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Man riding on a steam rocket

The Flight of Intellect. A comic image of a thin man riding on a steam rocket, with his top hat flying off behind him. Portrait of Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess Quick & Speed's new patent high pressure Steam Riding Rocket.
circa 1828

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Western Airways Ltd Poster

Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare. Connections from Bristol by air to Liverpool, Birmingham, Plymouth, Bournemouth, Brighton, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands. Air Taxis -- see your city from the air.
20th century

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Cover design, Exposition de Locomotion Aerienne

Cover design, official catalogue of the 7th Exposition International de Locomotion Aerienne, Grand Palais, Champs Elysees, Paris, 12-27 November 1921. Showing two allegorical female figures riding on an aeroplane, with biplanes above them.
November 1921

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