List of pilots with foreign Aviator's Certificates accredited by the Royal Aero Club 1910-1914
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With effect from 1 March 1910, the rules governing the authorisation of Aviators' certificate awarded in another country were as follows: "... Foreigners belonging to a country represented on the F.A.I, can only receive a certificate from the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom after having obtained the consent from the national
sporting authority approved by the F.A.I. But a certificate may also be granted to a foreigner whose country is not represented on the F.A.I., without further application."
The rules governing the award of Aviators' Certificates, amended with effective from 3 January 1914, were as follows:
"The Sporting Authority governing aviation in each country represented on the F.A.I, can alone grant Aviators' Certificates to all candidates, of at least 18 years of age, and coming under its jurisdiction.
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(FAI), was founded on 14 October 1905. The Royal Aero Club is the authority which administers the above activities for the United Kingdom.
With effect from 1 March 1910, the rules governing the authorisation of Aviators' certificate awarded in another country were as follows: "... Foreigners belonging to a country represented on the F.A.I, can only receive a certificate from the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom after having obtained the consent from the national
sporting authority approved by the F.A.I. But a certificate may also be granted to a foreigner whose country is not represented on the F.A.I., without further application."
The rules governing the award of Aviators' Certificates, amended with effective from 3 January 1914, were as follows:
"The Sporting Authority governing aviation in each country represented on the F.A.I, can alone grant Aviators' Certificates to all candidates, of at least 18 years of age, and coming under its jurisdiction.
- To candidates of the same nationality as the Club.
- To foreigners belonging to a country not represented on the F.A.I.
- To foreigners of a country represented on the F.A.I.; but in this case the certificate can only be delivered with the authorisation of the Sporting Authority of the candidate's country."
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Note: This list is limited to the given period of time because from 1914 the numbers of pilots increased significantly with the onset of World War IWorld War I
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| Date accredited | Name | Issuing Aero Club | Issue date | Certificate number | Comment | |
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| 1910-04-30 | Dickson, Capt. Bertram | Aéro-Club de France Aéro-Club de France The Aéro-Club de France was founded as the Aéro-Club on 20 October 1898 as a society 'to encourage aerial locomotion' by Ernest Archdeacon, Léon Serpollet, Henri de la Valette, Jules Verne and his wife, André Michelin, Albert de Dion, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe, and Henry de... |
1910-05-05 | 71 | Captain Royal Field Artillery 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.... , certificate taken on a Farman Biplane on 12 May 1910, died 28 September 1913. |
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| 1910-04-30 | McArdle, W. D. | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-04-19 | 72 | ||
| 1910-04-30 | Gilmour, Douglas Graham | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-04-19 | 75 | Crashed and killed at Richmond, 17 February 1912 due to structural failure of a Martin and Handasyde monoplane he was testing. | |
| 1910-04-30 | Gibbs, Lieut. Launcelot D. Louis , R.F.A. | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-06-10 | 82 | ||
| 1910-07-23 | Somerset, Somers | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-07-19 | 151 | ||
| 1910-10-01 | Smith, Waldemar William | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-09-19 | 231 | ||
| 1910-10-08 | Hammond, J. J. (N.Z.) | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-10-04 | 258 | Certificate taken on a Sanchez-Besa Biplane on 4 October 1910 | |
| 1910-10-15 | Esterre, Charles Robert d' | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-10-04 | 259 | ||
| 1910-10-15 | Burke, Capt. C. J. Charles Burke (British Army officer) Lieutenant-Colonel Charles James Burke DSO was an officer in the Royal Irish Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps and a military aviation pioneer.... |
Aéro-Club de France | 1910-10-04 | 260 | ||
| 1910-11-05 | Paul, Edmond A. | Aéro-Club de France | 1910-10-19 | 272 | ||
| 1911-01-28 | Weston, Maximilian John | Aéro-Club de France | 1911-02-03 | 357 | John Weston founded the Aeronautical Society of South Africa in 1911 and the John Weston Aviation Company of South Africa. | |
| 1911-01-28 | Hamel, Gustav Gustav Hamel Gustav Hamel was a pioneer British aviator.Hamel was prominent in the early history of aviation in Britain, and in particular that of Hendon airfield, where Claude Graham-White was energetically developing and promoting flying.-Biography:Gustav Hamel was educated at Westminster School and chose to... |
Aéro-Club de France | 1911-02-03 | 358 | ||
| 1911-02-11 | Woodward, G. E. T. | Aéro-Club de France | 1911-03-03 | 404 | ||
| 1912-01-20 | Wilson, D. Corbett | Aéro-Club de France | 1912-01-18 | 722 | ||
| 1912-03-02 | Hoff, William | Aero Club of America Aero Club of America The Aero Club of America was a social club formed in 1905 by Charles Glidden and others to promote aviation in America. It was the parent organization of numerous state chapters, the first being the Aero Club of New England. It thrived until 1923, when it transformed into the National Aeronautic... |
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| 1912-03-12 | Grant, James | Aéro-Club de France | 1912-03-?? | 798 | ||
| 1912-04-20 | Scholefield, Edward Rodolph Clement Edward Scholefield Flight Lieutenant Edward Rodolph Clement Scholefield 1893-1929 DCM AFC was an aviator and a motor racing driver. He was killed during a test flight of a Vickers Vanguard airliner in 1929.-Early life:... |
Aéro-Club de France | 1912-04-05 | 819 | ||
| 1912-05-04 | Stark, W. M. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1912-04-20 | Buller, Mrs. Winnie | Aéro-Club de France | 1912-05-03 | 848 | ||
| 1912-07-06 | Singh, M. M. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1912-07-20 | Russell, R. B. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1912-09-21 | Beech, Alexander C. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1912-09-21 | Martyn, Lieut. Barry | Aéro-Club de France | 1912-09-21 | 1032 | Wiltshire Regiment | |
| 1912-11-16 | Reid, P. H. (Canada) | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1912-11-30 | Unwin, Ernest Frederic | Aéro-Club de France | 1912-11-30 | 1159 | ||
| 1912-11-30 | Voss, Clive Harold | Aéro-Club de France | 1912-12-06 | 1160 | ||
| 1912-12-21 | Mellor, Clive | Aéro-Club de France | 1912-12-26 | 1178 | ||
| 1913-01-25 | Masterman, Edward Edward Masterman Air Commodore Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman CB CMG CBE AFC RAF was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century... |
Aéro-Club de France | 1913-01-31 | 1210 | ||
| 1913-01-25 | Fuller, Hugh | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-01-31 | 1211 | ||
| 1913-01-25 | Harvey, Edward C. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-01-31 | 1212 | ||
| 1913-01-25 | Burroughs, J.E.G. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-01-31 | 1213 | ||
| 1913-01-25 | MacNeill, W.M. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-01-31 | 1214 | ||
| 1913-03-29 | Boothby, Lieut. F. L. M., R.N. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-04-04 | 1258 | ||
| 1913-04-05 | Maitland, Major E. M. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-05-02 | 1281 | ||
| 1913-04-05 | Reynolds, Charles | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-05-02 | 1282 | ||
| 1913-05-31 | Leith, Frederic | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-06-06 | 1353 | ||
| 1913-05-31 | Leith, George | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-06-06 | 1354 | ||
| 1913-05-31 | Bryan, Lieut. A. Loftus | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-06-06 | 1355 | ||
| 1913-07-05 | Western, Lieut. Bertram C. M. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-07-04 | 1401 | ||
| 1913-07-19 | Douglas, Stephen | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-07-04 | 1403 | ||
| 1913-07-19 | Freeman, Lieut. Wilfrid Rhodes Wilfrid Freeman Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO, MC, RAF was one of the most important influences on the rearmament of the Royal Air Force in the years up to and including the Second World War.... |
Aéro-Club de France | 1913-07-04 | 1404 | ||
| 1913-08-02 | Ford, Archibald | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-09-05 | 1419 | ||
| 1913-08-16 | Conran, Capt. Owen Mostyn | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-09-05 | 1420 | ||
| 1913-09-06 | Carbery, Lord John | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-09-05 | 1437 | ||
| 1913-09-13 | Woodcock, Harold Larpent | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-11-07 | 1475 | ||
| 1913-09-13 | Bass, Ernest C. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | Also held a certificate for 'hydro-aeroplane' Floatplane A floatplane is a type of seaplane, with slender pontoons mounted under the fuselage; only the floats of a floatplane normally come into contact with water, with the fuselage remaining above water... |
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| 1913-10-04 | Keating, Henry S. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1913-10-18 | Brown, Lindop E. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1913-11-01 | Madely, James Welby | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-11-07 | 1519 | ||
| 1913-11-01 | Cruikshank, Guy | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-11-07 | 1520 | ||
| 1913-11-01 | Grey, Robin | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-11-07 | 1521 | ||
| 1913-11-29 | Lockwood, M. H. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-12-19 | 1550 | ||
| 1913-11-29 | Yates, H. A. F. | Aéro-Club de France | 1913-12-19 | 1551 | ||
| 1913-12-13 | Smith-Cumming, Commander Mansfield Mansfield Smith-Cumming Captain Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming, KCMG, CB was the first director of what would become the Secret Intelligence Service , also known as MI6... |
Aéro-Club de France | 1913-12-19 | 1568 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Etampes | |
| 1914-01-24 | Mansfield, William | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-02-06 | 1595 | ||
| 1914-01-24 | Fry, Lawrence | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-02-06 | 1596 | ||
| 1914-02-21 | Ash, B. Drommond | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-03-06 | 1612 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes | |
| 1914-03-07 | Hearn, Thomas Elder | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-02-10 | 1614 | Blériot Monoplane, Blériot School, Buc | |
| 1914-03-21 | Eyre, Valentine William | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-04-03 | 1618 | Blériot Monoplane, Blériot School, Buc | |
| 1914-04-11 | Webster, H. J. | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| 1914-05-15 | Ross, Thomas Melville | Aero Club of America | 1914-04-13 | n.a. | Curtiss Biplane, San Diego | |
| 1914-05-15 | Ricou, Charles | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-06-05 | 1636 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes | |
| 1914-05-15 | Pearce, Capt. James Edward | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-06-05 | 1637 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes | |
| 1914-06-19 | Landry, Jean Marie | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-07-10 | 1659 | Canadian; Blériot Monoplane, Buc | |
| 1914-08-14 | Smith, Charles M. | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-07-10 | 1700 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes | |
| 1914-08-14 | Heathcote, Capt. John Robert Campbell | Aéro-Club de France | 1914-07-10 | 1711 | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes | |
| 1914-10-09 | Brewer, Griffith Griffith Brewer Griffin Brewer was a pioneer English balloonist and aviator, who made his first balloon flight in 1891. Brewer met Wilbur Wright in Pau, France, in 1908, and became a very close friend and supporter of the Wright brothers. He made 30 trips to the United States to visit them, earning his pilot... |
Aero Club of America | 1914-08-15 | 307 | Wright Biplane, Wright Station, Dayton, Ohio; served the Royal Aero Club in various capaities for many years. | |
| 1914-11-20 | Netherwood, Lieut. Douglas B. | Aero Club of America | 1914-08-17 | 312 | U.S. Army, Curtiss Biplane, North Island, San Diego, California on the 17 August 1914 | |