The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust is a registered Charity (1156699) set up to provide an enduring flying collection of World War I Allied and German aeroplanes. Our goal is the education of current and future generations as testimony to the aircrews of the Great War, their planes, and their sacrifice.
Advance your understanding of the history of the evolution of military aviation during the Great War by flying displays, dioramas and educational courses. Demonstrate at air shows in the UK how the aircrews, technology and tactics evolved during WW1. Support flypasts and static displays at commemorative events.
Advance your understanding of the history of the evolution of military aviation during the Great War by flying displays, dioramas and educational courses. Demonstrate at air shows in the UK how the aircrews, technology and tactics evolved during WW1. Support flypasts and static displays at commemorative events.
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The Royal Aircraft Factory's BE2 was the result of Edward Busk's exhaustive experiments in 1914 to achieve automatic stability; his aim to produce the steadiest possible platform for reconnaissance operations. At that time such qualities were considered desirable since the military had yet to fully acknowledge the aeroplane as a potent war weapon.
It took three days for them all to cross the English Channel - a mere six years after Louis Blriot's first historic flight. By the end of 'The Great War', there were over 22,000 Royal Air Force aeroplanes serving with 188 squadrons. The pace of the war had seen aircraft of all combatants develop from frail 'spotters' to high performance fighters and enormous multi-engined long-range bombers.
Initially these pioneering fliers went aloft unarmed but it didn't take long before aircrew on both sides of the lines began to arm themselves. Pistols and rifles were highly favoured, more adventurous souls took up grenades, darts, even house bricks, in an effort to bring down their opponents. Others even resorted to casting a grappling hook over the side to snag any enemy pilot who obligingly flew close enough.
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