Hot air balloon manufacturer. Pilot of the first British public airmail flight in 1902. He once crossed the North Sea to Sweden in a balloon called “Mammoth” and he was the first balloonist to be issued with a passport when he flew non-stop to Russia.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron
{Around an illustration of a hot air balloon:} Croydon Road Recreation Ground...
Balloonist and politician. Born London to a wealthy Bengal civil servant. Financed the 1836 balloon voyage from Vauxhall Gardens to Weilburg in Germany, on which he was a passenger. This set a reco...
Designer and engineer. Born Barnes Neville Wallis in Ripley, Derbyshire. He was employed by Vickers for most of his working life and designed part of the R100 airship. His most famous achievement w...
An attack by Royal Air Force 617 Squadron on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. The operation was led by Guy Gibson. Subject of the 1955 film The Dambusters for which Eric ...
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