 On 2 May 1909, John Moore-Brabazon became the first resident British citizen to make a recognised powered heavier-than-air flight in the UK flying from the Aero Club's ground at Leysdown in his Voisin biplane "Bird of Passage".Leysdown is located a mile to the SSE of Warden and three miles to the ESE of Eastchurch.To the SSE lies the hamlet of Shellness and to the southwest is an area of marshland known as the Leysdown marshes.