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Pilot Collection (#5)

"Pilot: Defying Gravity, Embracing Destiny" From the skies of history to the dreams of tomorrow, pilots have always been at the forefront of human ambition

Background imagePilot Collection: Mystery aircraft with pilot

Mystery aircraft with pilot Date: circa 1924

Background imagePilot Collection: General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 84-1389

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 84-1389
United States Air Force (USAF) - General Dynamics F-16C Block 25F Fighting Falcon 84-1389 (MSN 5C-171), of the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Background imagePilot Collection: General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 84-1389

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 84-1389
United States Air Force (USAF) - General Dynamics F-16C Block 25F Fighting Falcon 84-1389 (MSN 5C-171), of the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Background imagePilot Collection: Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II 153152

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II 153152
United States Navy - Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A-4a-CV Corsair II 153152 (msn A61, base code 'AG', call-sign '400' ), of VA-12, embarked on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

Background imagePilot Collection: Mooney M.20A ZK-BUN

Mooney M.20A ZK-BUN (msn ), at Mangere NZ., on 24 April 1960. (Written off in a fatal crash on 16 September 1960, when the new owner falsified documents and deceived officials)

Background imagePilot Collection: Nord N.3202 F-BFHA

Nord N.3202 F-BFHA
Nord N.3202 Master F-BFHA (msn 16), of aerobatic display pilot Leon Biancotto, at an air display ca1959. Biancotto's N.3202 F-BFHA, crashed during an airshow in Bratislava on 22 August 1960

Background imagePilot Collection: Northrop F-20A Tigershark N3986B

Northrop F-20A Tigershark N3986B - 82-0063 (msn GI.1001), at the 1984 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 2-9 September. (This aircraft crashed at CFB Goose Bay, Canada on 14 May 1985)

Background imagePilot Collection: English Electric Canberra E.15 WH972

English Electric Canberra E.15 WH972
Royal Air Force - English Electric Canberra E.15 WH972 (msn SH1697), of No. 98 Squadron, at RAF Watton. A crew chief / specialist is giving the crew a last chance briefing before they complete their

Background imagePilot Collection: World's most coolest and awesome pilot

World's most coolest and awesome pilot
Happie Eagle

Background imagePilot Collection: The Wright Brothers aeroplane (chromolitho)

The Wright Brothers aeroplane (chromolitho)
2782756 The Wright Brothers aeroplane (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wright Brothers aeroplane)

Background imagePilot Collection: Mathieu, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mathieu, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mathieu, between c1910 and c1915

Background imagePilot Collection: Stevens, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Stevens, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Stevens, 1911. Shows professional balloon and airship pilot and stunt man Albert Leo Stevens (1873-1944)

Background imagePilot Collection: L. Stevens, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

L. Stevens, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
L. Stevens, 1911. Shows professional balloon and airship pilot and stunt man Albert Leo Stevens (1873-1944)

Background imagePilot Collection: Rodgers (twins? on plane?), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Rodgers (twins? on plane?), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rodgers (twins? on plane?), between c1910 and c1915

Background imagePilot Collection: W.R. Kimball & aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

W.R. Kimball & aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
W.R. Kimball & aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Wilbur R. Kimball (d. 1940), aviation pioneer, inventor, airplane builder

Background imagePilot Collection: Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, hospital director and journalist

Background imagePilot Collection: Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, ambulance driver and hospital director

Background imagePilot Collection: P.M. Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

P.M. Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
P.M. Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Shows the first official airmail flight in the United States with pilot Earle Lewis Ovington (1879-1936) in a Bleriot XI airplane

Background imagePilot Collection: Capt. Felix of Army Aero. Corps. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Felix of Army Aero. Corps. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Felix of Army Aero. Corps. between c1910 and c1915

Background imagePilot Collection: Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Shows naval aviator Lieutenant Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885- 1928)

Background imagePilot Collection: Al Welsh and G.W. Beatty, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Al Welsh and G.W. Beatty, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Al Welsh and G.W. Beatty, 1911. Shows aviators Arthur L. "Al"Welsh (1881-1912) and George William Beatty (1887-1955)

Background imagePilot Collection: Al Welsh & G.W. Beatty, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Al Welsh & G.W. Beatty, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Al Welsh & G.W. Beatty, 1911. Shows aviators Arthur L. Welsh (1881-1912) and George William Beatty (1887-1955) probably when Welsh was training Beatty at the Wright Flying School on Long Island in

Background imagePilot Collection: J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy, 1911. Shows Joseph Jarret Cole (Cole Motor Car Company) and Robert Grant "Bob"Fowler who are sitting in a Wright Model B Flyer called the "Cole

Background imagePilot Collection: Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Shows aviator Earle Lewis Ovington (1877-1839) with his wife Adelaide. Possibly taken in New York at start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight

Background imagePilot Collection: Leo Stevens & Harry Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Leo Stevens & Harry Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Leo Stevens & Harry Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviator Harry Nelson Atwood (1884-1967) with pilot Albert Leo Stevens (1873-1944)

Background imagePilot Collection: Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviators Lieutenant John Rodgers (left) and J. Clifford Turpin seated in an airplane, possibly a Wright Model B aircraft

Background imagePilot Collection: Tom Baldwin, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Tom Baldwin, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tom Baldwin, between c1910 and c1915

Background imagePilot Collection: Parmalee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Parmalee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Parmalee, between c1910 and c1915

Background imagePilot Collection: J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915

Background imagePilot Collection: W.R. Kimball, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

W.R. Kimball, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
W.R. Kimball, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Wilbur R. Kimball (d. 1940), aviation pioneer, inventor, airplane builder and pilot who was also the Secretary of the Aeronautic Society of New York

Background imagePilot Collection: J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915

Background imagePilot Collection: Tom Sopwith, c1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Tom Sopwith, c1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Tom Sopwith, c1910. Shows English aviator Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith (1888-1989) in the Howard Wright biplane

Background imagePilot Collection: Turpin and Lt. T.D. Milling, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Turpin and Lt. T.D. Milling, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Turpin and Lt. T.D. Milling, between c1910 and c1915. Shows early aviators Thomas DeWitt Milling (1887-1960) (left) and Clifford Turpin (1886-1966) (right)

Background imagePilot Collection: N.B. Broward, cameo portrait, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

N.B. Broward, cameo portrait, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
N.B. Broward, cameo portrait, 1910

Background imagePilot Collection: Claire Ogden, giving watch to Lieutenant W.C.F. Brown, between c1915 and c1920

Claire Ogden, giving watch to Lieutenant W.C.F. Brown, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Claire Ogden, giving watch to Lieutenant W.C.F. Brown, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Claire Ogden with Lieutenant W.C.F. Brown in an event related to the 1919 transcontinental reliability

Background imagePilot Collection: Army aeroplane - war games Lt. Geiger, 8/10/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Army aeroplane - war games Lt. Geiger, 8/10/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Army aeroplane - war games Lt. Geiger, 8/10/12, 1912. Shows Lieutenant Harold E. Geiger, a pioneer aviator

Background imagePilot Collection: Capt. J.A. Meissner, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. J.A. Meissner, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. J.A. Meissner, between c1915 and c1920. James Armand Meissner (1896-1936), World War I flying ace

Background imagePilot Collection: Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. [& Lt. F.A. Tillman], 18 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. [& Lt. F.A. Tillman], 18 Nov 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. [& Lt. F.A. Tillman], 18 Nov 1918. Captain W.G. Schauffler, Jr. standing and Lieutenant Fred A. Tillman in the seat of a Ninetieth Aero Squadron (Pair-a-Dice" Squadron)

Background imagePilot Collection: Aerial Show III

Aerial Show III
Tal Paz-Fridman

Background imagePilot Collection: Baroness Raymonde Delaroche, first woman to hold a pilot's licence. On 3 Nov

Baroness Raymonde Delaroche, first woman to hold a pilot's licence. On 3 Nov
542454 Baroness Raymonde Delaroche, first woman to hold a pilot's licence. On 3 Nov. 1909 flew Voisin biplane 1, 000 yards. From postcard after photograph. Mail frank 1910

Background imagePilot Collection: Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier, and Florence Klingensmith

Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier, and Florence Klingensmith, winner of the Amelia Earhart Trophy Race
7133783 Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier, and Florence Klingensmith, winner of the Amelia Earhart Trophy Race. Cleveland, August, 1932 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Amelia Earhart (left), woman flier

Background imagePilot Collection: Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T (b/w photo)

Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T (b/w photo)
8649410 Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T)

Background imagePilot Collection: Australian aviator Bert Hinkler, first man to fly solo from Britain to Australia, 1928 (b/w photo)

Australian aviator Bert Hinkler, first man to fly solo from Britain to Australia, 1928 (b/w photo)
8626461 Australian aviator Bert Hinkler, first man to fly solo from Britain to Australia, 1928 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Background imagePilot Collection: Wilbur Wright, with his autograph

Wilbur Wright, with his autograph
NWI4949036 Wilbur Wright, with his autograph.; (add.info.: Wilbur Wright, with his autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Background imagePilot Collection: Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo)

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo)
3585905 Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo); (add.info.: Photograph of Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) an American inventor and aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePilot Collection: British aviators in flight

British aviators in flight
3732665 British aviators in flight; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting British aviators in flight. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePilot Collection: World War II, United States, USAAF 355th Fighter Squadron Patch

World War II, United States, USAAF 355th Fighter Squadron Patch
3073354 World War II, United States, USAAF 355th Fighter Squadron Patch; Private Collection; (add.info.: Patch of the 355th Fighter Squadron USAAF which served in the European theater)

Background imagePilot Collection: World War II, United States, US Army Air Force Pilots Merit Badge

World War II, United States, US Army Air Force Pilots Merit Badge
3073353 World War II, United States, US Army Air Force Pilots Merit Badge; Private Collection; (add.info.: United States Army Air Force Pilot's Merit Badge); © Don Troiani



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"Pilot: Defying Gravity, Embracing Destiny" From the skies of history to the dreams of tomorrow, pilots have always been at the forefront of human ambition. Their courage and skill have shaped our world in ways unimaginable. Churchill's praise for RAF Pilots echoes through time as a testament to their unwavering dedication and heroism. In the face of adversity, they soared high, defending freedom with every flight. Elizabeth Bessie Coleman shattered barriers as she became the first African-American woman pilot. Her determination defied societal norms, inspiring generations to reach for the stars. Amelia Earhart, an iconic US aviation pioneer, fearlessly charted new horizons and proved that women could conquer any sky-bound challenge. Her legacy continues to inspire countless dreamers around the globe. The Ford V8 Pilot 1954 Green light symbolized not only automotive innovation but also represented a spirit of adventure that resonated with pilots worldwide. It was a beacon calling them towards endless possibilities in uncharted territories. Flying Officer W E Johns immortalized aviators' bravery through his captivating Biggles stories in Modern Boy magazine. His tales ignited young imaginations and instilled a sense of wonder about aviation's limitless potential. A wartime poster bearing Churchill's famous words "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" encapsulated gratitude towards those who defended nations from above during World War II—a reminder that heroes don't always wear capes; sometimes they wear wings. The Bismarck dropping its pilot serves as a poignant metaphor for letting go of old limitations and embracing new beginnings—an allegory mirrored by pilots who constantly push boundaries both within themselves and their aircrafts. Amy Johnson blazed trails as an English pilot whose pioneering spirit knew no bounds. With each flight she took, she challenged gender stereotypes while leaving an indelible mark on aviation history.