What is recorded here
This red commemorative plaque records: Mussel Manor & Shellbeach Aerodrome. Flying ground of the Aero Club, chosen 1909 by the Short brothers for the world's first aircraft factory, building Wright brothers' "Flyers" Recorded plaque organisation: Transport Trust.
Horace, Eustace, and Oswald Short founded Short Brothers, which established the world's first aircraft factory at Shellbeach Aerodrome in 1909, building on the designs of the Wright brothers. The site was significant for early aviation development under the auspices of the Royal Aero Club.
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Places near here
Statue of the Short Brothers, Leysdown-on-SeaMonument or public art · 126 yd
ShellbeachBeach / strand · 865 yd
Shellness BeachBeach / strand · 1391 yd
Swale National Nature ReserveVisitor information · 1609 yd
Capel Fleet Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1.5 mi
Capel HillMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Church of St Thomas the ApostleListed building · 2.3 mi
Harty: redundant Victorian postboxOld post box · 2.3 mi
Medieval moated site at Sayes CourtScheduled monument · 2.3 mi
Wreck of old boat seen from the slipway to the old Harty FerryShipwreck · 2.8 mi
South Swale Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3.0 mi
South Swale Local Nature ReserveVisitor information · 3.1 miOther information
Photo: The Transport Trust on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0