Fowey 2 venues 1912
Note: This map only gives the position of Fowey within the UK.
FOWEY 2 VENUES 1912: Two Landing Grounds
Locations: It appears that on his initial arrival on the 18th June 1912, the then very famous French aviator Henri Salmet, who had been sponsored by the Daily Mail to conduct exhibitions of flying at a wide variety of venues in England, South Wales, ending up in Ireland, landed on a pre-selected site quite close and just west of Fowey town centre. This being it seems of quite limiting size. The next day he elected to fly from Mr Westlake's field at Coombe, just south west of Fowey town centre.
It seems that he only flew as far west as Falmouth, although he had intended to reach Penzance, but, typical summer weather prevented him from going there. He then doubled back to FOWEY via St Austell, although it seems, he did not land there.
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: This first item, a local map, shows the initial Landing Ground, as does the second item, the aerial photo. The third item was a notice published in the Western Daily Mercury on the 19th June 1912. The fourth item, a Google Earth © view, shows the initial Landing Ground.
Note: This fifth item, a newpaper article, was published in the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser on the 20th June 1912. The seventh and eighth items, divided into two parts to make them easier to read, were published in the Cornish Guardian on the 21st June 1912.
Note: The tenth and eleventh items, once again divided into two parts to make them easier to read, were published in Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser on the 21st June 1912. The twelth item shows the location of Mr Westlake's field at Coombe.
This picture was obtained from my Google Earth © derived database. This tour, one of two, sponsored by the Daily Mail in 1912, were truly quite remarkable. The fixed-wing aeroplane was still in its infancy. Little, if anything, was known about the science of aeronautics and aeroplane design techniques as we understand the subject today, but here they were flying around the U.K., (and Europe), usually very successfully and with very few very serious accidents. Indeed, fatalities, it appears were relatively few.
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