No mention of any names, but...this from FLIGHT Magazine in their 1909 report on the flight:
Bleriot and the Customs
The Customs officers, who were among the very
few actual spectators of the arrival of M. Bleriot on the
English coast, were very properly among the first to
accost the pilot after his unconventional descent on
British soil. With fitting forbearance, however, they
recognised that it was only "one of those flying-men,"
and therefore made no attempt at an inspection for
contraband.
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