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Stag Lane Aerodrome was a private aerodrome between 1915 and 1933 located in Edgware, London, England. Edgware is a is suburb situated 9. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
History
The land for an aerodrome was purchased by the London & Provincial Aviation Company during October 1915. The company used the aerodrome for flying training during the First World War. London & Provincial ceased flying in July 1919 after a dispute with Department of Civil Aviation who refused them a licence. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Stag Lane became the main base of The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited in 1920. The company newly formed when Geoffrey de Havilland left the Airco company to start his own business. Former wartime aircraft were refurbished in the early years. The company designed and built large numbers of aircraft at Stag Lane in the 1920s and early 1930s. In 1934 the company moved to a larger factory and airfield at Hatfield Aerodrome. For other uses, see De Havilland (disambiguation). ...
Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (July 27, 1882 - May 21, 1965) was one of Englands aviation pioneers. ...
George Holt Thomas established the Aircraft Manufacturing Company (Airco) at The Hyde in Hendon, north London, England during 1912. ...
Stag Lane Aerodrome was sold for housing development in 1933, a small 15 acre site was retained as a factory and offices for The de Havilland Engine Company Limited. The last flight from the airfield was a de Havilland Hornet Moth in July 1934. Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
The de Havilland Engine Company was an offshoot of the de Havilland aircraft building company, which started life in 1928 producing the famous de Havilland Gipsy aero-engine. ...
Cabin biplane, designed as trainer and touring aircraft. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Aircraft Built at Stag Lane The De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth was a variant of the DH.60 Moth powered by the De Havilland Gipsy I engine. ...
The de Havilland DH.61 Giant Moth was a 1920s British large single-engined biplane transport built by De Havilland Aircraft Company at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware. ...
The De Havilland Puss Moth is a three seater aeroplane designed in 1929 and used by Britain during the second world war mainly for communications. ...
1939 de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth (G-AGHY) The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth was a 1930s biplane designed by de Havilland and operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. ...
The D.H.87 Fox Moth was a succsessful biplane passenger aircraft from the 1930s powered by a Gipsy Major IV inline inverted engine, manufactured by the deHavilland aircraft co. ...
The de Havilland Dragon was a commericial aircraft designed and built by the de Havilland company. ...
The de Havilland 86 was developed in 1933 for QANTAS, to inaugurate the Singapore-Brisbane section of the England to Australia air route. ...
References - Smith, Ron (2002). British Built Aircraft - Greater London. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0 7524 2770 9.
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