aeroplanes. 25th March 1929

This Gloster Mars Bamel piloted by Capt Jimmy James, the test pilot of Gloster aircraft, taking-off from Hendon at the start Aerial Derby on 16th July 1921, a month after the aircrafts first flight

A. V Roe and his aeroplane, the first man lifting machine built in the UK
A.V Roe and his aeroplane, the first man lifting machine built in the UK. 12th December 1907

Orville Wright, aviation pioneer and inventor, pictured in Pau, France, during testing. The Wright Brothers staged a series of demonstration flights at Pont Long in Pau from February 1909

Mr Jimmy James, winner of the Aerial Derby at Hendon being chaired. 8th August 1922

Howard Wrights flying machine at Cowes. 15th May 1913

Aviation pioneer Colonel S. F Cody pictured in 1912
Aviation pioneer Colonel S.F Cody pictured in 1912

S. F Cody in flight 1909. The bamboo structure of the flying machine gave it the nickname
S.F Cody in flight 1909. The bamboo structure of the flying machine gave it the nickname " The Flying Cathedral"

Louis Bleriot starting on his cross channel flight. July 25 1909

Louis Paulhan who flew 82 miles in 163 minutes at the 1909 Rheims meeting, and did not land until after dusk. He gained 3rd position in the Grand Prix de Champagne in a Voisin bi-plane

The Dornier Do X, the largest, heaviest and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. The aircraft was conceived by Dr

Claude Graham White at the controls of one of his earliest machines. 15th May 1910

Wright Brothers Flyer Aeroplane in South Kensington museum, 18th December 1928

Charles Lindbergs plane, Spirit of St. Louis at Brussels
Charles Lindbergs plane, Spirit of St.Louis at Brussels, on a tour after his crossing of the Atlantic, 1927

Henry Farman flying with passenger 1909. There is evidence to suggest that he was the first person to be a passenger on a plane and to have taken a female passenger

The Gloster Napier powered Supermarine S6 being launched at Cowes for the 1929 Schneider Trophy, with the Mauretania in the background. 13th August 1929

R34 Airship flying over London. c. 1919
R34 Airship flying over London. c.1919

A. V Roe and his new aeroplane, a triplane, in Blackpool. 19th Octobert 1909
A.V Roe and his new aeroplane, a triplane, in Blackpool. 19th Octobert 1909

The Moore - Brabazon aeroplane. The first resident Englishman to make an officially recogniszed aeroplane flight in England was JTC Moore-Brabazon of 450ft 600ft

James Allan Mollison flies the Atlantic, 18 August 1932. He was the first pilot to perform an East-to-West solo trans-Atlantic flight from Portmarnock, Dublin, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick

Tired of speed, Mr Foster H. Dixon, Chief Helicopter Test Pilot for Fairey Aviation, rides his penny farthing bike round the country roads where he lives, near Ascot. On Tuesday Mr

Andre Beaumont the winner of the daily mail Air Race. The Circuit of Britain Air Race, in 1911, was one of a series of events to encourage the development of aircraft, to be staged by the Daily Mail

Record Australian Flight: Mr. C. W. A. Scott and wife. June 1931 P003988
Record Australian Flight: Mr. C.W.A. Scott and wife. June 1931 P003988

Elsie Creasy, a nurse at Hackney Hospital is also a member of the Civil Air Guard. April 1939 P010228

Television presenter and newsreader Jan Leeming. December 1981 P009707

W. J. A. C. girls seen here planning a route to her destination. August 1952 C4029

Neville Duke, former fighter pilot in World War Two enjoys a welcome cup of tea after breaking the world air speed record in his Hawker Hunter plane. March 1953 D1426

Louis Bleriot French Aviation innovator July 1909 vfr1

Captain Feileis town to town flight along the coast of France. 16 September 1909 1900s

Doncaster Flying Week, Thursday 14th October 1909. Our Picture Shows... Samuel Franklin Cody gives a ride to Louis Schreck a rival aviator, on the wheel of his machine

Samuel Cody January 1909 British Army aeroplane no 1 trials at Aldershot

Wilbur Wright at Pau in France The Wright Brothers staged a series of demonstration flights at Pont Long in Pau from February 1909

Samuel F Cody aviator September 1909

Wilbur Wright with King Alfonso of Spain pictured talking in the plane. The Wright Brothers staged a series of demonstration flights at Pont Long in Pau from February 1909

Colonel Samuel Cody walks alongside British Army areoplane number one, as it is towed by horses of the Royal Artillery along to Farnborough Common for a test flight 9th January 1909 1900s ©

King Edward VII talking to Wilbur Wright at Le Mans in 1909 when the aviator made some flights over the South of France The Wright Brothers later left Le Mans as they found weather conditions

The American-born Samuel Franklin Cody was the first person to complete the first officially recognised flight in Great Britain on 16 October 1908 at Farnborough in Hampshire

Aviator Wilbur Wright with his sister as passenger 1909 The Wright Brothers staged a series of demonstration flights at Pont Long in Pau from February 1909

Col. J T C Moore-Brabazon (later Lord Brabazon of Tara) preparing to fly a Voisen-Farman I-bis 1910. On 2nd May 1909 he became the first resident Englishman to complete a solo aeroplane flight in

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