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1928
1928 - 0341.PDF
MAY 3/ 1S28 PRIVATE FLYING A Section of FLIGHT in the Interests of the Private Owner, Owner-Pilot, and Chib Member AERODROMES OF ENGLAND THERE are approximately one hundred private owners ofaircraft registered in this country to-day. This, incidentally is nearly 75 per cent, more than the public understands if itnoticed the number widely circulated in the daily press a few weeks ago. It is anticipated that private flying will attract a greaterfollowing than ever this summer. Simultaneously, the necessity for more aerodromes and landing fields becomesmore acute. There are signs that this is being widely realised amongst the community even beyond the sphere of aviation.To point to one instance, only two weeks ago Maj. B F S Baden-Powell, in a letter to The Times, urged the provisionfor aircraft developments in town-planning schemes. On all the plans he had seen this had not been done. Roadsran through flat country which would otherwise be useful, and buildings were erected over suitable aircraft sites whichcould easily be moved elsewhere. It looked, he said, as though shortly every open space of any size within a mile or two of a town would be split up. He also thought thatit will be necessary for the Air Ministry to take an interest in town-planning and give technical guidance where aero-dromes are contemplated, as they will have their military value. With regard to this suggestion of Maj. Baden-Powell's,we are able to point out that the Air Ministry already gives their experienced advice on the subject to local authorities,although, as yet, they do not lay down any official conditions. The position is that if any town wants guidance the AirMinistry will willingly give it. His letter produced a very interesting reply from the TownClerk of Bristol, Mr. Josiah Green, revealing that his district will most probably, on the recommendation of Prof. Aber-crombie, allot land for aircraft traffic. Further, in a second scheme it is proposed to provide for the extension of anexisting aerodrome by preserving land for this purpose, altering existing roads and planning new roads. On August 18, 1927, we published a map in "Flight " showing all the aerodromes in England and a few emergency landing fields. The in- adequacy of landing grounds, in view of the increase of private flying, was then patent, so we have gathered by degrees a vast knowledge of all the fields which at some time during recent years have been licensed and used for flying. A careful investi- gation, which included personal inspection, quickly eliminated scores of fields, but out of the residue there are many worth rescuing and bringing to the notice of private owners. The first small batch selected will be found marked on this new map, with fuller par- ticulars in the accompany- ing article. Others, we hope, will follow in due course as they survive thorough scrutiny. All will have the virtue, as far as the owners or ten- ants can foresee, of being permanent pasture. We again include existing aerodromes in our map as there have been a few changes. Certain Air Force landing fields are deleted, as promiscuous landings are not desired on them. O RAF AERODROMES I • Civil Aerodromes ; D Landing F/e/ds '•• j-^ALTON O NORTH WEALD o ioa)304osoeo7oao : •SCALE IN MILES- ; 305
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