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  • The giant nosewheel of a Boeing 747-400 airliner is parked on the apron area during its overnight turnround at Heathrow Airport. The engineering of this magnificent piece of aviation design is highlighted by the headlights of an airfield vehicle and the tyres sit firmly on the tarmac at an exact parking spot according to the aircraft's length in order for it to be met by air bridges and service trucks. The nose wheel is used for steering the jet when on the ground. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1092-11-08-2009.jpg
  • Human presence in the form of 4x4 tyre tracks and footprints left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. .
    egypt445-08-03-2016.jpg
  • Tyre (tire) tread tracks are left as abstract patterns in melting snow after bad weather on London roads.
    london_snows08-11-01-2010.jpg
  • Tyre (tire) tread tracks are left as abstract patterns in melting snow after bad weather on London roads.
    london_snows06-11-01-2010.jpg
  • Tyre (tire) tread tracks are left as abstract patterns in melting snow after bad weather on London roads.
    london_snows02-11-01-2010.jpg
  • Tyre (tire) tread tracks are left as abstract patterns in melting snow after bad weather on London roads.
    london_snows09-11-01-2010.jpg
  • Abstract tyre (tire) tread tracks are left as abstract patterns in melting snow after bad weather in a supermarket car park.
    london_snows25-13-01-2010.jpg
  • A tryre business fontage on the Old kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in south London, England.
    tyre_shop-01-16-11-2017.jpg
  • A close-up detail of a Boeing 747 main nosewheel and landing lights during the aircraft's turnaround at Heathrow Airport.
    heathrow_airport1577-20-08-2009.jpg
  • Flight spare wheels belonging to BAE Systems Hawk of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team.
    Red_Arrows022_RBA.jpg
  • The interior of a Russian-built Antonov-124 cargo aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    farnborough_airshow-69-16-07-2018.jpg
  • A stack of wrecked cars are transported away through central London.
    stacked_cars01-03-06-2015.jpg
  • Pilots of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team enjoy afternoon off from training on karting track.
    Red_Arrows342_RBA.jpg
  • Taken six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a German lady from the old German Democratic Republic (DDR or GDR) looks back over her shoulder nostalgically at an abandoned Trabant car on a sunlit street in eastern Berlin, once in the eastern zone before the Communist-inspired Berlin Wall was breached in November 1989. Blocks of modern East German-designed flats line the street and a tram line can be seen in the middle of the highway. The DDR-produced Trabant suffered poor performance, but its smoky two-stroke engine regarded with affection as a symbol of the more positive sides of East Germany. Many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall. It was in production without any significant change for nearly 30 years. The name Trabant means "fellow traveler" in German.
    RB-0029.jpg
  • A Bahrani aircraft mechanic stands beneath the giant nose wheel assembly of a Being airliner at Bahrain International Airport. Wearing a red headset, he can communicate by cable with the pilots high up in the aircraft's cockpit as a vehicle pushes-back the flying machine onto the taxi-way before starting its engines and departure. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis06-21-04-2001.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Arizona desert, a complete set of main landing gear undercarriage stands upright amid a field of similar items from airliners at the storage facility at Davis Monthan, Tucson. Here, the fate of the world's retired civil airliners is decided by age or cooling economy. Cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium is worth more than their sum total. Elsewhere, assorted aircraft wrecks sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis42-15-08-1998.jpg
  • A team of men push over a small Ape van to change a flat tyre in a side street of the Italian capital, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
    changing_tyre-03-11-1999.jpg
  • A nosy cat inspects a lorry that with a flat tyre, and its spilled market produce in the middle of the Galle Face Road in the Sri Lankan capital, on 16th April 1980, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
    hong_kong17-16-04-1979.jpg
  • A close-up detail of a Boeing 747 tyre and main nosewheel during the aircraft's turnaround at Heathrow Airport.
    heathrow_airport1574-20-08-2009.jpg
  • A father chases a runaway tyre (tire) along the wet sand before it crashes into the man's young child, otherwise unaware of the impending impact. Chasing the object is the priority on this winter day at Whitley Bay, a North-Eastern English seaside town. The beach is dark and it has been raining but father and child are enjoying the freedom and common bond during this outdoor game. Waves of the icy North Sea crash onto the seafront and the child is preoccupied with the force of nature and the exhilaration of being outside in the cold. .
    winter_beach-18-10-1993.jpg
  • A mountain bike left in an overgrown back garden, partially-covered by a thin tarpaulin in undergrowth.
    garden_bike06-30-09-2013.jpg
  • A mountain bike left in an overgrown back garden, partially-covered by a thin tarpaulin in undergrowth.
    garden_bike01-30-09-2013.jpg
  • A small boy shows a fascination for a huge tractor wheel at the Lambeth country fair in inner-city south London. Possibly never having seen a large machine such as this at close-quarters, the lad stares at the giant nuts that attach the wheel to the main frame. Perhaps he is captivated by its immensity and scale, so much larger than his toy vehicle at home in his toy box.
    tractor_wheel1-16-July-2011.jpg
  • The main nose wheel of a British Airways airliner is parked on a stand at Heathrow Airport. The identifying names of the Boeing type range such as 777s, 767, 747 and 757s are also stencilled on the apron concrete to allow exact distances for expandable air bridges and other airfield vehicles to connect and service these differing-sized commercial airliners. The pilot has devices inside and outside to gauge the exact spot to break to a standstill though these marks are largely unsighted to them, high up in the cockpit. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..
    heathrow_airport1090-11-08-2009.jpg
  • The main nose wheel of a British Airways airliner is parked on a stand at Heathrow Airport. The identifying names of the Boeing type range such as 777s, 767, 747 and 757s are also stencilled on the apron concrete to allow exact distances for expandable air bridges and other airfield vehicles to connect and service these differing-sized commercial airliners. The pilot has devices inside and outside to gauge the exact spot to break to a standstill though these marks are largely unsighted to them, high up in the cockpit. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..
    heathrow_airport1570-20-08-2009.jpg
  • The main nose wheel of an Airbus is parked on a stand at Bahrain International Airport. The names of other Airbuses and Boeing 737 types are also written on the concrete to allow exact distances for expandable air bridges and other airfield vehicles to connect and service these similarly-sized commercial airliners. A key hub airport in this region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf, Bahrain is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis05-21-04-2001.jpg
  • A mountain bike left in an overgrown back garden, partially-covered by a thin tarpaulin in undergrowth.
    garden_bike04-30-09-2013.jpg
  • The Boeing-manufactured 787 Dreamliner (N787BX) at the Farnborough Airshow.
    farnborough_airshow100-19-07-2010-1.jpg
  • A vacated parking space in a South London road has left a bare patch in freshly-fallen snow.
    london_snows01-13-01-2010.jpg
  • A mother struggles to pull her young child over freshly fallen snow in a London street. With the child's tilted pushchair skating over compacted snow driven over many car tyres, the lady wears trainers that are themselves, ill-suited to walking though snow. Nearby vehicles are still covered in snow, having been left during this urban cold snap, something that Londoners are learning to cope with during times of economic council cuts when snow-clearing is not a spending priority.
    snow_parent-18-02-1991.jpg
  • As flames ignite under the engine, firefighters attend a car fire in central London. A Ford car has caught fire in its engine compartment during the evening and firemen have been called to attend. With the bonnet open, fire is still seen beneath the engine and near front tyres where fuel and oil may be ready to ignite too. Pointing a hose into the seat of the fire, a firefighter sprays a pressured jet of water into the affected area.
    firemen_fire-18-06-1993.jpg
  • The Michelin Bibendum building at night in South Kensington. With the lights from passing vehicles registering on the film as streaks of light, we see across the road to decorative building known around London. <br />
Designed and built at the end of the Art-Nouveau period, Michelin House at 81 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London, was constructed as the first permanent UK headquarters and tyre depot for the Michelin Tyre Company Ltd. The building opened for business on 20 January 1911.
    michelin_building-18-02-1994.jpg
  • Human presence in the form of 4x4 tyre tracks left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. .
    egypt466-08-03-2016.jpg
  • As the number of UK Coronavirus cases rose to over 8,000, it was announced that thousands of 15-minute home tests could be made available within days to those self-isolating with symptoms. The figure of a workman appears in the wiondow of a  closed tyre business in Southwark, south London, on 25th March 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Walworth-13-25-03-2020.jpg
  • As the number of UK Coronavirus cases rose to over 8,000, it was announced that thousands of 15-minute home tests could be made available within days to those self-isolating with symptoms. The figure of a workman appears in the wiondow of a  closed tyre business in Southwark, south London, on 25th March 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Walworth-12-25-03-2020.jpg
  • As blue dawn light brightens to become another wintry day in south London  a commuter awaits the arrival of a distant red bus to climb a slippery hill. Standing by the timetable of the bus stop on Red Post Hill  in the borough of Southwark  traffic approaches slowly on a road that controversially  appears not to have been gritted properly for vehicles to maintain a proper grip on this snowy surface. Headlights point uphill and the freshly-fallen snow has started to freeze so wheel and tyre traction will prove ever-difficult for those trying to journey to work.
    london_snows06-13-01-2010 copy.jpg
  • A person carries a bicycle wheel, minus its tyre, past locked up bikes in central London.
    carrying_wheel02-06-02-2015.jpg
  • Some crates of flight spares belonging to the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Spares and personal effects go into a C-130 Hercules aircraft before the two-day journey from RAF Scampton to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Surrounded by heavy-duty flight-spares, survival equipment boxes and a tyre for a Hawk jet aircraft, the Hercules looms large in the overcast sky. The team complete their winter training schedule in Cyprus. The Red Arrows pilots fly their own jet aircraft to air shows but when requiring the support of ground crew  they borrow a transporter to fly behind the main airborne squadron. 10 tons of spares and personal effects are shipped for a six-week stay.
    Red_Arrows223_RBA.jpg
  • Members of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team, supervise the loading of spares and personal effects into a C-130 Hercules aircraft before the two-day journey from RAF Scampton to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Surrounded by heavy-duty flight-spares, survival equipment boxes and a tyre for a Hawk jet aircraft, the Hercules looms large in the overcast sky. The team complete their winter training schedule in Cyprus. The Red Arrows pilots fly their own jet aircraft to air shows but when requiring the support of ground crew  they borrow a transporter to fly behind the main airborne squadron. 10 tons of spares and personal effects are shipped for a six-week stay.
    Red_Arrows060_RBA.jpg
  • As blue dawn light becomes another wintry day in south London, the glow of a car's brake lights shines through a covering of fresh snow. The driver has only swept the vehicle's back window with a rear wiper but with her foot on the brake pedal, she is about to set off on a drive to work this morning on roads that have controversially, not been gritted or salted by council highway workers. The surface is therefore still snowy in this residential area of Herne Hill, SE24, London and is a treacherous surface on which to maintain wheel and tyre (tire) traction and many accidents will result, including the heavy lorry (truck) which is about to climb this hill and which will soon prevent him from going much further.
    london_snows05-13-01-2010 copy.jpg
  • Chief Technician Kerry Griffiths is a with the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. In camouflaged military green jacket, large forearms and rolled-up sleeves, he oversees the loading of spares and personal effects into a C-130 Hercules aircraft before the two-day journey from RAF Scampton to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Surrounded by heavy-duty flight-spares, survival equipment boxes and a tyre for a Hawk jet aircraft, the Hercules looms large in the overcast sky. The team complete their winter training schedule in Cyprus. The Red Arrows pilots fly their own jet aircraft to air shows but when requiring the support of ground crew  they borrow a transporter to fly behind the main airborne squadron. 10 tons of spares and personal effects are shipped for a six-week stay.
    Red_Arrows052_RBA.jpg
  • A person carries a bicycle wheel, minus its tyre, past a cycle path in central London.
    carrying_wheel01-06-02-2015.jpg
  • A member of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team, supervise the loading of spares and personal effects into a C-130 Hercules aircraft before the two-day journey from RAF Scampton to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Surrounded by heavy-duty flight-spares, survival equipment boxes and a tyre for a Hawk jet aircraft, the Hercules looms large in the overcast sky. The team complete their winter training schedule in Cyprus. The Red Arrows pilots fly their own jet aircraft to air shows but when requiring the support of ground crew  they borrow a transporter to fly behind the main airborne squadron. 10 tons of spares and personal effects are shipped for a six-week stay.
    Red_Arrows263_RBA.jpg
  • Members of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team, supervise the loading of spares and personal effects into a C-130 Hercules aircraft before the two-day journey from RAF Scampton to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Surrounded by heavy-duty flight-spares, survival equipment boxes and a tyre for a Hawk jet aircraft, the Hercules looms large in the overcast sky. The team complete their winter training schedule in Cyprus. The Red Arrows pilots fly their own jet aircraft to air shows but when requiring the support of ground crew  they borrow a transporter to fly behind the main airborne squadron. 10 tons of spares and personal effects are shipped for a six-week stay.
    Red_Arrows041_RBA.jpg
  • Snow showers are falling in a deserted South London street in Herne Hill, London SE24. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this road and tyre tracks from vehicles have been left in the snow though many parked cars are becoming covered in the snow fall as they sit at the kerbside. Snowflakes are falling in their thousands, settling on this part of London's inner-city - an unusual event - and the  heaviest precipitation for 18 years. It is early morning and still dark and street lights are making the landscape orange before the blue of dawn changes the colour and the atmosphere.
    london_snow13-02-02_2009.jpg
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