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Aircraft Operating Company, the Glossary

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The Aircraft Operating Company was a British aerial photography company, that took over Aerofilms in 1925.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Aerial photography, Aerofilms, Air Ministry, Airco DH.9A, Alan Samuel Butler, City, Constance Babington Smith, Country, Danesfield House, Gloster Survey, Hunting Aerosurveys, Imagery intelligence, MI4, Ordnance Survey, Photogrammetry, RAF Medmenham, Royal Flying Corps, Sidney Cotton, Vickers Vendace, Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

  2. Aerial photography

Aerial photography

Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms.

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Aerofilms

Aerofilms Ltd was the UK's first commercial aerial photography company, founded in 1919 by Francis Wills and Claude Graham White. Aircraft Operating Company and Aerofilms are aerial photography.

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Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.

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Airco DH.9A

The Airco DH.9A is a British single-engined light bomber that was designed and first used shortly before the end of the First World War.

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Alan Samuel Butler

Alan Butler (22 November 1898 – 24 May 1987), born as Alan Samuel Butler, was a British aviator and, as claimed in his obituary in The Times, the first private aeroplane owner-driver.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Constance Babington Smith

Constance Babington Smith MBE, FRSL (15 October 1912 – 31 July 2000) was a British journalist and writer, but is probably best known for her wartime work in imagery intelligence.

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Country

A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.

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Danesfield House

Danesfield House in Medmenham, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills is a former country house now used as a hotel and spa.

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Gloster Survey

The Gloster A.S.31 Survey was a 1920s British photo-survey biplane developed by the Gloster Aircraft Company from the de Havilland DH.67 design project.

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Hunting Aerosurveys

Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd was a British aerial photography company founded by Percy Hunting in 1944. Aircraft Operating Company and Hunting Aerosurveys are aerial photography.

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Imagery intelligence

Imagery intelligence (IMINT), pronounced as either as Im-Int or I-Mint, is an intelligence gathering discipline wherein imagery is analyzed (or "exploited") to identify information of intelligence value.

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MI4

MI4 was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, Section 4, part of the War Office.

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Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

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Photogrammetry

Photogrammetry is the science and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant imagery and other phenomena.

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RAF Medmenham

RAF Medmenham is a former Royal Air Force station based at Danesfield House near Medmenham, in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Sidney Cotton

Frederick Sidney Cotton (17 June 1894 – 13 February 1969) was an Australian inventor, photographer and aviation and photography pioneer, responsible for developing and promoting an early colour film process, and largely responsible for the development of photographic reconnaissance before and during World War II.

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Vickers Vendace

The Vickers Vendace was a 1920s British trainer aircraft.

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Women's Auxiliary Air Force

The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

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See also

Aerial photography

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Operating_Company

Also known as Aircraft Operating Co, Aircraft Operating Company Ltd.