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'''Croydon Airport, London Air Station'''.
'''Croydon Airport, London Air Station'''.
==Visual recognition==
Croydon's most distinctive feature was its square aircraft Control Tower, with railings and a central aerial: photographers taking a photo of an aircraft at Croydon would often try to get the Control Tower "in shot", and artists would often try to squeeze it into the corner of an aeroplane painting, due to the Tower's recognition factor.
==Commercial flight==
Between the Wars, Croydon Airport (styled "'''London Air Station'''", to match London's main railway terminus stations) was London's main commercial airport, and the main base for '''[[Imperial Airways]]'''. The central Hall of the airport building looked very like  the interior of a railway station, with wooden benches, arrival-departure indicators, and a main clock. Since Croydon was so strongly set up for commercial air traffic, private flyers tended to use the more enthusiast-friendly services at [[Heston]].
{{Quotation2|<h4>London's Air Port, 1934</h4>
Such is the development of aircraft in recent years that only three years separate the statement, made to the Wright Brothers in 1912 by a Cabinet Minister, that "His Majesty's Navies had no use for aeroplanes" from the first utilisation  of Croydon as a centrepoint for aerial traffic. In 1919 H.R.H. the Duke of York obtained his "wings" at Croydon, and the port, with the Air Ministry for Port Authority, is now the headquarters of comercial aviation in England and the starting-point for air routes leading all over the world. Besides the custom-houses the buildings include a C.I.D. Hall and a meteorological department.
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  Croydon Airport  coordinates: 51.356389, -0.117222

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1928: "London Air Station", Croydon

1928: "London Air Station", Croydon [image info]

1938: Croydon Airport

1938: Croydon Airport [image info]

Croydon Airport, London Air Station.

Visual recognition

Croydon's most distinctive feature was its square aircraft Control Tower, with railings and a central aerial: photographers taking a photo of an aircraft at Croydon would often try to get the Control Tower "in shot", and artists would often try to squeeze it into the corner of an aeroplane painting, due to the Tower's recognition factor.

Commercial flight

Between the Wars, Croydon Airport (styled "London Air Station", to match London's main railway terminus stations) was London's main commercial airport, and the main base for Imperial Airways. The central Hall of the airport building looked very like the interior of a railway station, with wooden benches, arrival-departure indicators, and a main clock. Since Croydon was so strongly set up for commercial air traffic, private flyers tended to use the more enthusiast-friendly services at Heston.

London's Air Port, 1934

Such is the development of aircraft in recent years that only three years separate the statement, made to the Wright Brothers in 1912 by a Cabinet Minister, that "His Majesty's Navies had no use for aeroplanes" from the first utilisation of Croydon as a centrepoint for aerial traffic. In 1919 H.R.H. the Duke of York obtained his "wings" at Croydon, and the port, with the Air Ministry for Port Authority, is now the headquarters of comercial aviation in England and the starting-point for air routes leading all over the world. Besides the custom-houses the buildings include a C.I.D. Hall and a meteorological department.

— , Churchman's Cigarettes, , "The Story of London", card 50, , 1934

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