Sopwith / No 2 (Aeroplane) Company / No 1 (Airship) Company / Shorts / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Germany / France / United States / United Kingdom / /
Currency
GBP / /
Facility
Balloon Factory / Howden Airship Station / Royal Aircraft Factory / /
IndustryTerm
machinery / air-to-surface communications / /
NaturalFeature
Isle of Sheppey / Kent coast / /
Organization
Royal Naval Air Service / Royal Navy / Committee of Imperial Defence / first British Army / Royal Air Force / Henderson’s Committee / Royal Army Medical Corps / Air Battalion / British government / War Office / Army / Royal Aero Club / first Army Balloon School / Navy / first Royal Navy / Bristol Flying School / ROYAL FLYING CORPS / AVIATION BALLOONS Military / Air Force / Central Flying School / Air Council / /
Person
Ferdinand von Zeppelin / David Henderson / Samuel Franklin Cody / Bacon / Roe Page / Napoleon / Herbert Asquith / Winston Churchill / Geoffrey de Havilland / Handley Page / /
Position
Director of Naval Ordnance / Prime Minister / young engineer / Minister / infantry officer / land commander / staff officer / General / officer / Sergeant / good sailor / Fisher / Admiral / Lieutenant General / /
CHAPTER 1 THE EARLY YEARS OF MILITARY FLIGHT