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1941
1941 - 0260.PDF
b l:lJ<iu i , January 30th, 1^41. PRE-R.A.F. LINE UP: HenryFarmans (nearest camera), a Maurice Farman Longhorn and two B.E.s. ofthe R.F.C. on the tarmac in 1914. A BRILLIANT FORERUNNET***(Left) The original 50 h.p. Avro 504 From this was developed the 80 h.p. typewhich No. 5 Squadron took to France. earth without damage to the camera. Thus, by dint of exceptionally hard work on the part of a few far-sighted enthusiasts, the Balloon Section found favour in official eyes, and in 1890 it became an official unit of the Royal Engineers. For some 20 years after this for- ward move military aeronautics in England languished somewhat. Whether it was realised at the time will never be known, but the aero- plane (servant and not, as in the case of the balloon, master, of the pilot) was wanted. There had been some activity. Experiments with man-lift- SOLID TYRED : Squadron transportat the concentration camp at Nether- avon in 1914. CONVERSATION PIECE: (Below)R.F.C. and Army officers in front of a Maurice Farman Shorthorn (note thedrooping ailerons). The three officers on the right of the picture are Col. T.O'Brien Hubbard, Gen. Brancker Gen. Sykes. »-.i v. '*
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