MPX5120748: Aces of the Broomstick No cockpit, no fuselage - just a pair of wings and a wooden beam to sit on and what have you got? A Flying broomstick." That's what R.A.F. pilots call the Eon Grasshopper gliders. This much-simplified aircraft is as easy to fly as a witch's broom, November 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5120749: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" is the title of a new 20th Century-fox film but it was a lady who tested the first of five aeroplanes of the 1910 period of the story now being constructed for the film in various air-fields and work-shops dotted around England. Joan Hughes at the control of the replica Demoiselle, April 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5120751: Three young men wanted to make something sensational for the Royal Tournament at Earls Court, London It had to fly: the youngsters are apprentices at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire. And it had to be cheap. Pilot Charlee Allesborough at speed on the flying bicycle. Rear elevator is in downward position to keep bike on ground, May 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5120519: Mother Teresa visiting Bishop Ullathorne school in Coventry. On the right of the picture is head boy John Cavanagh, who along with fellow pupils, staged a fund raising marathon for the homeless and destitute of Calcutta, who Mother Teresa devotes herself to. They raised £500., 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images