The Vickers Versailles, first across the Atlantic non-stop. But would the RAF clerks be able to spell it?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vimy / FB.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1917

The Avro 529 Rothesay I

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Pike / Type 523 / Type 529 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1916

Flying boats were named after coastal towns and seaports. A Sunderland and London illustrate this classification.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Saunders-Roe London / A.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Short Sunderland / S.25 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Naval reconnaissance aircraft were named after sea-birds, for example, the Seagull. Everybody else called it the Walrus.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

A5178 was to be named the Bristol Cow 1. This so upset the company that they painted the wrong number on it

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol M.R.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1917

The pugnacious lines, the bristling guns, all intended to strike terror into the hearts of an enemy and inspire its pilots with the creed of the offensive, the aptly-named Sopwith Sow. Sow? Would YOU want to go to war in a Sow?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sopwith Bulldog / 2FR.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1918