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London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). The London to Paris Air Race 1914, ran from Hendon to Buc and back with a total distance of 508 miles

A great cross-country pilot: Mr WB Rhodes-Moorhouse, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
A great cross-country pilot: Mr WB Rhodes-Moorhouse, 1912 (1933). William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse (1887-1915) competed in aviation races and was the first to cross the English Channel

Henri Salmet, the great Bleriot pilot, at Hendon, London, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Henri Salmet, the great Bleriot pilot, at Hendon, London, 1912 (1933). Henri Salmet (1878-1929) was an early French aviator

Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
A world record breaker: Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933). Lieutenant Basil Herbert Barrington-Kennett made the first passenger flight in Portholme

The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933). Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks (1887-1971)

Circuit of Britain air race: Jules Vedrines at Shoreham Control, Sussex, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Circuit of Britain air race: Jules Vedrines at Shoreham Control, Sussex, 1911 (1933). Jules Charles Toussaint Vedrines (1881-1919)

Gustav Hamel, winner of the first air race to Brighton, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Gustav Hamel, winner of the first air race to Brighton, 1911 (1933). Gustav Hamel (1889-1914) was a pioneer British aviator

The First British pilot to break a world record: Captain Bertram Dickson, 1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The First British pilot to break a world record: Captain Bertram Dickson, 1910 (1933). Bertram Dickson (1873-1913), a pioneering Scottish airman

Claude Grahame-White, English aviation pioneer, 1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Claude Grahame-White, English aviation pioneer, 1910 (1933). Grahame-White (1879-1959) was the first aviator first to make a night flight

Henri Farman and his 50 hp Gnome biplane, Blackpool Aviation Meeting, Lancashire, 1909 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Henri Farman and his 50 hp Gnome biplane, Blackpool Aviation Meeting, Lancashire, 1909 (1933). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume I, by R

The conqueror of the Channel: Louis Bleriot, 1909 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The conqueror of the Channel: Louis Bleriot, 1909 (1933). Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, inventor and engineer

Henri Farman, French aircraft designer, constructor and pilot, c1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Henri Farman, French aircraft designer, constructor and pilot, c1910 (1933). Henri Farman (1874-1958) set numerous official records for both distance and duration in the Voisin 1907 biplane

Probably The Fastest Aeroplane in Existence at the Outbreak of War: The Deperdussin Monoplane (160 Artist: Flight Photo)
Probably the fastest aeroplane in existence at the outbreak of the First World War, 1914 (1934). The Deperdussin monoplane, built by French manufacturer Aeroplanes Deperdussin

Englands greatest pre-war pilot: Mr BC Hucks, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Englands greatest pre-war pilot: Mr BC Hucks, 1914 (1934). Bentfield Charles Hucks (1884-1918) was a British aviation pioneer who became the first Briton to perform a loop in an aircraft in September

London-Manchester Air Race: Mr Jack Alcock and his Maurice Farman biplane, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Manchester Air Race: Mr Jack Alcock and his Maurice Farman biplane, 1914 (1934). The first all-British aeroplane to finish a long-distance race

The Aerial Derby: Lord Carbery with his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The Aerial Derby: Lord Carbery with his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, 1914 (1934). John Evans-Freke, 10th Baron Carbery (1892-1970) at the Aerial Derby

The first parachute drop from an aeroplane in England, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The first parachute drop from an aeroplane in England: Mr Guy Newall on the GW Charabancs, 1914 (1934). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume II, by R

The Schneider Trophy: Howard Pixton talking to Jacques Schneider after his victory, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The Schneider Trophy: Howard Pixton talking to Jacques Schneider after his victory, 1914 (1934). The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (Schneider Trophy)

Miss Trehawke-Davies in the passengers seat of one of her Bleriot monoplanes, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Miss Trehawke-Davies in the passengers seat of one of her Bleriot monoplanes, 1913 (1934). Eleanor Josephine Trehawke Davies (1880-1915)

Survivor of a terrible smash: Mr Sydney Pickles, the Caudron expert, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Survivor of a terrible smash: Mr Sydney Pickles, the Caudron expert, 1913 (1934). Sydney Pickles (1894-1975) was an Australian aviator

London-Brighton Race: Harold Barnwell, the pilot of the Martinsyde, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Brighton Race: Harold Barnwell, the pilot of the Martinsyde, 1913 (1934). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume II, by R. Dallas Brett [The Aviation Book Club, London, 1934]

The Aerial Derby: the pilot of the Avro, Mr FP Raynham, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The Aerial Derby: the pilot of the Avro, Mr FP Raynham, 1913 (1934). Frederick Phillips Raynham (1893-1954) gained his aviators certificate in 1911 aged 17

The end of a great flight: Mr Robert Slacks arrival at Hendon, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The end of a great flight: Mr Robert Slacks arrival at Hendon, 1913 (1934). Robert Slack qualified for his aviators certificate on 14 November 1911

Mr Gordon Bell, who flew more different types than any other pilot of his time, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Mr Gordon Bell, who flew more different types than any other pilot of his time, 1913 (1934). Gerald Gordon Bell (1890-c1989) was a Canadian First World War flying ace

One of the best instructors: Lewis WF Turner standing by a Caudron training biplane, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
One of the best instructors: Lewis WF Turner standing by a Caudron training biplane, 1913 (1934). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume II, by R

Samuel Franklin Cody, American aviation pioneer, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Samuel Franklin Cody, American aviation pioneer, 1913 (1934). Mr SF Cody: the great Anglo-American pioneer enthroned in the pilots seat of his cathedral

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