Sued for damages 91–93
Malone, Lieutenant 93
Mariakerke 58
Marley, Captain 111
Marshall, Mr 93
Martin-Handasyde monoplane 81, 118
Mason, G Hayley 159
Massey, Colonel H S 55, 60,
May, Fred 121
Meredith, C W 81
Mehaiza 144
Merfield, C J 15
Merowe 133, 134, 137, 141–143, 142
Meudon, Paris 161
Michelin Cup 47
Milford, Surrey 17
Military Aeroplane Competition (1912) 75
Minieh 130
Moore-Brabazon, J T C 15, 27, 31, 32, 33, 46–47, 48, 50, 171, 173–174, 176
Morane-Saulnier monoplane 111, 134, 135, 155
Mortimer Singer Prize 81, 53, 84
Moulinais, Brindejonc de 111
Mussel Manor 30,
N
Nature (magazine) 15,
Naval Flying School, Eastchurch 69, 76, 77–78, 80, 83, 110, 116, 117–118, 120, 125, 126, 157, 160
Nesscliffe 155
Neville, Vice Admiral Sir George 55, 60
Nieuport monoplane 86
Nile, River 7, 108, 125–154
Northcliffe, Lord 95, 110, 114
Nordenfeldt car engine 34
North Berwick 157
North Goodwins lightship 58
North Star (balloon) 119
O
Oceana 7, 89–91, 90, 102
Ogilvie, Colonel Alec 11, 27, 31–32, 38, 46, 48, 68, 84, 85, 89, 109, 112, 118, 126, 127–154, 140, 142, 159, 160, 174, 175
Ogilvie, G N 109
O’Gorman, Mervyn 110, 163
Old Deer Park, Richmond 81
Omdurman 153
Ostend 58, 158, 161, 162
Oxford 155
P
Packham, Major S A 169
Pajet, Lady 15
Parke, Lieutenant 106
Parsons, The Hon. Charles 43
Partridge, Thomas 91–93
Pas de Calais mail boat 57
Pasha, Major-General Sir Rudolf Slatin 154
Pau, France 25, 30–31
Pembroke, HMS 160
Perrin, Harold 14, 20, 113, 124, 156, 159, 163
Pickles, Sydney 120, 124
Pisagua 89
Pollock, C F 24, 24, 118, 155
Polo, balloon 155
Portland 86–87
Pourpe, Marc 134, 135, 137
Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries 12, 145
Prendergast, Captain-Superintendent 125
President, HMS 160
Princess Henry of Prussia 68
Pritchard, Captain 175
Prondzynski, Oberleutnant-zur-See
Stephan 160
propellers, efficiency 43–44
Pullen, Seaman 84
Q
Quilleboeuf, France 95
R
R 34 airship 163
Radley, James 116
Ramsgate, Kent 156, 157
Randell, Engineer-Lieutenant 81
Ranger 90
Raymond, W E 15
Risk, Captain 111
Rittenhouse, Lieutenant David 169
Riviera, HMS 177
Rochester 125, 154–155
Rochford 160
Roehampton, RNAS 162
Rolls, the Hon. Charles 7, 13, 15, 17, 27, 32, 33, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 45, 46, 48, 52, 59, 95, 169, 174
Rolls-Royce Limited 13
Romford, Essex 33
Rose, Sir Charles 114
Rosyth Naval Air Station 120
Royal Aero Club 7, 14, 15, 20, 25–27, 31, 40, 41, 42, 51, 52, 55, 56, 60, 75, 77–78, 81, 84, 92, 105, 112, 113, 114, 119, 124, 154, 155, 158, 159, 163, 166, 169, 171, 174–175
Club Ground Committee 114
Competitions Committee 112, 123
Finance Committee 159
Grounds Inspection Committee 114
Public Safety and Accidents Investigation Committee 84, 105, 112–113, 114, 119, 120
Royal Aeronautical Society 166
Royal Aircraft Factory 110
Royal Astronomical Society 11, 13, 15
Royal Engineer Territorials 68 Royal Flying Corps 85
Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing 85
Royal Flying Corps, Naval Wing 78, 85, 56, 87, 113–114, 115–116, 155
Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve 85
Royal Indian Engineering College 11
Royal Institution 11
Royal Naval Air Service 149, 157, 158, 160–163
Royal Navy 41–42, 55, 118, 155
Naval aviator training and flying 41, 55, 59–65, 74, 75, 79, 81, 102, 110
Naval Review at Weymouth 86, 87, 89
Royal School of Mines 11
Royston, Lord 17, 26
Rumpler, Edmund 114
S
Salter, Mr Clavell, KC, 92
Samson, Lieutenant/Commander
Charles Rumney 11, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76, 79, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 104, 111, 118, 124, 125, 126, 127, 157, 160, 176–177
Sangatte 158
Sarras 136
Savoia S.13 164
Scarborough Racecourse, RNAS 161
Scarlett, Mr James 92
Schmargendorf, Berlin 20, 20
Schneider Trophy contest 163–164, 165, 168, 169
Science Museum 69, 110–111, 166–167, 167
Scottish International Flight Meeting 59
Scott Paine 163
Searight, TP 109, 166
Seddon, Lieutenant/Flight Commander John W 106, 110
Seeley Colonel 75, 113
Seine, River 95
Sempill The Hon. Mrs Forbes 173
Shabluka Gorge 152
Shellbeach (Leysdown) flying ground 28–30, 25, 31, 33–35, 39–40, 172
Shendi 151
Sheppey Isle of 28, map 28, 31, 42–45, 154
Shereik Station 145, 146, 148
Short Brothers 7, 8, 9, 20, 25–26, 28, 31, 38, 39, 42–45, 46, 61, 69, 75–76, 78, 84, 85, 102, 108, 118, 125, 153, 154–155, 174
Aeroplanes 13 59
80hp Hydro-biplane 111
Four-propeller aircraft project 72, 74
Monoplane 52, 176
Multiple Plant Machine see S.39 Triple Twin
No l 28, 29, 30, 33–35, 34, 35, 36, 176
No 2 47–48
No 3 9, 35, 42, 176
RPGIV 42
S.26 47, 53–54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 176
S.27 46, 48, 57, 62, 65, 65, 66, 72, 75, 176
S.27 Tandem Twin 72–74, 73, 76, 81, 83, 84, 176
S.28 46, 47, 48, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 56, 59, 63–64, 64, 69, 86, 56, 176
S.32 56–57, 65, 75, 81, 84, 93, 176
S.33 52, 54, 55, 56–58, 57, 65, 176
S.34 59, 62–63, 63, 65, 69, 176–177
S.35 65
S.36 69, 77, 77, 80, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 89–91, 90, 93, 95, 105, 111, 176
S.38 64, 65, 68, 69, 79–80, 79, 87, 87, 104, 106–108, 106, 107, 111, 116, 176
S.39 Triple Twin 59, 65–67, 66, 69–72, 74, 75, 76, 76, 81, 84, 125, 176, 177
S.40 75, 83–84, 87–89, 88, 92, 93, 95–103, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 112, 114, 116, 176
S.41 87, 87
S.42 82, 82, 86, 177
S.43 89
S.44 89
S.46 ‘Double-Dirty’ 9, 84, 85, 104
S.47 85, 93, 93, 95, 104
S.48 84, 177
S.53 91, 177
S.58 106, 108, 112, 116–117, 118, 125, 158
S.62 116–117, 117
S.63 116
S.65 125 (footnote)
S.68 120–123, 121, 122, 177
S.78 76, 125
S.79 125 (footnote)
S.80 Nile Seaplane 125–126, 127–154, 129, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 144, 147, 149, 156–157, 156, 157, 177
Short-Sommer 42, 46, 48, 45, 52, 53–54, 64, 75, 106, 176–177
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Type 74 seaplane 123
Tractor biplane 86, 111
Short-Wright Flyers 31, 35, 38–40, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 45, 68, 177
Balloons
Banshee 18, 18, 20, 21, 25, 116; Continental No 2 14; Corona 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25; Planet 35–38, 118; Venus 14
Short, Eustace 15, 25–27, 31, 33, 75
Short, Horace 27, 28, 31, 33, 43–45, 54–55, 58, 59, 65, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 114, 126, 129, 130, 172
Short, James 15
Short, Oswald 13, 15, 25, 27, 28, 33, 35, 54, 173, 174
Singer, A Mortimer 35, 118 (also see Mortimer Singer Prize)
Smith, Gus (mechanic) 129, 130–131, 135, 138, 145, 150, 156
Smith, Ross and Keith 166, 167, 169
Smithsonian Institution 166–167
Society of Arts 175
Sommer biplane 44, 45–46
Sopwith Gnu 168, 168, 169, 169
Sopwith seaplane 120, 123, 164
Sopwith, Tom (Sir Thomas) 57, 123, 168
Southampton 120–122, 163–164
Southern Counties Aviation Co 169
Sphere, The 89–91, 95
Spicer, Mr Lancelot 85
Spicer, Miss Marion 85
Spottiswoode, Hugh 89
Spottiswoode, John Herbert 108, 126, 129, 130, 134, 137, 142–143, 149
St John’s, Newfoundland 163
Stafford, Captain W S 89
Stocks, Mrs De Beauvoir 124
‘Stonepitts’ (bungalow) 40, 46, 59, 115, 157
Stonepitts Farm 40
Stratton, Hilary 174
Submarine Scout Twin airship SST 5 162; SST 11 162–163
Sudan Railway 149, 150, 152
Sudbury, Suffolk 116
Supermarine Aviation Co Ltd 163, 168, 171
Sea Lion 163–164, 165
Sea Lion II 168
Sutherland, Duke of 169–170, 171
Swingate Downs 56, 58
T
Tedder, Lord, Marshal of the RAF 173
Territorial Air Corps 111–112
Territorial Army 68, 75, 79, 81, 82–83, 84, 177
Thames, River 7, 95–103, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 111, 158
The Car Cup 15
Thirimont, Belgium 57
Thomas, Holt 171
Tower Bridge 97, 97, 102, 114
Travers, E 65
Travers, JL 60, 66–67, 66, 69, 72–73, 73, 75, 80, 81, 84
Troubridge, Rear Admiral E C T 78
Turner, Major C C 54
Twelvetrees, Seaman 104
U
Universal Aviation Birdling 68–69, 65, 105, 111, 177
Upper Hailing, Kent 16
V
Valentine, Mr 111
Vava’u Group, Tonga Islands, eclipse 59, 60
Vickers Gunbus 160
Viking I 164, 166
Viking IV 167
Violet (balloon) 163
W
Waddon Aerodrome 167
Wadfi Haifa 127, 133–134, 135–137, 136, 151
Walcott, Charles D 166
Wale, Aileen 161
Wale, Francis Aileen 161
Wale, Iona 161
Wale, W H 161
Walker, The Rev. F W 15
Wallace, Roger W 27, 84
War Office 75, 78, 81, 82–83, 85, 110, 116, 119
Wells, Staff-Surgeon 105
Westgate 92, 158
Westminster Pier 97
Wheal Greville Mine 11
Wildman-Lushington, Lieutenant 61, 107
Willis, Inspector 140, 141
Wingate, Sir Reginald 152
Winklemann, Henry 15
Wolseley engine 59
Wormwood Scrubs 163
Wright, Bishop Milton 67
Wright brothers 30–31, 32, 33, 38, 42, 43, 67, 109–110, 166–167, 169, 172, 175
Wright Baby Flyer 68
Wright brothers’ Flyers 25–27, 25, 26, 30, 45, 46, 48, 166–167, 167, 172, 177
Wright brothers’ propellers 43–44
Wright, Katharine 31, 109, 166
Wright, Lorin 166
Wright, Orville 31, 109–110, 166–167
Wright, Warwick 33
Wright, Wilbur 24, 25–27, 39,
X
Y
Yarmouth 120
Yarmouth Naval Air Station 120
Z
Zeebrugge raid 161–162
Zenaida, yacht 157
Zephyr (balloon) 20, 25
Zeppelin LZ 38 160
Zurich 35
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