Nairn
Note: This map only shows the position of Nairn town within the UK.
NAIRN: Temporary aerodrome?
NOTES: Venue on the 19th July 1933 for Sir Alan Cobham’s No.2 Tour. Nairn is a town on the A96 about 15nm NE of Inverness. Does anybody now know the exact site used?
BROADLEY FARM
Operated by: Scotlands Own Air Circus
Location: Just W of the B9090, just S of Nairn town centre
Period of operation: 1st September 1933
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The advert was published in the Nairnshire Telegraph and General Advertiser for the Northern Counties on the 29th August 1933.
Note: The area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: It appears that in 1933, The Scottish Motor Traction Co. Ltd formed an 'Air Circus', known as 'Scotland's Own Air Circus'. To date we have only found three venues, all around the August Bank Holiday period. Is it possible, given the substantial amount of competition at that time, that they only performed briefly before being disbanded?
The three venues found so far are: MUIRTON FARM, Lossiemouth on the 29th and 30th August. BROADLEY FARM, Nairn on the 1st September and THE LINKS, Dornoch on the 2nd September. If anybody can kindly offer advice and further information, this will be much appreciated.
A COMMENT
There have been times when wading through the itinery of all these Cobham tours, (and the other competing operations), when I’ve been tempted to say; find any town in the UK and they’ve probably displayed there. The sheer effort and determination these Tours demanded is still largely an untold story. So why has it been forgotten by and large? Why aren’t we celebrating this unique period in our aviation history?
I’m not for one minute deriding having a Hurricane, Spitfire and often a Lancaster appearing to celebrate our WW2 military aviation history, often operated by the most excellent BBMF, (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), but I fail to understand why we don’t have a 'Flying Circus' or Cobham ‘Memorial Flight' doing the rounds too? There are many examples of the lighter types used still flying.
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