scholarly journals Anglicans and Aviators: The First World War and the Forgotten Origins of Royal Air Force Chaplaincy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Rance ◽  
Michael Snape
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

The Contribution of Radio Telephony, Telegraphy and the Later Electronic Techniques to Aviation

1966 ◽  
Vol 70 (661) ◽  
pp. 230-231
Author(s):  
F. S. Barton ◽  
N. Cox Walker
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Air Force ◽  
First World War ◽  
Radio Communication ◽  
World War ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, which were combined in 1918 to form the Royal Air Force, both ended the First World War with radio communication by telegraphy and telephony between aircraft and ground stations and between actual aircraft.The equipment to achieve this was the result of research and development carried out for the Royal Flying Corps at various military establishments such as the Signals Experimental Establishment at Woolwich and for the Royal Naval Air Service, first at Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, and latterly at Cranwell.

2. Beginnings

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-29
Author(s):  
Frank Ledwidge
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Air Force ◽  
First World War ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
World War ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

Once powered aircraft had taken to the air in the early 20th century, it did not take long for their potential as a military instrument to be realized. The First World War demonstrated that aeroplanes would indeed be war machines, and very formidable ones. ‘Beginnings: the First World War 1914–1918’ explains that whilst it was never a decisive arm on any WW1 front, all the elements of aircraft’s future deployment were present with the exception of its mobility potential. By the end of the war, the combatant nations had thousands of aircraft in their inventories with their attendant administrative and logistical structures. The world’s first independent air arm, the Royal Air Force, had been formed.

Desert Insurgency

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Air Force ◽  
First World War ◽  
Railway Track ◽  
Guerrilla Warfare ◽  
World War ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
Archaeological Investigation ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

This book explores the once-hidden conflict landscape along the Hejaz Railway in the desert sands of southern Jordan. Built at the beginning of the twentieth century. This railway track stretched from Damascus to Medina and served to facilitate participation in the annual Muslim Hajj to Mecca. The discovery and archaeological investigation of an unknown landscape of insurgency and counterinsurgency along this route tells a different story of the origins of modern guerrilla warfare; the exploits of T. E. Lawrence, Emir Feisal, and Bedouin warriors; and the dramatic events of the Arab Revolt of 1916–18. Ten years of research in this prehistoric terrain has revealed sites lost for almost 100 years: vast campsites occupied by railway builders; Ottoman Turkish machine-gun redoubts; Rolls-Royce armoured-car raiding camps; an ephemeral Royal Air Force desert aerodrome; as well as the actual site of the Hallat Ammar railway ambush. Ultimately, this unique and richly illustrated account tells, in intimate detail, the story of a seminal episode of the First World War and the reshaping of the Middle East that followed.

British Air Force slang. Influence of the First World War

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Peter J. Mitchell ◽  
Andrey A. Andrakhanov ◽  
Egor V. Trusov
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
First World War ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
World War ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
World War One ◽  
Linguistic Support ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

World War One had an impact not only the development of international relations throughout the 20th century, but also led to the creation of air forces of different countries. More than 30 countries participated in the First World War. The British Empire, which fought on the side of the Entente, was one of them. During the First World War, the importance of the Air Force increased. It played a decisive role in gaining dominance amidst the aerospace. Aviation, which tasks included aerial reconnaissance and bomb attacks, evolved significantly. A huge number of new experimental military equipment have appeared. All of this produced a huge number of military slang terms. In this study, we will examine the slang terms that appeared in the slang of the British Air Force during the First World War, classify them and make a conclusion about the influence of the First World War on the development of military slang terms. During the training of specialists in the linguistic support of military activity, the topic of military slang remains understudied, which is why interpreters have difficulties in translating slang units. Therefore, the studying of this phenomenon can improve the skills of military interpreters and allow them to avoid major mistakes in their professional activity.

Post First World War

1966 ◽  
Vol 70 (666) ◽  
pp. 657-658
Author(s):  
L. F. R. Fell
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Air Force ◽  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
Further Development ◽  
First World

I returned to England in February 1919 to take over the duties of Assistant Director of Research and Development (Engines) under Brigadier-General Brooke-Popham, who was appointed Director of Research about the same date.At that time it was anticipated (correctly) that there was no danger of another major war for at least ten years and the staffs of the Royal Air Force and the Air Ministry were cut down drastically to suit. The Engine Research and Development departments which had employed many hundreds during the war were reduced to about a dozen people. While this was being done the engine position as it existed was being examined. It soon became obvious that none of the engines which had been in production during the war were suitable for further development to meet the requirements of the 1920's.

The Art of Developing Aero-Engines

1959 ◽  
Vol 63 (584) ◽  
pp. 429-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Lovesey
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
World War ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Aero Engine ◽  
The Government ◽  
Aero Engines ◽  
First World ◽  
Engine Development

The first ten years following the end of the First World War saw a steady “run down” in the armed forces and during this period what still existed in the field of aero-engine development was inspired, mainly, by participation in long range pioneering flights, distance records and international speed events—such as the Schneider Trophy Contest.Research and development were limited by the funds available and it was not until about 1935, when the Government decided on an “all out” policy to re-equip the Royal Air Force with equipment to match the growing aerial strength of Germany, that aero-engine development received the support it needed. It was somewhere in this period that marked the “renaissance” of the development of aero-engines.

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