Britain’s ‘lost’ airports, including champagne and six-course meals at Croydon
As Heathrow’s long-awaited third runway moves back onto the agenda, we consider these forgotten airport projects from the ...
This trailblazing airport was known for record-breaking world firsts. A century on, no one’s heard of it
How a forgotten airport was once the gateway to Europe and the tale of a 19th-century waterway which became “the heart of the universe.” ...
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Croydon Airport, Croydon, Australia [ CDQ / YCRY ]
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Why everything you think about Croydon is wrong
The 1920s and 30s were the golden era of Croydon Airport, the first international airport in Britain, and with it, the country’s first national airline, Imperial Airways. Passengers stayed in ...
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Six London Airports That Never Got Off The Ground
The flat, open expanse of Wormwood Scrubs in west London always leant itself to aviation. In 1910, a London to Manchester air ...
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This trailblazing airport was known for record-breaking world firsts. A century on, no one’s heard of it
Croydon Airport, near London, was once the gateway to Europe, opening up commercial air travel and breaking world records. But after a lifetime of glamor, hosting notables such as Charlie Chaplin ...