Brightlycott
BRIGHTLYCOTT: Temporary aerodrome (Aka BLACKMOOR GATE)
Operated by: Sky Devils Air Circus tour
Location: Either N or S of the A39, about 2nm NE of Barnstaple town centre
Period of operation: 29th July 1934
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The advert was published in the North Devon Journal on the 26th July 1934.
The article was published in the North Devon Journal on the 2nd August 1934.
Note: The local area view and area view are from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTE: There appears to be scant evidence of this tour available these days. I have found evidence of eleven venues so far, and this wasn't one of them. Despite the fact, or so it seems, that 180 towns were visited. This tour was organised by Barker & McEwen King, who had been very busy getting involved in air displays since 1933, when they organised the British Hospitals Air Pageant tour, which resulted in considerable controversy regarding how much money eventually went to hospitals.
In 1935 they arranged the Jubilee Air Displays tour, once again with few details of the venues known. In 1936 it was the British Empire Air Display tour, but in this case it appears all one hundred and eleven venues are known. By 1936 the era of the 'Flying Circus' was winding down - it now seems amazing it did so well - considering the prevailing economic conditions of the Great Depression, often known as 'The Slump'. It would appear that the only 'Big Time' operation in 1937 was also organised by Barker & McEwen King, this being the Coronation Air Displays tour. But, it seems it only ran from late April until mid-July, with some forty towns being visited.
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