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MAY 21, 1936. FLIGHT. 561 EMPIRE AIR DAY A Guide to Military and Civil Aerodromes Open to the Public on Saturday NEXT Saturday, May 23, is Empire Air Day. Inaugurated in 1934, since when it has been an annual event, the day is organised by the Air League, of the British Empire with the co-operation of the Air Ministry and various civil aerodrome authorities to afford the public an opportunity to become acquainted with British aviation. The proceeds are devoted to the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund. Car parking facili ties are provided at the great majority of the aerodromes. The standard admission charge is one shilling for adults and three- * pence for children under fifteen. The following lists include every aerodrome and works which, at the time of going to press, are known to be opening: SERVICE AERODROMES England BEDFORDSHIRE : Henlow.—Work of home aircraft depot. BERKSHIRE : Abingdon.—Dive bombing by Harts of Nos. 15 and 40 Squadrons ; slow landings by Tutors ; formation flying , stripped aircraft ; parachutes, cameras, guns and bombs. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: Halton.—School for Technical Training of Apprentices; Princess Mary's R.A.F. Hospital; Insitute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine ; formation flying and aerobatics ; living quarters open. CAMBRIDGESHIRE : Duxford.—Quick " get-away "; attack by fighters on a bomber; low flying attack on convoy ; aerobatics and formation flying ; parachute event; fights between Demon and Gauntlet ; photographic and armament gear; towed target practice. Sutton Bridge.—No. 3 Armament Training Camp. CHESHIRE : Sealand.—No. 5 Flying Training School. DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND : Ustt'orth.—No. 607 (County of Durham) (B) Squadron. ESSEX ; Homcnurtfi.—Nos. 54, 65, and 74 (Fighter) Squadrons. GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SOMERSET : Filton (Bristol).—No. 501 (City of Bristol) (B) Squadron. HAMPSHIRE : Calshol.—Aerobatics by Nimrod ; attack by three fighters on drogue target; landings and take-offs by flying boats, float planes and amphibians ; launching of Southampton ; a Saro London will take part; armament, photo graphic equipment, etc., on view. Farnborough.-—Dive bombing by six Audax against convoy; formation flying ; artillery " shoot " ; supply dropping; defence of infantry outpost against dive bombing attack ; message picking-up ; aerobatics by Fury and Gauntlet • parachutes, guns, cameras, etc. Gosport.— Aerobatics; formation flying by twelve Baffins of No. 810 Squadron; deck landing training ; torpedo dropping ; towed target; fly-past of Saro London and three Southamptons ; Baffin, Vildebeest, Shark, Swordfish, Autogiro and Anson on view ; armament training and photographic gear. Lee-on-Solent.— Attack by six Fairey III F's on a " Chinese junk manned by pirates "; aerobatics; supplv dropping ; towed target; formation flying. Worthy Down.—No. 7 (B) Squadron and No. 102 (B) Squadron. KENT : Biggin Hill.—Quick " get-away " ; low bombing ; formation flying; aero batics ; radio-telephony communication. Eastchurch.—Work of the Air Armament School; armament training in the air. Hawkinge.—No. 2 (AC) Squadron : No. 25 F Squadron. Mansion.—-No. 3 School of Technical Training (Men); flying by the Ansons of No. 48 (GR) Squadron; No. 500 (County of Kent) (B) Squadron : 'School of Air Navigation. LINCOLNSHIRE • Cranwell.—Formation riving by Harts and Tutors; message picking-up by Atlas ; synchronised aerobatics, converging bombing and supply dropping ; parachute display; Valentia " flying classroom," ; engines, para chutes wireless, etc. Digby.—Aerobatics by Furies ; combat between Fury and Harts; low bombing by Harts ; air drill'by Wallaces ; message picking-up and dropping by two Audax ; visit of Valentia and Heyford ; armament, anti-gas section, parachutes, etc., on view. Grantham.—Synchronised aero batics by Furies ; message picking-up by Audax ; blind take-off and flying; dummv 'parachute drop ; anti-gas demonstration ; armament, engines, etc. North Coales.—Aerobatics by Moth and two Furies ; towed target; message picking-up ; camera gun training; formation flying and dive bombing by Wallaces ; armament engines, etc. Waddington.—No. 503 (County of Lincoln) (B) Squadron. A Large-scale Battle MIDDLESEX : Hendon.—Mx Battle between eighteen machines from Nos. 600 (City of London) and 601 (County of London) (Fighter) Squadrons in conjunction with 11th London Regiment Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army); synchronised aerobatics by Harts ; slow flying; fly past; exhibition park. Northoll.—DoR fight; dive bombing by squadron ; aerobatics ; towed target; oxygen apparatus, guns, cameras, parachutes, engines, etc. NORFOLK : Bircharn Newton.—Attack by three Hinds on Heyford with explanation by leader of his manoeuvres ; dive bombing ; aerobatics; low bombing ; set piece; towed target; blind flving; balloon bursting ; crazy and inverted flying; Hart, Hind, Gordon, Fury, Hcyford, Overstrand, and Tutor on show; armament and photography, parachutes, etc. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE : Peterborough.—No. 7 Flying Training School. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBY : Huclmall.—Dos, fight between 2-seater and single seater; aerobatics; formation flying ; aerial gunnery ; blind flymg ; armament, wireless, photography, etc. OXFORDSHIRE : Upper Hcvford.—Kos. 33, 57, 58, 215 and 218 (Bomber) Squadrons. SURREY : Kenlcy.—Ground strafing; flight and squadron air drill; aerobatics ; armament, wireless, parachutes, etc. \(&!r TWHWOlHl**--' .iwaoisiro, gggg STANLEY PARK£ SQUIRE'S GATE1^, BIRK0ALE SANDS * WOOLSIRGTOtl USW0RTH* CARLISLE SHLRftuRK YEADON* IN ELMET \HULL *BR0UC.H»(.-*lHEDO«) 4< ^^EALArlO STOKE-ON-TRCNTr TERNNlU* TOLLERTON BRAUNSTONEK CASTLE * BROMWICH* DESF0R0 ' WHITLEY« SYWELL N0RIM &ATES WADDINQTON A(K£XNE3J NUCKNALl | DIGBY /fWinthorp*! CRANWEIL/ UPPER HtYFORD CHURCH00WNx WITNEY MM • FUTON ORANTHArW NEWTON \ SUTTON 6R*DSE HOUSEHOLD I •PETERBOROUGH < • MILDCNHAH / FEN DITTON MARTLESMAM * HEATH > DUXFORD • * *y/ HENLOW* ^?C HALTON, «U«W* jtHGooH •»£** SEE 3™ HEND 'EASTCtWBCH BRISTOL FARN80ROUGH. wo**"", NETHERAVON- .wrtDTUV REp£( , •WORTHY OLD SARUNT DOWN MUTHAMPTON* «*•«>',-••:.-">;.> *i ^JL'RYOE •«to*o«ft HAWKINGE /"a. J \ Empire Air Day aerodromes at a glance. Service stations are indicated by dots and civil aerodromes by crosses. SHROPSHIRE : Tern Hill.—Formation flying by Harts and Audax ; blind flying i •message picking-up ; synchronised aerobatics by Gauntlet ; set piece ; arma ment, photography, etc. SUFFOLK : Felixstotte.—Aerobatics and formation flying by marine aircraft; lifting of flying boats by 50-ton crane ; motor boat section ; armoury, parachutes, etc. Martlesham Heath.—F-xhibition of experimental types; dive bombing ; aero batics; demonstration by Supermarine fighter and Vickers Wellsley; armament, photography, parachute's, etc. . MiUenhall.—Combat between two Gauntlets and HeyforS ; aerobatics by Gauntlet ; formation flyin/by Heyfords ; arma ment, wireless, parachutes, etc. SUSSEX: Tangmere.—Aerobatics by Furies ; low flying attack ; formation flying; flight attack on towed target; parachutes, armament, etc. WARWICKSHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE : Castle Bromvich.—Aerial combat; wireless communication; bombing and photography; armament, parachutes, etc. WILTSHIRE : Netheravon.—Ko. C Flying Training School. Old %arum.—picking-up and dropping messages ; dive' bombing ; formation flying and aerobatics; flv-past ; anti-gas event in co-operation with British Red Cross. YORKSHIRE : Cattcrick.—No. 2(1 (AC) Squadron. Tlwrnaby.—No. 008 (North Riding) (B) Squadron and No. 0 Flying Training School. Scotland ANGUS : Montrose.—Converging bombing ; aerobatics ; formation flying ; supply dropping ; armament, parachutes, etc. FIFE : Leuchars.—No. 1 Flying Training School ; Temporary Armament Training Camp. MIDLOTHIAN : Tvmkome.—No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) (B) Squadron. RENFREW : Abbotsinch.—No. 602 (City of Glasgow) (B) Squadron. Ireland ANTRIM- Aldergrove.—Air combat between heavy bomber and three fightftrt; air drill by nine Wallaces ; bombing ; aerobatics ; dummy parachute drops ; anti-gas measures, armament, parachutes, etc. CIVIL AERODROMES AND FLVING England TRAINING SCHOOLS BERKSHIRE : Reading. CAMBRIDGESHIRE : Fen Ditton. CHESHIRE : Merseyside Air Park, Hooton. CUMBERLAND ; Carlisle Municipal Aerodrome. DEVON : Barnstaple and North Devon Aerodrome. ESSEX : Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing ; Southend Airport. GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SOMERSET : Bristol Airport; Churchdown Aerodrome, Gloucester. HANTS: Christchurch, Bournemouth ; Hamble ; Portsmouth City Airport ; South ampton Airport. HERTS : Hatfield. ISLE OF WIGHT : Ryde Aerodrome ; Saunders Roe Works. KENT : Gravesend Airport: Lympne Airport. LANCS : Birkdale Sands Landing Ground, Southport; Hesketh Park Aerodrome Southport ; Manchester Airport ; Stanley Park Aerodrome, Blackpool. LEICESTERSHIRE : Dcaford ; Leicester Airport. LINCOLN : Grimsby Airport. ' [Com. overleaf.
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