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The Britannia Trophy is a British award presented by the Royal Aero Club for aviators accomplishing the most meritorious performance in aviation during the previous year.
In 1911 Horatio Barber, who was a founder member of the Royal Aero Club, was given £100 for a commercial flight. Not wanting to tarnish his amateur status, he presented the money to the club for the trophy.
The first award was presented in 1913 to Captain C.A.H Longcroft of the Royal Flying Corps for a non-stop flight from Montrose to Farnborough in a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a. The trophy has not been awarded every year, particularly during the first and second world wars, and has been awarded jointly and to teams, as well as individuals.
In 1952 the Royal Aero Club presented plaques to all the surviving holders who previously only held the trophy for one year and were not given a permanent memento.
| RAE B.E.2a | |||
| Maurice Farman Seaplane | |||
| Vickers Vimy | |||
| Avro Baby | |||
| Airco DH.9C | |||
| Fairey III | |||
| de Havilland DH.50 | |||
| de Havilland DH.50J | |||
| de Havilland DH.60 Moth | |||
| Avro Avian | |||
| de Havilland DH.60 Moth | |||
| Fokker F.VIIb/3m and Avro 616 Avian IVA | |||
| de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth | |||
| Vickers Vespa | |||
| de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth | |||
| de Havilland DH.88 Comet | |||
| Percival Gull | |||
| Percival Gull | |||
| de Havilland DH.88 Comet | |||
| Vickers Wellesley | |||
| Percival Mew Gull | |||
| Gloster Meteor IV | |||
| Gloster Meteor IV | |||
| de Havilland Mosquito PR34 (a modified Mosquito with 1710 hp RR Merlin 113A engines for "dedicated photo-reconnaissance") | |||
| de Havilland Vampire (modified) | |||
| English Electric Canberra B5 | |||
| English Electric Canberra PR3 | |||
| English Electric Canberra PR7 | |||
| Fairey Delta 2 | |||
| English Electric Canberra B2 | |||
| de Havilland Comet | |||
| Hawker Hunter F6 | |||
| Short SC.1 | |||
| Hawker Siddeley P.1127 and Harrier | |||
| Piper Comanche | |||
| Folland Gnat | |||
| Concorde | |||
| Schleicher ASW 17 | |||
| "Innovation" hot air balloon now on display in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Dulles Airport | |||
| Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 | |||
| Westland Lynx | |||
| Virgin Atlantic Flyer | |||
| Cameron Balloons Rozière balloon | |||
| Schleicher ASH 25E | |||
| Pegasus Quantum | |||
| Breitling Orbiter 3 | |||
| Robinson R44 (Murray - helicopter) and Mainair Blade (Bodill - microlight) | |||
| Pegasus Quantum (with a turbo-charged Rotax 914 engine) | |||
| Van's RV-6 | |||
| Zivko Edge 540 | |||
| Van's RV-7 | |||
| Pegasus Quik | |||
| Xtreme Air XA-41 | |||
| Flight Design CTSW | |||
| 2014 | Richard Bird and Richard Foster | Microlight flight from Goodwood to Cape Town and back in their Comko C42 microlight. Departing on New Year's Day, they flew a total of 14846 nautical miles in 39 flying days, returning on 14 May. | Comko C42 microlight |
| 2015 | British Microlight Team | The British Microlight Team excelled itself in the 2015 FAI World Air Games in Dubai. The British Team performed a clean sweep of the medals with David Broom winning Gold, Paul Dewhurst Silver and Rees Keene the Bronze medal, with Mark Fowler in fourth, Rob Keene in sixth and Chris Saysell in eighth place. | |
| 2016 | Steve Edwards, David Hempleman-Adams and Frederik Paulsen | Steve Edwards, David Hempleman-Adams and Frederik Paulsen took off from the Geographical North Pole in a Lindstrand 105 hot air balloon on 16 April 2016. The wind chill at the surface of the North Pole was -40°C. causing all of the fuel cylinder gauges to freeze and one of the burners to freeze in the on position. After a distance of 41.2Nm, the crew landed, put up an emergency shelter and made a nice cup of tea. | Lindstrand 105 hot air balloon |
| 2017 | Sacha Dench | "Flight of the Swans" expedition - 7,000 km from the Russian arctic to the UK on a paramotor following the Bewick's swan migration. During the conservation adventure – spanning 11 different countries – she also became the first woman ever to cross the English Channel by paramotor. | Paramotor (powered paraglider) |
| 2018 | Peter Wilson | Peter undertook a series of three epic journeys in his Robinson R66 Helicopter.
On his first journey in 2016 he flew round Africa solo in a VFR helicopter through 23 different countries, completing 16,600 nm in 73 days and setting three world records.
For his second journey in 2017 with Matthew Gallacher, they travelled east around the world passing through 42 countries completing 32,000 nm in 121 days, (11,600 nm over water) and setting another five world records.
The third Journey Round started on 2 December 2018 around Latin America.
| Robinson R66 Helicopter |
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