Marton Moss
MARTON MOSS: Civil aerodrome (Aka BLOWING SANDS)
Operated by: Golden Eagle Aviation Company
Location: On the NE side of the later SQUIRES GATE, BLACKPOOL airport
Period of operation: Probably - 1919 to 1921?
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The advert was published in the Fleetwood Express on the 26th July 1919.
Note: The excerpt is from amounderness.co.uk The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES:
During their period of operation Golden Eagle Aviation operated eight ex RFC/RAF Airco DH.6 aircraft, these being:
G-EAHD (ex B2934) G-EAHE (ex B2917) G-EAPG (ex C7430) G-EAPH (ex C7739)
G-EARJ (ex B3061) G-EARK (ex B3065) G-EARL (ex B3003) G-EARM (ex B3068)
Some records say that Golden Eagle Aviation only operated the Airco DH.6 type, but a rummage through by book collection reveals that they also operated a single Avro 504K too. And this example reveals an interesting oddity which applied at the time, for reasons that are hard to understand today? Originally registered as G-EAFX (ex H6543), it was wrecked in a gale during August 1919.
No summer holiday in England would be complete without a decent gale at some point. Anyway, with the country then awash in spare parts for Avro 504 types, it was rebuilt - but given a new registration - G-EASG. This I think makes a lot of sense, because it was, to all intents and purposes, mostly a new machine. Much later in more recent years a more relaxed regime exists. For example the 'oldest' Tiger Moth still flying, G-ACDC, (ex BB726), probably has the constructors plate being the only original component?
Then again, if you own an old car, which has over the years had the engine replaced, plus the gearbox, clutch, seats, brakes, body panels etc, etc, etc. No doubt it still has the original registration - although even that can be changed of course. As indeed for some time now, an aircraft registration can also be changed on the British register.
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