Middlesborough flying sites
Note: This map only shows the general location Middlesborough within the UK. If anyone can kindly provide more exact locations for these sites, this advice will be most welcome.
MIDDLESBOROUGH see also THORNABY
MIDDLESBROUGH: Seaplane Alighting Area
Location: On the River Tees N of Middlesbrough
NOTES: Shown on Admiralty chart 2567 in the 1930s
MIDDLESBOROUGH: Temporary Landing Ground - not used
NOTES: Middlesborough was the planned 95th venue for the Sir Alan Cobham's Municipal Aerodrome Campaign. This tour started in May and ended in October with one hundred and seven venues intended to be visited - mostly in England but with two in South Wales and eight in Scotland. However, due to a couple of crashes and other setbacks this tour had to be rescheduled along the way.
In the end Cobham did manage to visit 96 venues, which in itself was a magnificent achievement of course - but not Middlesborough.
The aircraft Cobham mostly used for this Tour was the ten-seater de Havilland DH61 'Giant Moth' G-AAEV, named 'Youth of Britain'. The punishing schedule he set himself seems astonishing today. Highly recommended reading are his memoirs in 'A Time To Fly'.
MIDDLESBOROUGH: Temporary aerodrome?
Operated by: Alan Cobham’s 1932 National Aviation Day UK Display Tour
Location: Flying Field, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesborough
Period of operation: 5th July 1932
NOTES: Does the fact that this site address is "Flying Field" indicate that it was possibly more than just a temporary flying site? If anybody can kindly add more to this, the advice will be very welcome.
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