Canadian Aviation Corps

The Canadian Aviation Corps (CAC) was an early attempt to create an air force for Canada at the beginning of the First World War.

The idea of a Canadian Aviation Corps was conceived by Colonel Sam Hughes, Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence.

[1] Hughes had asked British authorities how Canada could help the war effort in the field of military aviation.

[2] Hughes appointed Ernest Lloyd Janney as provisional commander and authorized him to spend up to $5000 on an aircraft.

Janney and the two other CAC members, Lieutenant W. F. Sharpe, a pilot, and Staff Sergeant H. A. Farr, a mechanic, accompanied the aircraft.

The Burgess-Dunne was Canada's first military aircraft, although it never saw military service.