File:Aviation in Britain Before the First World War RAE-O788a.jpg

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|description = {{en|''Aviation in Britain Before the First World War''

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A carrier kite and attached basket around ten - twenty feet above a yard or small parade ground in front of a large house and some leafless trees. Several soldiers are stood with their backs to the camera watching the kite. The cables can just be seen coming down from the kite.
 
A carrier kite and attached basket around ten - twenty feet above a yard or small parade ground in front of a large house and some leafless trees. Several soldiers are stood with their backs to the camera watching the kite. The cables can just be seen coming down from the kite.
 

 

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Cody was the first man to be lifted from the deck of a warship in a heavier-than-air machine. It was during one of these demonstration flights that Cody was almost killed. With Cody at around 800 feet the Captain of the ship turned 180 degrees so it was down wind. The kites immediately began to plummet to the sea and it was only the quick thinking of a crew member using a jack knife and hammer to snap the cable that allowed the kites to float down and for Cody to jump clear a few feet from the surface so he could rescued.}}
 
Cody was the first man to be lifted from the deck of a warship in a heavier-than-air machine. It was during one of these demonstration flights that Cody was almost killed. With Cody at around 800 feet the Captain of the ship turned 180 degrees so it was down wind. The kites immediately began to plummet to the sea and it was only the quick thinking of a crew member using a jack knife and hammer to snap the cable that allowed the kites to float down and for Cody to jump clear a few feet from the surface so he could rescued.}}
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|author = Royal Engineers official photographer
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| author = Royal Engineers official photographer
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|date = 1905 (Pre-1914)
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| date = 1905 (Pre-1914)
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|source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//35/media-35385/large.jpg
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| catalogue_number = RAE-O 788a
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* Catalogue number [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205192360 RAE-O 788a]
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* Database number 205192360
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| permission = This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence 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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|permission = This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence 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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* Associated themes
 
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*: Aviation pre-1914
 
*: Aviation pre-1914
 
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| part_of = Dera Farnborough (royal Aircraft Establishment)
 
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