The Story of Aviation

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.

AVION MON TSOA AA — 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.

AVION MON TSOA BA — 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.

AVION MON TSOA CA — 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.

AVION MON TSOA DA — 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.

AVION MON TSOA EA — 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.

AVION MON TSOA FA — Observation Ballon L’entreprenant.

AVION MON TSOA GA — 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.

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.

AVION DIR TSOA AA — 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.

AVION EXP TSOA BA — 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.

AVION EXP TSOA DA — Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°3.

Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°11[]

This pictures shows its glider N°11 in 1894.

AVION EXP TSOA CA — 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.

AVION EXP TSOA EA — Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°13.

Wright Glider N°2[]

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

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 III[]

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

Wright A[]

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

Wright B-1[]

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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[]

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

Farman HF.11[]

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.

AVION DIR TSOA BA — RNAS Submarine Scout Class SSP of the Royal Flying Corps.

Nieuport IV[]

Farman MF.7[]

Rumpler C.IV[]

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

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA DA — Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C of the Royal Flying Corps.

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA FA — Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b of the Royal Flying Corps.

AVION ANN10 TSOA FB — Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b of the Royal Flying Corps.

Sopwith F.1 Camel[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA HB — Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

AVION ANN10 TSOA HC — Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

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

AVION ANN10 TSOA HD — Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

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

AVION ANN10 TSOA HE — Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

AVION ANN10 TSOA HG — Sopwith F.1 Camel of the Royal Flying Corps.

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A []

AVION ANN10 TSOA LB — Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A of the Royal Flying Corps.

AVION ANN10 TSOA LC — Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A of the Royal Flying Corps.

Bristol F.2B Fighter Mark II[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA MA — Bristol F.2B Fighter Mark II of the Royal Flying Corps.

AVION ANN10 TSOA MB — Bristol F.2B Fighter Mark II of the Royal Flying Corps.

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2[]

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

AVION ANN10 TSOA OA — Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 of the Royal Flying Corps.

Short S.184[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA QA — Short S.184 of the Royal Navai Air Service.

AVION ANN10 TSOA QB — Short S.184 of the Royal Navai Air Service.

AVION ANN10 TSOA QC — Short S.184 of the Royal Navai Air Service.

AVION ANN10 TSOA QD — Short S.184 of the Royal Navai Air Service.

Breguet 14 B.2[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA PA — Breguet 14 B.2 of the Aéronautique Militaire.

AVION ANN10 TSOA PB — Breguet 14 B.2 of the Aéronautique Militaire.

Fokker E.III[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA GA — Fokker E.III of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA GB — Fokker E.III of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Fokker Dr.I []

AVION ANN10 TSOA KA — Fokker Dr.I of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Albatros D.III[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA IA — Albatros D.III of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA IB — 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.

AVION ANN10 TSOA RA — Gotha G.IV of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA RB — Gotha G.IV of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA RC — Gotha G.IV of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA RD — Gotha G.IV of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Zeppelin Staaken R.VI[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA TA — Zeppelin Staaken R.VI of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA SA — 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.

AVION DIR TSOA CA — Zeppelin LZ 10 Schwaben of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

AVION DIR TSOA CB — Zeppelin LZ 10 Schwaben of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

Fokker D.VII[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA VA — Fokker D.VII of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA VB — Fokker D.VII of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA VC — Fokker D.VII of the Luftstreitkräfte.

AVION ANN10 TSOA WA — Fokker D.VII of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Nieuport 24 Bis[]

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

AVION ANN10 TSOA UA — Nieuport 24 Bis of the US Army Air Corps.

AVION ANN10 TSOA UB — Nieuport 24 Bis of the US Army Air Corps.

Vickers F.B.27A Vimy Transatlantic[]

AVION ANN10 TSOA XA — Vickers F.B.27A Vimy Transatlantic

AVION ANN10 TSOA XB — Vickers F.B.27A Vimy Transatlantic

AVION ANN10 TSOA XC — 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.

AVION ANN20 TSOA AA — Fokker F.VIIa/3M *Josephine Ford – Byrd Arctic Expedition*.

AVION ANN20 TSOA AB — Fokker F.VIIa/3M *Josephine Ford – Byrd Arctic Expedition*.

AVION ANN20 TSOA AC — Fokker F.VIIa/3M *Josephine Ford – Byrd Arctic Expedition*.

Fokker F.VIIa/3M[]

AVION ANN20 TSOA CA — Fokker F.VIIa/3M of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

AVION ANN20 TSOA CB — Fokker F.VIIa/3M of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

AVION ANN20 TSOA CC — Fokker F.VIIa/3M of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

AVION ANN20 TSOA CD — 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.
Registration 1985, G-AUSU, VH-USU, c/n 4954.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

AVION ANN20 TSOA CF — Fokker F.VIIb/3M *Southern Cross*.

AVION ANN20 TSOA CG — Fokker F.VIIb/3M *Southern Cross*.

Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor[]

AVION ANN20 TSOA CE — 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.

AVION ANN20 TSOA BA — Reg. N-X-211 Ryan NYP *Spirit of Saint-Louis*.

AVION ANN20 TSOA BB — Reg. N-X-211 Ryan NYP *Spirit of Saint-Louis*.

AVION ANN20 TSOA BC — Reg. N-X-211 Ryan NYP *Spirit of Saint-Louis*.

AVION ANN20 TSOA BD — Reg. N-X-211 Ryan NYP *Spirit of Saint-Louis*.

Dornier Do X []

AVION ANN30 TSOA AA — Reg.D-1929 Dornier Do-X of Deutsche Luft Hansa.

AVION ANN30 TSOA AB — Reg.D-1929 Dornier Do-X of Deutsche Luft Hansa.

AVION ANN30 TSOA AE — Reg.D-1929 Dornier Do-X of Deutsche Luft Hansa.

AVION ANN30 TSOA AI — Reg.D-1929 Dornier Do-X of Deutsche Luft Hansa.

AVION ANN30 TSOA AJ — 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.

AVION DIR TSOA DA — Reg. D-LZ-127 Zeppelin LZ 127 *Graf Zeppelin* of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

AVION DIR TSOA DB — Reg. D-LZ-127 Zeppelin LZ 127 *Graf Zeppelin* of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

AVION DIR TSOA DC — Reg. D-LZ-127 Zeppelin LZ 127 *Graf Zeppelin* of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

AVION DIR TSOA DD — Reg. D-LZ-127 Zeppelin LZ 127 *Graf Zeppelin* of DELAG-Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.

AVION DIR TSOA DE — 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.

AVION DIR TSOA FA — Reg. D-LZ-129 Zeppelin LZ 129 *Hindenburg* of DZR-Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei.

AVION DIR TSOA FC — Reg. D-LZ-129 Zeppelin LZ 129 *Hindenburg* of DZR-Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei.

AVION DIR TSOA FE — Reg. D-LZ-129 Zeppelin LZ 129 *Hindenburg* of DZR-Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei.

AVION DIR TSOA FH — Reg. D-LZ-129 Zeppelin LZ 129 *Hindenburg* of DZR-Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei.

AVION DIR TSOA FL — 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.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

AVION ANN30 TSOA BA — Reg. NX237 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 *Columbia*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA BB — Reg. NX237 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 *Columbia*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA BC — Reg. NX237 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 *Columbia*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA FB — Reg. NX237 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 *Columbia*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA FC — 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.

AVION ANN30 TSOA CA — 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.

AVION ANN30 TSOA DA — Reg. G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 *Heracles* of Imperial Airways.

AVION ANN30 TSOA DB — Reg. G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 *Heracles* of Imperial Airways.

AVION ANN30 TSOA DC — Reg. G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 *Heracles* of Imperial Airways.

AVION ANN30 TSOA DD — Reg. G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 *Heracles* of Imperial Airways.

AVION ANN30 TSOA DE — Reg. G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 *Heracles* of Imperial Airways.

Lockheed Vega 5C[]

Wiley Post’s Winnie Mae.

AVION ANN30 TSOA EA — Lockheed Vega 5C *Winnie Mae*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA EC — Lockheed Vega 5C *Winnie Mae*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA ED — Lockheed Vega 5C *Winnie Mae*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA EE — Lockheed Vega 5C *Winnie Mae*.

AVION ANN30 TSOA EF — Lockheed Vega 5C *Winnie Mae*.

Macchi M.39[]

Curtiss R3C-2[]

Supermarine S.5[]

Supermarine S.6[]

Beardmore Inflexible[]

Big experimental aircraft of 1928. Serial n° J7557.

AVION ANN30 TSOA KA — Beardmore Inflexible.

AVION ANN30 TSOA KB — Beardmore Inflexible.

AVION ANN30 TSOA KE — Beardmore Inflexible.

AVION ANN30 TSOA KG — Beardmore Inflexible.

AVION ANN30 TSOA KH — Beardmore Inflexible.

Gloster Gladiator I[]

AVION ANN30 TSOA NA — Reg. K7998 Gloster Gladiator I of the RAF.

AVION ANN30 TSOA IB — Reg. K7998 Gloster Gladiator I of the RAF.

AVION ANN30 TSOA IC — Reg. K7998 Gloster Gladiator I of the RAF.

Hawker Hart I[]

AVION ANN30 TSOA LA — Hawker Hart I of the RAF.

AVION ANN30 TSOA MA — Reg. K1928 Hawker Hart I of the RAF.

AVION ANN30 TSOA MB — Hawker Hart I of the RAF.

AVION ANN30 TSOA MC — Hawker Hart I of the RAF.

Hawker Hurricane I[]

AVION ANN40 TSOA AA — Reg. K5083 Hawker Hurricane I of the Royal Air Force.

AVION ANN40 TSOA AB — Reg. K5083 Hawker Hurricane I of the Royal Air Force.

AVION ANN40 TSOA AC — Reg. K5083 Hawker Hurricane I of the Royal Air Force.

Hawker Hurricane IIA[]

AVION ANN40 TSOA AD — Hawker Hurricane IIA of the Royal Air Force.

AVION ANN40 TSOA AE — Hawker Hurricane IIA of the Royal Air Force.

AVION ANN40 TSOA AG — Hawker Hurricane IIA of the Royal Air Force.

AVION ANN40 TSOA AH — Hawker Hurricane IIA of the Royal Air Force.

AVION ANN40 TSOA AI — Hawker Hurricane IIA of the Royal Air Force.

Vultee V-1A[]

AVION ANN40 TSOA BA — Vultee V-1A American Airlines.

AVION ANN40 TSOA BB — Vultee V-1A American Airlines.

AVION ANN40 TSOA BC — Vultee V-1A American Airlines.

AVION ANN40 TSOA BD — Vultee V-1A of American Airlines.

AVION ANN40 TSOA BE — Vultee V-1A of American Airlines.

Boeing 247D[]

Reg.NC13347, serial n°1729.

AVION ANN40 TSOA CB — Reg. NC13347 Boeing 247D of United Air Lines.

AVION ANN40 TSOA CA — Reg. NC13347 Boeing 247D of United Air Lines.

Bell X-1-1[]

Registration X46062 Glamorous Glennis, first aircraft, piloted by Chuck Yeager, to have reached Mach 1.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.