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Aeroplane Building and Flying Society
Aeroplane Building & Flying
Society
The Aeroplane Building & Flying Society was
formed in June 1910 in London by J.D. North, later of the Grahame-White and Boulton Paul companies, as Chairman and H.A Myers as Hon. Sec. (pro tem), until the appointment of W. Le Maltre. Members of the
Flying Society built at least two gliders in 1910: North designed a biplane glider with forward tailplane, and a monoplane
glider was built by Myers (which may have been attributed to both North and Myers), both being built at the Societies Hammersmith
workshop. Later that year, a flying ground was acquired at Kensal Rise Athletic Ground, an early home of Queens Park Rangers
football club. The Kensal Rise ground did not possess a hill or slope suitable for gliding; as it was necessary for the Society
to get over the difficulty, they evolved an inclined wire cable tramway to answer the purpose. Both machines were moved to
Kensal Rise, where they seem to have flown successfully. Both machines were to have been fitted with engines. It is not known
if the Myers machine flew as such, but a letter by North [6] implies that his did, along with a letter Flight [5] which shows
the drive transmission.
The identity of Mr. Myers is uncertain: Flight [2] refers to 'H.A. Myers' (except on one
occasion, H.B. Myers), while Goodall and Tagg [1] refer to an 'A.N. Myers'. This author has been unable to verify a suitable
candidate for any of those.
Company References - British Aircraft
Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
- Flight
4 Feb 1911
- Flight 8 Oct 1910
- Flight 17 Dec 1910
- Flight 17 Feb 1912
- The Aeroplane 14 Dec 1911 (letters)
Project Data 
Project No |
Type
No | Name | Alternative Name(s) | Year |
Spec
(Requirement) | Status | Qty | Description |
References |
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| Myers Glider | |
1910 |
| Proto | 1 |
1S
monoplane glider | 1 | | | |
North
Glider | | 1910 | |
Proto |
1 |
1S biplane
glider | 1,2,3 | | | | North Biplane |
| 1911 | |
Proto |
(1) |
1S,
1E biplane | 4 | Project References - British Aircraft
1809-1914, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1962)
- British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael
H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
- Flight 4 Feb 1911
Total Aeroplane Building & Flying Society Production
2
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