The aircraft involved in this publicity stunt (Photo via Dave Earl).

The Avro 585 took off from Woodford on the 22nd of December 1926 for a well planned landing on the mountain. It was not a crash but publicity stunt, undertaken to claim to be the first aircraft landing on a mountain in the UK. The pilot landed the aircraft on the flat top of Helvellyn and then took off again later and returned home.

Pilot - Mr John F Leeming.

Passenger - Mr Bert Hinkler. Avro Test Pilot.

Caroline and myself visited the area in July 2009 and photographed the plaque.