Coming in to Land. A short history of Hounslow, Hanworth and Heston Aerodromes, 1911-1946
Details:
- Author(s) Sherwood, Tim
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1999
- Pages 178pp; illus
- Publisher Heritage Publications
- Place Published Hounslow
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Detailed history of different aspects - airport services, aircraft production, flying training - of aviation history in West London and South West Middlesex to 1946. Especially Heston Airport, opened 1929 by Airwork Ltd, which handled scheduled flights and was used by British Airways Ltd. Also aircraft component manufacture by Heston Aircraft Ltd. Aircraft production in 1930s at Hanworth by General Aircraft Ltd