All 169 passengers were onboard waiting for take-off and looking excited for one of the Dornier Do-x's early flights in this shot from October 21, 1929

A view of the controls in the Dornier Do-X cockpit shows the complicated nature of making this plane fly in 1929

A public information notice warning about the drought, erected by the road in the Bridport area of Dorset in September 1976

A completed Dornier Do-X flying boat sat fully assembled in hangar of the aircraft plant in Altenrhein, Switzerland, a few days before its maiden voyage

A chief navigator was in-charge of steering the direction of the boat plane and can be seen examining a physical map of the world in the navigation cabin in 1930

An elephant drinks out of a bottle at the Benson's Wild Animal Farm in New Hampshire, which opened in 1926

Aer Lingus added this de Havilland DH86 Express in 1936. It was used to fly passengers from Baldonnel to London Croydon

A tiger leaps between two podiums in its cage. Early expansion work during 1932-33 saw the opening of a Wild Animal Circus

The historical heart of the city ‘Bur Dubai’, translated as ‘mainland Dubai’, as development was just beginning Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

The Clocktower roundabout in Deira Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

Shows on the city creek which was once the center of Dubai’s pearl trade Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

An open-market in downtown Dubai Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

A camel caravan passing through the desert Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

The Odin Stone (right) and the Watch Stone in Scotland

An old postcard of the Wawona Tree from 1956