Neville Shute - Howden

One of Howden's most famous residents was Neville Shute. Better known as the author of 'A Town Like Alice', Shute was also a pioneering aeronautical engineer and while living at Howden, helped to build the R100 Airship. Just outside Howden, at Breighton Aerodrome is the Real Aeroplane Museum, which tells the history of flight through the work of Yorkshire's many aviation pioneers such as Shute, and has a collection of over 40 flying machines.