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Helvellyn First Airplane Landing Plaque

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Helvellyn First Airplane Landing Plaque

Helvellyn First Airplane Landing Plaque

Recommended by 111 hikers out of 116

This Highlight is in a protected area

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    April 29, 2021

    The inscription on the stone reads:

    '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'

      December 28, 2021

      Lovely plaque about the first plane to land on Helvellyn

        June 28, 2023

        Would of loved to spend more time up there but weather was very bad

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