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Replica marks aircraft centenary (London)

The 100th anniversary of the first all-British aeroplane has been marked with an exact replica in east London.

Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe built the Roe I Triplane in a workshop under railway arches at Walthamstow Marshes. He went on to build thousands of RAF aircraft.

His grandson, Eric Verdon-Roe, unveiled "as exact a replica as possible" at the same location.

Read entire article at BBC