List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club in 1910
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The Royal Aero Club
issued Aviators Certificates from 1910.
These were internationally recognised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Legend
Individual was killed in an aviation accident.
Individual was killed flying in military action.
Royal Aero Club
The Royal Aero Club is the national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom.The Aero Club was founded in 1901 by Frank Hedges Butler, his daughter Vera and the Hon Charles Rolls , partly inspired by the Aero Club of France...
issued Aviators Certificates from 1910.
These were internationally recognised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautics and astronautics world records. Its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. This includes man-carrying aerospace vehicles from balloons to spacecraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles...
List
| Aviator's Certificates awarded | ||||
| in 1910 (1–38) |
in 1911 (39–168) |
in 1912 (169–382) |
in 1913 (383–719) |
in 1914 (720–1032) |
Legend
Individual was killed in an aviation accident.
Individual was killed flying in military action.
| No. | |Name | |Date | |Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, GBE, MC, PC was an English aviation pioneer and Conservative politician... |
8 March 1910 | Conducted the first flight by a British pilot in Britain; named on Eastchurch memorial Eastchurch Eastchurch is a village on the Isle of Sheppey, in the English county of Kent, two miles east of Minster.The village website claims "... it has a history steeped in stories of piracy and smugglers".- Aviation history :... to Pioneer Aviators. Minister for Aircraft Production in the Second World War. |
| 2 | Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls Charles Rolls Charles Stewart Rolls was a motoring and aviation pioneer. Together with Frederick Henry Royce he co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm. He was the first Briton to be killed in a flying accident, when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display near Bournemouth,... |
8 March 1910 | Killed in an air crash at Hengistbury Airfield Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth... on 12 July 1910 when the tail of his Wright Flyer Wright Flyer The Wright Flyer was the first powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903 near the Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.The U.S... broke off during a flying display; he was the first Briton to die in an aircraft accident; co-founder of Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce Limited Rolls-Royce Limited was a renowned British car and, from 1914 on, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce on 15 March 1906 as the result of a partnership formed in 1904.... ; founding member of Royal Aero Club; named on Eastchurch memorial to Pioneer Aviators. |
| 3 | Alfred Rawlinson Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet was a British pioneer motorist and aviator, soldier and intelligence officer, and sportsman. He was known as "Toby".-Life:... |
5 April 1910 | Pioneer motorist and aviator, soldier and intelligence officer. |
| 4 | Cecil Stanley Grace Cecil Grace -External links:*... |
12 April 1910 | Disappeared on 22 December 1910 while attempting to win the de Forest Prize for the longest cross-channel flight completed by the end of the year (lost his way in fog); named on Eastchurch memorial to Pioneer Aviators. |
| 5 | George Bertram Cockburn George Bertram Cockburn George Bertram Cockburn OBE was a research chemist who became an aviation pioneer. He represented Great Britain in the first international air race at Rheims and co-founded the first aerodrome for the army at Larkhill. He also trained the first four pilots of what was to become the Fleet Air... |
26 April 1910 | Research chemist. Represented Britain in 1st international air race at Rheims; established 1st Army aerodrome at Larkhill; trained Royal Navy's 1st four pilots at Eastchurch; 1st Head of Air Accidents Branch of Dept. of Civil Aviation. |
| 6 | Claude Grahame-White Claude Grahame White Claude Grahame White was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.-Early life:... |
26 April 1910 | One of the most influential aviation pioneers; publicist, author, aircraft engineer and manufacturer. Awarded the R.Ae.C.'s Gold Medal in 1910 for winning the Gordon Bennett Aviation Cup Gordon Bennett Cup There were three Gordon Bennett Cups, all established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr.*Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing*Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning — for a time, a separate cup was also awarded for powered air racing... . |
| 7 | Alec Ogilvie | 24 May 1910 | Tested at Camber, near Rye using a Short-Wright. Named on Eastchurch memorial to Pioneer Aviators. |
| 8 | A. Mortimer Singer | 31 May 1910 | Benefactor and yachtsman (son of sewing-machine magnate Isaac Merritt Singer Isaac Singer Isaac Merritt Singer was an inventor, actor, and entrepreneur. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company... ). |
| 9 | Samuel F. Cody | 7 June 1910 | Made first aeroplane flight in Britain on 16 October 1908.; and was awarded the first R.Ae.C. Special certificate on 6 December 1911; Cody died on 7 August 1913, together with his passenger, W. H. B. Evans, when his Cody Floatplane Cody Floatplane -References:NotesBibliography... suffered a structural failure. |
| 10 | Launcelot D. L. Gibbs | 7 June 1910 | Flew the Dunne Swept-wing aeroplane Dunne D.1 -References:* Lacey, G. W. B. Flight: 852, 17 June 1955. Retrieved: 13 May 2010.* Lewis, P British Aircraft 1806-1914.London: Putnam, 1962* Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, pp. 347. ISBN 978-0517103166.... at Blair Atholl Blair Atholl Blair Atholl is a small town in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Grampian Mountains. The Gaelic place-name Blair, from blàr, 'field, plain', refers to this location... in Scotland in 1907 or 1908 and was therefore one of the first to fly in Great Britain. |
| 11 | Hon. The Honourable The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:... Maurice Egerton |
14 June 1910 | Named on Eastchurch memorial to Pioneer Aviators; 4th and last Baron Egerton of Tatton. |
| 12 | James Radley | 14 June 1910 | Aircraft designer, together with Eric Gordon England Eric Gordon England Eric Cecil Gordon England was a British aviator, racing driver and engineer. E.C. Gordon England was one of the early pioneers of gliding, and his glider flight in 1909 is considered to be the birth of the sport of soaring.... (see below) and test pilot Test pilot A test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated.... . |
| 13 | Hon. Alan Reginald Boyle | 14 June 1910 | Eighth child of the 7th Earl of Glasgow David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, GCMG was a Governor of New Zealand.-Royal Navy:Boyle served with the Royal Navy during the Crimean and Second Opium Wars... ; founded the Scottish Aeroplane Syndicate in 1909. |
| 14 | John Armstrong Drexel John Armstrong Drexel John Armstrong Drexel was an American aviation pioneer. With William McArtle, he founded the New Forest Flying School at East Boldre, the second school for pilots in Great Britain and the fifth in the world. On August 12, 1910, he set the world altitude record of 6,750 feet in a Blériot monoplane... |
21 June 1910 | Flew with the French Lafayette Escadrille Lafayette Escadrille The Lafayette Escadrille , was an escadrille of the French Air Service, the Aéronautique militaire, during World War I composed largely of American volunteer pilots flying fighters.-History:Dr. Edmund L... , a squadron Squadron (aviation) A squadron in air force, army aviation or naval aviation is mainly a unit comprising a number of military aircraft, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force... of the French Air Service, the Aéronautique militaire, during World War I composed largely of American volunteer pilots flying fighters Fighter aircraft A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets... . |
| 15 | George Cyril Colmore | 21 June 1910 | 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 Short S.27 The Short S.27 and its derivates, the Short Improved S.27 series, were important early British aircraft used by the Royal Navy and its first air arm, the Royal Naval Air Service . The S.27 and Improved S.27 were used for training of the Royal Navys first pilots as well as in early naval aviation... (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. |
| 16 | George Arthur Barnes | 21 June 1910 | Also a racing motorcyclist. |
| 17 | Lt. George William Patrick Dawes | 26 July 1910 | George Dawes was a much decorated Boer War veteran before learning to fly. He served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment Royal Berkshire Regiment The Royal Berkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 49th Regiment of Foot and the 66th Regiment of Foot.The regiment was originally formed as The Princess Charlotte of Wales's , taking the... and was transferred to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps Royal Flying Corps The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance... to command No. 11 Squadron RFC in 1915, before being appointed Officer Commanding RFC in the Balkans, a post he held from 1916 to 1918. Mentioned in dispatches Mentioned in Dispatches A soldier Mentioned in Despatches is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which is described the soldier's gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy.In a number of countries, a soldier's name must be mentioned in... on seven occasions, Dawes was honoured by the Greek and Serbian Governments and awarded the French Croix de Guerre Croix de guerre The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was awarded during World War I, again in World War II, and in other conflicts... . |
| 18 | Alliott Verdon Roe Alliott Verdon Roe Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe OBE, FRAeS was a pioneer English pilot and aircraft manufacturer, and founder in 1910 of the Avro company... |
26 July 1910 | Founder of A.V.Roe Aircraft Co. Avro Avro was a British aircraft manufacturer, with numerous landmark designs such as the Avro 504 trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War.-Early history:One of the world's... and Saunders-Roe Saunders-Roe Saunders-Roe Limited was a British aero- and marine-engineering company based at Columbine Works East Cowes, Isle of Wight.-History:The name was adopted in 1929 after Alliot Verdon Roe and John Lord took a controlling interest in the boat-builders S.E. Saunders... . |
| 19 | Arthur Edward George Arthur Edward George Arthur Edward George was an accomplished sportsman, an aviation pioneer, aircraft designer, racing driver, engineer and businessman... |
6 September 1910 | Swimmer, figure-skater, cyclist, engineer, racing-driver and pioneer aviator who served in the Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... , World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... and World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... (the last in all three services) |
| 20 | Richard Francis Ernest Wickham | 20 September 1910 | Before joining the R.F.C. in 1915, Wickham spent time giving exhibition flights in the U.S.A. and Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... . |
| 21 | Francis McClean A.F.C. Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy"... , F.R.Ae.S. Royal Aeronautical Society The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a multidisciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.-Function:... |
20 September 1910 | Founding member of Royal Aero Club; named on Eastchurch memorial to Pioneer Aviators. |
| 22 | Edward Keith Davies | 11 October 1910 | First person to fly in India. |
| 23 | Maurice Ducrocq | 1 November 1910 | French aviator who ran a flying school at Brooklands. Among his pupils was John Alcock John Alcock John Alcock may refer to:*John Alcock , British Royal Air Force officer*John Alcock , English churchman*John Alcock , English organist and composer... , famed for the first non-stop Atlantic crossing Alcock and Brown British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919. They flew a modified World War I Vickers Vimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland... by air. |
| 24 | James George Weir | 8 November 1910 | Bleriot Monoplane at Hendon. After service with the RFC in the first world went on to establish the Cierva Autogiro Company Cierva Autogiro Company The Cierva Autogiro Company was a British developer of autogyros established in 1926.It was set up to further the designs of Juan de la Cierva with the financial backing of James George Weir, a Scottish industrialist and aviator.-History:... . |
| 25 | Hugh Evelyn Watkins | 8 November 1910 | Born c1881; qualified on a Howard Wright Biplane at Brooklands 8 Nov. 1910. Engaged to fly the Vickers R.E.P. Monoplane on Douglas Mawson Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an... ’s Antarctic Expedition Australasian Antarctic Expedition The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart... . After the crash of the aircraft during a demonstration flight in Australia, in which he was slightly injured, he returned to the UK. The aircraft was shipped to Antarctica for use as a tractor and abandoned there. Its remains were discovered in 2010. |
| 26 | Clement Hugh Greswell | 15 November 1910 | Chief pilot of the flying school opened by Claude Grahame-White in Hendon Hendon Hendon is a London suburb situated northwest of Charing Cross.-History:Hendon was historically a civil parish in the county of Middlesex. The manor is described in Domesday , but the name, 'Hendun' meaning 'at the highest hill', is earlier... in 1911. |
| 27 | Captain John Duncan Bertie Fulton R.F.A Royal Field Artillery The Royal Field Artillery of the British Army provided artillery support for the British Army. It came into being when the Royal Artillery was divided on 1 July 1899, it was reamalgamated back into the Royal Artillery in 1924.... . |
15 November 1910 | Used a Farman Biplane at Salisbury Plain. He was awarded the third R.Ae.C. Special certificate on 6 December 1911. Later a Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Inspector of the Aeronautical Inspection Department of the Royal Flying Corps when he died 11 November 1915. |
| 28 | Leslie F. Macdonald | 15 November 1910 | Test pilot for Vickers Ltd.; drowned 13 January 1913, together with his passenger Harold England, when his Vickers tractor biplane suffered engine problems and he was forced to ditch in the Thames near Erith. |
| 29 | Lt. Richard Talbot Snowden-Smith | 15 November 1910 | Later Major-General, Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office War Office The War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence... . He was the first officer on the Active List to obtain an Aviator's certificate. |
| 30 | Horatio Barber Horatio Barber Captain Horatio Claude Barber was an early British aviation pioneer and First World War flight instructor. In 1911 he flew the first cargo flight in Britain, transporting electric light bulbs from Shoreham to Hove... |
22 November 1910 | Used own design, the ASL Valkyrie Monoplane, at Hendon. In 1911 he flew the world's first cargo flight when he was asked to transport electric light bulbs from Shoreham to Hove. Became a First World War flight instructor with the Royal Flying Corps. |
| 31 | Thomas Sopwith Thomas Sopwith Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS was an English aviation pioneer and yachtsman.-Early life:... |
22 November 1910 | Founder of Sopwith Aviation Company Sopwith Aviation Company The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force in the First World War, most famously the Sopwith Camel... , and later of Hawker Aircraft Hawker Aircraft Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer responsible for some of the most famous products in British aviation history.-History:... ; named on Eastchurch memorial to Pioneer Aviators |
| 32 | Joseph Joel Hammond | 22 November 1910 | First New Zealand aviator to gain a pilot's certificate. Died in an aircraft accident in Indianapolis, U.S.A. 1918. |
| 33 | Sydney Ernest Smith | 22 November 1910 | At Brooklands on a Bristol biplane, flew with the RFC and RAF during the first world war, later a director of the Bristol Aeroplane Company Bristol Aeroplane Company The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aero engines... . |
| 34 | Archibald Reith Low | 22 November 1910 | At Brooklands on a Bristol biplane. Prolific inventor and pioneer of e.g. television, video-telephony, gas turbines and radio guidance systems, e.g. for a remotely controlled bomb (given the misleading code-name „Aerial Target“). |
| 35 | Robert C. Fenwick | 29 November 1910 | Killed in the Mersey Monoplane Mersey Monoplane -References:* Barnes, C.H. Handley Page Aircraft since 1907. London: Putnam, 1976. ISBN 0 370 00030 7.* Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0 370 300894 x.... on 13 August 1912 which was deemed unstable by the Accident Investigation Committee. |
| 36 | Andrew George Board | 29 November 1910 | Using a Bleriot monoplane at Hendon he was a Captain in the South Wales Borderers later became an instructor at the Central Flying School Central Flying School The Central Flying School is the Royal Air Force's primary institution for the training of military flying instructors. Established in 1912 it is the longest existing flying training school.-History:... . Retired as a Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world... Air Commodore Air Commodore Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force... in 1931. |
| 37 | Herbert Frederick Wood | 29 November 1910 | Bristol Biplane at Brooklands. A Major in the 9th Lancers 9th Queen's Royal Lancers The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, or the Delhi Spearmen, were a cavalry regiment of the British Army. They are best known for their roles in the Indian mutiny of 1857 and for their part in the North African campaign of World War II including the retreat to and the battle of El Alamein in 1942.-Early... , he became head of the aviation department of Vickers Limited Vickers Limited Vickers Limited was a famous British engineering conglomerate that merged into Vickers-Armstrongs in 1927.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &... , represented Vickers on the SBAC when it was founded in 1916 and was a member of its Committee of Management. Died in December 1918 |
| 38 | Cecil Compton Paterson | 6 December 1910 | A motor engineer he was awarded his certificate in an aircraft built himself, the Paterson Biplane, at Freshfield. Went to South Africa and established a training school for the South African Army. Considered to be the founder of the South African Air Force South African Air Force The South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra... . |