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Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

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

1928

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Flying model

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

Model of Bleriot's Monoplane No. XI

1962

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

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

Serial sculpture of bird flight

1992

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"

Stone sculpture of R J Mitchell

2005

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

circa 1915
Tailless aeroplane, the Hill "Pterodactyl" Mk.I, with Bristol Cherub engine, by Captain Geoffrey T R Hill, England, 1920-1940

Tailless aeroplane

1920-1940
Low-speed wind tunnel model of Boeing 747, 1966

Low-speed wind tunnel model of Boeing 747, 1966

1966
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

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
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
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

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
Model of Montgolfier balloon in blue and white French faience. Painted design. Height 13". Circumference 27".

Model of Montgolfier balloon

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
Replica of Stringfellow's Flying Machine of 1848

Replica of Stringfellow's Flying Machine of 1848

NEC Aero engine complete

NEC Aero engine complete

Clarke model flying machine, by Thomas Wigstan Kinglake Clarke, United Kingdom, 1907-1908

Clarke model flying machine

1907-1908
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
Model of Supermarine-Napier S.5, scale 1:16

Supermarine Napier S5, 1927.

1927
5 litre flask, complete, for oxygen breathing apparatus

Hinks liquid oxygen vaporiser c 1930.

1930
Banshee aerial target remotely piloted aircraft series 300. 1996

Banshee aerial target remotely piloted aircraft

1996
Main Transverse Girder including King Post and Truss Girders from R.36

airship transverse girder

J.A.P. Harding monoplane (Bleriot) with J.A.P. Engine, 1909-10

J.A.P. Harding monoplane (Bleriot) with J.A.P. Engine

Fuel pressure gauge fitted in Gloster E.28/39

Fuel pressure gauge fitted in Gloster E.28/39

Radiator temperature gauge fitted in Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Radiator temperature gauge fitted in Hawker Hurricane Mk I