Airfield Collection (page 20)

Our Flying Clubs No. 1 - Brooklands Aero Club
A view of the modern clubhouse of Brooklands Aero Club, the first in a series of illustrations and caricatures by Mel, documenting the rising popularity of aviation both as a sport

Cartoon, Offer in the air, WW1
Cartoon, Offer in the air. A mechanic offers an aperitif to the pilot as they fly through the air. Date: 1917

Poster, Mignets Flying Flea Air Display, Boughton
Poster, Mignets Flying Flea at Sir Alan Cobhams Air Display, Boughton (not at Sywell), 21 September 1935. Date: 1935

Poster, Irish Aero Club, Sir Alan Cobhams Air Display
Poster, Irish Aero Club in co-operation with Sir Alan Cobhams Air Display, left blank for date and location details to be added. Date: 1930s

Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams Great Air Display, Acklam
Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams Great Air Display (also known as Cobhams Flying Circus), Landale Road, Acklam, 5-6 September 1934. Date: 1934

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Wing the Airmans Daughter. circa 1930s

Cartoon, Acrobatics. Is he an air ace? No, hes just a guy with love troubles ! Date: 1919

Air Filling Station 1929
Located on the highway beside Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport, this service station caters for vehicles on the highway and also for aircraft using the airfield Date: 1929

Ford Car at Airfield
Passengers at an airfield with their new Ford cars Date: 1935

Scene at an airport, with passengers and aircraft (operated by British United Airways and BKS). circa 1960s

Elegant Lady passenger awaiting her flight on the airfield - her biplane aircraft awaits behind. Date: 1920s

Wallace Beery, American actor, with favourite plane
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (1885-1949), American actor, with his favourite plane, a Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket. Date: circa 1935

Sir Alan John Cobham and staff
Sir Alan John Cobham (1894-1973), English aviation pioneer (third from right), and staff (known as the Flying Circus), group photo at an air display. Date: circa 1930s

Amphibian biplane, Vickers Vulture II, Iraq
Amphibian biplane, Vickers Vulture II, at Djaliba (Jalibah), Iraq, on 21 April 1924, during an unsuccessful round the world flight attempt. Date: 1924

Bristol Brandon RAF air ambulance J6997 on an airfield. Date: circa 1925

Handley Page biplane, O / 400 bomber, WW1
Handley Page biplane, O/400 bomber, with a large group of men standing in front of it on an airfield. Date: circa 1916

Three people in a biplane on an airfield. Date: circa 1930s

Man and woman in a biplane on an airfield. Date: circa 1930s

Biplanes in a field. Date: circa 1930s

Seaplane in a field, with two men in uniform standing alongside. Date: circa 1940s

WW1 - Decorated Belgian aeroplanes - Charlie Chaplain
WW1 - An illustration of the world-popular cinema star, Charlie Chaplain, on the nose of a Belgian aeroplane. The idea behind the Belgian avaiators sense of humour is that the image of the comedian

WW1 - Decorated Belgian aeroplanes - Medussas Head
WW1 - Belgian aviators show their humour as they decorate their aircrafts. Seen here is Medusas head painted on the nose the aeroplane

WW1 - A scene at night on a British airfield
WW1 - A scene at a British flying-ground on the night of an air raid. Lit up by surrounding lights, the airmen and mechanics prepare the two aircrafts for the midnight call. Date: 1916

WW1 - French airborne chivilary, 1915
WW1 - Two French pilots seated in their aircraft called Lorraine as it prepares to set off to pay tribute to one of their dead comrades

WW1 - Russian reconnaissance plane, 1915
WW1 - A Russian airfield covered in snow with Russian sky-pilots seated in their aircraft. Surrounded by their fellow airmen

WW1 - British bomber squadron with Avro 504s
WW1 - Three Avro 504 British biplanes and the British bomber squadron on the ground preparing to carry out an aerial attack in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Commander Briggs biplane, No

WW1 - Aircraft - The Henri Farman HF. 20
WW1 - The Farman HF.20 and its derivatives were a family of reconnaissance aircraft produced in France shortly before and during the First World War

Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a at a Midlands airfield

Bristol M IC combat monoplane, popular with those who flew it, but not widely available. Date: circa 1916-1918

World War One Britsh Military Biplanes & Airfield, Unknown Location, Britain. Date: 1910s

Extreme Biplane Comparison, Airfield, Germany. A six foot man on top of the plane!. Date: 1910s

WW1 - Pilot at an Airfield (unidentified) Date: circa 1915

Claude Grahame-White in an early aeroplane
Claude Grahame-White, an early English aviation pioneer, at the Blackpool Flying Carnival, in flight with a female passenger. Date: early 20th century

Imperial Airways passenger plane Horsa, a Handley Page, on an airfield at Malta. Date: circa 1932

RAF Sunderland flying boat unarmed prototype
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat K4774, an unarmed prototype, seen here on an airfield. Its first flight was in October 1937. Date: circa late 1930s

Men in a field with an early biplane. Date: early 20th century

De Havilland Airco British biplane
De Havilland Airco, British biplane on an airfield. Date: early 20th century

Vickers Vimy British heavy bomber biplane
Vickers Vimy British F9159 heavy bomber biplane (service type), used during the First World War and later as a civil aircraft. Date: 1917-1933

British airmen arming a plane with bombs, WW1
British airmen arming a plane with bombs, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

British daytime bombing squadron, Western Front, WW1
A British daytime bombing squadron with large aircraft on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

RAF scouting squadron about to set off, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron about to set off for enemy lines from the British Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

RAF scouting squadron, Western Front, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron on an airfield on the Western Front in France during World War One. They flew low in order to shoot at the enemy. Date: circa 1916

Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1
A large RAF aircraft being tuned up before setting off for Germany from the Western Front in France with a bomb load during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, visiting the Western Front during World War One. He is being shown a bomb dropping device on an aeroplane. Date: circa 1916

Pilot and observer about to set out, Western Front, WW1
A British pilot and his observer getting instructions through their CO via photographs and maps before setting out for the German lines on the Western Front in France during World War One

British airmen planning attack, Western Front, WW1
British airmen belonging to a daytime bombing squadron, planning their attack on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Map of Sardinia by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sardinia, showing airfields and seaplane bases during the Second World War. The island was experiencing concentrated bombing by the Allied Strategic Air Force. Date: 1943

British planes about to set off on patrol, WW1
British planes about to set off on patrol on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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