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One pendant in Battersea enamel, showing balloon etc. and inscribed "Air Balloon".

One pendant in Battersea enamel

One snuff box, circular, 3 1.4" x 1". Painted lid. Charles & Robert's balloon flight depicted flying over people in woodland.

Balloon over countryside, 1785-1795

1785-1810
One set of six copper lined buttons (French), glazed with varying balloon scenes, hand painted.

One set of six copper lined buttons (French)

One snuff box, wood, circular, 3 3/4" painted lid. Montgolfier balloon over river and mill.

Snuff box, decorated with Montgolfier balloon scene

1783-1800
One snuff box in horn and of circular shape, 2 1/2" in diameter, containing a picture on the lid depicting French Guards in action and showing a balloon in the air.

One snuff box in horn and of circular shape

One sweetmeat plate, 7", with blue brim. Showing aeronaut with rudders and flags and with a building to the right.

One sweetmeat plate

One snuff box, papier mache, circular painted orange-vermilion, 2 3/4", painted lid with balloon and aeronaut over long building. Champ de Mars?

Snuff box decorated with ballooning scene, late 18th century.

1783-1810
One water colour painting on glass "Death of Pilatre de Rozier. First balloon accident, 15th June 1785". Signed by Du Plessis Bertan. Gilt frame, circular, 11 cms.

One water colour painting on glass "Death of Pilatre de Rozier. First balloon accident

1785
One pencil box, papier mache, painted lid, 8" x 2 1/2", showing balloons and parachutes.

One pencil box

Air Speed Indicator early diaphragm type, made by C.S.I. Co.

Air Speed Indicator early diaphragm type

Altimeter, by Elliott, Mk.I watch type, No. 1113

Altimeter, by Elliott, Mk.I watch type, No. 1113

Air Speed Indicator - Fan Anemometer No. 1071 (the first fitted to aeroplanes in this country)

Air Speed Indicator - Fan Anemometer No. 1071

Oberursel engine, 120 H.P. (Note: this is fitted to the Fokker Monoplane No. 1081 which is on inventory as 1918-210).

Oberursel engine

Airship envelope air pressure gauge, from the R101 airship, Henry Hughes and Son Limited, London, England, 1929-1930. This gauge was used to measure the pressure of the air surrounding the gas bags in the R101 airship envelope. The air pressure gauge would have been in the control car with tubing running to the interior of the envelope.

Airship envelope air pressure gauge

1929-1930
Saudi Arabian Airlines Captain uniform, 1990s.

Saudi Arabian Airlines Captain Uniform

One teapot in white and gold porcelain, 4" x 6". Obverse: Charles & Robert balloon in gold inscribed "Bon Voyage". Reverse, balloon with rudders, inscribed "Sic Itur Ad Astra".

Teapot illustrated with a ballooning scene, late 18th century.

1783-1810
Snuff box, wood, rectangular, bound in silver with painted lid, unsigned, French, 1783-1800. Lid shows Montgolfier balloon, river and horseman.

Snuff box

1783-1800
One snuff box, enamel, oval, dark blue base, balloon on lid.

One snuff box

One snuff box. Circular. Battersea enamel; yellow base. Balloon and figures on lid in black and white. "Air Balloon". 1 7/8" x 1 1/4" deep

Battersea style Enamel Snuff or patch box decorated with balloon scene

after 1783
One snuff box. Oval. Battersea enamel; sky blue base. On lid: "In memory of Our Most Gracious Sovereign, George III, obit 1820, aged 82". 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 1" deep

Oval Battersea style enamel snuff or patch box decorated with balloon scene

after 1820
Model of Avro 707B research aircraft, scale 1:24.

Avro 707 Delta wing aircraft, 1949.

1949
Model of English Electric "Canberra" Jet bomber, scale 1:24.

The English Electric Canberra jet bomber, 1950.

1950-59
Model of Armstrong Whitworth "Argosy" airliner, scale 1:32

Imperial Airways' Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Airliner, c 1925.

1929
100 H.P. Anzani engine No. 2845.

100 H.P. Anzani engine No. 2845.

1914
A. A. Griffith's 1929 compressor - turbine test rig - Tested at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough

A. A. Griffith's 1929 compressor-turbine test rig

Contra-rotating contra-flow turbo-compressor unit. Built by Armstrong-Siddeley motors in 1939 to a Royal Aircraft Establishment design and tested at the Establishment in 1940

Contra-rotating contra-flow turbo-compressor unit

Small steam boiler constructed by John Stringfellow

Small steam boiler

Height-range display cathode-ray tube mask from T.16 Radar, Hythe, Kent, c.1940

Height-range display cathode-ray tube mask from T.16 Radar

Model of Handley Page H.P.42 "Heracles" aircraft, scale 1:24, sectioned.

Handley Page HP42 'Heracles'

1931
Dowty R391 composite Propeller for Lockheed Martin C130J Hercules Aeroplane, 1997.

Dowty R391 composite Propeller for Lockheed Martin C130J Hercules Aeroplane

1997
Two-bladed wooden propeller, truncated (for 120 H.P. Beardmore)

Two-bladed wooden propeller

Control of velocity test (previously named the Cambridge Triple Test) for measuring hand-eye coordination of Royal Air Force pilots, of a type first made 1939-1945, this example 1960-1970, English

Control of velocity test (previously named the Cambridge Triple Test)

1960-1970
One tin man; aluminium dummy used in air-conditioning trials at R.A.E. Farnborough. c. 1962.

aluminium dummy used in air-conditioning trials

1962
Copper fuel tank, unsigned, England, 1910, for the Harold Hume Piffard Aeroplane E.N.V. Aero-engine type D (40hp), V8 cylinder, 1910

Copper fuel tank, unsigned, England, 1910, for the Harold Hume Piffard Aeroplane E.N.V. Aero-engine type D (40hp), V8 cylinder, 1910

Four-cylinder petrol aero engine, designed by Sir Hiram Maxim, England, 1908-1909

Four-cylinder petrol aero engine

1908-1909
Full size steam engine for flying machine.

Steam Engine from Sir Hiram Maxim's Flying Machine

1892
Horizontal single cylinder slide-valve steam engine, designed and made by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the engine for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft.

Steam Engine, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine

1847-1848
Propeller, one of eight, used in experiments with the Henson & Stringfellow model of 1844-1847

Propeller used in Experiments with Henson & Stringfellow Model

Gnome 50 HP 7 Cylinder Rotary aero engine, with metal engine to fuselage gasket, designed by Louis Seguin and Laurent Seguin, and made by Societe des Moteurs Gnome, France, 1908-1914. The engine has seven cylinders, machined out of solid nickel-chrome-steel ingots. The cylinders and crank-chamber revolve around the stationary crankshaft. The carburettor, which is stationary, is of the single-jet type and feeds the engine through the hollow crank shaft. The connecting rods all operate on a single crank pin. Henri Farman used this type of engine to win a prize for the greatest distance flown (180 km), setting a World record.

Gnome 50 HP 7 Cylinder Rotary aero engine

1908-1914
One bellows, in satinwood. Stencilled design of a balloon over a ravine crossed by a bridge., 14" x 4"

Wooden bellows wirh balloon design

Model propeller from the model aircraft four-stroke engine with three cylinders, by Saito Seisakusho Limited, Japan, 2000

Model propeller from the model aircraft four-stroke engine with three cylinders

2000
Leather flying helmet, with zipped ear pockets, and fittings for oxygen mask, Air Ministry, England, 1940-1942

Leather flying helmet

1940-1942
65/75 H.P. Armstrong Siddeley ''Genet'' Aero Engine, by Armstrony Siddeley Motors Limited, Coventry, England, 1926

Armstrong Siddeley ''Genet'' Aero Engine

1926
Snuff box, ivory, rectangular, mother of pearl panel in lid, inlaid silver balloon, unsigned, European, 1750-1800

Snuff box

1750-1800
Model of Henry Farman Biplane, 1913 type.

Model of Henry Farman Biplane, 1913 type.

Free flight testing model (supersonic transport), designed and made by RAE in 1950

Free Flight Testing Model (Supersonic Transport)

1950
Compass fitted in Gloster E.28/39

Compass fitted in Gloster E.28/39

Engine revolution counter fitted in Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Engine revolution counter fitted in Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Artificial horizon fitted in Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Artificial horizon fitted in Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Oil pressure gauge (2) fitted in Gloster E.28/39

Oil pressure gauge (2) fitted in Gloster E.28/39