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Loila 'Australian National Airways' Sydney, 1937Loila 'Australian National Airways' Sydney, 1937

136 historic photos for Aviation, taken between 1900 and 1993, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 9 decades, with the most from the 1930s (56). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1900s3 photos

Pilot Steamer, "Captain Cook". Watson's Bay, 19001900Clyde aircraft shops, c. 1900c. 1900"Dirigible" over Tamarama, 1908, Hall and Co1908

1910s5 photos

Joseph Joel Hammond flying his Bristol Boxkite at Ascot Racecourse (Mascot, NSW) April 19111911John R. Duigan, 19111911Maurice Guillaux Air Mail 1914-07-181914Colonel Granville Ryrie and a box kite, 1914, c. 1914c. 1914Harry George Hawker slnsw, 19191919

1920s8 photos

Ross and Keith Smith, 19201920Sgt. Bennett, mechanic ; Keith Smith ; Ross Smith ; Sgt. Shiers, mechanic (left to right), on Sydney Town Hall steps after first UK-Australia flight, 14 Feb 1920, c. 1920c. 1920Ray Parer and John McIntosh's arrive in Mascot Aerodrome on completing a flight from England, Sydney, 21 August 19201920V1-FL9198202, 19211921Clyde aircraft shops from The Powerhouse Museum, 1898–19451898–1945The Duke of York, in captain's uniform, meets decorated officer of the Flying Corps, Geoffrey F. Hughes, Government House, Sydney, 1927 - Sam Hood1927Captain Bert Hinkler Set New Record Flight (1928 ACME press photo)1928Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, on landing after the first trans-Pacific flight, Mascot, 10 June 19281928

1930s44 photos

Australian National Airways Limited (A.N.A.) hanger Mascot 1929-1931 ULM, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulms "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth photomontage by Edward Searl1930Photographed by Sam Hood, 19301930Southern Sun flying over Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931 - E. W. Searle, 19301930Amy Johnson's plane Jason Mascot and brain 1930 on145 v.01 0521930Amy Johnson verandah Mascot 1930 on145 v.01 0391930Top of the staircase Bronze statue of Lovers figurines of nymphs a rambling lion Paintings on the walls A Mountain Waterfall A Picnic and An Aviator in Danmark home of WJ Smith between 19271936, 1927–361927–36Jocelyn Howarth and Nancy Bird, ca. 1930-33 - by unknown photographer, 1930–331930–33American Eagle A-1 VH-UHV, 19321932American Eagle model A-1 biplane VH-UHV, 19321932A group of nine RAAF Citizen Air Force ground staff with their Sergeant in preWW II uniform tunics buttoned to the neck peakedcap navy blue breeches and black leggings, c. 1932c. 1932World's First Auto-Gyro Plane (helicopter 1909-12) in the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 19 March 1932, By Hall and Co1932Nancy Bird in Gipsy Moth at Kingsford Smith Flying School, 19331933Nancy Bird in Gipsy Moth at Kingsford Smith Flying School, 1933a1933Charles Ulm's Avro-Fokker 10 aeroplane 'Faith in Australia' 19341934Portrait of aviator Jean Batten 1934 05 301934Smithy’s Altair 19341934Aviatrix Nancy Bird and her new plane (Leopard Moth) the day before she left for Bourke with the managing director and manager of Vita-Lick Ltd - Sydney, NSW, 19341934Jean Batten with cat mascot Buddy, 19341934Jean Batten with cat mascot Buddy (cropped), 19341934Aero Pageant at Hargrave Park aerial bombing of a dummy house, 1930s1930sAir Pageant at Hargrave Park Frank Annabel arrives in his DH Gypsy Moth, c. 1934c. 1934Aircraft fitter filing a bracket at the bench in the construction of the all Australian monoplane Grace Bros, 19341934Avro Avian VHUIV doing aerobatics over the top of other aircraft on the ground, c. 1934c. 1934Christening of Gypsy Moth aircraft VHUOQ outside Smithys ANA hangar, 1930s1930sDouble funeral for Leslie Hinks killed Yerranderie flying to his son Harolds funeral and Harold Hinks at St Giles Church Greenwich, 19341934Model aeroplane enthusiasts at Moore Park, 1930s1930sPilot of Gypsy Moth VHUOP shaking hands with bearded passenger, 1930s1930sRAAF band marches past the Cenotaph, 1930s1930sUp up and away Lockheed Altair is airborne as Smithy flies it away to Mascot with very little fuel in the tank Anderson Park Neutral Bay, 19341934Woman fabric worker stitching linen onto aircraft wings, 1930s1930sFive Westland Wapitis of No 3 Squadron, RAAF, fly past the GPO clock which shows "One-Minute's Silence", Armistice Day, 11am, 11 November 1934 - photographer Sam Hood1934Four unemployed men of Randwick and Coogee with toy wooden aeroplanes made for Christmas 1934, 18 Dec 1934 - by Sam Hood1934A squadron of nine Westland Wapitis flying in formation, 19351935Model aeroplane, 19351935Model aeroplanes, 19351935RAAF officers in front of two Westland Wapiti bombers, 19351935Flying Flea, 19361936Arrival of Jean Batten, 19361936Premiere of Flying Doctor Lyceum Theatre Pitt Street, 19361936Loila 'Australian National Airways' Sydney, 19371937Mascot aeroplane fire, 19371937Mascot aeroplane fire, 19371937RAAF biplane, 19371937

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