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London's first vision of flight'. 'Paulhan making his great flight on Saturday at Brooklands'.

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London's first vision of flight'. 'Paulhan making his great flight on Saturday at Brooklands'.
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Louis Paulhan (French: [19 July 1883 - 10 February 1963), was a pioneering French aviator. On 29 October 1909 Paulhan made the first official powered flight at Brooklands, Surrey, England, in his Farman biplane. This was also the first public flying display at Brooklands and some 20,000 spectators watched him fly to a height of 720 feet. Sphere: an illustrated newspaper for the home. London, 1909 Source/Shelfmark: Sphere, 6 November 1909, page 117

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