Military, naval & aerial
Crown aerial service
Also called the aerial establishment
The newer aerial establishment, not yet independent of the Navy, whose authority extends through Crown aerial movement, guarded masts, lift discipline and the customs that keep expensive craft from becoming expensive funerals.
Named with it
Ties
- claimed as a branch by the Admiralty
At the table
Its constitutional status is contested: Admiralty men call it a branch of maritime and Crown transport; artificers increasingly disagree. Mere survives by answering the weather question rather than the constitutional one.