Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospheric flight of Professor Auguste Piccard and Dr. Paul Kipfer 1931
Model of Wright Biplane, scale 1:10, type A, unmarked. Used at Le Mans, with starting derrick and rail Model of Wright Type A Biplane
Clarke model flying machine, by Thomas Wigstan Kinglake Clarke, United Kingdom, 1907-1908 Clarke model flying machine 1907-1908
Metropolitan-Vickers F 2/4 Beryl turbojet, c. 1945, serial no. MV 34 Metropolitan-Vickers F 2/4 Beryl turbojet
Russian injection-moulded plastic kit model of Science Museum's Supermarine S.6B Aircraft (1:72nd scale, unassembled) Russian injection-moulded plastic kit model of Science Museum's Supermarine S.6B Aircraft 1995
Rolls Royce "Gnome" H1400-1 Turboshaft Engine c.1975. Mounted on plinth, motorised and "exploded" for exhibition. Made substantially from scrap parts. Rolls Royce "Gnome" H1400-1 Turboshaft Engine c.1975. Mounted on plinth
Wooden, laminated, two blade propeller, by Robert Beney & Co., London, England, 1910-1911, for the Harold Hume Piffard Aeroplane E.N.V. Aero-engine type D (40hp), V8 cylinder, 1910 Wooden, laminated, two blade propeller, for the Harold Hume Piffard Aeroplane E.N.V. Aero-engine type D (40hp)
Supermarine Rolls Royce Seaplane, S.6.B. S.1595 (with dummy engine). Winner of the Schneider Trophy, 1931. Supermarine Seaplane, S.6.B. S.1595 1931
Rolls-Royce 'R' aero engine, no. 27, with separated 150 mm length of 8 mm diameter fuel pipe, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1931. This engine was developed for the 1931 Schneider Trophy seaplane and flying boat races. The 1931 races were held at Calshot Spit, Southampton Water, Hampshire, England. Rolls-Royce 'R' aero engine, no. 27, developed for the 1931 Schneider Trophy 1931
140 H.P. R.A.F. engine no. 944 W.D. No. 4811, England, 1915-1920 140 H.P. R.A.F. engine no. 944 W.D. No. 4811
Daimler Benz German aero engine (No. D.B.605), by Daimler Benz, Germany, 1942-1945 Daimler Benz German aero engine (No. D.B.605) 1942-1945
Sectioned and operating example of the Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine, with two reduction gear casing lugs, by D. Napier and Son Limited, England, 1944-1946 Sectioned example of the Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine 1944-1946
De Havilland Gipsy Twelve aero-engine, with separated fuel pipe elbow attached to straight connector, designed and made by De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1935-1937 De Havilland Gipsy Twelve aero-engine 1935-1937
Nakajima ‘Homare’, air-cooled twin-row 18 cylinder radial aero-engine, by Nakajima Aircraft Company, Japan, 1943-1945 Nakajima ‘Homare’ 1943-1945
230 H.P. Benz six-cylinder water cooled aero engine No. 33.278, by Benz & Cie, Mannheim, Germany, 1916. Later, the engine No. 33.278 is ascribed with British War Department number: W.D. No. 101,863. 230 H.P. Benz six-cylinder water cooled aero engine No. 33.278 1916
E.N.V. Aero-engine type D (40hp), V8 cylinder, (incomplete), E. N. V. Motor Syndicate Limited, Willesden, Middlesex, England, 1910-1911. The engine’s cast-iron cylinders machined inside and out, have electrically deposited copper water jackets. The crankshaft is supported in six ball-bearings, with a double thrust race at the propeller end to take thrust in both directions. The side valves are operated by a hollow camshaft working through hardened steel balls at the bottom of each tappet. Lubrication is forced fed by a pump actuated by an eccentric on the crankshaft. Used in 1910, by Harold Hume Piffard, when he flew his flies 'Humming Bird' aircraft from Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, Sussex, England. E.N.V. Aero-engine type D (40hp)
Sectioned Armstrong-Siddeley 400 H.P. "Jaguar" Aero engine mounted on stand, 7/762/1, by Armstrong Siddeley Motors Limited, Coventry, Wawrickshire, England, 1924 Armstrong Siddeley 'Jaguar' Engine 1924
Test pilot's partial-pressure flying helmet, Type D, s/n 345444, by G.Q. Parachute Co Ltd. October 1957. In carrying case, with four spare vizors. Test pilot's partial-pressure flying helmet 1957
Model of Horatio Phillips experimental aeroplane (scale 1:10), by Science Museum, London, 1934 Model of Horatio Phillips experimental aeroplane (scale 1:10) 1934
Boiler, for horizontal single cylinder-slide valve steam engine, by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the boiler for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft. Boiler for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine 1847-1848
One saucer, of cup and saucer, Venetian, painted with a balloon ascent and spectators. c.1783. One saucer, painted with balloon ascent
One snuff box, wood, painted to represent tortoiseshell, rectangular 3 3/4" x 1 7/8". Painted lid "Montgolfier at Annonay, 5th June 1783". One snuff box 1783-1800
80 H.P. Renault engine No. 1709, W.D. No. 12864. Spares disposed 3/3/30 Renault 80 hp engine, c 1916. circa 1916