Endyke Lane
ENDYKE LANE: Civil Landing Gound, used twice
Location: Just W of the A1079, roughly 2.5nm NNW of Hull city centre
Note: This location is just north of Endyke Lane, later renamed Endike Lane
Periods of operation: 10th to 13th July 1913 and 2nd to 10th November 1926
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We need to thank Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', for investigating the known history of this twice used venue.
1913
It was Mr E Ronald Whitehouse who held exhibitions of flying here, with his Handley Page E monoplane, (known as the Yellow Peril), from the 10th to 13th July 1913.
Article One, in two parts, was published in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer on the 12th July 1913.
Article Two was published in the Daily Citizen (Manchester) on the 14th July 1913. Article Three was published in the Yorkshire Evening Post on the 16th July 1913.
The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
The area view is also from my Google Earth © derived database.
1926
Surrey Flying Services held this event from the 2nd until the 10th November 1926.
The excerpt is from Amy Johnson Queen of the Air by Gordon Snell. The advert was published in the Hull Daily Mail on the 29th October 1926.
I have seen it stated that apparently the aircraft Amy Johnson had her first flight in was the Avro 536 G-EBOY. Might well have been as this was registered to Surrey Flying Services from 23.07.26 until it was declared WFU (Withdrawn From Use) on 11.04.29.
This article in four parts was published in the Hull Daily Mail on the 2nd November 1926. Clearly this reporter didn't hang about in filing this report.
SOME INFORMATION
Mike Holder has kindly included this information about the Avro 536, these excerpts being obtained from Avro Aircraft by A J Jackson.
JUST A SMALL NOTE
Had noticed that looking at the local maps above, a tram terminus had been built at some point between 1915 and 1926, adjacent to the venue used by Surrey Flying Services. This would of course made this choice of venue very attractive at that time. And indeed, even by the emergence of regional airports in the 1930s, very few could boast of having such a facility. Then again, I suppose that very few if any airline passengers in those days would never consider using trams.
But of course, this does serve to illustrate just how far the use of travelling by air has progressed. These days, in the UK and Europe at least, having a railway connection to a major airport is definitely a 'must have'.
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