Eastchurch is styled the "home of British aviation" as Eastchurch airfield (which now is the site of 3 prisons) saw the first controlled flight by a British pilot on British soil
The Eastchurch airfield played a significant role in the history of British aviation from 1909 when Frank McClean aquired stonepits farm, on the marshes across from Leysdown, converting the land into an airfield for members of the aero club of Great Britian.