File:Cody VI biplane RAE-O435.jpg
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English: Aviation in Britain Before the First World War- the work of Samuel Franklin Cody in Airship, Kite and Aircraft Aeronautics 1903 - 1913 S F Cody at the controls of Cody Aircraft Mark VIA demonstrating its potential as an ambulance plane to the British Army. A medical kit is attached to the side of the cockpit and two soldiers, playing the part of medical orderlies or wounded casualties are sitting on the wings. Cody's assistant, Mr. Wackett, is crouching in the background whilst another mechanic is working on the chain drive of the propeller. The Mark VI was both the last and the largest of Cody's aircraft. It was intended as an entrant in the Daily Mail Coastal Circuit of Britain competion of August 1913. During the Competition, aircraft were to fly from Calshot near Southampton to Inverness, across the Irish Sea to Dublin, round Land's End to Falmouth before returning to Southampton within 72 hours. Despite the aircraft's size, it handled well and the 100 hp Green engine meant it was relatively fast. Cody was confident that he could win the race for which there were only three other entries. However the aircraft broke up in mid air on 7th August 1913 whilst returning to land at Laffan's Plain near Aldershot. Cody and his passenger W H B Evans were both killed. |
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between 1903 and 1913 date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//35/media-35276/large.jpg
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This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation. | |||
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Category InfoField | photographs |
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