The Story of Aviation

The Story of Aviation screen title.

Documentary (2005)

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Ballon Etienne et Joseph Montgolfier

Climb of the balloon of E&J.Montgolfier (225 Kg, 800m3) on 4th June 1783 in Annonay (France). The balloon went up at 1000m high and on 2 kilometers of distance in 10 minutes around.

E&J.Montgolfier balloon.

Montgolfière Le Réveillon

Experience at Versailles on 19th Septembr 1783, carrying a lamb, a duck and a cock in a basket. The balloon named “Le Réveillon” (400 Kg 1400m3) went up at 500 m high on 3,5 kilometers of distance, for 8 minutes flight. The animals were alive and in healthy condition when the balloon landed. The experience showed that a balloon could carry a load and one can survive in altitude. Next step will be human flight.

Montgolfière Le Réveillon.

Montgolfière Le Réveillon

First human flight at the Manufacture Royale des papiers peints La Folie Titon in Faubourg Saint-Antoine, close to Paris, on the 19th October 1783. Captive ascent with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier on board, 81m high. A second ascent done with Pilâtre de Rozier, and André Giroud de Villette, at 105m high.

Montgolfière Le Réveillon.

Robert Frères-Jacques Charles Charlière Ballon Dihydrogène

1st December 1783. Take off from the Jardin des Tuileries of the dihydrogen balloon of J.Charles, with Marie-Noël Robert. They landed some tenth kilometers farther in Nesles la Vallée (Val d’oise). This was the 1st successful experience of a human flight with a gas-filled balloon.

Dihydrogen Balloon J. Charles.

Jean-Pierre Blanchard Ballon Dihydrogène

First flight over the Channel on the 7th January 1785, between Dover and Guînes, in 2h25 carrying J.P.Blanchard and John Jeffries. Jean-Pierre Blanchard aeronaut had made 66 flights in several countries, when he died in 1809 after having been hardly injured in an accident in 1808.

Dihydrogen Balloon Jean-Pierre Blanchard.

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel in 1785 Oil on panel (33x44cm in gilt frame 41.5x50.5x5.5cm) by unidentified painter.

Ballon d’Observation L’entreprenant

First military use of a balloon by the French republican army, during the Battle of Fleurus in June 1794 against European coalition (Austrian, Dutch, British and German). There won’t be any further military uses of balloon until secession war in the USA.

Observation Ballon L’entreprenant.

Nassau Balloon Charles Green

First flight between London to Weilburg in Germany by British aeronaut Charles Green on the 7th and 8th November 1836. The travel took 18 hours for 772 kilometers of distance.

Nassau Balloon.

Henri Giffard No 1 Ballon Dirigeable

On 24 September 1852 Giffard made the first powered and controlled flight travelling 27 km from Paris to Trappes.

Henri Giffard No 1 Ballon Dirigeable.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug

Lilienthal's greatest contribution was in the development of heavier-than-air flight. He made his flights from an artificial hill he built near Berlin and from natural hills, especially in the Rhinow region.

Otto Lilenthal Segelflugzeug.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°3

This pictures shows its glider N°3 on which he made its first successfull flight in 1891.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°3.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°11

This pictures shows its glider N°11 in 1894.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°11.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°13

Biplane glider N°13 on which Otto Lilienthal will crash on the 9 August 1896, and die the day after.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°13.

Wright Glider N°2

Wilbur Wright first flight with this model N°2 in 1901.

Wright Glider N°2.

Wright Glider Kite

Wright Flyer I.

First motorized flight, taking off by its own on the 17th December of 1903. 4 flights made in the day by Orville and Wilbur. Duration 59 seconds, and 259 meters of distance. Airplane was born.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Wright Flyer I.

Wright Flyer III

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Wright Flyer III.

Wright A

Wright A.

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Wright A.

Wright B-1

Seaplane version of the model B which went in production in 1910.

Wright B-1.

Voisin Farman I

Since 1907, piloted by Henri Farman, the first heavier-than-air flight lasting more than a minute in Europe, and also to make the first full circle. Around 80 were built.

Voisin Farman I.

Blériot XI

First fixed-wing aircraft to cross the Channel from Calais to Dover on the 25th July 1909. Successful aircraft at this era, built at 100 samples.

Blériot XI.

Blériot XI

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Blériot XI

Curtiss D

First aircraft to have took off from and land on a Navy ship on 14th November 1910. This two first pictures might figure one of these experience from the US Navy ship Pensylvania, in the San-Francisco bay on 18 January 1911.

Curtiss D.

Albessard La Balancelle

Experimental aircraft with tandem wings to improve security of flights . The design “ Autostable” was efficient but no commercial issues went later on though research going on till the 1926 . Built in 1913.

Albessard Aérobus.

Albessard Aérobus

Further development of La Balencelle prototype, built in 1914.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Albessard Aérobus.

Farman HF.11

Farman HF.11.

Antoinette IV

Antoinette IV.

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others : Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter section).

Unidentified Aircraft

Same footage seen in Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen - A Look Forward - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Unidentified Aircraft

Archive footage also seen in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

RNAS Submarine Scout Class SSP

Used by Royal Navy and Royal Flying Corps during the WWI.

RNAS Submarine Scout Class SSP of the Royal Flying Corps.

Nieuport IV

Nieuport IV.

Farman MF.7

Rumpler C.IV

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C of the Royal Flying Corps.

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b of the Royal Flying Corps.

Sopwith F.1 Camel

Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

Also seen in World War I - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

Also seen in World War I - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A of the Royal Flying Corps.

Bristol F.2B Fighter Mark II

Bristol F.2B Fighter Mark II of the Royal Flying Corps.

Airco DH.6

Airco DH.6 of the Royal Flying Corps.

Short S.184

Short S.184 of the Royal Navai Air Service.

Breguet 14 B.2

Breguet 14 B.2 of the Aéronautique Militaire.

Fokker E.III

Fokker E.III of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Fokker Dr.I

Fokker Dr.I of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Albatros D.III

Albatros D.III of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Avia BH-21

Unidentified Aircraft

First technique of bombing from an airplane.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Gotha G.IV

Also seen in World War I - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Gotha G.IV of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Zeppelin Staaken R.VI

Zeppelin Staaken R.VI of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Zeppelin LZ 10 Schwaben

Built in 1911 and operated by DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft for passenger service. It is regarded as the first commercially successful passenger-carrying aircraft.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Zeppelin LZ 10 Schwaben of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

Fokker D.VII

Fokker D.VII of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Nieuport 24 Bis

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Nieuport 24 Bis of the US Army Air Corps.

Vickers F.B.27A Vimy Transatlantic

Ansaldo SVA.5

Fokker F.VIIa/3M

Flight over the North Pole by Richard E.Byrd on the 9th May 1926.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Fokker F.VIIa/3M Josephine Ford – Byrd Arctic Expedition.

Fokker F.VIIa/3M

Fokker F.VIIa/3M of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

Fokker F.VIIb/3M

Southern Cross was the first aircraft to cross the Pacific from the United States to Australia in June 1928, and the first to cross the Tasman Sea, flying from Australia to New Zealand and back in September of that year. Piloted by Charles Kingsford Smith.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Fokker F.VIIb/3M Southern Cross.

Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor

Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis

Charles Lindbergh first flight from New-York to Paris on 20/21 May 1927.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. N-X-211 Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis.

Dornier Do X

Reg.D-1929 Dornier Do-X of Deutsche Luft Hansa.

Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

Registration D-LZ127.
Also seen in A Look Forward - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. D-LZ-127 Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg

Also seen in:
A Decade to Remember: The 1930's
Jackboots on Whitehall
Mysteres d'archives: 1937 crash du Hindenburg
IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. D-LZ-129 Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg of DZR-Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei.

Wright-Bellanca WB-2

Registration NX237. This airplane named Columbia did many records of endurance.
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Reg. NX237 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Columbia.

Couzinet 70 Arc en ciel III

Arc en ciel III used by Aéropostale on South Atlantic route. Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.F-AMBV Couzinet 70 Arc en ciel III of Aéropostale-Compagnie Générale Aéropostale .

Handley Page H.P.45

Registration G-AAXC, serial n° 42/5.
Also seen in Imperial Airways - The Definitive Newsreel History 1924-1939 - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 Heracles of Imperial Airways.

Lockheed Vega 5C

Wiley Post’s Winnie Mae.

Lockheed Vega 5C Winnie Mae.

Macchi M.39

Macchi M.39.

Curtiss R3C-2

Curtiss R3C-2.

Supermarine S.5

Supermarine S.5.

Supermarine S.6

Supermarine S.6.

Beardmore Inflexible

Big experimental aircraft of 1928. Serial n° J7557.

Beardmore Inflexible.

Gloster Gladiator I

Reg. K7998 Gloster Gladiator I of the RAF.

Hawker Hart I

Hawker Hart I of the RAF.

Reg. K1928 Hawker Hart I of the RAF.

Hawker Hart I of the RAF.

Hawker Hurricane I

Reg. K5083 Hawker Hurricane I of the Royal Air Force.

Hawker Hurricane IIA

Hawker Hurricane IIA of the Royal Air Force.

Vultee V-1A

Vultee V-1A American Airlines.

Vultee V-1A of American Airlines.

Boeing 247D

Reg.NC13347, serial n°1729.

Reg. NC13347 Boeing 247D of United Air Lines.

Douglas DC-2

This is the real PH-AJU, not a preserved one wearing this paint as seen in Brána do historie (Episode 3).

Reg. PH-AJU Douglas DC-2 Ulver of KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines.

Douglas DC-3

Douglas DC-3.

Douglas DC-3 of KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines.

Douglas DC-3A

Douglas DC-3A.

Douglas DST-217A

Douglas Sleeper Transport of American Airlines.

Douglas DST-217A of American Airlines.

Douglas Dakota III

Registration G-AHCW, serial n° 13308. Ex Royal Air Force.

Reg. G-AHCW Douglas Dakota III of BEA-British European Airways.

Registration G-AHCX, serial n° 13335. Ex Royal Air Force.

Reg. G-AHCX Douglas Dakota III of BEA-British European Airways.

Douglas DC-3A-209B

Douglas DC-3A-209B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.

Supermarine Spitfire

First flight of the prototype registered K5054 on the 5 March 1936.

Reg. K5054 Supermarine Spitfire.

Supermarine Spitfire.

Supermarine Spitfire I

Supermarine Spitfire I of the RAF.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E of 3/Jg27, Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Same footage already seen in others movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 88 A

Junkers Ju 88 A of the Luftwaffe.

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Junkers Ju 88 A of the Luftwaffe.

Dornier Do 217

Dornier Do 217 of the Luftwaffe.

Heinkel He 111 E

Heinkel He 111E of Luftwaffe.

Heinkel He 111 H

Heinkel He 111 H of Luftwaffe.

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Heinkel He 111 H of Luftwaffe.

Vickers 285 Wellington Mk.I

Vickers 285 Wellington of the RAF.

Avro Lancaster B I

Avro Lancaster B I of the RAF.

Avro Lancaster B II

Avro Lancaster B II of the RAF.

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the USAAF.

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the USAAF.

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A of the Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1 Komet

Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1 Komet of the Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe

First jet aircraft to be operational at war.

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe of the Luftwaffe.

Arado Ar 234 Blitz

First jet aircraft bomber used in a conflict.

Arado Ar 234 Blitz of the Luftwaffe.

Reg. 48-1394 Bell X-1A of the USAF.

Republic F-84G Thunderjet

Reg. 92057 Republic F-84G Thunderjet of the USAF.

Lockheed F-94B Starfire

Lockheed F-94B Starfire of the USAF.

Lockheed P-80B Shooting Star

Lockheed P-80B Shooting Star of the USAF.

WSK-Mielec Lim-2

WSK-Mielec Lim-2 of the Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the USAF.

Boeing B-47E Stratojet

Boeing B-47E Stratojet of the USAF.

Boeing B-52B Stratofortress

Boeing B-52B Stratofortress of the USAF.

North American X-15A-2 & Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

North American X-13 and Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress of the USAF.

North American X-15 of the USAF.

North American X-15A-3

North American X-15 of the USAF/NASA.

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

North American X-15A-3 (56-6672) of the USAF/NASA.

North American X-15 of the USAF/NASA.

North American F-100 Super Sabre

North American F-100 Super Sabre of the USAF.

Northrop T-38A-15-NO Talon

Northrop T-38 Talon s/n 59-1598. Later transferred to US Navy as DT-38A. Next converted to QT-38A.

Northrop T-38 Talon of the USAF.

Lockheed L-749 Constellation

Lockheed L-749 Constellation of TWA.

BAe Sea Harrier FRS-1 of the Royal Navy.

Boeing 707-320.

Boeing 707.

Boeing 707-131

Boeing 707-131 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.

Douglas DC-8-43

Douglas DC-8-43 of Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane.

Reg. G-BOAB Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 of British Airways.

Dassault Mirage III NG 01

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 of the Voyenno-vozdushnye sily.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

Mikoyan MiG-29

Mikoyan MiG-29 of the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily.

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark of the USAF.

Rockwell B-1A Lancer

Lockheed YF-12A

Grumman F-14 Tomcat

On the first picture, a Lockheed S-3 Vikings is in the bottom right corner.

Grumman F-14 Tomcat of the US Navy.

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II & Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II of the US Navy.

Panavia Tornado GR1

Panavia Tornado GR1.

Boeing-Douglas-North American Saturn V Apollo 11

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Boeing North-American Douglas Saturn V Apollo 11.

Mittlewerk EWM A4 Vergeltungswaffe V-2

Mittlewerk EWM A4 Vergeltungswaffe V-2.

ABMA Bumper B-7

US copy of the German V-2 from Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Lauched on the 29th July 1950.

ABMA Bumper B-7.

Another unidentified Bumper.

ABMA Bumper.

Chrysler Mercury Redstone

Rockwell Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Rockwell Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne

The project was cancelled after only 10 produced.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne.

Sud Aviation SA 316B Alouette III

Sud Aviation SA 316B Alouette III of the ALAT-Aviation Légère de l’Armée de Terre.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

Bell UH-1 Iroquois of the US Marines Corps.

Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw

Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw of the US Marines Corps.

Sikorsky S-61R/HH-3 Pelican

Sikorsky S-61R/HH-3 Pelican.

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The Story of Aviation

Ballon d’Observation L’entreprenant

Nassau Balloon Charles Green

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug

Wright Glider N°2

Wright Glider Kite

Wright B-1

Albessard La Balancelle

Farman HF.11

RNAS Submarine Scout Class SSP

Short S.184

Avia BH-21

Zeppelin Staaken R.VI

Macchi M.39

Beardmore Inflexible

Hawker Hart I

Bell X-1A & Bell X-1B

North American X-15A-2 & Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress

Lockheed YF-12A Blackbird & Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II & Grumman F-14 Tomcat

ABMA Bumper B-7