The Britannia Trophy is a British award presented by the Royal Aero Club for aviators accomplishing the most meritorious performance in aviation during the previous year.
7-573: In 1911 Horatio Barber , who was a founder member of the Royal Aero Club, was given £100 for a commercial flight. Not wanting to tarnish his amateur status, he presented the money to the club for the trophy. The first award was presented in 1913 to Captain C.A.H Longcroft of the Royal Flying Corps for a non-stop flight from Montrose to Farnborough in a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a . The trophy has not been awarded every year, particularly during
14-698: The Aeronautical Syndicate Limited to produce his designs. In early 1910 he began to fly his designs and in late September 1910 he became the first occupant of Hendon Aerodrome , newly established by the London Aerodrome Co, where he leased three hangars. His ASL Valkyrie design started test flying from there in October 1910, Barber using the aircraft to gain his Aero Club Certificate (No. 30) in November of that year. The company gave four Valkyries to
21-465: The first and second world wars, and has been awarded jointly and to teams, as well as individuals. In 1952 the Royal Aero Club presented plaques to all the surviving holders who previously only held the trophy for one year and were not given a permanent memento. The wind chill at the surface of the North Pole was -40°C. causing all of the fuel cylinder gauges to freeze and one of the burners to freeze in
28-837: The government and one aircraft and military pilot were lost in an accident in September 1911. Barber carried on with some experimental work, producing a tractor biplane called the ASL Viking early in 1912, but in April 1912 he dissolved the Syndicate, having failed to achieve any commercial success. The company's aircraft and equipment were sold, mostly to Frederick Handley Page . Barber continued to work as an aeronautical consultant, with an office at 59 Pall Mall in London. In 1912 he tried to insure himself against any liability from passengers of his aircraft, this
35-793: The on position. After a distance of 41.2Nm, the crew landed, put up an emergency shelter and made a nice cup of tea. On his first journey in 2016 he flew round Africa solo in a VFR helicopter through 23 different countries, completing 16,600 nm in 73 days and setting three world records. For his second journey in 2017 with Matthew Gallacher, they travelled east around the world passing through 42 countries completing 32,000 nm in 121 days, (11,600 nm over water) and setting another five world records. The third Journey Round started on 2 December 2018 around Latin America. Horatio Barber Captain Horatio Claude Barber (1875–1964)
42-672: Was an early British aviation pioneer and First World War flight instructor . In 1911 he flew the first cargo flight in Britain, transporting electric light bulbs from Shoreham to Hove . He was also the first person in Great Britain to gain an aeronautical degree. Barber was one of the first aviation pioneers and within a few years of the first powered flight he leased a railway arch in Battersea to design and produce aircraft. In 1909 he moved to Lark Hill on Salisbury Plain and formed
49-586: Was unknown at the time and Lloyd 's asked him to write his own policy , the first aircraft insurance policy. Barber served in the First World War in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and later the Royal Air Force (RAF). He was one of the first flying instructors at Shoreham and he also invented a number of training aids. In 1917 he published a book The Aeroplane Speaks and in 1927 Aerobatics . After
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