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Samuel Franklin Cody, First powered flight in the UK, and British Army Aeroplane Number 1 bronze plaque

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Samuel Franklin Cody, First powered flight in the UK, and British Army Aeroplane Number 1 bronze plaque
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This bronze commemorative plaque records: FIRST FLIGHT IN THE UK Near this spot, on 16 October 1908, Samuel Franklin Cody took off in British Army Aeroplane Number 1 to make the first powered, controlled, sustained, heavier than air flight in the UK. Erected in 2016 to commemorate Cody's achievement and to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Aeronautical Society.

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