Streamer Gallery

Tipsy T.66 Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT

Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team. On 19 August 1972 the aircraft was taking part in a display in which it was to attempt to cut paper streamers; these were carried in the form of toilet rolls in the cockpit and were dropped by the pilot. The first rolls were dropped when the aircraft was 800 feet above the ground and these were successfully cut. Another roll was dropped from only 200 feet and the pilot attempted to turn back to cut the streamer in the limited height remaining as it unfurled. With power on, the nose of the aircraft was seen to rise and a steep turn was started to the left; bank was seen to increase to 75 degrees when the nose dropped and the aircraft dived steeply into the ground, killing the pilot. Date: circa 1969

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Wavy bench of Guell Park in Barcelona - GAUDI i CORNET, Antoni (1852-1926). Park Gueell

CUL4855004 Wavy bench of Guell Park in Barcelona - GAUDI i CORNET, Antoni (1852-1926). Park Gueell. 1900-1914. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Detail of the benches at the square. Modernism. Architecture by Gaudi, Antoni (1852-1926); (add.info.: Wavy bench of Guell Park in Barcelona - GAUDI i CORNET, Antoni (1852-1926). Park Gueell. 1900-1914. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Detail of the benches at the square. Modernism. Architecture); Photo A© JBP/AIC; Spanish, out of copyright

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Picture shows the staff at fabric makers, Richardson, Tee, Rycroft and Co

Picture shows the staff at fabric makers, Richardson, Tee, Rycroft and Co, in Portland Street, Manchester, as they prepare for the coronation of George VI. The country was rocked by the abdication of Edward VIII in December 1936, but the nation is now in a more hopeful mood with Edward's brother soon to be crowned the new king.
The coronation of George VI and his wife Elizabeth as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 12 May 1937.
Picture taken circa 11th May 1937, the day before the Coronation

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