Mapping the Aerodrome in the First World War
Roger Potten is one of our highly skilled archive volunteers who has been working on rebuilding the first Croydon Airport (1919-1927) on... Read More
Fighting for Air Volunteer Visit to the Local Studies / Museum of Croydon
In the last post, I detailed how six of us had a busy day last Tuesday as we visited the First World... Read More
A ring around London: Beddington Aerodrome
Beddington Aerodrome was at first just meant to be an emergency landing field but public pressure after the Zeppelin air raids meant... Read More
Fighting for Air: Visit to RAF Museum, Colindale
On Saturday (18 November), some of the Fighting for Air team of volunteers went to the other side of London to visit... Read More
Aerodrome not Airport!
Strictly speaking this blog will not be about Croydon Airport for the next 10 months or so. We’ll be sharing research from... Read More
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
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
Halloween at Croydon Airport
We are open for Museums at Night tonight 6-9pm (last admission 8.30pm) and here is a ghost story I shall tell to... Read More