Mervyn O'Gorman
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Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman was a British electrical and aircraft engineer. After working as an electrical engineer, he was appointed Superintendent of what became the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnbo
O'Gorman in 1912
before... (Bleriot XII)
...and after (S.E.1)
In 1911 the British War Office announced their first Military Aeroplane Competition for aircraft to meet the requirements of the Air Battalion Royal Engineers. The formal requirements were published i
Mervyn O'Gorman
…intended to bring order to chaos were the result of a subversion of the system. The rational system of aircraft procurement was to be exemplified by the Military Aircraft Competition held on Salisbury Plain at Larkhill, announced late in 1911. The rules called for two-seater aircraft capable of various speed, climb, endurance and…
The second Cody V in the Science Museum, London
No. 12 a Bristol Gordon England biplane, pilot C. Howard Pixton
Deperdussin monoplane (entrant no.21) at the Trials, pilot Jules Védrines