Biplane Collection

An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

Poster, Imperial Airways -- Travel in perfect comfort by the largest Air Liners in the World. circa 1930s

A Pitts Model 12 biplane in flight over Chandler, Arizona

De Havilland Tiger Moth British biplane
De Havilland Tiger Moth British trainer biplane. Date: 1930s

View of London, 1926-1927. Artist: Captain Alfred G Buckham
View of London, 1926-1927. A biplane flies over the River Thames. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Aerial photography 1919 AFL03_aerofilms_c12930
" Wills, Shaw and Friese-Greene Ready to Film". A publicity shot for the foundation of the Aerofilms aerial photography company taken at the London Aerodrome, Hendon

This Blackburn Kangaroo biplane - a former WW1 bomber - which was purchased by explorer Captain Wilkins in 1919, later Sir Hubert Wilkins

Sopwith Camel
Royal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel Cockpit with Vickers 7.7 Mm Machine-Gun and Instruments Date: 1910s

Sopwith Camel 2F-1
Major Graham Donald Wearing Shorts Standing with 66 Sqn Royal Airforce RAF Sopwith Camel 2F-1 Navalised Version Fitted with a Synchronised Vickers 0.303-Inch Machine-Gun Parked at Lemnos

British RAF aeroplanes in 1939 by G. H. Davis
The huge array of aircraft in the RAF in 1939, imposing for its size and variety

Poster design, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd
Poster design for the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd of Filton, Bristol, advertising Bristol Aircraft and air-cooled engines. Date: circa 1930s

1903 Wright Flyer on display in the Science Museum, London
The original 1903 Wright Flyer lent by Orville Wright for display at the Science Museum, London. Date: circa 1907

Poster, Imperial Airways -- Fly through Europe in perfect comfort. circa 1930s

Join the Air Service, Learn-Earn. U. S. Army Air Service recruiting poster, 1918
WORLD WAR I: AIR SERVICE. Join the Air Service, Learn-Earn. U.S. Army Air Service recruiting poster, 1918

Goodwood Revival Bi-plane

Nieuport 11 Bebe in low-level flight
Nieuport 11 Bebe single-seater French fighter plane, designed during the summer of 1914. Seen here in low-level flight. Date: circa 1914-1915

A biplane and a steam train
Speed on the rails and in the air. A biplane flying over a steam train - the London Express - about to disappear into a tunnel. Date: 1928

British bid for the Worlds non-stop flight record 1927
The Hawker Horsley (named after Sir Thomas Sopwiths home of Horsley Towers), was a British single-engined biplane bomber of the 1920s

Types of British Aircraft -- The Bristol Scout. 1914-1918

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

Fiat CR-20 BIS
An Italian Air Force Fiat Cr-20 Bis Parked on Grass Date: 1930s

Supermarine Walrus
A Search & Rescue Supermarine Walrus Picking Up a Downed and Stranded Pilot in a Rubber Life-Raft Dinghy in the Sea Date: 1940s

Santos-Dumont Biplane 2
The clumsy Santos-Dumont 14- bis biplane, though it never stays in the air for more than 21 seconds, is officially the first aircraft to fly in Europe... at Bagatelle, Paris Date: November 1906

Zeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range bomber
Zeppelin-Staaken R VI German long-range giant bomber, first flown in mid-1917. A total of 18 were built

Nieuport 11 Bebe, used by the Italian air force, built under licence in Italy by Nieuport-Macchi. Seen here is serial no. Ni 3227. Date: circa 1916-1917

New Imperial Airways Aircraft At Croydon
An aerial view of the christening ceremony for five Handley Page airliners of Imperial Airways at Croydon Aerodrome, London, 30th March 1926

De Havilland Tiger Moth aircraft 1937

Fairey Swordfish I / 1 Floatplane
Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish of 810 Nas Squadron of Hms Courageous - Here Taxiing Past Battlecruiser Hms Hood (Later Sunk by the Bismarck) and Destroyer Hms Rocket (Behind) Date: 1940s

Fokker DR-1 V-3 Triplane
German Airforce Luftwaffe Fokker Dr-1 V-3 Triplane Prototype Parked Date: 1910s

de Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth
Hillmans Airways de Havilland Dh-83 Fox Moth Taxiing at Maylands Date: 1934

Wright Flyer A ( Shorts)
A Shorts Wright Flyer a Biplane Flying at Low-Level in 1910 Date: 1910

Vickers Vernon RAF air ambulance J7143 on an airfield. Date: circa 1925

Albatros C IX used by Manfred von Richthofen
Albatros C IX prototype German biplane used by Manfred von Richthofen for personal transport. Date: circa 1917

The Wright brothers 1903 Flyer plane, side view

Race To Scotland; Imperial Airways Bi-plane, the City of Glasgow, flying over
16th June 1928: Imperial Airways bi-plane, the City of Glasgow, flying over the River Tweed at Berwick during a race to Scotland against the LNER Pacific class steam locomotive The Flying Scotsman

Boulton Paul Overstrand Bomber - RAF
Boulton Paul " Overstrand" High-speed Day or Night Bomber, powered by two Bristol Pegasus 600hp engines. No.101 (B) Squadron. Date: 1935

Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning landing his Sopwith Pup biplane on the HMS Furious
HMS FURIOUS LANDING, 1917

Plans of the Wright Brothers 1903 Biplane
WRIGHT BROTHERS PLANS. Plans of the Wright Brothers 1903 Biplane

To the quiet French peasants pursuing their work in the field Mr Wilbur Wright appeared almost as a wizard

Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1896 Date: 1896

Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1898 Flying Date: 1898

Gloster Javelin FAW-4
RAF Gloster Javelin Faw-4 Date: 1959

Santos Dumont No 14bis
Mr Alberto Santos Dumont Taxiing His 14Bis before Flying a Distnce of 60 Metres at a Height of 3 Metres to Gain the Archdeacon Prize, Paris, France Date: 1906

Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in an aeroplane
Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in a two-seater aeroplane

Zeppelin-Lindau Rs II German long range flying boat, seen here in its initial form with biplane tail. It first flew in June 1916, after which modifications were made

SPAD XIII with Le Prieur rockets attached for anti-balloon or anti-airship use. Extremely popular with French and American forces, over eight thousand were built by the time of the Armistice

Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette
Four Nieuport 17s of the French N124 Escadrille Lafayette, formed of French commanded American volunteer pilots

Flying Teletubby
July 1909: This aviator performs some last minute adjustments on the plane, while his lucky mascot looks on. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Imperial Airlines Handley Page over London, Englad
G-aXE - named Hengist (brother of Horsa legendary conqueror of England), A Handley Page H.P.42, first flew on December 1931 - burned at Karachi in an airship hangar fire in May 1937

Daily Mirror newspaper being loaded onto a Vickers 100 aircraft for delivery to Newcastle upon Tyne by air. 30th September 1919

Sopwith Camel F-1
German Soldier Holding the Tail of Captured 3 Sqn Royal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel F-1 Date: 1917

Curtiss CR-3
Curtiss Cr-3 Number 4 Parked at the 1923 Schneider Trophy Air Race at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK Date: 1923

Programme cover, C W A Scotts First Flying For All Display, Official Programme, price sixpence. 1935

Royal Aircraft Factory FE 8 single-seat fighter plane, first flown on 8 November 1915. It became obsolete by 1916. Seen here is serial no

William George Barker, RFC pilot and air ace
William George Billy Barker (1894-1930), Canadian member of No. 9 Squadron, RFC, seen here wearing a fur coat, standing by his Sopwith Camel. His confirmed victories totalled 50

Airco DH 4 two-seater light bomber, first flown in mid-August 1916, and used by the RFC and the RNAS. Seen here is serial no. A 7845, a reconnaissance fighter version. Date: circa 1916-1918

Aerial view of beach, Galveston, Texas, USA
Aerial view of the beach, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1930

Fokker triplane, side view

Flying camel, front view

1940s style pin-up girl leaning on the tail fin of a Stearman biplane
Patriotic 1940s style pin-up girl leaning on the tail fin of a World War II Stearman biplane

Britains wonderful new fighters for the defence of London. The Hawker Hawfinch in flight. 1928

A Hawker Hart of No. 23 Squadron RAF flying over the Medway area in Kent. 1939

Samuel Franklin Cody in his Circuit of Britain biplane. circa 1912. Date: 1912

First flight, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
1273724 First flight, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10.35am December 17th 1903 (b/w photo) by Daniels, John T

The Wright Flyer I makes its first flight of 120 feet in 12 seconds
KW330002 The Wright Flyer I makes its first flight of 120 feet in 12 seconds, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 10.35am, 17 December 1903 (b/w photo) by Daniels, John T

Imperial Airways City of Manchester aircraft, Croydon
Imperial Airways City of Manchester aircraft at Croydon Airport, prior to departure for Paris Date: 1930

Advert, Rolls-Royce, Vickers Vimy biplane
Advert for Rolls-Royce, 25th anniversary of a Vickers Vimy biplane with Rolls-Royce engines, first direct Atlantic crossing by air, June 1919. 1944

Air - Scouts, Newcastle. Keith Millican (ex-R. A. F. )- Instructor Scout Colin Ramshaw
Air - Scouts, Newcastle. Keith Millican (ex-R.A.F.)- Instructor Scout Colin Ramshaw. October 1952 C5129

de Havilland Airco DH-9
Camera-Gun on a de Havilland Airco Dh-9 for Aerial-Photography Date: 1920s

Voisin Bird of Passage biplane
John Theodore Cuthbert Jtc Moore-Brabazons Voisin Bird of Passage Biplane Number 4 Parked Outside the Short Brothers Hangar at Leysdown in 1909 Date: 1909

Avro 504K
Wing-Walking on an Avro 504K Flying over Fields Date: 1920s

Dreadnoughts and hydroplane, British Grand Fleet, North Sea, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Poster, The New Road to the East. 20th century

Sopwith 1. 5 Strutter developed for the RNAS
Sopwith 1.5 Strutter single-seat bomber developed for the RNAS in late 1915. Seen here is serial no. N5504. Date: circa 1915-1916

WW1 Biplane, Thought to be at Boscombe, Dorset
World War 1 Biplane, Thought to be at Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Date: 1910s

Air Pageant
circa 1927: A line of aeroplanes awaiting rehearsals for Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Captain Bertram Dickson on a Farman biplane

Chanute biplane glider

Coventry Ordinance Works Biplane Trials No 11

Departure from Ratmanala Aerodrome Colombo
Departure from Ratmanala Aerodrome, Colombo, of the first Empire Air Mail service, 28 February 1938

Photograph of a Handley Page H. P. 42
Photograph of a Handley Page H.P.42, a British four-engine biplane airliner used by Imperial Airways. Dated 20th Century

Wright Flyer
Rudder of Alec Ogilvies Wright Flyer When the Handle of the Control Lever is Turned over As Shown Date: 1911

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Taking Flight: The Timeless Charm of Biplanes" Step back in time with this captivating poster design by the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd, showcasing the iconic biplanes that once ruled the skies. From aerial photography in 1919 to the thrilling Sopwith Camel and Sopwith Camel 2F-1, these magnificent aircrafts have left an indelible mark on aviation history. Marvel at the awe-inspiring 1903 Wright Flyer on display at the Science Museum in London, a testament to mankind's relentless pursuit of flight. Immerse yourself in nostalgia as you gaze upon Imperial Airways' vintage poster, inviting you to embark on a journey through time. Experience a breathtaking view of London captured by Captain Alfred G Buckham's lens during 1926-1927, where biplanes gracefully soared above cityscapes. Witness the Nieuport 11 Bebe in low-level flight, its wings slicing through the air with precision and grace. Joining forces with U. S. Army Air Service was not just about learning but also earning your place among aviators - as depicted in their compelling recruiting poster from 1918. British RAF aeroplanes from 1939 remind us of their crucial role during wartime under G. H Davis' skilled brushstrokes. Relive the golden age of aviation at Goodwood Revival Bi-plane event where enthusiasts gather to celebrate these timeless flying machines. And finally, let Imperial Airways' enchanting poster transport you back to an era when travel was an adventure filled with wonder and elegance. Intriguingly versatile and undeniably charming, biplanes continue to captivate our imagination even today – reminding us that dreams can indeed take flight against all odds.