How a Top Gun Woman Broke the Sex Barrier; EXCLUSIVE: HELEN TAKES HER PLACE IN RAF ELITE AS FAST-JET FIGHTER PILOTByline: Margaret MorrisonDaily Mail (London)
Royal Air Force Sopwith CamelSopwith Camel, one of the most effective British fighter aircraft of World War I. Upon the outbreak of World War I, the RFC, possessing 179 airplanes and 1,244 officers and men, sent an aircraft park and four squadrons to France on August 13, 1914. Air-to-...
The son of a mechanic, Whittle entered theRoyal Air Force(RAF) as a boy apprentice and soon qualified as a pilot at the RAF College in Cranwell. He was posted to a fighter squadron in 1928 and served as a test pilot in 1931–32. He then pursued further studies at the RAFengineeringsc...