Dropping Collection (page 6)

Western Great Egret dropping caught fish with Little Egret in background, Ardea alba, Egretta garzetta, Hungary

R. A. F activities Plane immediately armoured car
R.A.F. activities. Plane immediately above armoured car dropping message, Ramleh Aerodrome. 1934, Israel, Ramlah

I. P. C Iraq Petroleum Company Dropping pipe trench
I.P.C. Iraq Petroleum Company. Dropping of pipe into trench and curving. Esdraelon. 1934, Israel

Cairo district Egypt Silhouette pyramids Sinking sun
Cairo and district, Egypt. Silhouette of the pyramids. Sinking sun dropping behind these colossal monuments. 1934, Egypt, Cairo

Diagram Showing Steel Darts Being Dropped From An Aeroplane As An Alternative To Bombs During First World War. They Were Used Against Troops Surprised On Open Ground

Imaginary Squadron Of German Bomb Dropping Air-Ships Attended By Aeroplane Scouts. Drawn By Norman Wilkinson From The Illustrated War News Published 1914

Split Second Drop Of Gold Liquid

Water Drop

Colourful Brush Strokes And Paint On The Side Of An Old Building; Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Rabbits in a balloon on an Easter postcard
Rabbits dropping eggs from a balloon on an Easter postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Comic Postcard - Sport - Billiards - Cannon off the cush (1/2) Date: circa 1905

Sopwith T1 Cuckoo single-seat torpedo bomber. It was a carrier-borne machine with wheels in place of floats, first flown in June 1917

Floods at Youngs Park, Goodrington, Paignton, Devon. Strong east winds and high tides caused waves 50 feet high to break over the sea wall, flooding the park to a depth of eight feet

Bomb dropping apparatus of German Aviators 1915
German avaitors in The Roland biplane bomber. This diagram shows observer operating the pedal board to release the plate in the floor of the fuselage, ready for bombs to be dropped

Cartoon of dead Shield bug on plate and chicken grimacing as it spits out a leg of the insect which produces a disgusting tasting liquid and unpleasant smell

An F-16 Fighting Falcon releases two GBU-12 laser guided bombs
A 56th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, releases two GBU-12 laser guided bombs during a training mission

An F-16 Fighting Falcon releases a GBU-38 JDAM during a test mission
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center releases a GBU-31 JDAM during to a test mission

A cat falling with legs outstretched, ready to land

Aerial raid on Southend, watching the Zeppelin at work
The aerial raid on Southend: watching the Zeppelin at work in 1915 during the First World War. The Zeppelin airship dropped upwards of 100 bombs upon Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff and Leigh

Lighthouse bombed with food supplies
A remote lighthouse in bad weather is bombed with pork pies (and, presumably, other food stuffs) by two aeroplanes bringing supplies by air. Date: 1932

How bombs are dropped from a Zeppelin. Sectional view of the central bomb-dropping cabin of a German Zeppelin in World War One, 1915. Date: 1915

WW2 - dropping supplies to Maquis from American bombers
Photograph: dropping supplies to the Maquis by parachute from American bombers. Men of the Maquis can be seen waiting for the supplies in the left hand corner of the picture

London, England - The Dropping Well - Gnarled tree trunk on left, man leaning on rail. Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - London. Date: circa 1900

Western Norway - The Gjellfos - Waterfall dropping down between wooded cliffs. Part of Box 185 Boswell Collection - Western Norway. Date: circa 1900

WW2 - Pilots Sketch of his Spitfire Squadrons Officers
WW2 - A fun sketch by Pilot Christian Mazo of his Spitfire Squadrons Officers, playfully bombing a hapless German. No. 329 Squadron appears to have connections to the Free French (note livery)

Man on a donkey on a bridge on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy dropping pudding on a Christmas and New Year card
Boy dropping a pudding, with a cat chasing a mouse, on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Mother scolding daughter for carelessness
A mother scolds her daughter for being careless and dropping her doll on the floor. Date: 1859

Clown and jester on a Christmas card -- the clown has dropped all the food and drink from his tray. Date: circa 1890s

WW1 - French airship returning from action
WW1 - An aerial view of an open landscape, and a French dirigible returning to its shed on the morning after a successful raid over upper Alsace. Date: 1915

WW1 - Commodore Bigsworth drops bombs on zeppelin, 1915
WW1 - Air Commodore Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth (1885-1961) was a pioneer aviator who had a distinguished military career in the service of the British armed forces

WW1 - German airmen in combat
WW1 - A drawing from a German artist for a German newspaper who witnessed the airmen in a battle royal in mid-air. The two German officers in a biplane attack the French captive balloon shown below

WW1 - French air reconnaisance, 1914
WW1 - French air-scouts on a Breguet biplane. A Sergeant of Engineers is piloting, one passenger is observing the country below, the other throws out a cylindrical case containing a message

Boeing B-29s dropping incendiary bombs on Japan

The Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire
The Dropping Well, Knaresborough, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1910s

Dropping Well & Mother Shiptons Cave, Knaresborough, Yorksh
Dropping Well & Mother Shiptons Cave, Knaresborough, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s

Dropping bombs on cricket match
Extract from Hun airmens report. " We dropped bombs on a British formation, causing the troops to disperse and run about in a panic-stricken manner." A cartoon by G.Jennis in Punch

WW1 - Primitive Royal Air Force Bombers and Hangars
WW1 - Primitive Royal Air Force Bombers and their targets - the Zeppelin Sheds in Dusseldorf. The picture shows 1) The Zeppelin shed at Bickendorf, 2) The Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf, 3) An air-bomb

Suffrage Calendar Artists Suffrage League 1913. A suffrage calendar for 1913, published by the Artists Suffrage League. It shows a blindfolded baby astride a large white goose flying above a snowy

How the Gotha plane aims its bombs, WW1
Diagram showing how the bomber in a Gotha plane aimed its bombs over Britain during the First World War. To reduce the element of luck

Cricket a batsman dealing with a full pitch
A pokey batsman dealing with a high-dropping full-pitch. Date: 1888

Air Raid over Southend, 1917, WW1
An air raid over Southend-on-Sea in Essex on 12 August 1917 in which 10 men, 13 women and 9 children were killed. The raid was destined for London but intercepted by British planes the German

Lt George Ivan Carmichael dropping bombs - Menin Station
Lieutenant George Ivan Carmichael (Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps) dropping bombs on the rails at Menin Railway Station from a height of only 120 feet

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, visiting the Western Front during World War One. He is being shown a bomb dropping device on an aeroplane. Date: circa 1916

Aeroplane in modern warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in modern warfare: how the aeroplanes of the combatant powers have fared. Left: dropping bombs from an aeroplane onto massed troops below

Zeppelins aerial torpedo by G. H. Davis
The Zeppelins aerial torpedo: the appearance of the new missile. Top left: the launching cradle, showing firing pistol. Top right: the aerial torpedo with its turbine at rear end

The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane

Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1
Examples of ground defence against enemy air attacks during the First World War. Showing bomb-dropping by hand from an aeroplane, an aeroplane being transported on a military motor

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Dropping hints can lead to unexpected consequences, just like Bismarck's political maneuvering or the Dropping Pilot's risky decisions. As illustrated by William Heath Robinson, dropping from a Kite Balloon in 1917 required courage and precision. But let's not forget that sometimes what we drop can be quite unusual - like coprolite, fossil dung that reveals ancient secrets. Even Sir Isaac Newton understood the power objects to uncover scientific truths. Just as The Fox and the Crow taught us about deception, dropping subtle clues can reveal hidden intentions. In times of war, such as during WW1 depicted in the cartoon 'The Dropped Pilot, ' even a simple act could change lives forever. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream reminds us how love potions dropped into unsuspecting eyes create chaos and comedy alike. Airborne adventures captured in 'In The Air' show us the thrill through clouds with freedom and exhilaration. And who would have thought that ground sloth droppings or coprolites could provide valuable insights into prehistoric life? G. E Studdy humorously captures anticipation with 'I'm dropping in soon. ' Lastly, pondering on the panspermia theory of life makes one wonder if our existence was simply dropped onto Earth from outer space. So next time you drop a hint, remember its potential impact may go beyond your imagination.