Hubert Latham's Antoinette in Blackpool 1909
Hubert Latham's Antoinette monoplane in Blackpool, England. Taking part in the first officially recognised aviation meeting to be held in Britain, the Blackpool Flying Week, which took place in October 1909. Latham took off and covered 8 miles in 11 minutes at almost 70mph with winds of at 40 mph, conditions which aviators until then had believed made flying excesively dangerous
Picture No
10212048
Media ID
47410236
Size
7836px x 2818px
(2.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in The Throne and Country', 30 October 1909, page 218
Date
22 October 1909
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