Everything about The School Of Ballooning totally explained
The
School of Ballooning was a training and test centre for
British Army experiments with
airships. It was established at
Chatham in
Kent in
1888. The School moved to Stanhope Lines,
Aldershot in 1890 when a balloon section and depot were formed as permanent units of the
Royal Engineers establishment. The School was sometimes known as the
Balloon Factory.
Origins
The British Army first took interest in ballooning in 1863 when
Henry Coxwell was commissioned to perform a series of ascents at Aldershot. The demonstration showed how captive balloons could be used for reconnaissance, signalling and the dropping of bombs on an enemy. In 1878, the British Army established a Balloon Section at the
Woolwich Arsenal which was responsible for conducting experiments with balloons. In 1880 and in 1882, the Balloon Section participated in the Aldershot Manoeuvres. The Section's particpation was judged to have been very successful and the Balloon Equipment Store at Woolwich was relocated to the
School of Military Engineering at Chatham. A balloon factory, depot and school were later established at Chatham.
Actions
In 1906
Colonel John Capper took up command of the Balloon School. During his time in command, Capper contributed to the development of Britain's military airships and even piloting the first successful British airship flight, that of the
Nulli Secundus over
London during 1907.
It was also in 1906 that
Samuel Cody was appointed as Chief Instructor in Kiting at the Balloon School.
In early
1911, the School of Ballooning was reorganized to form the
Air Battalion.
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