Fact of the Day: The Sunderland flyingboat is named after a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first flight Sqn Ldr Mack "Macky" Mackem performed a fly past to Geordie #AvGeek fans on South Shields beach on the 14th April 2021 pic.twitter.com/l0vts1k2Hn

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