A magic lantern slide depicting the pioneer aviator, Cecil Grace in his Short S.27 biplane. Grace was an American who was naturalised as a British citizen in October 1910. He was one of an early group of pioneering aviators, who in April 1910 was awarded only the fourth Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate. He went missing on a flight across the English Channel on 22 December 1910. Slide published by W. Butcher & Sons, London and dating from around 1914.