Leon Gambetta, French politician about to escape besieged Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870.
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Balloon leaving from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870.
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Balloon ascent at night from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War.
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Clement Ader's flying bird 'Eole', the first piloted plane to take off under its own steam, 1890.
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Henri Giffard's steerable airship of 1852, 1903.
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Henri Giffard's steam powered steerable (dirigible) airship, 1852.
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Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913), American-born British aviation pioneer.
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Loading a biplane with passengers and luggage at Croydon Aerodrome, London.
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Passengers arriving to embark for Paris at Croydon Aerodrome, London, 1925.
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Otto Lilienthal, German gliding pioneer & aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders.
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Henri Farman in the Farman biplane, French aviator and aircraft constructor, c1909.
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Baroness Raymonde Delaroche, first woman to hold pilot's licence, 1909.
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Autogiro, designed by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva, 1928.
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SP Langley's steam-powered model plane Aerodrome, c1896.
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Samuel Franklin Cody , American-born British aviator, flying Cody Biplane c1909.
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Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aeronaut, first recorded flight in Europe, 1906, (1915).
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Henri Farman, French aviator, winning prize for first circular kilometre flight, Paris, Jan 1908.
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Graham White (left) and RT Gates, British pioneer aviators.
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Graham White, British pioneer aviator, c1910.
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Daedalus and Icaros fitted with their wings.
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Lenormand jumps from the tower of the Montpellier observatory, 1783, 19th century. Artist: Anonymous
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Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot air balloon, 1785. Artist: Anonymous
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'Opium Smoking-The Lascar's Room in Edwin Drood', 1872. Artist: A Doms
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Wilbur Wright's first flight in Europe at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France, 1908.
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Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909.
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