German World War II flying suit, the property of Rolf Nieuhoff the first German pilot to be shot down in Scotland

Flying jacket worn by Sergeant Galfrey, 1916 - 1918

Pilot's flying log book recording the destruction of German aircraft during raids over the Firth of Forth, 1939, used by Squadron Leader Patrick Gifford

Fossil flies (Diptera indet.) and mosquitoes (Culicidae indet.), in amber, from the Pliocene of 100 kilometres south of Mombasa, Kenya, Eastern Africa

Fossil flies (Diptera indet.) and mosquitoes (Culicidae indet.), in amber, from the Pliocene of 100 kilometres south of Mombasa, Kenya, Eastern Africa

One of two pressurised flying helmets, by Taylor

Fly-whisk comprised of sixteen strings of barrel-shaped blue faience beads : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, 1585-1545 BC

Fly whisk of yellow horsehair with a cylindrical handle of red lacquered wood carved in relief with a design of phoenix among peonies, with storage box: China, Ming dynasty, 16th century

Chowrie or flywhisk made of a yak's tail with wooden handle inserted, used by travellers: Tibet

Ngayab (flywhisk) consisting of a yak's tail with wooden handle: Tibet, late 19th to early 20th century AD

Fly flapper, the pinion of a swan: North America, Canada, Slavey

Iron flying fish gorge with line of coconut fibre and float of small coconut: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati, Gilbert Islands, Onotoa

Fly whisk of coconut fibre attached to a wooden handle: Polynesia, Fiji or Tonga

Fly whisk of strands of coconut fibre knotted to a sinnet base, with a brown, hard wood handle: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Fly-whisk of coconut fibre, sinnet and wood, with handle carved with two stylised human figures standing back to back: Polynesian, from Tahiti, Society Islands, 19th century

Fly-whisk handle of carved wood and feathers, with finial of two stylised figures standing back to back: Polynesian, from Tahiti, Society Islands, 19th century