Image: Cody VI wreckage RAE-O590
Description: Aviation in Britain Before the First World War- the work of Samuel Franklin Cody in Airship, Kite and Aircraft Aeronautics 1903 - 1913 The wreckage of Cody Aircraft Mark VIA at Laffan's Plain near Aldershot. The aircraft broke up in mid air and crashed, killing S F Cody and his passenger, W H B Evans (captain of the Hampshire Cricket Club) instantly. The Cody Aircraft Mark VI was the last and largest of Cody's aircraft. He had intended to enter it in the 1913 Daily Mail Coastal Circuit of Britain contest. However his fatal accident prevented this.
Title: Cody VI wreckage RAE-O590
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//35/media-35362/large.jpg This is photograph RAE-O 590 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Engineers official photographer
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