RFC

Royal Naval Air Service: Never happy with the RFC, the Naval wing was detached in July, 1914, just before the outbreak of the First World War.

Major Herbert Musgrave was placed in charge of RFC's experiments. This included research into how wireless telegraphy could be used by military aircraft.

This idea came from my uncle Alf ex RFC airman ground crew and was used on rubber powered models in the 1930s to obtain washout as they didn't have radio then.
Bob Lane
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See also: Pilot, Aircraft, Aviation, Plane, Royal flying corps