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First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
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Mount Everest
Earth's highest mountain
Mount Everest (known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Houston–Mount Everest flight expedition
1933 aircraft flight by Douglas-Hamilton and David McIntyre
The first flight over Mount Everest was undertaken in April 1933 by two Westland aircraft. They were piloted by Douglas Douglas-Hamilton and David McIntyre, with Stewart Blacker and Sidney Bonnett in the observer seats. The expedition was financed by Lucy, Lady Houston and led…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
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Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, was a Scottish aristocrat, politician and aviator. He was the first man to fly over Mount Everest.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lucy, Lady Houston
British philanthropist, political activist, sympathizer, and suffragette (1857–1936)
Dame Fanny Lucy Houston, Lady Houston, was a British philanthropist, fascist sympathizer, political activist and suffragist.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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