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The future prime minister’s passion for flying helped transform military aviation in Britain. During a routine inspection tour of a Royal Naval Air Service facility in 1912, Winston Churchill took his first flight. It was only a short demonstration ride, but it would have far-ranging consequences for British military aviation. When Churchill became First Lord …
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