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Wills’s Aviation Card #75 – Mr. Tom Sopwith.
History Behind The Card: Mr. Tom Sopwith. Card #75 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Vice Regal Mixture – Black-back issue Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith on January 18, 1888 in Kensington, London, England, Great Britain – January … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fileux, C. S. Rolls, Gnome Motor, Gustave Blondeau, Henri Farman, Hewlett & Blondeau Limited, Hilda Hewlett, Howard Wright Biplane, John Moisant, Mademoiselle Fifi, Royal Aero Club of United Kingdom, Short Brothers, Snoopy vs the red baron, Société Astra des Constructions Aéronautiques, Tom Sopwith
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Wills’s Aviation Card #70 – Mr. J. Armstrong Drexel
History Behind The Card: Mr. J. Armstrong Drexel. Card #70 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut – Black-back issue John Armstrong Drexel, born October 24, 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America – died … Continue reading →
Posted in Air Shows, Airfields, Flying Schools, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, People, Pilots, Tobacco Card
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Tagged Aero Club of America, Anthony J. Drexel, Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr., Belmont Airshow of 1910, Bleriot monoplane, Bollee motor, British Royal Aero Club, Claude Grahame-White, Clerget motor, Dan Rottenberg, Drexel Morgan & Co., Drexel University, E.N.V. motor, East Boldre Flying School, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Flying Scotsman, Gnome Motor, J. Armstrong Drexel, J.P. Morgan & Co., John Armstrong Drexel, John Moisant, Saint Katherine, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Wright motor
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Wills’s Aviation Card #68 – Capt. Bertram Dickson.
History Behind The Card: Capt. Bertram Dickson. Card #68 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut – Black-back issue Captain Bertram Dickson, December 21, 1873 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain – September 28, 1913 in Lochrosque … Continue reading →
Posted in Aeroplane Factories, Air Shows, Firsts, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, Pilots, Tobacco Card
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Tagged 1910 Bournemouth aviation meet, 1910 Great Aviation Week of Rouen, 1910 Tours aviation meet, Aero-Club de France, Anzani engine, Bayard-Clement motor, British echnical Sub-Committee for Imperial Defence, British Royal Air Force, British Royal Flying Corps, C. S. Rolls, Captain Bertram Dickson, Clerget motor, E.N.V. motor, Farman biplane, Gnome Motor, Graces Guide, Lanark Aviation Meeting, Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, RAF, René Thomas, Royal Naval Air Service, Winston Churchill, Wright Brothers Motor
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