Comments on: Croydon Airport Visitor Centre

By: david randall

david randall — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:39:53 +0000

1 remember the last aircraft to take off from Croydon September 1959.i think it was a Morton airways DH HERON there were a group of about 4 of us waving it goodbuy for a motion camera crew does any one know if the film exists ?

By: Les Roth

Les Roth — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:35:07 +0000

i remember seeing Edgar Percival at Stapleford Tawney in the mid to late 1950s. This was at the point when he was developing the EP9. I recall that he was sporting a large bandage on his head’

By: Les Roth

Les Roth — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:51:07 +0000

I definately remember the Croydon Mob, They made our visits very tentative. They hurled car tires at us in the public enclosure, and generally made life miserable’ To Mike Castle and others; enjoy your reunion and I forgive you Les Roth

By: Robert Hodgson

Robert Hodgson — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:03:21 +0000

The Tiger Moth is no longer on display and has been moved to Booker.

By: Mike Castleton

Mike Castleton — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:22:34 +0000

In about ’54-’58 I and several mates known as the ‘Croydon Mob’ used to frequent the airport ‘spotting’ as Mike Norman.
Other names Mike Kimber, Tony Harper, George Trussell, Mike Oddy,Vick Lewis and others. Possible that we came across Mike Norman. Does he remember coming across any of us?
The Croydon Mob intend a reunion shortly, at the Airport.

By: Ralph Kinmonth

Ralph Kinmonth — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:28:50 +0000

my maternal great uncle , Ralph Hope, flew from croydon with 605 squadron during battle of britain , until october 14th, Hurricane still buried in south norwood . Am intending to visit airport centre on sunday .

By: Mr B F Simpkin

Mr B F Simpkin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:21:33 +0000

this may be a useless comment, but my uncle Robert Palmer was a radio operator for Imperial Airways in the 1920-30s until it disbanded , then with Mrs Victor Bruce airfreight company,ei then did service for the country

By: mike norman

mike norman — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:49:33 +0000

As a 15 year old, prior to joining the RAF I sat for many hours alone plane spotting and recording plane numbers in my Ian Allen spotters book. this would have been in 1955.