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Frank McClean

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by Philip Jarrett


  Sued for damages 91–93

  Malone, Lieutenant 93

  Mariakerke 58

  Marley, Captain 111

  Marshall, Mr 93

  Martin-Handasyde monoplane 81, 118

  Mason, G Hayley 159

  Massey, Colonel H S 55, 60,

  May, Fred 121

  Meredith, C W 81

  Mehaiza 144

  Merfield, C J 15

  Merowe 133, 134, 137, 141–143, 142

  Meudon, Paris 161

  Michelin Cup 47

  Milford, Surrey 17

  Military Aeroplane Competition (1912) 75

  Minieh 130

  Moore-Brabazon, J T C 15, 27, 31, 32, 33, 46–47, 48, 50, 171, 173–174, 176

  Morane-Saulnier monoplane 111, 134, 135, 155

  Mortimer Singer Prize 81, 53, 84

  Moulinais, Brindejonc de 111

  Mussel Manor 30,

  N

  Nature (magazine) 15,

  Naval Flying School, Eastchurch 69, 76, 77–78, 80, 83, 110, 116, 117–118, 120, 125, 126, 157, 160

  Nesscliffe 155

  Neville, Vice Admiral Sir George 55, 60

  Nieuport monoplane 86

  Nile, River 7, 108, 125–154

  Northcliffe, Lord 95, 110, 114

  Nordenfeldt car engine 34

  North Berwick 157

  North Goodwins lightship 58

  North Star (balloon) 119

  O

  Oceana 7, 89–91, 90, 102

  Ogilvie, Colonel Alec 11, 27, 31–32, 38, 46, 48, 68, 84, 85, 89, 109, 112, 118, 126, 127–154, 140, 142, 159, 160, 174, 175

  Ogilvie, G N 109

  O’Gorman, Mervyn 110, 163

  Old Deer Park, Richmond 81

  Omdurman 153

  Ostend 58, 158, 161, 162

  Oxford 155

  P

  Packham, Major S A 169

  Pajet, Lady 15

  Parke, Lieutenant 106

  Parsons, The Hon. Charles 43

  Partridge, Thomas 91–93

  Pas de Calais mail boat 57

  Pasha, Major-General Sir Rudolf Slatin 154

  Pau, France 25, 30–31

  Pembroke, HMS 160

  Perrin, Harold 14, 20, 113, 124, 156, 159, 163

  Pickles, Sydney 120, 124

  Pisagua 89

  Pollock, C F 24, 24, 118, 155

  Polo, balloon 155

  Portland 86–87

  Pourpe, Marc 134, 135, 137

  Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries 12, 145

  Prendergast, Captain-Superintendent 125

  President, HMS 160

  Princess Henry of Prussia 68

  Pritchard, Captain 175

  Prondzynski, Oberleutnant-zur-See

  Stephan 160

  propellers, efficiency 43–44

  Pullen, Seaman 84

  Q

  Quilleboeuf, France 95

  R

  R 34 airship 163

  Radley, James 116

  Ramsgate, Kent 156, 157

  Randell, Engineer-Lieutenant 81

  Ranger 90

  Raymond, W E 15

  Risk, Captain 111

  Rittenhouse, Lieutenant David 169

  Riviera, HMS 177

  Rochester 125, 154–155

  Rochford 160

  Roehampton, RNAS 162

  Rolls, the Hon. Charles 7, 13, 15, 17, 27, 32, 33, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 45, 46, 48, 52, 59, 95, 169, 174

  Rolls-Royce Limited 13

  Romford, Essex 33

  Rose, Sir Charles 114

  Rosyth Naval Air Station 120

  Royal Aero Club 7, 14, 15, 20, 25–27, 31, 40, 41, 42, 51, 52, 55, 56, 60, 75, 77–78, 81, 84, 92, 105, 112, 113, 114, 119, 124, 154, 155, 158, 159, 163, 166, 169, 171, 174–175

  Club Ground Committee 114

  Competitions Committee 112, 123

  Finance Committee 159

  Grounds Inspection Committee 114

  Public Safety and Accidents Investigation Committee 84, 105, 112–113, 114, 119, 120

  Royal Aeronautical Society 166

  Royal Aircraft Factory 110

  Royal Astronomical Society 11, 13, 15

  Royal Engineer Territorials 68 Royal Flying Corps 85

  Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing 85

  Royal Flying Corps, Naval Wing 78, 85, 56, 87, 113–114, 115–116, 155

  Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve 85

  Royal Indian Engineering College 11

  Royal Institution 11

  Royal Naval Air Service 149, 157, 158, 160–163

  Royal Navy 41–42, 55, 118, 155

  Naval aviator training and flying 41, 55, 59–65, 74, 75, 79, 81, 102, 110

  Naval Review at Weymouth 86, 87, 89

  Royal School of Mines 11

  Royston, Lord 17, 26

  Rumpler, Edmund 114

  S

  Salter, Mr Clavell, KC, 92

  Samson, Lieutenant/Commander

  Charles Rumney 11, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76, 79, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 104, 111, 118, 124, 125, 126, 127, 157, 160, 176–177

  Sangatte 158

  Sarras 136

  Savoia S.13 164

  Scarborough Racecourse, RNAS 161

  Scarlett, Mr James 92

  Schmargendorf, Berlin 20, 20

  Schneider Trophy contest 163–164, 165, 168, 169

  Science Museum 69, 110–111, 166–167, 167

  Scottish International Flight Meeting 59

  Scott Paine 163

  Searight, TP 109, 166

  Seddon, Lieutenant/Flight Commander John W 106, 110

  Seeley Colonel 75, 113

  Seine, River 95

  Sempill The Hon. Mrs Forbes 173

  Shabluka Gorge 152

  Shellbeach (Leysdown) flying ground 28–30, 25, 31, 33–35, 39–40, 172

  Shendi 151

  Sheppey Isle of 28, map 28, 31, 42–45, 154

  Shereik Station 145, 146, 148

  Short Brothers 7, 8, 9, 20, 25–26, 28, 31, 38, 39, 42–45, 46, 61, 69, 75–76, 78, 84, 85, 102, 108, 118, 125, 153, 154–155, 174

  Aeroplanes 13 59

  80hp Hydro-biplane 111

  Four-propeller aircraft project 72, 74

  Monoplane 52, 176

  Multiple Plant Machine see S.39 Triple Twin

  No l 28, 29, 30, 33–35, 34, 35, 36, 176

  No 2 47–48

  No 3 9, 35, 42, 176

  RPGIV 42

  S.26 47, 53–54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 176

  S.27 46, 48, 57, 62, 65, 65, 66, 72, 75, 176

  S.27 Tandem Twin 72–74, 73, 76, 81, 83, 84, 176

  S.28 46, 47, 48, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 56, 59, 63–64, 64, 69, 86, 56, 176

  S.32 56–57, 65, 75, 81, 84, 93, 176

  S.33 52, 54, 55, 56–58, 57, 65, 176

  S.34 59, 62–63, 63, 65, 69, 176–177

  S.35 65

  S.36 69, 77, 77, 80, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 89–91, 90, 93, 95, 105, 111, 176

  S.38 64, 65, 68, 69, 79–80, 79, 87, 87, 104, 106–108, 106, 107, 111, 116, 176

  S.39 Triple Twin 59, 65–67, 66, 69–72, 74, 75, 76, 76, 81, 84, 125, 176, 177

  S.40 75, 83–84, 87–89, 88, 92, 93, 95–103, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 112, 114, 116, 176

  S.41 87, 87

  S.42 82, 82, 86, 177

  S.43 89

  S.44 89

  S.46 ‘Double-Dirty’ 9, 84, 85, 104

  S.47 85, 93, 93, 95, 104

  S.48 84, 177

  S.53 91, 177

  S.58 106, 108, 112, 116–117, 118, 125, 158

  S.62 116–117, 117

  S.63 116

  S.65 125 (footnote)

  S.68 120–123, 121, 122, 177

  S.78 76, 125

  S.79 125 (footnote)

  S.80 Nile Seaplane 125–126, 127–154, 129, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 144, 147, 149, 156–157, 156, 157, 177

  Short-Sommer 42, 46, 48, 45, 52, 53–54, 64, 75, 106, 176–177
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  Type 74 seaplane 123

  Tractor biplane 86, 111

  Short-Wright Flyers 31, 35, 38–40, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 45, 68, 177

  Balloons

  Banshee 18, 18, 20, 21, 25, 116; Continental No 2 14; Corona 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25; Planet 35–38, 118; Venus 14

  Short, Eustace 15, 25–27, 31, 33, 75

  Short, Horace 27, 28, 31, 33, 43–45, 54–55, 58, 59, 65, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 114, 126, 129, 130, 172

  Short, James 15

  Short, Oswald 13, 15, 25, 27, 28, 33, 35, 54, 173, 174

  Singer, A Mortimer 35, 118 (also see Mortimer Singer Prize)

  Smith, Gus (mechanic) 129, 130–131, 135, 138, 145, 150, 156

  Smith, Ross and Keith 166, 167, 169

  Smithsonian Institution 166–167

  Society of Arts 175

  Sommer biplane 44, 45–46

  Sopwith Gnu 168, 168, 169, 169

  Sopwith seaplane 120, 123, 164

  Sopwith, Tom (Sir Thomas) 57, 123, 168

  Southampton 120–122, 163–164

  Southern Counties Aviation Co 169

  Sphere, The 89–91, 95

  Spicer, Mr Lancelot 85

  Spicer, Miss Marion 85

  Spottiswoode, Hugh 89

  Spottiswoode, John Herbert 108, 126, 129, 130, 134, 137, 142–143, 149

  St John’s, Newfoundland 163

  Stafford, Captain W S 89

  Stocks, Mrs De Beauvoir 124

  ‘Stonepitts’ (bungalow) 40, 46, 59, 115, 157

  Stonepitts Farm 40

  Stratton, Hilary 174

  Submarine Scout Twin airship SST 5 162; SST 11 162–163

  Sudan Railway 149, 150, 152

  Sudbury, Suffolk 116

  Supermarine Aviation Co Ltd 163, 168, 171

  Sea Lion 163–164, 165

  Sea Lion II 168

  Sutherland, Duke of 169–170, 171

  Swingate Downs 56, 58

  T

  Tedder, Lord, Marshal of the RAF 173

  Territorial Air Corps 111–112

  Territorial Army 68, 75, 79, 81, 82–83, 84, 177

  Thames, River 7, 95–103, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 111, 158

  The Car Cup 15

  Thirimont, Belgium 57

  Thomas, Holt 171

  Tower Bridge 97, 97, 102, 114

  Travers, E 65

  Travers, JL 60, 66–67, 66, 69, 72–73, 73, 75, 80, 81, 84

  Troubridge, Rear Admiral E C T 78

  Turner, Major C C 54

  Twelvetrees, Seaman 104

  U

  Universal Aviation Birdling 68–69, 65, 105, 111, 177

  Upper Hailing, Kent 16

  V

  Valentine, Mr 111

  Vava’u Group, Tonga Islands, eclipse 59, 60

  Vickers Gunbus 160

  Viking I 164, 166

  Viking IV 167

  Violet (balloon) 163

  W

  Waddon Aerodrome 167

  Wadfi Haifa 127, 133–134, 135–137, 136, 151

  Walcott, Charles D 166

  Wale, Aileen 161

  Wale, Francis Aileen 161

  Wale, Iona 161

  Wale, W H 161

  Walker, The Rev. F W 15

  Wallace, Roger W 27, 84

  War Office 75, 78, 81, 82–83, 85, 110, 116, 119

  Wells, Staff-Surgeon 105

  Westgate 92, 158

  Westminster Pier 97

  Wheal Greville Mine 11

  Wildman-Lushington, Lieutenant 61, 107

  Willis, Inspector 140, 141

  Wingate, Sir Reginald 152

  Winklemann, Henry 15

  Wolseley engine 59

  Wormwood Scrubs 163

  Wright, Bishop Milton 67

  Wright brothers 30–31, 32, 33, 38, 42, 43, 67, 109–110, 166–167, 169, 172, 175

  Wright Baby Flyer 68

  Wright brothers’ Flyers 25–27, 25, 26, 30, 45, 46, 48, 166–167, 167, 172, 177

  Wright brothers’ propellers 43–44

  Wright, Katharine 31, 109, 166

  Wright, Lorin 166

  Wright, Orville 31, 109–110, 166–167

  Wright, Warwick 33

  Wright, Wilbur 24, 25–27, 39,

  X

  Y

  Yarmouth 120

  Yarmouth Naval Air Station 120

  Z

  Zeebrugge raid 161–162

  Zenaida, yacht 157

  Zephyr (balloon) 20, 25

  Zeppelin LZ 38 160

  Zurich 35

 

 

 


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