Air-Commodore Charles Rumney Samson (8 July 1883 - 5 February 1931) was a naval aviation pioneer. July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. ...

In 1910 he was selected as one of the first four Royal Navy officers to receive pilot training, obtaining his Royal Aero Club certificate the following year. He took part in various early naval aviation experiments, including the development of navigation lights and bomb sights. He was the first pilot to take off from ship on 10 January 1912, from HMS Africa which was anchored in the River Medway. On 2 May he became the first pilot to take off from a moving ship, HMS Hibernia in Weymouth Bay. 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Royal Aero Club is the national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom. ... A certificate is an official document affirming some fact. ... A Navigation Light is a colored source of specular illumination (a point source) on an aircraft, water-borne vessel, or land vehicle. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... The most recent HMS Africa was a pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy; the last battleship constructed at Chatham Dockyard, England - subsequent classes being too large for the yard. ... A ships or boats anchor is used to attach the vessel to the bottom at a specific point. ... The River Medway in England flows for 112 km from Turners Hill, in West Sussex, through Tonbridge, Maidstone and Rochester in Kent, to the River Thames at Sheerness. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... HMS Hibernia was a King Edward VII-class battleship of Britains Royal Navy, the last generation of British pre-dreadnoughts. ... Weymouth Bay is a sheltered bay on the South Coast of England, in Dorset. ...

References

• Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Biography on Charles Samson