Photograph taken from an album of images compiled by English motorist, motor car manufacturer and aviator Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910). Rolls founded Rolls-Royce Ltd with Sir Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933) in 1906, creating one of the world's most famous marques. He was also the first to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel in an aeroplane. Rolls was killed in plane crash at an air show in Bournemouth in 1910.

Picture Reference: 10327500
Subject: TRANSPORT > Aeronautics > Ballooning, 20Th Century
Credit: Science Museum Archive

Keywords: 1894-1910, 1870-1913, 1900s, 20th Century, Age Of Electricity, Album, Ascents, Aviator, Balloon, Ballooning, Ballooning, 20th Century, C, Century, Charles, Europe, Pioneer, Roll, Rolls Album, 1894-1910, Rolls, C S, Rolls, Charles Stewart, S, Stewart, Uk, Unattributed, United Kingdom

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