A flamboyant showman , he was often confused with Buffalo Bill Cody , whose surname he took when young .
He was also the first man to fly an aeroplane in Britain , on 16 October 1908 .
A flamboyant showman , man was often confused with Buffalo Bill Cody , whose surname man took when young .
He was also the first man to fly an aeroplane in Britain , on 16 October 1908 .