A DC-3 used by Parris Valley Sky Divers takes off from Parris, California, with a load of parachutists.

The early Hillier 12E multi-mission military helicopter was demonstrating its manoeuvrability on the power of its 305 h.p. Lycoming VO-540 engine, which made it the most powerful helicopter in its class at the time.

One of two Tiger Moths modified by Jean Salis at La Ferte Allais, France, in 1978, to look like Albatros fighters for a television production

Our dramatic picture features a Fairchild C-82 Packet of the United States Air Force during a take-off using no fewer than 12 rocket-assisted take-off bottles attached to the sides of its boxy fuselage.