List of pilots with foreign Aviator's Certificates accredited by the Royal Aero Club 1910–14
The world governing body for air sports and aeronautics and astronautics world records, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (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."[1]
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."[2]
List
[edit]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 I.
Date accredited | Name | Issued by | Issue date[3] | Certificate number | Comment |
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30 April 1910 | Dickson, Capt. Bertram[4] | Aéro-Club de France | 5 May 1910 | 71 | Captain Royal Field Artillery, certificate taken on a Farman Biplane on 12 May 1910, died 28 September 1913.[5] |
30 April 1910 | McArdle, W. D.[4] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 April 1910 | 72 | |
30 April 1910 | Gilmour, Douglas Graham[4] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 April 1910 | 75 | Crashed and killed at Richmond, 17 February 1912 due to structural failure of a Martin and Handasyde monoplane he was testing. |
30 April 1910 | Gibbs, Lieut. Launcelot D. Louis, RFA[4] | Aéro-Club de France | 10 June 1910 | 82 | |
23 July 1910 | Somerset, Somers[6] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 July 1910 | 151 | |
1 October 1910 | Smith, Waldemar William[7] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 September 1910 | 231 | |
8 October 1910 | Hammond, J. J. (NZ)[8] | Aéro-Club de France | 4 October 1910 | 258 | Certificate taken on a Sanchez-Besa Biplane on 4 October 1910[9] |
15 October 1910 | Esterre, Charles Robert d'[10] | Aéro-Club de France | 4 October 1910 | 259 | |
15 October 1910 | Burke, Capt. C. J.[10] | Aéro-Club de France | 4 October 1910 | 260 | |
5 November 1910 | Paul, Edmond A.[11] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 October 1910 | 272 | |
28 January 1911 | Weston, Maximilian John[12] | Aéro-Club de France | 3 February 1911 | 357 | Farman school, Etampes. John Weston (aka Maximilian John Ludwick Weston) founded the Aeronautical Society of South Africa in 1911 and the John Weston Aviation Company of South Africa. www.johnwestonaviator.co.uk |
28 January 1911 | Hamel, Gustav[12] | Aéro-Club de France | 3 February 1911 | 358 | |
11 February 1911 | Woodward, G. E. T.[13] | Aéro-Club de France | 3 March 1911 | 404 | |
20 January 1912 | Wilson, D. Corbett[14] | Aéro-Club de France | 18 January 1912 | 722 | |
2 March 1912 | Hoff, William[15] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
12 March 1912 | Grant, James[16] | Aéro-Club de France | March 1912 | 798 | |
20 April 1912 | Scholefield, Edward Rodolph Clement[17] | Aéro-Club de France | 5 April 1912 | 819 | |
4 May 1912 | Stark, W. M.[18] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
20 April 1912 | Buller, Mrs. Winnie[18] | Aéro-Club de France | 3 May 1912 | 848 | |
6 July 1912 | Singh, M. M.[19] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
20 July 1912 | Russell, R. B.[20] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
21 September 1912 | Beech, Alexander C.[21] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
21 September 1912 | Martyn, Lieut. Barry[21] | Aéro-Club de France | 21 September 1912 | 1032 | Wiltshire Regiment |
16 November 1912 | Reid, P. H. (Canada)[22] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
30 November 1912 | Unwin, Ernest Frederic[23] | Aéro-Club de France | 30 November 1912 | 1159 | |
30 November 1912 | Voss, Clive Harold[23] | Aéro-Club de France | 6 December 1912 | 1160 | |
21 December 1912 | Mellor, Clive[24] | Aéro-Club de France | 26 December 1912 | 1178 | |
25 January 1913 | Masterman, Edward[25] | Aéro-Club de France | 31 January 1913 | 1210 | |
25 January 1913 | Fuller, Hugh[25] | Aéro-Club de France | 31 January 1913 | 1211 | |
25 January 1913 | Harvey, Edward C.[25] | Aéro-Club de France | 31 January 1913 | 1212 | |
25 January 1913 | Burroughs, J.E.G.[25] | Aéro-Club de France | 31 January 1913 | 1213 | |
25 January 1913 | MacNeill, W.M.[25] | Aéro-Club de France | 31 January 1913 | 1214 | |
29 March 1913 | Boothby, Lieut. F. L. M., RN[26] | Aéro-Club de France | 4 April 1913 | 1258 | |
5 April 1913 | Maitland, Major E. M.[27] | Aéro-Club de France | 2 May 1913 | 1281 | |
5 April 1913 | Reynolds, Charles[27] | Aéro-Club de France | 2 May 1913 | 1282 | |
31 May 1913 | Leith, Frederic[28] | Aéro-Club de France | 6 June 1913 | 1353 | |
31 May 1913 | Leith, George[28] | Aéro-Club de France | 6 June 1913 | 1354 | |
31 May 1913 | Bryan, Lieut. A. Loftus [28] | Aéro-Club de France | 6 June 1913 | 1355 | |
5 July 1913 | Western, Lieut. Bertram C. M.[29] | Aéro-Club de France | 4 July 1913 | 1401 | |
19 July 1913 | Douglas, Stephen[30] | Aéro-Club de France | 4 July 1913 | 1403 | |
19 July 1913 | Freeman, Lieut. Wilfrid Rhodes[30] | Aéro-Club de France | 4 July 1913 | 1404 | |
2 August 1913 | Ford, Archibald[31] | Aéro-Club de France | 5 September 1913 | 1419 | |
16 August 1913 | Conran, Capt. Owen Mostyn[32] | Aéro-Club de France | 5 September 1913 | 1420 | |
6 September 1913 | Carbery, Lord John[33] | Aéro-Club de France | 5 September 1913 | 1437 | |
13 September 1913 | Woodcock, Harold Larpent[34] | Aéro-Club de France | 7 November 1913 | 1475 | |
13 September 1913 | Bass, Ernest C.[34] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | Also held a certificate for 'hydro-aeroplane' |
4 October 1913 | Keating, Henry S.[35] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
18 October 1913 | Brown, Lindop E.[36] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
1 November 1913 | Madely, James Welby[37] | Aéro-Club de France | 7 November 1913 | 1519 | |
1 November 1913 | Cruikshank, Guy[37] | Aéro-Club de France | 7 November 1913 | 1520 | |
1 November 1913 | Grey, Robin[37] | Aéro-Club de France | 7 November 1913 | 1521 | |
29 November 1913 | Lockwood, M. H.[38] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 December 1913 | 1550 | |
29 November 1913 | Yates, H. A. F.[38] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 December 1913 | 1551 | |
13 December 1913 | Smith-Cumming, Cdr. Mansfield[39] | Aéro-Club de France | 19 December 1913 | 1568 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Etampes |
24 January 1914 | Mansfield, William[40] | Aéro-Club de France | 6 February 1914 | 1595 | |
24 January 1914 | Fry, Lawrence[40] | Aéro-Club de France | 6 February 1914 | 1596 | |
21 February 1914 | Ash, B. Drommond[41] | Aéro-Club de France | 6 March 1914 | 1612 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes |
7 March 1914 | Hearn, Thomas Elder[42] | Aéro-Club de France | 10 February 1914 | 1614 | Blériot Monoplane, Blériot School, Buc |
21 March 1914 | Eyre, Valentine William[43] | Aéro-Club de France | 3 April 1914 | 1618 | Blériot Monoplane, Blériot School, Buc |
11 April 1914 | Webster, H. J.[44] | Aero Club of America | n.a. | n.a. | |
15 May 1914 | Ross, Thomas Melville[45] | Aero Club of America | 13 April 1914 | n.a. | Curtiss Biplane, San Diego |
15 May 1914 | Ricou, Charles[45] | Aéro-Club de France | 5 June 1914 | 1636 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes |
15 May 1914 | Pearce, Capt. James Edward[45] | Aéro-Club de France | 5 June 1914 | 1637 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes |
19 June 1914 | Landry, Jean Marie[46] | Aéro-Club de France | 10 July 1914 | 1659 | Canadian; Blériot Monoplane, Buc |
14 August 1914 | Smith, Charles M.[47] | Aéro-Club de France | 10 July 1914 | 1700 | Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes |
14 August 1914 | Heathcote, Capt. John Robert Campbell[47] | Aéro-Club de France | 10 July 1914 | 1711 | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Maurice Farman Biplane, Étampes |
9 October 1914 | Brewer, Griffith[48] | Aero Club of America | 15 August 1914 | 307 | Wright Biplane, Wright Station, Dayton, Ohio; served the Royal Aero Club in various capacities for many years. |
20 November 1914 | Netherwood, Lieut. Douglas B.[49] | Aero Club of America | 17 August 1914 | 312 | U.S. Army, Curtiss Biplane, North Island, San Diego, California on the 17 August 1914[50] |
See also
[edit]Lists of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club 1910–1914:
References
[edit]- ^ Flight 26 February 1910
- ^ Flight 3 January 1914
- ^ The dates of certificates ("Brevets") issued by the Aéro-Club de France are largely drawn from the "Vielles Tiges" section of the "Flying Pioneers" website
- ^ a b c d Flight 1910-04-30
- ^ RAeC Record Card Fr.71
- ^ Flight 1910-07-23
- ^ Flight 1910-10-01
- ^ Flight 1910-10-08
- ^ RAeC Record Card Fr. 258
- ^ a b Flight 1910-10-15
- ^ Flight 1910-10-15
- ^ a b Flight 1911-01-28
- ^ Flight 1911-02-11
- ^ Flight 1912-01-20
- ^ Flight 1912-03-02
- ^ Flight 1912-03-12
- ^ Flight 1912-04-20
- ^ a b Flight 1912-05-04
- ^ Flight 1912-07-06
- ^ Flight 1912-07-20
- ^ a b Flight 1912-09-21
- ^ Flight 1912-11-16
- ^ a b Flight 1912-11-30
- ^ Flight 1912-12-21
- ^ a b c d e Flight 1913-01-25
- ^ Flight 1913-03-29
- ^ a b Flight 1913-04-05
- ^ a b c Flight 1913-05-31
- ^ Flight 1913-07-05
- ^ a b Flight 1913-07-19
- ^ Flight 1913-08-02
- ^ Flight 1913-08-16
- ^ Flight 1913-09-06
- ^ a b Flight 1913-09-13
- ^ Flight 1913-10-04
- ^ Flight 1913-10-18
- ^ a b c Flight 1913-11-01
- ^ a b Flight 1913-11-29
- ^ Flight 1913-12-13
- ^ a b Flight 1914-01-24
- ^ Flight 1914-02-21
- ^ Flight 1914-03-07
- ^ Flight 1914-03-21
- ^ Flight 1914-04-11
- ^ a b c Flight 1914-05-15
- ^ Flight 1914-06-19
- ^ a b Flight 1914-08-14
- ^ Flight 1914-10-09
- ^ Flight 1914-11-20
- ^ RAeC Record Card Am.312