Aerospace Collection

Airbus A380 in flight C017 / 7889
Airbus A380 in flight. The A380 is the worlds largest passenger airliner and, due to its size, many airports have had to expand their facilities to properly accommodate it

The Goodyear Europa airship arrives at Sunderland Airport for a week long visit to the North East. The 192 ft long craft completed an eight hour flight from Southport

Piper L-4 Cub in US Army D-Day colors
Varberg, Sweden - Piper L-4 Cub in US Army D-Day colors

RAF De Havilland Chipmunk trainers of the Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron. 23rd March, 1973

Space shuttle Endeavor

Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and and its moon Titan

A Pitts Model 12 biplane in flight over Chandler, Arizona

An F-86 Sabre jet in flight over Glendale, Arizona

Boeing 747-8 flight deck. Most flight information is displayed on screens instead of separate mechanical instruments in this glass cockpit. Photographed at the 2011 Paris Air Show

BAC TSR-2
Control-Yoke and Instruments in the Cockpit of a BAC Tsr 2 Date: 1964

A Supermarine Spitfire Mk-18 in flight near West Chester County, Pennsylvania

RAF training aircraft. From left: Scottish Aviation Jetstream T1, XX489; the first production British Aerospace Hawk T1, XX154; company demonstrator Scottish Aviation Bulldog

Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Farnborough International Airshow. Note distinctive swept back wing shape

Blue Angels flyby during 2006 Fleet Week performance in San Francisco

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows break Scampton 1989
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks break during their display at Scampton in October 1989 Date: 1989

Ariane, space rocket

Military aircraft cockpit with head-up display. Photographed at the 2009 Paris Air Show

Blue Angels perform knife-edge pass during 2006 Fleet Week airshow in San Francisco

Blue Angels flyby during 2006 Fleet Week performance in San Francisco

Jetstream at Fairford
A British Aerospace Jetstream T.2 XX478 564 from 750 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm at Gibraltar Date: circa 1989

British Caledonian Airways air hostess Angela Booth, 23, of Norton near Stockton. 27/08/1979

A RAF McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II carrying seven BL755 cluster bombs and four Sparrow and four Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.. 1st August 1977

Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space
This artists concept depicts NASAs Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by the plasma, or ionized gas

B-29 Superfortress planes under attack from Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 fighter planes
American B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers under attack from Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 fighter planes during World War II

Boeing 747-8 engine cowling
Boeing 747-8 inboard engine with cowling open for maintenance. Photographed at the 2011 Paris Air Show

British Airways stewardesses show off a classic and elegant new uniform designed by top British fashion house Baccarat. The new uniforms were to be in full service by 1978. 24/05/1977

A wing walker performs on the Cadburys Crunchie Boeing-Stearman Model 75 biplane at the Sunderland International Airshow. 06/08/1995

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows Cosford 1982
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks perform the vixen break at Cosford in April 1982 Date: 1982

Self-portrait of Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars
This self-portrait of NASAs Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken by the rovers Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol

Self-portrait of Curiosity rover in Gale Crater on the surface of Mars
On Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), the Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture the set of thumbnail images stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait

British Aerospace Jetstream 41, of Eastern Airways. Date: circa 2011

An F-35 Lightning II flies over Destin, Florida
July 14, 2011 - An F-35 Lightning II flies over Destin, Florida, before landing at its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

Smoke envelops the Delta II rocket
Cape Canaveral, Florida - Smoke envelops the Delta II rocket with the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, aboard as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

The maiden flight of the first British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3, XZ286, took place from Woodford on 16 July 1980. Date: 1980

British Aerospace 125-700 production line at Chester. March 1977. Date: 1977

Pitts S2A biplane aircraft of the worlds only civilian aerobactic team. The team was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Rothmans. The planes are seen here practising at Teesside Airport

Touchdown for the last time for Northeasts former BOAC Bristol Britannia 102 G-ANBK at Newcastle Airport. The aircraft was eventually broken up there in March 1972. 31/12/1971

British Aerospace BAe 146-100 G-XIAN (msn E1019) Date: 1986

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows Diamond Bend Finningley
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks flying the Diamond Bend at RAF Finningley in 1983 Date: 1983

Air France stewardesses Karen Brown (left) and Sarah Asch prepare for the inaugural Newcastle to Paris flight. 26/10/1996

Gill Stokoe, 30, senior stewardess onboard a British Airways Trident airliner at Newcastle Airport on the 25th anniversary of the regular route between Newcastle and London. 15/05/1978

Servisair check in desk staff show off their new uniforms. Servisair were the handling agents for British Caledonian Airways who operated from Newcastle Airport to Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Glasgow

Northumbria Police displays its high powered patrol cars to be used in the fight against the ram raid problem. The Police Air Support Units Eurocopter Squirrel helicopter hovers over the Ford Sierra

Squadron Leader Dennis Hazell (centre), pictured with his fellow Red Arrows pilots. The RAFs Red Arrows aerobactic team burst into the sky above Newcastle Airport with an off the cuff demonsration of

Sam Hurst of Hebburn who flew on Concorde for the first time at Newcastle Airport. 28th August, 1996

FR Aviation of Teesside Airport played a key role in improving Britains air defences by testing the RAFs ability to repluse attack

A British Airways Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet at Newcastle Airport. The aircraft had landed after being diverted from Heathrow due to fog

Passengers sit inside the massive interior of the Boeing 747. 12 / 01 / 1970
Passengers sit inside the massive interior of the Boeing 747. 12/01/1970

Harrier at Belize
British Aerospace Harrier GR.3 XZ990 F of No.1417 Flight Royal Air Force, wrapped up for the night, after flying, at Foxy-Golf hide, Philip S. W

Harrier at RAF Stanley
Paul Salisbury standing near British Aerospace Harrier GR.3 (Phase 6) L on the 1453 Flight pan, RAF Stanley in the latter half of 1984 in the Falkland Islands Date: 1984

BAC X-11
Artists Impression of the BAC X-11 A Stretched, Modified and Upgraded Version of the BAC 1-11 Possibly Powered by Cfmi Cfm56 Turbofan Engine - Project-Cancelled in 1971 Date: 1960s

BAC 1-11 509EW
British Caledonian Bcal BAC 1-11 500 Parked with Airstairs Date: 1970s

Entries - Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition
An artist?s impression of the McDonnell Douglas, Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace entry in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition c1996. Date: circa 1996

British Aerospace Jetstream ATP, G-JATP

Flying Boat JRU01_01_109
TOWER BRIDGE, TOWER HILL, TOWER HAMLETS, GREATER LONDON. A Short Sunderland flying boat on the River Thames at Tower Bridge, with the bridge in the background, during the Battle of Britain Week

Hawker Hunter T.Mk.7 PH-NLH (msn 41H-695342, ex N-320, ex XM126), of the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory - (NLR), at RAF Greenham Common for the International Air Tattoo on 1 August 1976 Date

BAe Harrier T.10 ZH662 - 'R'
Royal Air Force - BAe Harrier T.10 ZG472 / 'R' (msn TX010), of 20 ® Sqn / 233 OCU, at RAF Fairford for the Royal international Air Tattoo on 22 July 1996. Date: 1996

BAe Harrier GR.7 ZG472 - 'O'
Royal Air Force - BAe Harrier GR.7 ZG472 / 'O' (msn P62), of the Air Warfare Centre, at RAF Fairford for the Royal international Air Tattoo on 22 July 1996. Date: 1996

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 55-0063
United States Air Force - Boeing B-52D-15-BW Stratofortress 55-0063 (MSN 464015) at the Southwest Aerospace Museum, near Carswell AFB. (scrapped ca1992 after the museum closed). Date: circa 1980

BAe 125-800A C-GAWH
British Aerospace 125-800A C-GAWH (msn 258087) Date: circa 1993

BAe 125-800A HB-VIK
British Aerospace 125-800B HB-VIK (msn 258091), of Swiss Air Ambulance. Date: circa 1992

BAe 125-700B VR-BCF
British Aerospace 125-700B VR-BCF (msn 257214) Date: circa 1994

BAe 125-800A C-FAAU
British Aerospace 125-800A C-FAAU (msn 258099), of Alcan Aluminium Ltd, Date: circa 1992

Hawker 800XP CS-DNO (msn 258457), of Netjets Transportes Aereos. Date: circa 2005

BAe 146-200A G-JEAY
British Aerospace 146-200A G-JEAY (msn E2138), of British European Airlines Date: 1987

BAe 146-200A G-BNJI
British Aerospace 146-200A G-BNJI (msn E2072), operated by British Aerospace as a demonstrator before delivery to PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines)

British Aerospace 146-300 EI-CLG 'Fionnbar' (msn E3131), of Aer Lingus. Date: circa 2000

British Aerospace ATP G-LOGE (msn 2004), of Loganair, with Britannia Airways Boeing 737s and a Balkan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154A. Date: circa 1990

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 97-0400
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 97-0400 (MSN 521, G-V ). Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace G-V N383JA (msn 596), of the United States Department of Justice, at RAF Mildenhall Date: circa 2010

Gulfstream Aerospace G-V N383JA (msn 596), of the United States Department of Justice, at RAF Mildenhall Date: circa 2010

Galaxy Aerospace C-38A Courier 94-1570
United States Air National Guard - Galaxy Aerospace C-38A Courier 94-1570 (msn 090, (IAI-1125A) ) Date: circa 2000

Galaxy Aerospace C-38A Courier 94-1570
United States Air National Guard - Galaxy Aerospace C-38A Courier 94-1570 (msn 090, (IAI-1125A) ) Date: circa 2000

Galaxy Aerospace C-38A Courier 94-1570
United States Air National Guard - Galaxy Aerospace C-38A Courier 94-1570 (msn 090, (IAI-1125A) ) Date: circa 2000

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 97-0401
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 97-0401 (MSN 542, G.V ). Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace G-V N596GA (msn 596), of the United States Marshals Service, at RAF Mildenhall Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005

North American F-86L Sabre 51-6055 (MSN 173-199), at Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT. Date: circa 1998

McDonnell Douglas / British Aerospace T-45A Goshawk 165060
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas / British Aerospace T-45A Goshawk 165060 (msn A064), of TW-2. Date: circa 2000

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"Aerospace: Exploring the Skies and Beyond" Piper L-4 Cub in US Army D-Day colors: A symbol of courage and resilience, this vintage aircraft pays tribute to the heroes who paved the way for aerospace advancements. Space shuttle Endeavor: Embarking on daring missions, this iconic spacecraft pushed the boundaries of human exploration, inspiring generations to reach for the stars. Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and its moon Titan: Unveiling Saturn's secrets from a distance, Cassini captured breathtaking images that ignited our curiosity about distant worlds. Airbus A380 in flight C017 / 7889: Witnessing engineering marvels take flight is awe-inspiring; this majestic plane showcases innovation and efficiency at its finest. Boeing 747-8 flight deck: The nerve center of aviation excellence, where skilled pilots navigate through skies with precision using cutting-edge technology. Supermarine Spitfire Mk-18 in flight: An emblem of bravery during World War II, this legendary fighter plane reminds us of the sacrifices made by those who defended our freedom. RAF training aircraft: Shaping future aviators' skills and instilling discipline within their ranks - these planes lay the foundation for aerial mastery in Royal Air Force cadets. Blue Angels flyby during 2006 Fleet Week performance in San Francisco: Mesmerizing spectators with their synchronized maneuvers, these elite pilots showcase unparalleled skill and teamwork. BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows break Scampton 1989: Precision aerobatics at its finest; witness an exhilarating display as these renowned British jets paint vibrant trails across clear blue skies. Military aircraft cockpit: The heart of operations where brave men and women make split-second decisions while soaring through danger zones defending our nations' interests. Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Farnborough: Setting new standards for comfort and sustainability, this revolutionary aircraft represents the future of air travel.