This plaque marks the spot where on Sunday 27 June 1982, Captain Harry Gee of Brymon Airways landed his DHS Dash 7 on Heron Quay.
E14, Heron Quays
City Airport was built about 3 miles to the east of this test landing site.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Heron Quays Station
The landing of a STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft in the heart of L...
Former airline co-founded by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Am...
DHC stands for De Havilland Canada. It was a turboprop-powered airliner with ...
The names on this plaque are difficult to read so take our transcription as tentative.
The plaques are down at skirting-board level, one is hidden by the table outside the PDSA and the other is largely hidden by the pedestri...
2013: The ground floor is occupied by the Shooting Star pub, the upper floors are residential.
Bobby Abel, "The Guv'nor", 1857 - 1936, one of England's finest ever cricketers, learned his cricket in Southwark Park. London Borough of...
The plaque is on the low, angled, wall - angled upwards to catch the rain, hence its poor condition.
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