Hurdle Hall Farm
HURDLE HALL FARM: Temporary aerodrome
Location: Today on the SE end of BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Operated by: Sky Devils Air Pageant
Period of operation: 13th May 1934
NOTES: We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for finding this venue, which to date (Sept 2022), I had found no record of. And this, despite having found records of well over 1500 'flying circus' venues in the 1920s and 30s.
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The newspaper article was published in the Birmingham Daily Gazette on the 12th May 1934.
EXTRA NOTE
It is only a minor detail, but until looking at the maps above, I had no idea that the A45 had to be re-routed, looping down southwards, to allow the main runway at BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT to be extended. This airport was of course originally called ELMDON and was opened in 1939 to replace the original aerodrome/airport at CASTLE BROMWICH.
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