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Waterbird: Wings over Windermere By Anne Hughes & Ian Gee anchor By reviewing the steps ofEarly in the morning on 25th November 1911, an Avro Curtiss type floatplane took off from a hangar at Hill of Oaks, on Windermere, to make history. Waterbird, commissioned by Edward Wakefield from Kendal, was the first hydro aeroplane to make a successful flight in Britain. In 2009 drawings and archive material of Waterbird came to light, and the Lakes Flying Company Ltd. was formed to find a way of recreating a British first to celebrate the