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Early flying machines include all forms of aircraft studied or constructed before the development ... The British Army officially adopted his war kites for their ...
The following timeline of British military aviation covers the military aviation activities of the British Armed Forces from its origins in the 19th century to the present day: 1863 - Henry Coxwell demonstrates tethered balloon ascents to British Army personnel at Aldershot; 1878 - Balloon experiments are conducted at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich
Cody in front of the frame of the British Army Aeroplane No 1. Samuel Franklin Cody in 1910. Later in 1907 the Army decided to back the development of his powered aeroplane, the British Army Aeroplane No 1. After just under a year of construction, he started testing the machine in September 1908, gradually lengthening his "hops" until they ...
1888 Herard Flying machine [1] 1888 Johnston Helicopter; 1888 Wolfert Airship; 1889 Hargrave Flying machine; 1890 Ader Eole; 1890 Tatin and Richet Flying machine (1890–1897) 1891 Capazza Airship; 1891 Hargrave Monoplane; 1891 Lilienthal Derwitzer glider; 1891 Matyunin Mikst airship (mixed HTA-LTA I. A. Matyunin) 1891 Ninomiya Karasu and ...
The Army Aeroplane in course of construction. The Army Aeroplane No. 1 was a biplane of similar configuration to that designed by the Wright brothers, being a three bay biplane with horizontal control surfaces mounted in front of the wings and a rudder behind; but was larger, with a wingspan of 52 ft (16 m).
A Supermarine Spitfire the primary British fighter of World War II. This is a late WWII Spitfire mk LF IX the most produced variant of the Spitfire. An English Electric Lightning which served as the primary British fighter for much of the Cold War .
This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and equipment being trialled.
As the type was used by Bristol for instruction purposes at their flying schools at Larkhill and Brooklands many early British aviators learned to fly in a Boxkite. Four were purchased in 1911 by the War Office and examples were sold to Russia and Australia. It continued to be used for training purposes until after the outbreak of the First ...