Flying Through the 30s: A one day symposium on air travel and interwar Britain.
16 April 2016 The Aerodrome Hotel, Croydon Airport London Programme 9:45 – 10:15 Coffee and Registration 10:15 – 10:30 Welcome Address Peter... Read More
The Tragedy of Airship R101
On 5 October 1930, the Airship R101 left Britain and crushed in Northern France. Forty-six passengers and crew on board burnt to... Read More
Flight Travel Necessities 1930s Style
On longhaul flights today passengers often get ‘amenity kits’, usually containing things like an eye mask, toothbrush and paste, socks, a freshening... Read More
Olley Air Services and Geoffrey Keating
Captain Gordon P. Olley seated at his desk The photograph to the right was taken by Geoffrey Keating, staff photographer for The... Read More
Academic Symposium on Croydon Airport in the 1930s
The first academic symposium on Croydon Airport (that we know of anyway) is going to be held on 16 April 2016 at... Read More
At the Museum of Croydon
Today a volunteer Ian (our faithful courier) and myself delivered the Croydon Calling pop up exhibition to the Museum of Croydon where... Read More
Visit the Soviet Union 1937
Croydon Airport Society’s archives often throws up surprises and sometimes ones that have very little to do with Croydon Airport itself. I... Read More
Living Near the Airport: Accidents
U3A member Peter Day continues his post on the sometimes dangerous consequences of living near Croydon Airport: Nothing was more likely to... Read More
Living near the Airport: The Aerodrome’s Location
U3A member Peter Day writes on the disturbance caused by living near Croyon Airport: In 1915 a small aerodrome was established at... Read More
Gold Bullion Robbery: 1935 Part II
Robin Dewell continues his story of the Goild Bullion robbery at Croydon Airport in 1935 in the stye of the newspapers at... Read More