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.

• Contributor: RichardBakerStreetPhotography / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: EGWEBE
• File size: 28 MB (881.4 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 2555 x 3832 px | 21.6 x 32.4 cm | 8.5 x 12.8 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 1 March 2015
• Location: London borough of Westminster, England UK

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