Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, FRAS FRMetS FRGS (22 May 1860 – 3 October 1937) was a military aviation pioneer, and President of the Royal Aeronautical Society from 1900 to 1907.

[8] Baden-Powell wrote an article including "What will the good citizens of London say when they see a hostile dynamite-carrying aerostat hovering over St.

He invented a twelve-foot man-carrying kite that he flew at Whitton Park, Hounslow, England,[13] and later a three-kite system that he called the Levitor.

[15] He obtained one of the first British patents for a television system, "An electrical method of reproducing distant scenes visually", published 19 April 1921 (GB161706).

[18] Among other incidents, Baden-Powell recounts a visit to Batavia (now Jakarta), where he was a guest at a dinner party hosted by a leading local magnate, Khouw Yauw Kie, Kapitein der Chinezen.

A résumé of the principles evolved by past experiments Baden-Powell was the first who brought flying-based activities into Scouting[20] in the form of kite and model aeroplane building.