Hepscott Manor
HEPSCOTT MANOR: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day No.2 Tour
Period of operation: 28th July 1933
Location: Just W of the A192, roughly 2nm SSE of Morpeth town centre
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The newspaper article was published in the Blyth News on the 24th July 1933.
Note: The local area and area view pictures are from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: In the first map above Mike has given us two options for the possible field used. However, judging from very many other examples, the field nearest to the main road was always the preferred option - and this is shown in the Google Street View picture above. This said, it largely depended on what crops the farmer intended to sow that year, and if this preferred field was needed for turnips or carrots, (for example), they had to lump it. Which of course is fair enough.
Perhaps still worth mentioning, as so often mentioned in this 'Guide', even if only used for one or two days, the field used as a temporary aerodrome suitable for an air display with a large crowd expected, it had to be officially licensed as an aerodrome. Indeed, in the early days after an application for use was made, a couple of men from the Ministry would arrive to conduct a site survey. Sometimes they would impose restrictions, depending on aircraft type, as to what landing and take-off directions could be used.
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