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Henry Melly in his Bleriot monoplane on Waterloo Shore

Henry Greg Melly in his Bleriot monoplane on the beach at Waterloo. 

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Comments One of the most famous pioneer aviators, Henry Greg Melly was born in 1868. He trained to fly at the Pau Bleriot School of Aviation in France and was issued certificate No 212. Henry Melly constructed two hangers near the beach at Sandheys Avenue, Waterloo. He formed the Liverpool School of Aviation in January 1911 and started advertising for pupils in the Aero magazine in March the same year. Melly flew with his first pupil to the Aerodrome at Freshfield.
Location Waterloo
Photograph Date c1911
Photograph ID SS_AV_19