Thursday 10 March 2016

A model line-up of the various designs suggested for the shape of Concorde, with the eventual deign is at the far end of the row


Vintage Snapshots Showcase the Thriving Streets of Paris in the 1960s-2


Vintage Snapshots Showcase the Thriving Streets of Paris in the 1960s-1


Vintage Snapshots Showcase the Thriving Streets of Paris in the 1960s


The Concorde underwent several years of design and testing in the UK and France, including this vibration test at Toulouse in 1967


A team of designers examine the interior of a Concorde prototype in 1964. The supersonic airliner made its first flight 12 years later


With no chairlift or T-bar available, skiers used a Bombardier snowmobile to get up the mountain at Sunshine Village in Banff in 1953


This March 1956 photo shows a skier, with his trousers rolled up to his knees, heading down Mount Norquay at Banff National Park


Images from the 1873 book The Wonderland of the Antipodes and other sketches of travel in the North Island of New Zealand by J Ernest Tinne.


A skier soars through the air while racing down Mount Norquay in Alberta's Banff National Park in March 1956


A herd of caribou cuts across the Bald Hills, which are today a popular hiking spot, in Jasper National Park


A smiling Afghan boy is pictured decorating mounds of different cakes piled high on plates