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Wombwells Menagerie at Windsor Castle, 1847

Engraving showing the tents of Wombwell's Menagerie in the Great Quadrangle of Windsor Castle during the Windsor Michaelmas Fair, October 1847. Wombwell's was a cross between a zoo and a circus, exhibiting a large number of dangerous and exotic animals in cages and also employing a number of animal trainers to give shows

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United States Navy - USS Macon - ZRS-5

United States Navy - USS Macon (ZRS-5) rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a flying aircraft carrier, designed to carry biplane parasite aircraft, five Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk fighters/scouts or Fleet N2Y-1 trainers. Date: circa 1934

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de Havilland DH-100 Vampire

Signature in Sky by Eric Brown. the First Jet-Aircraft a de Havilland Dh-100 Vampire 1 (The 3Rd Prototype) to Ever Take-Off from the Deck Runway of an Aircraft-Carrier, Hms Ocean Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer Date: 1945

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