Replica of Samuel Franklin Cody's first powered plane
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Replica of Samuel Franklin Cody's first powered plane
Image: © Tony Wood Taken: 25 Oct 2009
Replica at the FAST Museum of Cody Flyer (BAA No. 1A) which made the first powered heavier-than-air flight in UK on Farnborough Common on 16th October 1908. Cody designed and flew it 1390 feet in 27 seconds, crash-landed and climbed out of the wreckage. He recycled many of its parts to make further aeroplanes.
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