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Description: | Approximately 1080 black and white images (plus approx. 20 duplicates) on either glass negatives (approx. 630) or film negatives (approx. 450) mainly in quarter plate format showing many of the early balloons and aircraft that were flown in Britain and developed at Farnborough, Hampshire.
This collection covers the beginning of British military aeronautics including the work at the Balloon School (known as the Balloon Factory from 1897) at Aldershot, Laffans Plain and Farnborough. It also covers the work of Samuel Franklin Cody (approx. 420 images) and includes his development of a new method of aerial reconnaissance based on kites and the first successful British heavier-than-air aircraft. The collection also shows examples of aircraft and balloons flown at Farnborough during the pre-war and inter-war period.
Also included with the collection are a series of oversize negatives which have not been copied or been given RAE-O numbers. They show the following:
O 909 Photograph of Cody Aircraft II in flight close to the ground.
O 910 Head and shoulders portrait of Cody.
O 911 Photograph of Cody aircraft mark II in flight with someone standing on the wing.
O 913 Photograph of Mrs Cody hanging beneath a carrier kite and another photograph showing a war kite packed up and ready for transport with its winch.
O 914 Three photographs of Cody Aircraft mark IV and one photograph of Cody Aircraft mark V with accompanying text from -The Aeroplane” and -Flight”.
O 915 Data regarding the performance of the Cody aircraft mark V along with details concerning the purchase of Cody aircraft.
O 916 Photograph of Cody Aircraft mark IV on the ground with accompanying text describing the aircraft and two line drawings of the aircraft.
O 994 The front page and pages eight and nine of the Daily Sketch with twelve photographs showing Cody's funeral including one photograph of Leon, Vivian and Frank Cody, with accompanying captions. The front page and pages three (mainly text), eight, nine and eleven with twenty photographs showing Cody's funeral including one photograph of Leon, Vivian and Frank Cody, with accompanying captions. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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