The aeroplane that made the first flight of a circular mile in Great Britain, c1909 (c1937). Artist: Unknown.
The aeroplane that made the first flight of a circular mile in Great Britain, c1909 (c1937). John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara (1884-1964) learned to fly in 1908 in France in a Voisin biplane. He became the first Englishman to make an officially recognized aeroplane flight in England on 2 May 1909, at Shellbeach on the Isle of Sheppey. On 30 October 1909, flying the Short Biplane No 2, he flew a circular mile and won a £1000 prize offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]
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