1910 Aviators Certificates - UK

Aviator Certificates listed by their certificate number in 1910. Granted by the Royal Aero Club of the UK and those issued to UK subjects by the Aero Club de France

The first four certificates were granted to established pilots before any test had been agreed upon. Certificates numbers 5 to 65 were granted on tests made under the rules of the Aero Club de France. Three separate flights must be made, each of three miles round a circular course without coming to the ground. These flights not necessarily made on the same day. On the completion of each flight the engine must be stopped in the air, and a landing effected within 150 yards of a given spot previously designated by the candidate to the official observers See detailed rules below.

Cert	Name	Born	Died	Date	Place	Make	Type
001	John Moore-Brabazon	1884	1964	1910/03/08	Shellbeach	Short	Biplane
002	Charles Stewart Rolls	1877	1910	1910/03/08	Shellbeach	Short Wright	Biplane
003	Alfred Rawlinson	1867	1934	1910/04/05	Shellbeach	Farman	Biplane
004	Cecil Grace	1881	1910	1910/12/22	Eastchurch	Short Wright	Biplane
005	George Bertram Cockburn	1872	1931	1910/04/26	Salisbury Plain	Farman	Biplane
006	Claude Grahame-White	1879	1959	1910/04/26	Pau	Bleriot	Monoplane
007	Alec Ogilvie	1882	1962	1910/05/24	Camber	Short Wright	Biplane
008	Adam Mortimer Singer	1863	1929	1910/05/31	Not known	Farman	Biplane
009	Samuel Cody	1867	1913	1910/06/07	Laffan's Plain	Cody	Biplane
010	Louis Dwarris Launcelot Gibbs	1885	1945	1910/06/07	Mourmelon	Farman	Biplane
011	Maurice Egerton	1874	1958	1910/06/14	Eastchurch	Short Wright	Biplane
012	James Radley	1884	1959	1910/06/14	Brooklands	Bleriot	Monoplane
013	Alan Boyle	1886	1958	1910/06/14	Brooklands	Avis	Monoplane
014	John Armstrong Drexel	1891	1958	1910/06/21	New Forest Aviation School	Bleriot	Monoplane
015	George Cyril Colmore	1885	1937	1910/06/21	Eastchurch	Short	Biplane
016	George Arthur Barnes	1883	1919	1910/06/21	Brooklands	Humber	Monoplane
017	George Dawes	1880	1960	1910/07/26	Wolverhampton	Humber	Monoplane
018	Alliott Verdon-Roe	1877	1958	1910/06/21	Eastchurch	Short	Biplane
019	Arthur Edward George	1875	1951	1910/09/06	Eastchurch	George and Jobling	Biplane
020	R. Wickham	1886	NK	1910/09/20	Brooklands	Sommer	Biplane
021	Frank McClean	1876	1955	1910/09/20	Eastchurch	Short	Biplane
022	Edward Keith Davies	1886	1968	1910/10/11	Brooklands	Hanriot	Biplane
023	Maurice Ducrocq	1875		1910/11/01	Brooklands	Farman	Biplane
024	James George Weir	1887	1971	1910/11/08	Hendon	Bleriot	Monoplane
025	Hugh Evelyn Watkins	1881	1942	1910/11/08	Brooklands	Howard Wright	Biplane
026	Clement Hugh Greswell	1890		1910/11/15	Brooklands	Grahame-White	Biplane
027	John Duncan Bertie Fulton	1876	1915	1910/11/15	Salisbury Plain	Farman	Biplane
028	Leslie Falconer MacDonald	1890	1913	1910/11/15	Brooklands	Bristol	Biplane
029	Richard Talbot Snowden-Smith	1887	1951	1910/11/15	Brooklands	Farman	Biplane
030	Horatio Barber	1875	1964	1910/11/22	Hendon	Valkyrie	Monoplane
031	Thomas Sopwith	1888	1989	1910/11/22	Brooklands	Howard Wright	Biplane
032	Joseph Joel Hammond	1886	1918	1910/11/22	Salisbury Plain	Bristol Biplane
033	Archibald Reith Low	1879	1969	1910/11/22	Brooklands	Bristol Biplane
034	Sydney Ernest Smith	1881	1943	1910/11/22	Brooklands	Bristol Biplane
035	Robert Cooke Fenwick	1884	1912	1910/11/29	Freshfield	Planes	Biplane
036	Andrew George Board	1878	1973	1910/11/29	Hendon	Bleriot	Monoplane
037	Herbert Frederick Wood	1883	1918	1910/11/29	Brooklands	Bristol Biplane
038	Cecil Compton Paterson	1885	1937	1910/12/06	Freshfield	Paterson	Biplane
039	Bethell Godefroy Bouwens	1884	1942	1910/12/31	Hendon	Bleriot	Monoplane
040	George Bayard Hynes	1887	1938	1910/12/31	Hendon	Bleriot	Monoplane
041	St. Croix Johnstone	1887	1911	1910/12/31	Hendon	Bleriot	Monoplane
042	Henry Rex Cook	1863	1950	1910/12/31	New Forest Aviation School	Bleriot	Monoplane
043	Basil Herbert Barrington Kennett	1884	1915	1910/12/31	Hendon	Bleriot	Monoplane
044	Paul Georges Leon Jezzi	1876	1948	1910/12/31	Hendon	Jezzi	Biplane
045	Reginald Archibald Cammell	1886	1912	1910/12/31	Larkhill	Bristol	Biplane
Fr.075	Douglas Graham Gilmour	1885	1912	1910/02/17		Bleriot	Monoplane
Fr.212	Henry Greg Melly	1868	1957	1910/08/29	Bleriot School	Bleriot	Monoplane
Fr.213	Howard Joseph Harding	1881	1947	1910/08/10	Amberieu	J. A. P.	Monoplane
Fr.214	Ernest Archer	1874		1910/08/10	Issy	Bleriot	Monoplane
Fr.259	Charles Robert d'Esterre	1876	1943	1910/10/11		Antoinette	Monoplane
Fr.260	Charles James Burke	1881	1917	1910/10/11		Farman	Biplane
Fr.272	Edmond Paul			1910/10/19		Bleriot	Monoplane

See 1911 Aviators Certificates - UK for continuation

Rules

Aviator's Certificates Rules from 1st March 1910
The Royal Aero Club oi the United Kingdom will grant certificates in accordance with the rules of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale to aviators who have complied with the following rules:—

• 1. Three separate flights must be made, each of 3 miles round a circular course without coming to the ground. These flights need not necessarily be made on the same day. On the completion of each flight the engine must be stopped in the air, and a landing effected within 150 yards of a given spot previously designated by the candidate to the Official Observers.
• 2. Each of the three trials must be vouched for by officials appointed by the Royal Aero Club, and a certificate obtained for •each flight. All trials to be under the control of, and in places agreed to by, the Royal Aero Club.
• 3. Before being allowed to compete for certificates, candidates must, if called upon, satisfy the Committee of the Royal Aero Club of their ability to fly 500 yards, and of making a gliding descent with the engine stopped.
• 4. All attempts must be made between sunrise and sunset, and suitable previous notice must be given to the Secretary of the Royal Aero Club.
• 5. The Royal Aero Club declines all responsibility for any accidents, or any damage that may occur to the aviators, their machines, or to any third parties during or in connection with the qualifying tests of the candidate.
• 6. Candidates desirous of qualifying for certificates must make application on a form provided for that purpose. Expenses incurred, if any, must be borne by the candidates.
• 7. The Committee of the Royal Aero Club will decide if the candidate has qualified for a certificate, but reserves the right to refuse the same or withdraw the same at any time without giving reasons.
• 8. Foreigners belonging to a country represented on the Federation Aeronautique Internationale can only receive a certificate from the Royal Aero Club after having obtained the consent of their national sporting authority, as approved by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. A certificate may be granted to a foreigner whose country is not represented on the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
• 9. The decision of the Committee of the Royal Aero Club in all matters connected with the trials is final and without appeal.
• 10. The Committee of the Royal Aero Club may in special cases waive any or ail of the above rules, and grant certificates at its discretion.

Announced 24th September 1910

• "Any aviator taking part in a public exhibition of flying without having obtained an aviator's certificate will render himself liable to have the granting of his certificate postponed for such period as the Committee of the Royal Aero Club may determine ."

Sources of Information

• Information from published lists in Flight magazine under the Official Notice to Members of the Royal Aero Club and from Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates

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