Forgotten history

Up an overgrown track off a lay-by on the A34 you can find this memorial stone -
"Geoffrey de Havilland assisted by Frank Hearle carried out his first flight in his home made aeroplane here at Seven Barrows on 10th September 1910" In the modern era of health and safety etc the whole idea of a home made aeroplane just seems mad!

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