Raynham Park
RAYNHAM PARK: Temporary aerodrome for an Air Fete
Operated by: The Marchioness Townshend
Period of operation: 23rd July 1927
Location: Just NNE of Raynham Hall, just W of the A1065, 3nm SW of Fakenham town centre and about 17nm ENE of King's Lynn town centre
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The newspaper article was published in the Yarmouth Independent on the 23rd July 1927.
Note: These pictures were published in Flight magazine on the 28th July 1927.
The first five items were kindly provided by Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', and I have added the Google Earth © area view from my personal database, which does not show all the flying sites listed in this 'Guide'.
NOTES: It was such a shame that poor weather afflicted this event, but even so, many notable pilots arrived. The event was held to both raise funds for local hospitals and boost the profile of the Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club. This was of course the start of the heyday of the de Havilland DH60 Moth which, in so many ways, transformed the light aviation scene, with so many remarkable long distance flights, many record breaking of course, which attracted both national and even global attention.
Attending was Lady Mary Bailey in a 'Moth' and Lord Ossulton in his 'Moth'. Colonel the Master of Semphill flew in with a DH51, (a bi-plane three-seat touring type), and Mr M L Bramson arrived in a SE5a - a WW1 fighter design. Captain H Broad, Captain Lines and Wing Commander H Blackburn also flew in with 'Moths' but Mr Bert Hinkler arrived with an Avro Avian. Sqn Ldr C Rea and Flt Lt F O Soden arrived with Boulton Paul P.9s, and Flt Lt D V Carnegie flew in with a DH53 Humming Bird, an ultralight design that had done quite well in the trials at LYMPNE, in KENT held from 1923 to 1926.
The RAF also had a hand in this Air Fete, with a sham dog-fight being held with a Gloster Gamecock and a Vickers Venture.
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