Farnborough to Cannes

1906 - Samuel Franklin Cody, a key developer of kites, gliders and aeroplanes at the Royal Aircraft Factory and His Majesty's Balloon Factory.

Replica of Samuel Franklin Cody's first powered plane which made the first powered heavier-than-air flight in UK on Farnborough Common on 16th October 1908.

An S.E.5 built by Royal Aircraft Establishment apprentices now hangs as a local celebration of Farnborough's historic role in British and global flight.

A squadron of S.E.5a aircraft at Farnborough - the scratch marks on the photograph are from the military censor who removed distginuishing squadron marks before publication.

A restored S.E.5 in the Museum of Flight shows the former glory of the aircraft, one of the most significant of WWI.

1918 - English WWI ace and Victoria Cross recipient James McCudden, who flew the famous S.E.5 designed and developed in Farnborough.

The restored frame of one of the original Farnborough balloon hangars.

The wooden frame construction of the S.E.5 aeroplane, one of the most significant and important designs to come out of Farnborough.

A man-lifter kite designed by Samuel Franklin Cody, and pioneers at His Majesty's Balloon Factory in Farnborough.

Summer soltice and sunrise over Stonehenge - the Tower Hill stone circle near Farnborough would have similarly aligned with the sun to allow worshippers to determine the solstice.

Sarsen stones, such as these in Wiltshire, often end up as part of gardens or buildings as original monuments have been destroyed and the stones are re-used.

Sarsen stones excavted from Hampshire quarries can be found lying by the side of roads and paths.

A sarsen stone south of Farnborough, now acting as a way marker on a footpath. Many previously mapped stones have been removed for building work or garden ornaments.

Sarsen stones in the south-west quadrant of Avebury henge's Great Circle. The henge at Tower Hill would have looked much like this, using the same kind of sarsen stones.

Stonehenge, Britain's most famous monument, is made from the same stones as those found at Tower Hill, and was built for a similar purpose of worship and understanding the seasons.

Some sarsen stones can be much larger than people - scientists are still determining how our ancestors could have moved and arranged these huge stones.

Plan of the central stone structure at Stonehenge as it survives today - an example of how the sarsen stones may have stood on Tower Hill.

A diagram of the extent of glacial ice during the last Ice Age, the Devensian - notice that large portions of the United Kingdom are under ice.

Airbus A380 accompanied by the Red Arrows Formation at Farnborough Airshow 2006.

Sea Vixens refuelling at the Farnborough Air Show. They were used by the Fleet Air Arm, part of the Royal Navy, in active service throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Evening jet stream trails over Farnborough during the airshow.

The world famous Red Arrows, the display team of the Royal Air Force, in one of their classic formations at the Farnborough Airshow.

The Red Arrows, the display team of the Royal Air Force, are a key component of the Air Show and a crowd-pleasing favourite.

US Air Force Hercules landing at the Farnborough Air Show.

2006 - The new Airbus A380 landing at Farnborough, the first "super jumbo" and largest passenger airliner in the world when it was released in 2005.

A Boeing AH-604 Apache twin-seat attack helicopter at Farnborough Air Show - an important trade show as well as a day out for enthusiasts.

Historic World War II Aircraft: an Avro Lancaster bomber accompanied by Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes.

The Royal Air Force Red Devils Parachute Display Team landing at the Farnborough Air Show.

The world famous Red Arrows, the display team of the Royal Air Force, in one of their classic formations at the Farnborough Airshow.

1953 - Four Avro 707s and two Vulcan prototypes at the SBAC Show Farnborough, some of the most revolutionary aircraft the world had ever seen.

Jets taking off outside airfield buildings at the Farnborough Air Show, with assembled crowds waiting for the action.