Category:Skybirds Aerodrome
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Skybirds Aerodrome |
| 1932 - 1940s |
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1933: Skybirds, and "Skybirds Airport". "Well made, portable, when closed measures 36" × 10" × 10". It can be opened out in a minute for display – a realistic background for your photographs – keeps your models safe and tidy." [image info]
Just as the middle-1930s was an exciting time for steam locomotion, with newer and faster and more modern locos appearing almost every year, it was also a revolutionary time for air transport, with new developments year-on-year. This period saw the invention of the modern aircraft control tower, the first radio station for weather forecasting, new huge concrete hangar designs, and new aerodrome support infrastructure and support vehicles. With civilian airfields starting to come into their own, and the emergence of a strong amateur flying community (boosted by the record-breaking exploits of daring flyers like Amy Johnson, and the appearance of the popular deHavilland Moth), a whole new industry sector appeared.
Imperial Airways were now operating out of new facilities at Croydon and trying to act as a hub to support the combined territories of the British Empire, and Heston Air Park opened to supply the needs of the hobbyist flyer.
Airport Buildings
- 22 – Wartime Hangar
- 23 – Skybird Metal Hangar
- 24 – Heston Hangar – (Sep 1932)
- 25 – Large Hangar – (Jul 1933)
- 26 – Workshop Hangar – (Jul 1934)
- 26 – Mammoth Hangar – (Oct 1938)
- 27 – Workshop Hangar extension
- 28 – Brooklands Control Tower – (Feb 1933)
- 29 – Brooklands Club Building
- 29A – Airport Office
- 29B – Wind indicator (Gatwick set now numbered) – (Dec 1938)
- 30 – Radio Station set – (Dec 1933)
- 30 – Radio Station Set (revised set)
- 46 – Skybird Inn – (May 1935)
- 47 – Skybird Country Mansion
- – New Airport Building
- – Junior Airport Set – (Jun 1937)
- – Skybirds Airport
Gatwick Airport and Gatwick railway station:
gatwick airport:
- (No 1) – Martello Air Station
- (No 2) – Ground Sheet (air station section) -
- (No 3) – Ground sheet (runway section)
- (No 4) – Gatwick Hangar
gatwick railway station:
- – Mainline platform (No 1)
- – Island platform (Nos 2 & 3)
- – Far-side platform (No 4)
- – 3-way footbridge
Anti-aircraft units
- 11 – Anti-Aircraft Gun – (Feb 1934)
- 11A – Trailer for AA. Gun
- 11B – A.A. Gun Unit – (Mar 1938)
- 12A – Sound Locator Unit and Crew – (Nov 1937)
- 12B – Sound Locator
- Set No 12 – Anti-Aircraft Gun & Gun Crew
- – Observer's Chair
Refuelling, infrastructure and support vehicles
- 18 – Silk R.A.F. and Civil Air Ensigns
- 19 – Petrol Pump (Red Line)
- 19 – Pratts Petrol Pump
- 20 – Searchlight
- 20A – Electric floodlight
- 31 – Fire Tender
- 33 – Ambulance
- 33A – Civil Ambulance
- 34 – Air Mail Van
- 34A – Air Mail Motor
- 35 – Breakdown Tender
- 35A – 3-wheel Aircraft Refuelling Tender – (Oct 1936)
- 35B – 4 wheel Petrol Lorry
- 36 – 6-wheel Petrol Tender – (Jan 1935)
- – Petrol Pylon
Figures
- Set No 8 – Airport Figures – (Oct 1935)
- Set No 1 – R.A.F. Figures – (Apr 1933)
- Set No 2 – R.F.C. Figures
- Set No 3 – National Flying Services – (Aug 1933)
- Set No 3A – Civil Air line Personnel – (Mar 1936)
- Set No 4 – German Flying Corps – (Sep 1934)
Peripherals
- 21 – Fencing
- 21A – Decorative Columns
- – Landing Tee
- – Maintenance Ladder
- – Wind Indicator
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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- Skybirds Anti-Aircraft (1 F)
- Skybirds support vehicles (8 P)
Pages in category ‘Skybirds Aerodrome’
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Media in category ‘Skybirds Aerodrome’
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Skybirds, and Skybird Airport (MM 1933-12).jpg 2,592 × 3,000; 1.26 MB
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