WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY BARNEY MARSH
The early part of the twentieth century was staggering in terms of speed of technological progress, especially where aircraft were concerned – in large part thanks to a couple of world wars. Preposterously flimsy wood and fabric construction swiftly gave way to aluminium, and simple prop engines with a handful of horsepower gave way to the mighty Rolls-Royce Merlin engine with 1,000hp.