By Dr Michele Haapamaki The accepted anecdote is that the Aero Club of Great Britain was imagined during a hot air balloon outing over the lush countryside of Kent in 1901. Its instigators were Frank Hedges Butler, officially a partner in his family wine merchant business but more of a gentleman adventurer, his daughter Vera … Continue reading The Aero Club Which Never Was: Gentlemanly Aeronauts versus The New Breed