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Later a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Flying Corps involved with the development of ballons and kite balloons, he died in 1939. 210 Lt. Esme Fairfax Chinnery: 30 April 1912 [31] 1886–1915 Coldstream Guards and Royal Flying Corps, killed in an aircraft accident in France on 18 January 1915 211 John Robertson Duigan: 30 April 1912 [31] – 212
The first Royal Navy officer to gain a Royal Aero Club Aviator's Licence. He made his first flight on 19 June 1910, flying Frank McClean's Short S.27 (Shorts' works no. S.26) for 11 miles in 20 minutes; the following day he passed the tests for the Pilot's Certificate, which was awarded at the Royal Aero Club's committee meeting on 21 June 1910 ...
A Canadian from Vancouver who served with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War winning a Military Cross and Distinguished Service Order. [40] 929 George Crosfield Norris Nicholson 9 October 1914 [39] Was serving as a captain in the Royal Flying Corps when he was killed while flying at Gosport, Hampshire, on 11 March 1916, aged 31 ...
The Aéro-Club de France at the Exposition maritime internationale de 1907.. The Aéro-Club de France (French: [a.e.ʁɔ.klyb də fʁɑ̃s]) was founded as the Aéro-Club on 20 October 1898 as a society 'to encourage aerial locomotion' by Ernest Archdeacon, Léon Serpollet, Henri de la Valette, Jules Verne and his wife, André Michelin, Albert de Dion, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Henri Deutsch de ...
The Oxford Flying Club was opened by the mayor of Oxford in 1939. However, restrictions placed on civil aviation during the Second World War curtailed its activities, and the airfield operated as RAF Kidlington for the duration of hostilities. The club reopened in 1947, renamed to the Oxford Aeroplane Club.
Air Service recruiting poster, 1918 Roundel of the Air Service, United States Army used on planes in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. This is a partial list of original Air Service, United States Army "Aero Squadrons" before and during World War I.
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Arthur Edward George (17 June 1875 – 8 September 1951) was an accomplished sportsman, an aviation pioneer, aircraft designer, racing driver, engineer and businessman. He served in the Second Boer War (in the British Cape Colony armed forces), in World War I and in World War II, and was awarded the Silver medal of the Royal Aero Club posthumously for his "Services to aviation over 50 years".