Permanent historical factsheet

1st Flight

Great Britain · House / House of Windsor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1936Date range
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Chronological records

1936

Edward VIII19 January 1936

House / House of Windsor

1st British monarch to fly in a plane

Names involved

Edward VIII

Provenance

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