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Open to the Elements.

Along the Esplanade at Dover. Charles Stewart Rolls. First chap to fly across the Channel and return. Took him 95 mins, June 2nd 1910. Co-Founder of the RAC and joint founder of the Rolls Royce Motor Car Company. Few weeks later he was killed in a flying accident at Bournemouth. Aged 33.

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