B. C. Hucks

Bentfield Charles Hucks (25 October 1884 – 7 November 1918) was an aviation innovator in the early 20th century.

[1] He is also credited with the Hucks starter and many feats of test flying during the First World War, while working at Hendon for Airco.

Hucks gained his Royal Aero Club certificate (number 91) in May, 1911, flying a Blackburn monoplane.

He joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) when war broke out in August, 1914, and was sent to the Western Front.

But he was sent home invalid after an attack of pleurisy before working as a test pilot at Hendon, north-west London.