Cody Centenary, Farnborough

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16th October 2008

On 16th October 1908, Samuel F Cody became the first man in Britain to carry out a controlled sustained flight in a powered aircraft when he flew his Army Aeroplane No.1 at Farnborough in Hampshire.

To celebrate this important milestone or aviation, the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, who have a museum just yards form the site of Cody's flight, held a special celebration at which the pavilion housing their full scale replica of Cody's aircraft was officially opened.

In front of a specially invited audience including Baronness Thatcher & the Rt Hon Gerald Howarth MP (who later flew the RAE Aero Club's Chipmunk in the flypast), descendants of Cody himslef, together with representatives from Rushmoor Borough Council and many of the volunteers who had worked tirelessly to create the full sized replica, a presentation was given outlining the imprtance of this event.

Inside the Pavilion, the recreating of the British Army Aeroplane No.1, in which Cody made the momentous flight, takes prode of place. There is also a full size replica of one of his man-carrying kites. Along one wall there are display boards with many photographs showing the life of Cody and his pioneering aviation achievements, whilst on the opposite wall photographs tell the story of how the replica and Pavilion were built.

In the coming months, the working simulator which uses software from Merlin Simulations, will be moved into place so that visitors can experience for themselves what it was like to fly in 1908.

At midday, a special flypast of aircraft through the ages took place and was specially routed, not along the path of the current runway, but directly over the place from which Cody took off on that flight.

The flypast consisted of:
1 Apache AH.1 ZJ216 from Army Air Corps, Middle Wallop
2 De Havilland DH.60G Moth (Gipsy I) G-ABAG from Audley End
3 De Havilland Dragon Rapide G-AGTM (Aviation Heritage, Coventry) in formation with De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moths G-APLU, G-AHOO, G-AOBX & G-AIXJ
4 Avro 19 (Anson) G-AHKX from the Shuttleworth Trust
5 Hawker Hurricane I R4118 UP-W G-HUPW from Peter Vacher
6 De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-BDDD of the RAE Aero Club
7 Avro Vulcan XH558 G-VLCN from the Vulcan To The Sky Trust
8 Bae Hawk T.1A from RAF Valley
9 Eurofighter Typhoon from RAF Coningsby
10 Boeing C-17A Globemaster 3 ZZ174 from 99 Sqn at RAF Brize Norton

Cody - FAST Cody Pavilion	Cody - FAST Cody Pavilion	Cody - FAST Cody Pavilion	Cody - Man Carrying Kite in operation
Cody - Man Carrying Kite Replica	Cody - Man Carrying Kite Replica	Cody - Man Carrying Kite Replica - modern	Cody - reflections of an aviator
Cody - The Replica	Cody - The Replica	Cody - The Replica	Cody - The Replica
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Cody - The Replica	Cody - The Replica	Cody - The Replica	Cody - The Replica - cockpit
Cody - The Replica - Cody knot	Cody - The Replica - Cody knot	Cody - The Replica - detail	Cody - The Replica - detail
Cody - The Replica - engine running	Cody - The Replica - engine running	Cody - The Replica - engine running	Cody - The Replica - fuel tank
Cody - The Replica - propellor	Cody - The Replica - propellor	Cody 01 - Timeline	Cody 02 - Cody The Showman
Cody 03 - Kites & Airships	Cody 04 - First Flight	Cody 05 - Cody's Later Aeroplanes	Cody 06 - Fatal Crash & Funeral
Cody 07 - Trials & Trophies	Cody 08 - The Replica - Board 1	Cody 09 - The Replica - Board 2	Cody 10 - The Replica - Board 3
Cody 11 - The Replica - Board4	Cody Exhibition Model	Cody Exhibition Model	Cody Exhibition Model
Cody Exhibition Model	Cody Exhibition Model	Cody Flyer Simulator	Cody Flyer Simulator
Cody meets Cody	Cody Pavilion	Cody Pavilion	Cody Pavilion
Cody Pavilion - Dedication Plaques	Flypast 1: Apache 01	Flypast 1: Apache 02	Flypast 1: Apache 03
Flypast 1: Apache 04	Flypast 2: De Havilland Formation 01	Flypast 2: De Havilland Formation 01	Flypast 3: De Havilland Gipsy Moth 01