In 1907 12-Year-Old Geoffrey Terence Roland Hill and his older brother, Roderic, began designing and flying model aeroplanes, little imagining that their hobby would one day lead to the creation of a series of highly unusual aircraft. Having helped Roderic build a full-scale biplane glider and bravely flown in it in 1913, during the next five years Geoffrey Hill read Mechanical Engineering at University College, London, became a graduate apprentice at Farnborough's Royal Aircraft Factory, flew fighters in France and then, as a Royal Flying Corps captain with a Military Cross, became a test pilot back at Farnborough, later commanding the Aerodynamics Flight at the renamed Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE); an impressive CV for a 23-year-old pilot.
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