The aeroplane that made the first flight of a circular mile in Great Britain, c1909 (c1937)

The aeroplane that made the first flight of a circular mile in Great Britain' (c1909), from 'Wonders of World Aviation, Vol 1,' by Clarence Winchester (The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London), c1937. John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara (1884-1964) learned to fly in 1908 in France in a Voisin biplane. He became the first Englishman to make an officially recognized aeroplane flight in England on 2 May 1909, at Shellbeach on the Isle of Sheppey. On 30 October 1909, flying the Short Biplane No 2, he flew a circular mile and won a ú1000 prize offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)