CAPTAIN B. DICKSON PREPARES TO FLY HIS BRISTOL BOXKITE BIPLANE
DURING THE
BRITISH ARMY MANEOUVRES ON SALISBURY PLAIN IN SEPTEMBER 1910.
ORIGINAL circa 1910 PHOTO
The Boxkite was the first aircraft produced by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company. A
pusher biplane based on the successful
Farman III,
it was one of the first aircraft types to be built in quantity. As the
machine was used by Bristol for instruction purposes at their flying
schools at Larkhill and
Brooklands many early British aviators learnt to fly in at Boxkite. Four were purchased in 1911 by the War Office and examples were sold to Russia and Australia. It continued to be used for training purposes until after the outbreak of the WWI.
Measures approx. 6,3 x 8,8 in. (16 x 22,4 cm.)