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The British NS (North Sea) class non-rigid airships were the largest and last in a succession of "blimps" that served with the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. The NS class airship was developed in response to the increasing requirement of the RNAS to carry out long-range anti-submarine patrols and convoy escort duties off the west coast of Great Britain, though its name came from th...

escadrille 105 The Salmson 2A2 was a French biplane reconnaissance aircraft. Along with the Breguet 14, it was the main reconnaissance aircraft of the French army in 1918 and was also used by American Expeditionary Force aviation units. At the end of the First World War, one-third of French reconnaissance aircraft were Salmson 2s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmson_2 footages from Images Défense

The Curtiss JN "Jenny" was originally produced as a training aircraft for the US Army, the "Jenny" (the common nickname derived from "JN") continued after World War I as a civil aircraft, as it became the "backbone of American postwar [civil] aviation". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_JN_Jenny footages from US National Archives

On the airfield of Le Bourget, July 8 and 9, 1917, a squadron of Farman F.40 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft in the colors of the camp retranché de Paris (entrenched camp of Paris CRP) took off during an alert. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farman_F.40 footages from Images Défense

experiments in launching aircraft by means of a steam catapult at Farnborough, 1930. The Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force, developed from the Vickers Vimy. The first squadron of Virginia Mark Is was formed in 1924. Despite mediocre performance, the aircraft served frontline units until 1938. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Virginia footages from Imperial ...

The Salmson-Moineau S.M.1 was a French armed three-seat biplane long range reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War designed by René Moineau for the Salmson company. The S.M.1 was unconventional, powered by a single Salmson 9A liquid-cooled radial engine mounted in the fuselage powering two airscrews mounted between the wings with a system of gears and drive shafts. This layout was chosen...

The Vought O2U Corsair was a 1920s biplane scout and observation aircraft ordered by the United States Navy (USN) in 1927. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair video US National Archives

The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long-range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United States in response to the £10,000 prize challenge issued in 1913 by the London newspaper, the Daily Mail, for the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. Having transatlantic range and cargo carrying capacity by design, the first H-2 cl...

Groupes de bombardement n° 5 and n° 6 (GB 5 - GB 6) escadrilles n° 11, 108, 111, 117, 120, 127 and 134. at Linthelles (GB 5) and Pars-lès-Romilly (GB 6) in Marne department The Bréguet 14 was a French biplane bomber and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was built in very large numbers and production continued for many years after the end of the war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bréguet_14 foo...

The Avia BH-9 was a twin-seat sports plane built in Czechoslovakia in 1923. It was a low-wing braced monoplane that accommodated the pilot and passenger in tandem, open cockpits (the front cockpit could be closed). The Czechoslovakian Army showed interest in it as a trainer and liaison aircraft, and ordered ten examples under the designation B.9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_BH-9

After the first prototype AB-20, Société Aérienne Bordelaise (SAB) made a second aircraft, the AB-21, with different engines and cleaner aerodynamics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAB_AB-20 footages from British Pathé

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d of 20 Night Bomber Squadron at Sainte Marie Cappel, in northern France, late August 1917. footages from Imperial War Museums

The Fokker C.V was a Dutch light reconnaissance and bomber biplane aircraft. In 1927, the Swedish Air Force purchased two C.VDs (J 3) and two C.VE (S 6) to serve as models for the eventual license manufacturing of the aircraft by CVM at Malmen. In 1931, the J 3B were redesignated S 6, the J 3 and J 3A S 6A. Ten C.VE with Nohab My VI engines instead of Jupiter VI engines were given the designati...

At the time of its introduction in March 1916, the Nieuport 17 outstanding manoeuvrability and excellent rate of climb gave it a significant advantage over fighters on both sides. It was used by many operators and entered service with every Allied power and copies were also operated by the Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Service). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuport_17 The Nieuport 24 was a Wo...

British bomber Handley Page 0/100 operations in France (1918)

Farman F.170 Jabiru single-engine airliner (1927)

Royal Naval Air Service Caudron G.3 operations in East Africa

US Army Air Service SPAD S.XIII (1918)

Captured German Rumpler C.I tested by French pilots

Royal Navy Sopwith 1½ Strutter fitted with skids experimental ship-launching (1917)

Italian bomber Caproni Ca.4 (Ca.42)

Farman F.121 Jabiru departure (1927)

Royal Navy Sopwith Baby on trials (c1917)

French Blériot XI of aviation schools at Avord (1917)

Captured German Aviatik B.II tested by French pilots

Royal Navy Supermarine Seagull flight operations (c1925)

French Caudron G.6 based at Treslon, Marne (April 1917)

Charles Lindbergh and his wife try out their Lockheed Sirius (1930)

RAF Airco DH.6 training operations in Egypt (1918)