Morfa Conway
MORFA CONWAY: Private aerodrome (Aka TOWN MOOR)
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The third item is an article published in Flight magazine on the 20th May 1920.
Note: The sixth item was published in the Evening Mail on the 16th June 1920. I have added the area view from my personal Google Earth © based database.
Operated by: Mr R G Carr
Location: Just NW of Conway town centre
NOTES: We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide' to thank for unearthing this location. Which certainly poses some questions - for example, did it operate before the license was withdrawn? If anybody can kindly offer advice this will be most welcome.
Certainly many minor joy-ride operators in the inter-war years, (and after WW2 for that matter), carried on their business without getting their flying sites certified. Hardly surprising if only used for a day or so. Plus of course many if not most of the pilots involved had flown in combat, so were hardly likely to be respectful of pen-pushers based in London.
Indeed, for example, even world famous companies such as Avro after WW1, were operating many of their aircraft still wearing the military serials well after being given a civil registration. As can be gleaned from the first article shown above, Mr R G Carr was hardly somebody to give in easily, so I do hope evidence can be found that he persisted with his operation in 1920 at least.
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