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Major
G H Scott C.B.E, A.F.C
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Major
G H Scott C.B.E, A.F.C Assistant Director of Airship Development
(Flying) was born in 1888 at Catford, Kent and was educated at Richmond
School, Yorks, and at the R. N Engineering College, Keyham. From
1908 he was engaged in general engineering until the outbreak of
War when he joined . After service at Farnborough, in H.M.A. Eta
and at Kingsnorth. He proceeded in 1915 to the airship station at
Barrow and became captain of the Parseval P.4. The following year
he was appointed to the command of the airship station at Anglesey
and in 1917 became captain of R.9, the first British rigid airship
to fly, and was also appointed Experimental officer, Airships, at
Pulham airship base. On the formation of the Royal Air Force he
was given the rank of Major.
Towards the end of 1918 he was chosen to command R.34 and was awarded
the A.F.C. for his wrork on airships. In 1919 he commanded R.34
on 1st flight from East Fortune, Scotland to the United States and
back to Pulham. For this he was awarded a C.B.E. This was the first
flight of any aircraft to America and also the first outward and
homeward flight. He was demobilsed from the Royal Air Force later
in 1919. In 1920 he was appointed to the tecnhnical staff of the
Royal Airship Works, Cardington. He is the inventor of the Air Ministry
system of airship mooring to a tower, which is also employed in
the United States. In 1924 he was appointed officer in Charge of
Flying and Training in the Airship Directorate and in January of
this year became Assistant Director (Flying). He visited Canada
in 1927 to advise the Canadian Government on the selection of an
airship base which resulted in St. Hubert, Montreal being chosen
and equipped. Since the autumn of last year he has carried out extended
trials of the two new British Airships R.101 and R.100, which are
the largest airships in the world and contain many novel features
compared with previous airship types. He took part in the Canadian
Flight of R.100 during July and August this year fnd was officer
in Charge of the Flight.
He
lived at Manor Farmhouse, Cotton End. He was forty two at the
time of his death.
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