This is a list of aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) from 13 April 1912, when it was formed from the Air Battalion Royal Engineers, until 1 April 1918 when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF). The RFC operated in parallel with the RNAS, whose aircraft are listed at List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service. For a list of Royal Air Force aircraft see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force. Operational aeroplanes Airships The airship service was disbanded 1 January 1914 and all airships transferred to the RNAS. See List of British airships British Army Airship No.3/Baby/Beta/Beta II No.2A – 1910– Delta – 1912–1914 Epsilon I and Epsilon II – Eta 1913–1914 Clément-Bayard II Zeta 1910–1910 Lebaudy Morning Post 1910–1911 Prototypes ASL Valkyrie Airco DH.3 Armstrong Whitworth F.K.7 Armstrong Whitworth F.K.9 Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10 Avro 521 Beatty-Wright Biplanes Bristol-Prier Monoplane Bristol TB.8 & G.B.75 Bristol S.2A Caproni Ca.1 Caudron Type C/45 hp Caudron G.IV Caudron R.XI Cody V biplane Curtiss C-1 Canada Dunne D.8 Farman Type Militaire, 1910 Flanders F.4 Grahame-White Type VII & VIIc Grahame-White Type VIII Grahame-White Pusher Biplane Grahame-White School Biplane Handley Page Type O/400 Howard Wright biplane Martin-Handasyde Monoplane Martinsyde F.3 Morane-Saulnier AC Paulhan biplane Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.4 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9 Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1 Short Tractor Biplane Sopwith Sparrow Sopwith Triplane SPAD S.XII Vickers F.B.7/7A Vickers F.B.27 Vimy Vickers F.B.26 Vampire Wright Model H Unmanned aerial vehicles British unmanned aerial vehicles of World War I List of weapons of the Royal Flying Corps Bombs Cooper bombs Ranken darts Rockets Le Prieur rocket - Incendiary air-to-air rockets Machine guns 0.303-inch (7.7-mm) Lewis gun 0.303-inch (7.7-mm) Vickers machine gun References Notes Citations Bibliography Aviation in World War I Royal Flying Corps World War I-related lists United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps Royal Flying Corps United Kingdom military-related lists