Civil Aircraft Collection

Amy Johnson with her De Havilland Gipsy Moth Jason
Amy Johnson in Australia, 1930. She was one of the first women pilots to make headline news and held many records

Let L-13 Blanik 326 (274) of the RAFGSA in flight, Lasham, 1964

Miles Messenger, Woodley 17 May 1946

Louis Bleriot in his Bleriot XI starting his cross channel flight, 1909
On 25 July 1909 Frenchman Louis Bleriot flew from Les Baraques in France to Dover in England, becoming the first man to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel

Two Slingsby T. 51 Dart gliders
Slingsby Darts (334 and 335) of the RAFGSA in flight, National Gliding Championships, Lasham, 1961

Lockheed 14 Electra of British Airways used by Neville Chamberlain to fly to Munich to see Adolph Hitler, 1938

Henri Mignet
Monsieur Henri Mignet with his glider, the Mignet HM.5, while launching, 1923

Wiley Post with the Lockheed Vega Winnie May

Fokker Trimotor Southern Cross of Charles Kingsford-Smith
Anthony Fokker designed the Trimotor used by Charles Kingsford-Smith to break records

De Havilland Gipsy Moth of Jean Batten
Jean Batten had a short but spectacular career between 1934 and 1937, becoming the first person to hold the record for solo flights between Australia and England in both directions

Slingsby T. 51 Dart
Slingsby T.51 Dart, World Gliding Championships, South Cerney, 1965

Mignet HM. 5 glider
Monsieur Henri Mignet with his Mignet HM.5 glider, Vauville 1923

Short Solent 4 (ZK-AMN) of Tasman Empire Airways Ltd in flight 26 September 1949

Lockheed Constellation
Lockheed L-749 Constellation (EI-ADA) of Aerlinte Eireann taxiing after delivery across the Atlantic Ocean to Shannon Airport, Eire, 20 September 1947

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin
The airship Graf Zeppelin, named after the pioneer Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

Alan Cobham and his DH. 50 in India, 1926
Alan Cobham pioneered many of the long distance airline routes, flying around Africa and as far as Australia. Alan Cobham and his DH.50 in India, 1926

Jim Mollison was a record breaking pilot. He married Amy Johnson in 1932 and they were nicknamed the flying sweethearts. Their rivalry

In flight refuelling trials, 1939
Short `C Class flying Boat (G-AFCU `CABOT ) of Imperial Airways being refuelled in air by Handley Page Harrow (G-AFRL), 1939

Slingsby Skylark 2
Slingsby T.41 Skylark 2 of the Army Gliding Club at National Gliding Championships, Lasham, June 1955

Gliding in the Alps
Gliding at the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, 1935

Handley Page HP. 42
Handley Page HP.42E (G-aXF) of Imperial Airways in flight after leaving Croydon on the first air mail service to Cape, 20 January 1932

De Havilland Trident 1c of British European Airways, SBAC Show Farnborough

Charles Kingsford Smith in the Lockheed Altair Lady Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford Smith was the first man to fly across the Pacific Ocean and made many other long distance flights. In 1935 he

Lockheed Sirius of Charles Lindbergh
Lockheed was founded by Allan and Malcolm Loughead. Their aircraft became popular among air racers and record breakers. They built this Lockheed Sirius for Charles Lindbergh

Henri Farman on his Voisin-Farman Biplane
Henri Farman winning the Grand prix d Aviation by making the first flight in Europe further than one kilometre, 13 January 1908

Standard Austria glider
Schempp-Hirth Standard Austria glider (210) in flight, National Gliding Championships, Lasham, 1964

Slingsby Skylark 3B
Slingsby T.43 Skylark 3B in flight

Mitchell-Proctor Kittiwake

Beagle B206X, SBAC Show Farnborough

Chilton DW1A, Burnaston 26 June 1948

The Thomas glider with Monsieur Jean Hemmerdinger in the cockpit, Vauville 1923

Bonnet-Mignet glider
A pilot sat in the Bonnet-Mignet glider, Vauville 1923

Dewoitine P. 4
Dewoitine P.4 on the ground with tail trestled, Vauville 1923

Claude Grahame White landing in Washington, DC
Claude Grahame White used Farman Biplanes to win races and achieve a number of firsts. One of his more unusual feats, however

Jean Battens Percival Gull at night
Jean Batten was inspired by Charles Lindbergh and Amy Johnson. She had a short but spectacular career between 1934 and 1937

FFA Diamant (HB-891) at the World Gliding Championships, South Cerney

Eon Olympia 463
Elliotts of Newbury Olympia 463 (181) in flight

Slingsby Skylark 4
Slingsby T.50 Skylark 4 in flight

Eon Olympia 460
Elliotts of Newbury Olympia 460 (274) of the RAFGSA in flight

Schleicher Rhonbussard glider in flight, Dunstable, 1938

Slingsby T. 41 Skylark IIb
Slingsby T.41 Skylark IIb (45) of Cdr G.A.J. Goodhart, June 1960

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