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| Built by expatriate American Samuel Franklin Cody, then kiting instructor to the Royal Engineers at the Balloon Factory, Farnborough, British Army Aeroplane No 1 made its first fully authenticated take-off on 29 September 1908, when it made a 'hop' of 71.3m. On 16 October, at Farnborough, it made what is recognised officially as the first sustained powered flight in Great Britain by a heavier-than-air machine, covering 423.7m before crash-landing. On 8 September 1909, after undergoing many modifications, the aircraft made a sustained flight of more than an hour around Laffan's Plain (Farnborough), travelling about 64km.
| ENGINE | 1 x 50hp Antoinette 8-cylinder water-cooled V-type engine |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 1152 kg | 2540 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 15.85 m | 52 ft 0 in |
| Length | 13.41 m | 44 ft 0 in |
| Height | 3.96 m | 13 ft 0 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 64 km/h | 40 mph |
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