From their: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as the Croydon Airport Society. It set out to conserve the history and heritage of London Croydon Airport, Britain’s first major international airport, for the benefit of the community. In 1983, the Croydon Airport Society became a registered charity to better support its mission of conserving one of Britain’s most significant historic places.
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Historic Croydon Airport Trust
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Croydon aircraft
{On an information board attached to the terminal building, behind the plane:...
Purley air crash
The plaque refers to the memorial being 'refurbished'. Diamond Geezer explain...
Other Subjects
Elisabeth Nicole Marie Charlotte Clement-Avoyne
Elisabeth Nicole Marie Charlotte Avoyne was born on 25 May 1944 in Notre-Dame-d'Estrées, Calvados, Normandy, France. Known as 'Babette', our Picture Source informs that she had joined Pan American...
1 memorial
Brymon Airways
Former airline co-founded by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Amon. Based in Plymouth, it was the first British airline to use the De Havilland Canada Dash 7 short take-off and landing...
1 memorial
Heron Quays STOL Landing
The landing of a STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft in the heart of London's Docklands, was done to show the feasibility of an airport there. In due course, London City Airport opened in 1987.
1 memorial
Comte Robert de Lesseps, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de guerre
A Frenchman, born in Paris. One of the 13 surviving children of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805 - 94), who was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert was an early aviator but it was ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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