Royal Navy’s FIRST seaplane which was championed by Churchill in 1911 takes to the skies once again
It was a plane that was bankrolled by a young Winston Churchill and changed the course of British aviation history. The Royal Navy’s first seaplane, the Waterbird, was created by aeronautic pioneer Edward Wakefield in 1911 to give military ships an eye in the sky. Thanks to financial support from Churchill, the plane successfully flew … Read more