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Those were the days....
 Today marks the anniversary when, 91 years ago, Louis Bleriot took off from France at 0430 hrs on 25 July 1909 and became the first to fly across the English Channel. His epic flight was made at 330 ft and ended with a crash landing at Dover at 0517 hrs. Bleriot's historic flight was truly an aviation milestone. The aircraft pictured is a Bleriot Type XI.
 1912 Blackburn Monoplane.
 1915 De Havilland DH2 of the type used by the Royal Flying Corps as a fighter in World War I.
 Blackburn B-2 Trainer – 42 were built between 1931-1937 to train RAF and reservist pilots.
 1931 Avro Tutor trained many a RAF pilot.
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