Walton Bridge
WALTON BRIDGE: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Cobham & Holmes Aviation Co. (Previously Berkshire Aviation Co)
Location: Near the Walton Bridge, on the north side, and E of the A6. Just SE of Preston city centre
Period of operation: 1st to 14th March 1920
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The newspaper advert was published in the Lancashire Evening Post on the 27th February 1920.
Note: The notice was published in The Aeroplane on the 3rd March 1920. The picture of the bridge is from Google Street View ©.
Note: The local view and area view are from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: Please note that the dates for this visit, published in The Aeroplane magazine, are at variance for the dates on the poster.
Another important aspect regarding Alan Cobham's early flying career which you probably won't find in most biographies, especially those on the interweb, is that after WW1 he did not first go to de Havilland at STAG LANE. He actually joined the Berkshire Aviation Company based at EAST HANNEY. Going to de Havilland in 1921.
What is so very interesting, at least to anoraks, (I'm still hoping to become one), is that the poster describes the operation as being the Cobham & Holmes Aviation Company, (late Berkshire Aviation Company). Clearly Cobham had big ideas; they soon became much bigger ideas of course, but clearly they fairly soon had a parting of the ways, and the Berkshire Aviation Company resumed. Without too much doubt the Berkshire Aviation Company, despite this glitch, was one of the first major touring operations in the UK, hosting displays and joy riding.
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