Aviation en Grande-Bretagne avant la première Guerre mondiale Un gros plan de Frank Cody (le plus jeune fils et le seul fils naturel de Cody et Lela - voir ci-dessous pour plus de détails) en uniforme scolaire assis aux commandes de Cody Aircraft Mark IC (cathédrale - ainsi nommée en raison de sa taille et de la taille du hangar qu'il fallait et le kataèdre (plus bas à l'extrémité des ailes) disposition des ailes) qui est dans le hangar. Le vrai nom de Lela Cody était Elizabeth King née Davis. Quand elle et Cody se sont rencontrés (1890 / 1891), il s'était récemment séparé de sa femme américaine Maud Lee et elle était mariée et avait quatre enfants Lizzy, Edward,

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Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A close up of Frank Cody (the youngest son and Cody's and Lela's only natural son - see below for further details) in school uniform sitting at the controls of Cody aircraft mark IC (Cathedral - so named because of its size and the size of the hangar it required and the katahedral (lower at the wing tips) arrangement of the wings) which is in the shed. Lela Cody's real name was Elizabeth King nee Davis. When her and Cody met (1890 / 1891) he had recently split up from his American wife Maud Lee and she was married with four children Lizzy, Edward, Leon and Vivian. Like their mother her children were soon enamoured with Cody, the three boy's joined Lela and Cody on stage with Leon and Vivian taking the name Cody and pretending to be his sons, whilst Edward took up the name Leroy and pretended to be Lela's nephew. Cody's only natural son was Frank. This is very different from the story that both Cody and Vivian told. In their version Cody met Lela when he was transporting horses from America to Britain to be sold to her father (he actually was a horse dealer, who numbered the Royal Stud amongst his clients). Cody's lack of a divorce caused problems for his family, as he died intestate, allowing Maud, after a very lengthy legal battle, to make a successful claim for part of his estate. Frank joined the RFC and was killed in air combat in France 1917 giving his family the dubious honour of having the first recorded instance where both father and son were killed in the air. Vivian worked for the RAE for forty years ending up Head of the Fabric Shop until retirement. Leon worked in a sharp shooting act for a while before joining the Royal Navy working on kite balloons, at the end of the First World War he joined Handley-Page. Edward Leroy carried on working in the theatre for many years. It was in this aircraft that Cody made the first passenger carrying flight in Britain (Colonel Capper on the 14th August 1909) an