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by Philip Jarrett


  Harper, H, ‘Makers of Flying Machines: Visit to a British Factory’, Daily Mail (4 April 1910), p 4.

  Hobbs, D, ‘Wait and See: The Origins of British Naval Aviation’, Air Enthusiast, No 131 (September/October 2007), pp 2–7.

  Jarrett, P M, ‘The Flying Philanthropist’, Aeroplane Monthly, Vol 37 No 9 (September 2009), pp 34–8, and Vol 37 No 10 (October 2009), pp 40–4.

  McClean, F K, ‘The Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, 1908’, Royal Aero Club Gazette, Vol 9 No 12 (December 1955), pp 410–15.

  ________, ‘From Zurich to Bohemia by Balloon. Being an account of the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, 1909’, Flight, Vol 1 No 48 (27 November 1909), p 763.

  ________, ‘Lighter-than-Air Days’, Royal Aero Club Gazette (March 1950), pp 77–81; ‘Heavier-than-Air Days’, Royal Aero Club Gazette (April 1950), pp 94–8; ‘Alexandria to Khartoum, 1914’, Royal Aero Club Gazette (May 1950), pp 125–30.

  ________, ‘Trials and Errors, Being Tales of the Air’, The PD Review (house magazine of Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd), No 34 (April 1938), pp 31–4; No 35 (July 1938), pp 16–19; and No 36 (October 1938), pp 39–41.

  Porter, M, ‘Pigs Might Fly’, SAGA Magazine (May 2009), pp 50–5.

  Preston, J, ‘Pioneer Flying on Sheppey 1909–1910’, Bygone Kent, Vol 2 No 5 (May 1981), pp 288–92.

  Pritchard, J L, ‘The Wright Brothers and the Royal Aeronautical Society, A Survey and Tribute’, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Vol 57 No 516 (December 1953), pp 739–818.

  ________, and Ogilvie, Lieutenant-Colonel Alec, ‘Sir Francis Kennedy McClean, AFC’, The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Vol 59 No 539 (November 1955), pp 721–6.

  Royal Aero Club Gazette, ‘The Eastchurch Memorial’, Vol 9 No 4 (April 1955), pp 92–3.

  Royal Aero Club Gazette, ‘Eastchurch Memorial to Pioneer Airmen’, Vol 9 No 9 (September 1955), pp 276–7.

  Royal Aero Club Gazette, ‘Sir Francis McClean, AFC’ (obituary) Vol 9 No 10 (October 1955), pp 331–4.

  Sphere, The, ‘Photographing the Sunken “Oceana”: “The Sphere’s” Marine Aviation Experiments’, 6 July 1912, pp 11–16.

  Sphere, The, McClean’s flight up the Thames on August 10, 1912, was covered in the issue of 17 August 1912, being featured on the front cover and in a series of pictorial articles on pages 149–54.

  Sphere, The, ‘Remarkable Success of “The Sphere” Hydro-Aeroplane Flight up the Thames’, The Sphere (24 August 1912), p 192.

  The Times, obituary of Sir Francis McClean (12 August 1955).

  Trend, A, ‘Heir to Air’ (The Hon Maurice Egerton), Rapide, No 6 (2003), pp 44–7, and No 7, 2003, pp 44–6.

  Turner, Major C C, ‘A Pioneer of Flight, Presentation to Lieut-Col F.K. McClean, Father of Naval Aviation’, Observer (30 March 1924).

  Unpublished documents and papers

  The F K McClean Collection, in the archives of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, records the early aviation exploits of Sir Francis Kennedy McClean. It comprises many photographs, glass slides and press cuttings, together with publications and personal items.

  F K McClean, log book of balloon voyages, July 1907–October 1918. In the McClean Collection with the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

  F K McClean, Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate No 21. In the McClean Collection with the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

  F K McClean, diary, June 1906–July 1925. A briefly annotated listing of events, meetings and movements. In the archives of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

  F K McClean, correspondence sent to acquaintances, reporting progress of the Nile flight, January to March 1914. In the archives of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

  F K McClean, Nile flight photograph album held in the Royal Aero Club archive in the RAF Museum. A similar album is in the McClean Collection in the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

  Rait, J, ‘The Pilot’s Logbook of Maurice Egerton’. A transcript of Egerton’s pilot’s log book, kept at Tatton Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire. 2009

  Short Brothers’ first Order Book, January 1909–February 1913, also including details of later aircraft production and constructor’s numbers. In the company’s possession.

  Index

  (A page number in bold italics refers to a picture and/or caption)

  A

  Abdul 146, 149

  Abu Hamed 127, 133–134, 135, 137, 143, 145, 146, 149

  Actaeon, HMS 78, 116

  Admiralty 55, 77–78, 84, 93, 102, 108, 110, 113, 115, 118, 119, 124, 154, 156, 157, 159, 176–177

  Aerial Derby 124, 163, 169

  Aerial League of the British Empire 55, 166

  Aerial Navigation Acts 119–120, 124

  Aero and Motor Boat Show, Olympia 30, 30, 42, 45, 65, 111, 176

  Aero Club see Royal Aero Club

  Aero Club de France 124

  Aeronautical Reserve Corps 56

  Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (ASGB) 15, 25, 84, 91

  Aero Proprietary Limited 40, 114

  Africa, HMS 79

  Air Accidents Investigation Branch 84

  Air Ministry 171

  Albatros B.I 160

  Alcock, Captain John 163, 164, 164, 166, 169

  Alexandria 126, 127, 129, 154

  Andrews, T D F 33

  ANEC monoplane 170

  Argo 135, 137, 138, 139, 140–141, 140

  Ashchurch 25

  Assiut 130–131, 131, 132, 153

  Astley, H J D 7, 68–69, 68, 105, 177

  Astra Torres Airship/Naval Airship No 3 125

  Aswan Dam 108, 131–133, 134, 135, 135, 153

  Atbara 145, 147–149, 150, 151, 152

  Avro Type 539 163

  B

  Baden-Powell, B F S 166

  Balloon Factory, Farnborough 15

  Ballooning 13, 14–25, 31, 32–33, 35–38, 116, 118, 119, 161, 162, 163

  Banshee II, balloon 155

  Baron de Forest prize 52, 54, 55–58, 59, 176

  Barrington-Kennett, A V 75, 81

  Barton, Mr 84

  Battersea, London 14, 15, 17

  ‘Beaumont, André’ see de Conneau, Lieutenant de Vaisseau

  Bell, Gordon 108, 116, 118–119, 120, 125 (footnote)

  Beni Suef 130

  Berber 151

  Berlin (balloon) 21

  Berons, France 95

  Biard, Henri 168

  Bidder, Captain Maurice M 24, 60, 75, 82–83, 84, 89, 119

  Bidder, Mrs 89

  Bird, Commander 163

  Blair Atholl Aeroplane Syndicate 118

  Blériot, Louis 169

  Blériot Ltd 114

  Blériot XI monoplane 68–69, 68, 111, 160

  Bollée engine 41

  Bombay Presidency 11

  Boulogne, France 95

  Bournemouth 46, 163

  Brabazon, The Hon. Claud 15, 20, 24

  Brabazon of Tara, Lord see Moore-Brabazon J T C

  Brancker, Major-General 171

  Brewer, Griffith 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30–31, 32, 33, 35, 41, 109–110, 119, 162, 166–167, 172

  Briggs, Engineer-Lieutenant 104

  Bristol monoplane 113

  Britannia (balloon) 17, 18–25, 22, 24

  British Expeditionary Force 158, 160

  British Wright Co Ltd 109–110, 166

  Brooklands Aerodrome 7, 69, 81, 118–119, 160, 167

  Brooks, Joseph 15

  Brown, Lieutenant Arthur Whitten 163, 164, 169

  Brown, Miss G 89

  Butler, Frank Hedges 14, 17, 33

  C

  Cairo 126, 129, 130, 131, 134, 150

  Calshot Naval Air Station 120

  Campbell, Professor W W 15

  Cannock Chase Colliery Company 11, 12

  Carington, Lord 161

  Cataract Hotel 133, 135, 153

  Central Flying School 78, 85, 89

  Champel biplane 124

  Charterhouse 11

  Chat
ham 161

  Chelmsford 25

  Cherwell, HMS 79

  Chili (balloon) 116

  Chingford, RNAS 160

  Churchill, Winston Spencer 107, 113–114, 115, 125, 155, 174

  Circuit of Britain race 68, 69, 177

  Clacton 157

  Clarke, T W K 85

  Clarke-Wright glider 85

  Clark-Hall, Lieutenant 107

  Clifden, Ireland 163

  Clifton College 11

  Cockburn, G B 46, 47, 61, 63, 102

  Cockerell, S P 75, 81

  ‘Cody, Colonel’ see Cowdery, S F

  Cody Waterplane 120

  Colmore, G C 47, 50, 57, 58, 59, 176

  Comet (balloon) 31

  Committee of Imperial Defence 75, 78, 155

  Conqueror (balloon) 21

  Corps of Royal Engineers 85

  Corsican Prince 126

  Coupe Deutsche de la Meurthe race 168

  Courtney, Captain 126

  Cowdery, S F (‘Colonel Cody’) 7, 114, 120, 169

  Cromarty Naval Air Station 118

  Crondall, Surrey 17

  Crooked Billet Inn 76

  Croydon 168, 169, 171

  Cruickshank 15

  Crystal Palace, London 14, 17, Curtis, Commander 42

  Curtiss CR-3 169

  Curtiss, Glenn 166

  Cusden, Charles 90–91

  Cutler, Sergeant H D 81, 84

  D

  Daily Mail newspaper 42, 47, 95, 114

  Round Britain seaplane race 7, 114, 115, 120–123, 121, 168

  Lunch to Harry Hawker 163

  Lunch to Alcock & Brown 163

  Motor Glider Competitions 169–170

  Transatlantic flight prize 114

  Darling, Mr Justice 154

  Debba 137, 141, 242

  de Conneau, Lieutenant de Vaisseau 95, 96, 97, 101

  Defence of the Realm Act 159

  de Forest prize see Baron de Forest prize

  de Havilland D.H.60Moth 171

  de Havilland, Geoffrey 68

  Deirout 130

  Delga 136, 137, 138, 139

  Deperdussin monoplane 86, 86

  Deverish, George 60

  Dongola/Dongola Bend 127, 135, 136–137, 141

  Donnet-Lévèque flying boat 95, 96

  Dorking, Surrey 13, 163

  Douglas World Cruisers 171

  Dover 56–58, 111, 160, 161–162

  Dover Aero Club 111

  Draper, Major Christopher 156–157, 161

  Drury, Admiral Sir C C 55, 61, 62, 63

  Dublin 123

  Dungeness 157

  Dunkirk 160, 161

  Dunlop 1 (balloon) 116, 118

  Dunville John D 24, 24, 116, 155

  Dunville, Mrs 155

  E

  Eastbourne Aerodrome 89–91, 90

  Eastchurch flying ground/Aerodrome 7, 40, 41, 44, 52, 60, 62, 62, 68, 72, 75, 77–78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 104, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 124, 125, 126, 127, 149, 155, 156, 158–159, 160, 161, 172, 173–174, 175

  East Goodwins 58

  Edfou 131

  Egerton, The Hon. Maurice 31, 40, 41, 59, 62–63, 64, 65, 72, 74, 109, 118

  Egyptian Gazette 129, 130, 139

  Elephantine Island 131

  El Keb 134, 143, 144

  Enchantress (Admiralty yacht) 125

  Encounter, HAS 59

  England, Eric Gordon 114

  England, Geoffrey 113

  English Electric Wren 170

  ENV engine 46, 56, 58, 66, 75

  F

  Fairey IIIA 164

  Fairey C R 118

  Farman biplane 45, 111

  Farman, Henry 169

  Farnborough 15, 160

  Fédération Aéronautique Internationale 105, 163

  Field, The (magazine) 17

  Fitwar Island 147, 147, 150

  Fleet Air Arm Museum 8, 114

  Flint Island eclipse 15

  Flying Services Fund 159

  Forum Club 124, 173

  Fowler, Mr F B 81, 89, 90

  Frankenburg, Fähnrich-zur-See von, 160

  Friedrichshafen FF 29 160

  G

  Gananita 147, 148, 149, 149, 150, 150, 151

  Gates, Mr 111

  German Aero Club 17

  Gerrard, Lieutenant/Captain/Air Commodore E L 61, 62, 65, 68, 69, 72, 74, 76, 80, 173

  Gerrard, Lieutenant H V 72

  Gerrard, Major 113

  Gilmour, Douglas Graham 81, 102–103

  Girgeh 131

  Girouard, Sir Percy 127

  Gloster Bamel 168–169

  Gnome engine 45, 46, 52, 53, 55, 59, 69, 70, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 82, 84, 93, 104, 106, 108, 116, 120, 123, 125–126, 127, 132, 133, 135, 137, 147, 148, 151–152, 153, 176–177

  Godalming, Surrey 25

  Gordon Bennett balloon races 15, 17–25, 35–38, 171

  Gordon Bennett Trophy Meeting 124

  Gorst, Miss 14

  Government Valuation Office 159

  Grace, Cecil 7, 46, 48, 52, 54, 55, 56–58, 57, 59, 60, 65, 66, 69, 72, 77, 95, 155, 169, 176

  Grace, Percy 109, 111

  Grahame-White, Claude 56, 67, 169

  Grahame-White biplane 111

  Graves (mechanic) 129, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151 Green Engine Company 121

  engine 42, 55, 120–123, 121

  Greg, Miss 105

  Gregory, Lieutenant 61, 62, 68, 74, 81, 111

  Grey, C G 67, 69, 74, 83, 101, 104, 106, 108, 115–116, 120–121, 171–173

  Grey, Lieutenant Spencer 81, 111

  Grieve, Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth McKenzie 163

  Grosvenor Challenge Cup Race 169, 170

  Grosvenor, Lord Edward 170

  H

  Hainault Forest, Essex 17

  Hamel, Gustav 155

  Hammondsport 166

  Handley Page, Frederick 163

  Handley Page O/400 161, 162

  Hare and Hounds balloon race 116

  Hare, George William 154

  Harwich Naval Air Station 120

  Hastings, Mr Patrick 154

  Havre, France 95

  Harper, Harry 42, 67

  Harty Ferry 85, 88, 93, 105, 118, 125–126, 127, 156, 156

  Hawker, Harry 120, 123, 163

  Hedges Butler Challenge Cup 17, 155

  Helonan, Austrian Lloyd steamer 154

  Henderson, General 110

  Hendon Aerial Pageant 167

  Hendon Aerodrome 7, 111, 112, 116, 117, 124

  Henley Regatta 103

  Henry, Sir Edward 101

  Hermes, HMS 116, 177

  Hewlett, Lieutenant 104, 111

  Hibernia, HMS 86–87, 87

  Holden, Colonel H C L 84, 112

  Home Office 119–120, 124

  Hubbard, TO’B 81

  Hunaudières race track, France 26

  Hunt 24

  Huntington, Professor 20, 24, 27, 118

  Hurlingham Club 15, 17, 33, 116, 118, 155, 162

  Hurren, B J 51, 92, 159, 173

  I

  Imperial Airways 153

  Isle of Grain Naval Air Station 79, 104, 110, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 125 (footnote), 155, 156, 157, 157, 158, 160, 177

  Itford Hill 169

  J

  Jackson, Colonel 134, 142–143

  James, Jimmy H 168–169, 170

  Jannello, Guido 164

  Jezzi, Mr 118

  Joyce Green, Kent 160

  Joynson-Hicks W 113

  Juvisy, France 95

  K

  Kabushia Station 148, 150, 151

  Kafrel Zyat 130

  Kareima 134

  Kenley 14

  Kennedy, Lieutenant J R B 118

  Kent Automobile Club 124

  Kershaw, R H 81

  Khartoum 108, 126, 135, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152–154

  King George V, His Majesty 111

  King’s Cup Circuit of Britain
Air Race 167–168

  King’s Cup Race 169, 170, 171

  Kingsnorth Airship Station 155

  Kinnaird’s Head 157

  Kite Balloon and Airship Services 162

  Korosko 135

  Kosha 136, 137, 139

  Kulgeili 143

  L

  Langdale End 163

  Langley Park, Bromley 13

  Langley, Samuel Pierpont 166

  ‘Aerodrome’ 166

  Larkhill, Salisbury Plain 113

  Latham, Hubert 169

  Ledeboer J H 124

  Le Mans, France 24, 25–27, 26

  Le Rhone engine 168

  Les Baraques 57

  EEstrange-Malone, Lieutenant C J 81, 107

  Leysdown see Shellbeach

  Library of Congress 42

  Lockyer, Sir Norman 59, 67

  Lockyer, Dr W J S 17, 24, 33, 48, 51, 52, 94, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 150

  Lodmore 86, 86

  London Aero Club Ltd 171

  London Balloon Company 68, 75, 81, 82–83

  London-to-Paris race 124

  Longmore, Lieutenant Arthur 61, 62, 68, 74, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 171, 173, 177

  Longton, Flight Lieutenant Walter H 168, 168, 169, 170, 170

  Louis of Battenberg, Admiral HRH Prince, 62, 68

  Loweth, Sidney 174

  Luxor 131, 134

  Lympne 169–170, 171

  M

  McClean, Anna 32–33, 60, 80, 89, 105, 127–130, 133–134, 145, 149, 151, 152

  McClean, Frank, (senior) 13

  McClean, John Robinson 12–13

  McClean, (Sir) Francis Kennedy

  Acquires Eastchurch site 40

  Aerial marine photography experiment 89–91

  Appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 173

  Attempts to fly Short No 1 33–35

  Awarded Aeronaut’s Certificate 31, 32

  Awarded Aviator’s Certificate 49, 49, 51

  Awarded RAeC Gold Medal 169

  Balloon ascents 13, 15–25, 31, 32–33, 35–38, 116, 118, 119, 161, 162, 163

  Buys Rolls’s hangars 52

  Daily Mail Round Britain seaplane race, 120–123

  Death 174–175

  Elected Associate Fellow of ASGB 91

  Elected chairman of RAeC 169, 173

  Elected Hon. Fellow of RAeS 173

  Flies S.27 Tandem Twin 72–74

  Flies S.39 Triple Twin 69–72

  Flies S.40 up the Thames 95–103, 111

  Flies with Wilbur Wright 26–27

  Flights on Short-Wright No 3 38–40, 39, 41, 45

  Impressions of flying Short-Sommer biplane 52–53

  Joins RNAS 157

  Knighted 9, 171–173

  Loans aircraft to Royal Navy 59–65

  Nile expedition flight 108, 127–154

  On the future of flying 67

  Orders Short-Wright Flyer 31,

  Poem dedicated to him 123–124

  RNAS service during First World War 160–163

 

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