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Old 5th Jul 2002, 15:18
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That's Charles Rolls (Royce's first name was Frank). Rolls was indeed the first man to fly across both ways, without landing at the end of the first leg, but I'm not sure if someone had done an England to France crossing before (other than Monsieur Baptiste who did it by balloon in 1794).
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