Morecambe flying sites
Note: This map only shows the position of Morecambe within the UK. If anybody can kindly provide a more exact location for this venue, this will be much appreciated.
MORECAMBE see also MORECAMBE SANDS
MORECAMBE: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Cornwall Aviation Company
Note: This picture from S.W. Philips was scanned from the excellent book Cornwall Aviation Company by Ted Chapman, published in 1979.
The caption reads: 'This postcard was published by a Morecambe firm and PP wrote to his wife, "The troops at Morecambe Bay. We were flying in over an inch of water and floods of rain".The three pilots are Sammy Summerfield, Captain Philips and Don Cameron on the occassion of the September 1927 Morecambe Carnival.'
The "PP" referred to was Captain Percival Philips who ran the Cornwall Aviation Company and he led from the front putting in at least as many hours as his pilots and ground crew.
Location: ?
Period of operation: September 1927
MORECAMBE: Temporary Landing Ground - not used
NOTES: Morecambe was the planned 98th venue for this Tour. Starting in May and ending in October, one hundred and seven venues were intended to be visited. Mostly in England, two were in South Wales and eight in Scotland. Due to a couple of crashes and other setbacks this tour had to be rescheduled as it progressed, and Morecombe was scratched.
Even so, Cobham did manage to visit 96 venues, which was still a magnificent achievement.
The aircraft he mostly used was the ten-seater de Havilland DH61 'Giant Moth' G-AAEV named 'Youth of Britain'. The punishing schedule he set for this Tour seems astonishing today.
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