The Dawn of the Drone: From the Back-Room Boys of World War One

"[A] slice of largely-forgotten military history . . . a fascinating exploration of some magnificent men and their flying machines." —The Sunday Post

In the dark days of World War I, when flying machines, radio, and electronics were infant technologies, the first remotely controlled experimental aircraft took to the skies and unmanned radio controlled 40-foot high-speed Motor Torpedo Boats ploughed the seas in Britain. Developed by the British Army's Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Na...