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Early Aeroplanes

The prints were published by Hugh Evelyn in 1962 and were drawn Roy Cross. They are c. 48 x 35 cm (19 ″ x 13 ¾″) on medium white cardstock weighing c. 137 g/sm². Shown here are scans of the prints.
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1907/1909 Wright Flyer Model A
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1917 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
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Early Aeroplanes – a short introduction

The First Flight. Orville pilot. Wilbur running alongside.

On December 17, 1903 Orville Wright made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air machine from a sandy shore 2 miles south of the beach settlement of Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, USA, his brother in attendance.

Grande Semaine
d’Aviation de la Champagne

Development over the next 5 years was constrained by the poor quality of the early engines but by 1909 radial engines had developed to the point they could give a burst of development – especially in France. In May the first air race, the Prix de Lagatinerie, was held at Port-Aviation south of Paris. In July Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel winning £10,000 in the process; in August the Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne meeting at Rheims, France demonstrated the coming-of-age of aviation.

The Gordon Bennet, Schneider and other trophies and competitions escalated the competitive instinct of the early aviation pioneers. The potential was soon noticed elsewhere. In 1910 the Aéronautique Militaire in France became the world’s first “air force”. The German army began training airmen in July 1910 and created the Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches in April 1911. The same year the Committee of Imperial Defence in London recommended the formation of a flying corps. By the end of 1912 the Royal Flying Corps had 300 officers and 36 aircraft.