Croydon airport's control tower, the birthplace of commercial aviation in 1923 after service as a WW1 airfield. In this car park world's first airliners (like the Imperial Airways Handley Pages) stopped, Charles Lindberg arrived and where Amy Johnson flew solo as the first woman, to Australia.

Croydon airport's control tower, the birthplace of commercial aviation in 1923 after service as a WW1 airfield. In this car park world's first airliners (like the Imperial Airways Handley Pages) stopped, Charles Lindberg arrived and where Amy Johnson flew solo as the first woman, to Australia. Stock Photo
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RichardBakerStreetPhotography / Alamy Stock Photo

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EGWEBE

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2555 x 3832 px | 21.6 x 32.4 cm | 8.5 x 12.8 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

1 March 2015

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London borough of Westminster, England UK

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