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He resigned his commission in 1915, [26] and was killed in action in France on 11 July 1916 as a Lance Corporal with the Royal Fusiliers. [27] 202 Lt. F. A. P. Williams-Freeman RN 16 April 1912 [23] – 203 Com. O. Schwann RN 16 April 1912 [23] – 204 Capt. P. W. L. Broke-Smith RE 16 April 1912 [23] Awarded Airship Pilot's Certificate No. 2 on ...
He was awarded Royal Aero Club Special Certificate No. 7 for carrying out a series flights and aerial manoeuvres which were of special merit in the early years of aviation. [3] 43 Basil Herbert Barrington-Kennett 7 January 1911 [1] (1884–1915). A Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, he used a Bleriot Monoplane at Hendon.
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 ...
Royal Aero Club certificates awarded in 1914 (nos. 720–1032) No. Name Date Comment 720 Captain Robert John Lillywhite RFC: 1 January 1914 [1] Died 26 November 1916 (killed in "an aeroplane accident at the Front", aged 23), [2] nephew of the famous cricketer James Lillywhite. [3] 721 Sub-Lt. Franklin Geoffrey Saunders RNVR: 1 January 1914 [1]
The Royal Aero Club's Accident Investigation Committee's Report N. 19 stated that "the condition of the pilot's health, as disclosed by the medical evidence, coupled with the fact of the gradual turning over of the aircraft in its descent to the ground, point to the pilot having lost consciousness just before or at the commencement of the dive ...
Balloon pilot's licence issued by the Aéro-Club de France to Mr. Tissandier. Pilot licensing began soon after the invention of powered aircraft in 1903. The Aéro-Club de France was founded in 1898 'to encourage aerial locomotion'. The Royal Aero Club followed in 1901 and the Aero Club of America was established in 1905.
He made his first flight in 1912 and was the 26th person in the United States to receive a pilot's license issued by the Aero Club of America. He died in 1959. [9] 28 Theodore Gordon Ellyson; 32 Edson Fessenden Gallaudet; 35 William Redmond Cross, Governor, Aero Club of America, 1911-1921 [10] 37 Harriet Quimby, first woman ; 44 Matilde Moisant ...
The Aero Club was founded in 1901 by Frank Hedges Butler, his daughter Vera and the Hon Charles Rolls (one of the founders of Rolls-Royce), partly inspired by the Aero Club of France. It was initially concerned more with ballooning but after the demonstrations of heavier-than-air flight made by the Wright Brothers in France in 1908, it embraced ...