Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1

S.E.1
General information
TypeExperimental research aircraft
ManufacturerArmy Balloon Factory
Designer
Geoffrey de Havilland, F. M. Green
Number built1
History
First flight11 June 1911

The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1 (S'antos Experimental) was an experimental aircraft built at the Army Balloon Factory at Farnborough (later the Royal Aircraft Factory) in 1911. Its place in aviation history is mainly that it was the first in the series of Royal Aircraft Factory designs - several of which played an important role in World War I.

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