Under the banner 'Celebrating the past and shaping the future', the Roy Navy has chosen May 7 as the inaugural point for what will be a procession of aviation centenarie'. from the 'Senior Service'.rnOn that day the Admiralty took the bold decision to spend ￡35,000 on the first naval aircraft, a rigid reconnaissancernairship. In today's prices, that figure equates to ￡3,850,000 -a huge sum.rnThis compared with ￡400,000 for a small cruiser, then the Navy's chosen recce vessel. At best, a warship could 'see' perhaps 20 miles (32km) ahead, whereas an airship at 1,500ft (460m) had the capacity for four times that.
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