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LL/42978
John Edward Fletcher
1911
Photograph of Mons Pierre Prier in the cross channel Bleriot monoplane

Gelatin silver print
National Archives
Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/556/314, No known copyright restrictions.
 
Prier was the first person to fly non stop from Paris to London, completing the feat in a little under five hours in April 1911. He is shown seated in the plane he used.
 
Available on flickr (January 2011).
 
LL/42978


 

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