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Slate plaque № 11485

Patterdale, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Slate plaque № 11485

The first aeroplane to land on a mountain in Great Britain did so on this spot on December 22nd 1926. John Leeming and Bert Hinkler in an AVRO 585 Gosport landed here and after a short stay flew back to Woodford.

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