Vintage Photographs - Aviation
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 Aeroplane
in the Balkans watched by a group of Serbians
(CNP) |
 Transporting
a Taube to France
(CNP) |
 German
Aviatik brought down in France
(CNP) |
 Captured
German Taube displayed
(CNP) |
 German
aeroplane destroyed in Greece
(CNP) |
 German
aeroplane masquering as an Ally
(CNP) |
 Painting
the Iron Cross on an aeroplane
(CNP) |
 German
aeroplane squadron
(CNP) |
 French
air scout emerging from the clouds
(CNP) |
 Aviators
over the Alps
(CNP) |
 Aviation
camp at Ashburn, Ill.
(CNP) |
 Aeroplane
that crashed through a roof
(CNP) |
 Testing
out dirigibles and observation balloons
(CNP) |
 Observation
balloon on the Canadian front
(CNP) |
 Hangars
and aeroplane at a Canadian aviation school
(CNP) |
 French
monoplabe Morane Parasol
(CNP) |
 British
bombing plane of the Handley-Page type
(CNP) |
 French
bombing aircraft of the Caudron type
(CNP) |
 Receiving
reports from a balloon
(CNP) |
 Balloon
telephone service
(CNP) |
 Aviator
with a telephoto camera
(CNP) |
 Caproni
in flight at Norfolk, Va.
(CNP) |
 Filling
a 'Saucisse' observation balloon
(CNP) |
 British
Tommies bringing up a 'Nurse' balloon
(CNP) |
 Aeroplanes
at the Aeronautical Station, Newport News
(CNP) |
 Aviator
Raoul Lufbery in his aeroplane
(CNP) |
 Gun
of a German aeroplane
(CNP) |
 Guns
on a Nieuport pursuit machine
(CNP) |
 French
dirigible entering its hangar on the Western Front
(CNP) |
 British
observation balloon
(CNP) |
 Farman
biplane in flight
(CNP) |
 Spad,
a French pursuit aircraft
(CNP) |
 American
airmen receiving their mail from home
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of Nieuport flying over Chaulnes
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of fighting after the pilot is wounded
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of aircraft dropping bombs on a submarine
(CNP) |
 Cross
and car on the Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 One
of the lateral Nacelles on the Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Machine
gun in the commander's post of Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Motor
and framework of Nacelle in Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Framework
of a Zeppelin wrecked in England
(CNP) |
 Flag
of the Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Captain
Georges Guynemer
(CNP) |
 Aviator's
view of Rheims
(CNP) |
 Gebevillier
from an aeroplane
(CNP) |
 Zeppelin
L-49 lying where it landed at Bourbonne-les-Bains
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of aircraft battling Dunkirk
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of duel over clouds and ocean
(CNP) |
 Torpedo
that just missed a transport
(CNP) |
 Sighting
a dirigible near the coast of France
(CNP) |
 Caproni
over the Woolworth building, New York City
(CNP) |
 British
fighter aircraft rising
(CNP) |
 British
hydroaeroplane ready to start
(CNP) |
 British
seaplane on the coast of German East Africa
(CNP) |
 Gas
attack seen from an aeroplane
(CNP) |
 Raising
a balloon from an Italian warship
(CPE) |
 German
balloon leaving its hangar
(CPE) |
 British
aircraft ready for flight at Boulogne
(CPE) |
 Taking
the sky pilot aboard a British ship
(CPE) |
 A
French balloon ascension
(CPE) |
 Aircraft
flying in the twilight in the Low Countries
(CPE) |
 A
French dirigible
(CPE) |
 An
observation balloon
(CPE) |
 Aeroplane
machine gun, loaded by French pilot Vedrines
(CPE) |
 Types
of Zeppelin bombs displayed in Paris
(CPE) |
 An
Italian monoplane
(CPE) |
 An
American scout aeroplane
(CPE) |
 A
German biplane
(CPE) |
 A
speedy French monoplane
(CPE) |
 A
Curtiss flying boat built by the Italians
(CPE) |
 A
Zeppelin caught by searchlight over London, October 1915
(CPE) |
 Zeppelin
bombs and a Zeppelin's framework
(CPE) |
 The
Zeppelin L-15 sinking near the English coast, 31 March 1916
(CPE) |
 German
postcard from mid-1915 celebrating the Fokker aircraft
(SR) |
 French
Spad S.VII aircraft
(SR) |
 British
observer uses parachute after being attacked by aeroplane
(WW) |
 Aviator's
photo of St Quentin in German hands in 1918
(WW) |
 Aerial
view of Fort Troyon
(WW) |
 Aerial
view of Rheims in flames
(WW) |
 German
Navy Zeppelin
(WW) |
 British
naval pilot releasing a carrier pigeon
(WW) |
 German
Zeppelin returning to its harbour
(WW) |
 Zeppelin
L-44 brought down by the French
(WW) |
 German
dirigible 'Hansa' arriving at Potsdam harbour
(WW) |
 Zeppelin
captured by the French after being downed by airmen
(WW) |
 Sausage
balloons
(WW) |
 Raider
dropping a bomb from the air
(WW) |
 British
airmen prepare to take a photograph of the enemy lines
(WW) |
 British
air scouts
(WW) |
 British
pilot and observer consulting a map
(WW) |
 Giant
dirigibles guarding the English coast
(WW) |
 Attaching
bombs to a British aircraft
(WW) |
 Sixteen
U.S. aircraft in battle formation at Rockwell Field, CA
(WW) |
 British
observation aircraft flying over German lines
(WW) |
 Giant
British bombing aircraft (left)
(WW) |
 Handley-Page
aircraft loading with aerial torpedoes on the Aisne
(WW) |
 Handley-Page
aircraft Langley, prepared for launching in New Jersey
(WW) |
 British
airplane after crashing into a tree; the pilot was unhurt
(WW) |
 Wreckage
of German Gotha aircraft brought down near at Chateau Thierry
(WW) |
 Observer
leaps to safety from observation balloon in flames
(WW) |
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