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Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

circa 1915

'Jason I', de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

1928

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Model of Bleriot's Monoplane No. XI

1962

Gloster Aircraft, E28/39, (without engine)

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Section of a Boeing 747, 1973.

1973

Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospheric flight of Professor Auguste Piccard and Dr. Paul Kipfer

1931

Wind tunnel model of English Electric "Lightning P1.A"

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

Flying model

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784

1784

Panorama de Paris

1878

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Wind tunnel model of English Electric "Lightning P1.A"

Serial sculpture of bird flight

1992

Stone sculpture of R J Mitchell

2005
9 H.P. Roe Triplane of 1909

A V Roe's triplane, 1909

1909
Banshee aerial target remotely piloted aircraft series 300. 1996

Banshee aerial target remotely piloted aircraft

1996
Tailless aeroplane, the Hill "Pterodactyl" Mk.I, with Bristol Cherub engine, by Captain Geoffrey T R Hill, England, 1920-1940

Tailless aeroplane

1920-1940
Sectioned Napier Lion Aero engine No. 2, mounted on stand. (Originally with electric motor, driving gear and starter; in glazed case. Case given to Foreman of Works as material. Engine renovated by donor in June 1962 and returned less motor, starter and driving gear).

Sectioned Napier Lion Aero engine No. 2

Sectioned Armstrong-Siddeley 400 H.P. "Jaguar" Aero engine mounted on stand, 7/762/1, by Armstrong Siddeley Motors Limited, Coventry, Wawrickshire, England, 1924

Armstrong Siddeley 'Jaguar' Engine

1924
Boiler, for horizontal single cylinder-slide valve steam engine, by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the boiler for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft.

Boiler for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine

1847-1848
De Havilland Gipsy Twelve aero-engine, with separated fuel pipe elbow attached to straight connector, designed and made by De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1935-1937

De Havilland Gipsy Twelve aero-engine

1935-1937
Rolls-Royce 'R' aero engine, no. 27, with separated 150 mm length of 8 mm diameter fuel pipe, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1931. This engine was developed for the 1931 Schneider Trophy seaplane and flying boat races. The 1931 races were held at Calshot Spit, Southampton Water, Hampshire, England.

Rolls-Royce 'R' aero engine, no. 27, developed for the 1931 Schneider Trophy

1931
Two-cylinder opposed Avro Aero engine, complete with airscrew, manufactured by A.V. Roe & Co., patented by Maurice and William Edwards, 1910. Believed to have originated from Lillian Bland's Mayfly aircraft.

Two-cylinder opposed Avro Aero engine, with airscrew

1911
Model of Bristol Fighter aeroplane, scale 1:10

Bristol Fighter, 1916.

1916
Model of Avro Lancaster aircraft, scale 1:12, sectioned

The Avro Lancaster, c 1942.

1942-1947
Model of Samuel Franklin Cody's "Power-kite" or British Army Aeroplane No. 1, 1907/8, scale 1:20.

Model of S F Cody's Power-kite

1908
Model of Vickers "Viscount" Airliner, scale 1:48.

Vickers 'Viscount' airliner, 1953.

1952
J.A.P. 45 H.P. 8 cyl. O.H.V. V-type aero engine, 1909, No. 1111, with Eisemann Magneto and J.A.P. carburettor, by J A Prestwich Industries Limited, Tottenham, London, England, 1908

J.A.P. 45 H.P. 8 cyl. O.H.V. V-type aero engine

1908
Supermarine Rolls Royce Seaplane, S.6.B. S.1595 (with dummy engine). Winner of the Schneider Trophy, 1931.

Supermarine Seaplane, S.6.B. S.1595

1931
Cockerell's original model of a Hovercraft

Demonstration model of the hovercraft principle made for Sir Christopher Cockerell, 1940s-1950s

Model of Horatio Phillips experimental aeroplane (scale 1:10), by Science Museum, London, 1934

Model of Horatio Phillips experimental aeroplane (scale 1:10)

1934
Model of Santos-Dumont aeroplane, 14 bis (1906), scale 1:10, by Alberto Santos-Dumont, Paris, France, 1906. With human figure by Barbara Mary Campbell, Kingston-upon-Thames, Greater London, England, 1962.

Model of Santos-Dumont's '14 bis' aeroplane

1906; 1962
Parachute, 'Guardian Angel' type A1 no. 271 by E.R. Calthrop, c. 1918.

'Guardian Angel' parachute

1918
Oil pressure gauge, from Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane port engine, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1914-1919

Port engine oil pressure gauge fitted in Vickers Vimy

1914-1919
Cockpit oil temperature gauge (Starboard), from Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1914-1919

Cockpit oil temperature gauge (Starboard) fitted in Vickers Vimy

1914-1919
Cockpit air speed indicator gauge, from Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1914-1919

Cockpit air speed indicator gauge fitted in Vickers Vimy

1914-1919
Cockpit oil temperature gauge (Port), from Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1914-1919

Cockpit oil temperature gauge (Port) fitted in Vickers Vimy

1914-1919
RPM meter, from Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane starboard engine, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1914-1919

Starboard engine RPM meter fitted in Vickers Vimy

1914-1919
Model of Maxim Flying machine.

Model of Sir Hiram Maxim's Flying Machine

1892
Wind-tunnel model of Hawker P.1127 prototype aircraft, scale 1:10. Made by Hawker Aircraft Ltd., Kingston, 1958-1959.

Wind-tunnel model of Hawker P.1127 prototype aircraft

1958-1959
Sectioned and operating example of the Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine, with two reduction gear casing lugs, by D. Napier and Son Limited, England, 1944-1946

Sectioned example of the Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine

1944-1946