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English aviation pioneer (1894–1973)
Sir Alan John Cobham, KBE, AFC (6 May 1894 – 21 October 1973) was an English aviation pioneer. Cobham was born at 78 Denman Road, in Camberwell, London
Alan_Cobham
British defense industry manufacturing company
Cobham Limited is a British aerospace manufacturing company based in Bournemouth, England. Founded by Sir Alan Cobham as Flight Refuelling Limited (FRL)
Cobham_Limited
American mathematician and computer scientist (1927–2011)
Alan Belmont Cobham (4 November 1927 – 28 June 2011) was an American mathematician and computer scientist known for (with Jack Edmonds and Michael O.
Alan_Cobham_(mathematician)
Concept in computational complexity theory
Cobham's thesis, also known as the Cobham–Edmonds thesis (named after Alan Cobham and Jack Edmonds), asserts that computational problems can be feasibly
Cobham's_thesis
British training school for test pilots and flight test engineers
again, click on "hide". Presented to ETPS in 1974 by Michael Cobham, son of Sir Alan Cobham, this trophy is awarded to the fixed wing student who demonstrates
Empire_Test_Pilots'_School
Surname list
Cobham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sir Alan Cobham, aviation pioneer Alan Cobham (mathematician), the namesake of Cobham's
Cobham_(surname)
1927 film
1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Alan Cobham, Estelle Brody and John Stuart. It was made by British Gaumont at their
The_Flight_Commander_(film)
Long-range airline of the United Kingdom (1924–1939)
route.[citation needed] Between 16 November 1925 and 13 March 1926, Alan Cobham made an Imperial Airways' route survey flight from the UK to Cape Town
Imperial_Airways
British parachutist and glider (1913–1983)
Heron-Maxwell joined Alan Cobham's Flying Circus in 1935 as a parachutist. She had met a parachutist, John Tranum, during her flying lessons. "Sir Alan had heard
Naomi_Heron-Maxwell
1933 film
The King's Cup is a 1933 British drama film directed by Alan Cobham, Donald Macardle, Herbert Wilcox and Robert Cullen[citation needed] and starring Chili
The_King's_Cup
British aircraft manufacturer, 1931–1951
pen-name). The other directors were A. E. Hewitt, Lord Grimthorpe and Alan Cobham. Amy Johnson was also one of the initial subscribers for shares. Airspeed
Airspeed_Ltd.
Aircraft pilots performing stunts to entertain
activities of Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day. Archive sources show that Shute, in research for writing the book, wrote to Cobham to check details
Barnstorming
Topics referred to by the same term
led by Baron von Richthofen Cobham's Flying Circus, an English flying circus (barnstorming group) started by Alan Cobham in 1932 Flying Circus, an American
Flying circus (disambiguation)
Flying_circus_(disambiguation)
Channel on 5 April 1934. She was also the only female flyer in Sir Alan Cobham's Flying Circus. She married Ronald Price who was the assistant general
Joan_Meakin
Theorem in combinatorics on words
a finite union of arithmetic progressions. The theorem was proved by Alan Cobham in 1969 and has since given rise to many extensions and generalisations
Cobham's_theorem
British 6-seat, single engine aircraft (1933)
undercarriage, attracted the attention of the British aviation pioneer, Sir Alan Cobham, who saw it as a suitable aircraft for demonstrating his airborne refuelling
Airspeed_Courier
Month of 1926
covering the full range of trade between the two nations. English pilot Alan Cobham arrived in Port Darwin, Australia to complete the first half of his round-trip
August_1926
Aerospace manufacturer in Northern Ireland
Schneider Trophy race. Alan Cobham's de Havilland DH.50 (G-EBFO) was also fitted with Shorts floats at Rochester. On 30 June 1926, Cobham then started a flight
Short_Brothers
Procedure in which flying aircraft receive fuel from another aircraft
One such enthusiast, who would revolutionize aerial refueling was Sir Alan Cobham, member of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, and a pioneer of long-distance
Aerial_refueling
Early British transport aircraft
was used by Sir Alan Cobham in an aviation promotional tour of the United Kingdom lasting 21 weeks and ending on 7 October 1929. Cobham flew 60,000 miles
De_Havilland_Giant_Moth
British airliner designed for pleasure flights
and Airspeed director Sir Alan Cobham sought a compact multi-engined airliner to perform 'air-experience' flights in Cobham's National Aviation Day displays
Airspeed_Ferry
Airspeed's early aircraft, including the three-engined Ferry (for Sir Alan Cobham's flying circus), the innovative and fast single-engined Courier, and
A._H._Tiltman
British World War II ferry pilot
bases at Bicester Airfield and Port Meadow. When she was eight, the Sir Alan Cobham Flying Circus visited the area, and she persuaded her father to pay for
Mary_Ellis_(pilot)
Aircraft with an undercarriage capable of operating from water surfaces
number of distance records before in-flight refuelling was adopted. Sir Alan Cobham devised a method of in-flight refuelling in the 1930s. In the air, the
Seaplane
English aviator (1894–1976)
names were made in Moths: Amy Johnson, Francis Chichester, Jim Mollison, Alan Cobham, to name only a few; and ... Transport History. Graphmitre Limited. 1978
Hereward_de_Havilland
Former Royal Air Force station, West Malling, Kent, England
airshows and displays were held by aviators such as Amy Johnson and Alan Cobham, flying from a grass runway. As war approached, the airfield was taken
RAF_West_Malling
Airport in South London, England, 1920–1959
Winston S. Churchill: Volume IV 1917–1922. London: Heinemann. p. 208. "Sir Alan Cobham; A Life of a Pioneering Aviator". www.rafmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 19
Croydon_Airport
Multinational research organization
Man-Month), Peter Brown, Larry Carter, Gregory Chaitin, John Cocke, Alan Cobham, Edgar F. Codd, Don Coppersmith, Wallace Eckert, Ronald Fagin, Horst
IBM_Research
1965 film by Ken Annakin
interested in aviation from his early years, when pioneering aviator Sir Alan Cobham took him up in a flight in a biplane. Later in the Second World War,
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Those_Magnificent_Men_in_Their_Flying_Machines
Air sport
Lowell Bayles André Beaumont Péter Besenyei Louis Bleriot Paul Bonhomme Alan Cobham Jacqueline Cochran Glenn Curtiss Geoffrey de Havilland Geoffrey de Havilland
Air_racing
Grammar school in Wallington, Greater London, England
Adventures" and later executive Vice-President of the Rank Organisation Sir Alan Cobham, KBE, AFC, pioneer aviator (first flight from Britain to Australia in
Wilson's_School
Taking images of the ground from the air
Aircraft Company), hired an Airco DH.9 along with pilot entrepreneur Alan Cobham. From 1921, Aerofilms carried out vertical photography for survey and
Aerial_photography
Multi-model class of strategic bombers
The probe and drogue system for aerial refuelling was developed by Sir Alan Cobham, but the Air Ministry doubted its value so long as Britain maintained
V_bomber
Early British airliner
the two surviving W.10s which were converted to tanker aircraft by Sir Alan Cobham. On 10 July 1923, W.8 G-EAPJ Duchess of York of Handley Page Transport
Handley_Page_Type_W
Flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
developed for transatlantic commercial flight was aerial refuelling. Sir Alan Cobham developed the Grappled-line looped-hose system to stimulate the possibility
Transatlantic_flight
Airfield in Leigh, UK
for moderate wind and red to indicate strong wind. On 10 June 1922, Alan Cobham was forced to land his de Havilland DH.9 at Penshurst owing to poor weather
Penshurst_Airfield
Human settlement in England
Brabazon Road (Lord Brabazon), Bleriot Road (Louis Blériot), Cobham Road (Sir Alan Cobham), De Havilland Road (Geoffrey de Havilland), Norman Crescent
Heston
International and Merseyside Aviation Society. p. 47. ISBN 0 902420 07 0. "Alan Cobham Aviation". Airline History. Retrieved 30 July 2021. Merton Jones, A.C
List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
List_of_defunct_airlines_of_the_United_Kingdom
Suburb in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
grounds the area was used in the 1930s for pleasure flights given by Alan Cobham. The farm from which the suburb most directly takes its name, Sydenham
Sydenham,_Leamington_Spa
Airport in Pendeford, West Midlands
The City of Wolverhampton Council in 1933 at the recommendation of Sir Alan Cobham, and was built on 178 acres of land in the Barnhurst area that had previously
Wolverhampton (Pendeford) airfield
Wolverhampton_(Pendeford)_airfield
Military gallantry award
Shire Publications, Oxford, 2010.ISBN 978-0-7478-0516-8. For example, Alan Cobham received the AFC in 1926 for "valuable and distinguished service rendered
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)
Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Melbourne. Streets in the suburb also recall other aviators such as Sir Alan Cobham, Jean Batten and Amy Johnson. In the 2021 Census, there were 2,059 people
Melrose_Park,_New_South_Wales
1930s British independent scheduled airline
Company employees A Hessel-Tiltman and Nevil Shute Norway along with Alan Cobham as directors, he became the chairman of Airspeed Ltd, which went on to
North_Eastern_Airways
English aviator (1903–1946)
from King Edward VIII.[citation needed] In 1936, Scott took over Sir Alan Cobham's National Air Displays Ltd and for one season operated C.W.A. Scott Flying
C._W._A._Scott
Date Name Country 1925 Francesco de Pinedo Italy 1926 Alan Cobham United Kingdom 1927 Charles Lindbergh USA 1928 Bert Hinkler Australia 1929 Dieudonné
FAI_Gold_Air_Medal
City in South Yorkshire, England
airfields for civil air services. Doncaster, with expert advice from Alan Cobham, opened its aviation centre on 26 May 1934. Development of the airfield
Doncaster
Company that provides air transport services for passengers and freight
cantilevered wings eliminating the need for external struts or braces. In 1926, Alan Cobham surveyed a flight route from the UK to Cape Town, South Africa, following
Airline
British bomber transport aircraft (1934–1944)
The Valentia was also used for experiments with aerial refuelling by Alan Cobham. Valentias were used for night bombing operations over the Western Desert
Vickers_Type_264_Valentia
Former airport of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom (1925–2011)
which led to the airport's closure. In 1923, a mail flight, flown by Alan Cobham, to Croydon carried passengers from a grass strip at Chelson Meadow,
Plymouth_City_Airport
Delta-Flugzeuge bis 1945) 1976 Charles Lamb War in a Stringbag 1977 Alan Cobham A Time to Fly 1978 Alex Henshaw Sigh for a Merlin: Testing the Spitfire
List_of_autobiographies
Airport in Durban, South Africa
hangar in the south-west corner of the Aerodrome. In the same year, Sir Alan Cobham landed in Durban at the start of his 25,000 mile flight around Africa
Stamford_Hill_Aerodrome
Newspaper
Islands government. Contributing writers and columnists included Sir Alan Cobham, Dr. Norwell Harrigan, Dr. Pearl Varlack, Godfrey deCastro, Dr. Pierre
The_Island_Sun
Municipal airport serving Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
grassy fields of Essendon Aerodrome upon the arrival of aviation pioneer Alan Cobham when he landed his de Havilland DH.50 floatplane, flown from England
Essendon_Fields_Airport
Airline of the United Kingdom (1946–1962)
appointed Skyways's new chairman while inflight refuelling pioneer Sir Alan Cobham became its deputy chairman. Veteran aviator Captain R.J. Ashley assumed
Skyways_(British_airline)
British multi-engined biplane flying boat
Lankester Parker. The type did not enter production, but was used by Sir Alan Cobham for a survey flight around Africa. Registered G-EBUP, it left Rochester
Short_Singapore
Book by Nevil Shute
entrepreneur. The novel starts with Cutter's boyhood—he gets a job with the Alan Cobham "National Aviation Day" flying circus, of barnstorming aircraft which
Round_the_Bend_(novel)
April – Larry Bell, American aircraft manufacturer (died 1956) 6 May – Alan Cobham, English aviator (died 1973) 13 December – Friedrich Hefty, Austro-Hungarian
Timeline of aviation in the 19th century
Timeline_of_aviation_in_the_19th_century
1925 utility aircraft family
production aircraft, and was entered into the 1925 King's Cup Race flown by Alan Cobham. Deliveries commenced to flying schools in England. One of the early
De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth
(1836–1914) "Lived here" 188 Camberwell Grove Denmark Hill SE5 8RJ 1920 Sir Alan Cobham (1894–1973) "Aviator was born here" 78 Denman Road Peckham SE15 5NR 2003
List of English Heritage blue plaques in London
List_of_English_Heritage_blue_plaques_in_London
Airport near London, England, 1929–1947
Park was conceived by fellow pilots and aircraft co-owners Nigel Norman and Alan Muntz in 1928, and it was constructed by their new company, Airwork Ltd.
Heston_Aerodrome
Fairey III 1925 Alan Cobham London to Rangoon and return, 17,000 miles in 210 hours flight time de Havilland DH.50 1926 Sir Alan Cobham Empire route survey
Britannia_Trophy
English writer of school stories (1876–1961)
Goldhawk Books Harry Clifton Chuckles Clifford Clive School and Sport Sir Alan Cobham Modern Boy Owen Conquest Popular; Boys Friend Weekly; Gem; Magnet; Schoolboys
Charles_Hamilton_(writer)
Chaoui Francis Chichester Juan de la Cierva Henri Coandă Jerrie Cobb Sir Alan Cobham Jackie Cochran George Bertram Cockburn Bessie Coleman François Coli Carmela
List_of_aviators
Italian test pilot and astronaut (born 1959)
McKenna Trophy as the best student on his course, as well as the Sir Alan Cobham Award for the highest standard of flying and the Hawker Hunter Trophy
Maurizio_Cheli
Month of 1926
pilot Alan Cobham landed his de Havilland seaplane on the River Thames to complete a 28,000-mile flight from England to Australia and back.Cobham had departed
October_1926
1920s British piston aircraft engine
museum The Siddeley "Jaguar"s' 17,000 Miles - a 1926 Flight article on the Jaguar's endurance during a London-Cape Town-London flight by Alan Cobham
Armstrong_Siddeley_Jaguar
1923 British airliner series
(registered G-EBFN) flew in August 1923 and was used within a few days by Alan Cobham to win a prize for reliability during trial flights between Copenhagen
De_Havilland_DH.50
New Zealand minister, historian, aviation chaplain and writer
Voluntary Recognition Award. Most recently, he was awarded with the Sir Alan Cobham memorial award by the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. Turbulent Years
Richard_Waugh_(writer)
American naturalist and author (1898–1978)
Shown in Native Environment. SHOT BY DOUGLAS BURDEN Engineer and Sir Alan Cobham Told of Seeing Them in Dutch Malaysia --Notables at the Opening". The
William_Douglas_Burden
Australian aviator (1898-1929)
their behalf had made and raffled in 1926 a large Alan Cobham doll, which was eventually given to Cobham. They announced their engagement in April 1927.
Keith_Vincent_Anderson
Airport in Sudan
is approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Wadi Halfa. In 1925 Alan Cobham made a first survey flight for Imperial Airways (a forerunner of British
Wadi_Halfa_Airport
Mural by William Kempster in London, England
number of well known aviators are depicted in the painting, including Sir Alan Cobham. A man identical to a description of the first pilot to circumnavigate
British Air Transport (painting)
British_Air_Transport_(painting)
Month of 1926
Propaganda Minister for the entire existence of Nazi Germany. English pilot Alan Cobham took off from the River Medway to begin a round-trip survey flight from
June_1926
Aircraft Company), hired an Airco DH.9 along with pilot entrepreneur Alan Cobham. In its early years, Aerofilms had links with pioneer cinematographer
Aerofilms
Kross General (Ret.) 2017 Paul L. Williams Major General (Ret.) 2016 Alan Cobham N/A 2015 The C-17A Pathfinder Loadmasters N/A 2014 Earl B. Young Colonel
Airlift/Tanker_Association
Former Royal Air Force station on the Isle of Man
for the construction of an airfield. This had been borne out by Sir Alan Cobham, who had pinpointed up to six suitable sites between Ballaugh and the
RAF_Jurby
Region of England
B3068 in Alderney. Cobham plc, in Wimborne Minster towards Leigh, is a world-leader in air-to-air refuelling, developed by Alan Cobham at RAF Tarrant Rushton
South_West_England
Airport in Gloucestershire, England
Second World War and was known as RAF Staverton. It was later used by Alan Cobham as he developed in-flight refuelling. A pillbox that was part of the
Gloucestershire_Airport
British pilot and writer (1910–1947)
needed a profession in which to earn her living. Gower first flew with Alan Cobham and was fascinated by flying. Gower earned her pilot's licence (no. 9442
Pauline_Gower
British painter (1874–1962)
portraits include those of Richard Burton, Andrew Carnegie (posthumous), Sir Alan Cobham, Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, Maria Montessori, Montgomery of Alamein, Earl
Frank_O._Salisbury
Motorcycle pioneer and racing driver
confectioners shop in Clacton-on-Sea. He was a close friend of Alan Cobham and took part in Sir Alan Cobham's Flying Circus. Dixon joined the Clacton Chamber of Commerce
AJ_Dixon
British passenger airliner (1926–1942)
was briefly used in South Africa from October 1932 until 1933 by Sir Alan Cobham for his itinerant air pageant. The City of Jodhpur was used in an aerial
De_Havilland_Hercules
British airline
airline was sold to Olley Air Service. Cobham Air Routes Limited was formed on 3 May 1935 by Sir Alan Cobham to operate services between Croydon and
Cobham_Air_Routes
Calendar year
air route from the United Kingdom to South Africa is established by Alan Cobham. March 14 – El Virilla train accident in Costa Rica: 385 people are killed
1926
Civil parish in Staffordshire, England
for barnstorming. On 22 June 1929 a famous aviation barnstormer named Alan Cobham went to Perton trying to persuade local dignitaries that they should
Perton
Aerodrome closed. The club moved to Avro's Woodford Aerodrome. 21 July 1925: Alan Cobham delivered the club's first powered aircraft (a de Havilland DH.60 Moth)
Lancashire_Aero_Club
III though not entering service as such. Later as G-ABYX sold to Sir Alan Cobham with his air circus and named "Youth of Australia" and later renamed
Handley_Page_Hinaidi
The first commercial air route from South Africa is established when Alan Cobham does a return flight between London and Cape Town. October 8 – 124 coal
1926_in_South_Africa
1988 British TV series or programme
interview with Harald Penrose about flying with British barnstormer Alan Cobham is featured. The episode further discusses the circumnavigation of the
Reaching_for_the_Skies
Early experimental aerial refueling aircraft
antisubmarine, and bombardment operations requiring extended range. In 1934, Sir Alan Cobham founded Flight Refuelling Ltd (FRL), and by 1938 used a "looped-hose"
Question_Mark_(aircraft)
capable of fleet speeds and true combat operations. November 17 – Sir Alan Cobham sets out from England in a Short Singapore to make an aerial survey of
1927_in_aviation
Month of 1926
Died: E. W. Scripps, 71, American newspaper publisher British aviator Alan Cobham completed the first voyage by air from the British colony of South Africa
March_1926
Airport in Ramsey, Isle of Man
Allen being sent to the airfield in August so as to verify them. Sir Alan Cobham had also favoured the north of the island for an airfield and had identified
Hall_Caine_Airport
Apr 30 – Regular Belfast–Liverpool airmail flights are inaugurated by Alan Cobham, using de Havilland DH.50 craft. July 1 – (United States) First U.S.
1920s_in_air_cargo
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
services. Consequently, on 26 May 1934, Doncaster, with advice from Alan Cobham, opened an Aviation Centre. Development of the airfield continued and
RAF_Doncaster
Aviation portal This is a list of aviation-related events from 1934: Sir Alan Cobham's Flight Refuelling Ltd. develops the looped-hose aerial refueling system
1934_in_aviation
1920, when she was only five, her father took her on a flight with Sir Alan Cobham, the long-distance aviation pioneer, in his open-air Tiger Moth biplane
Patrick_Richardson
Flight engineering training school in Scotland
records for flying to Australia and Japan, and Sir Alan Cobham, founder of the flying circus and the Cobham Company. Air Service Training Flight International
Air_Service_Training
Lilian Oldland, Dorothy Seacombe War The Flight Commander Maurice Elvey Alan Cobham, Estelle Brody John Stuart War The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant
List_of_British_films_of_1927
Defunct airfield near Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Flight sending a large number of Fairey Flycatchers. On 7 July 1929, Alan Cobham visited Cramlington on his Municipal Aerodrome Campaign. He judged that
Cramlington_Aerodrome
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