EPW040940 ENGLAND (1933). Maidstone Airport and surrounding countryside, Kings Hill, from the north-west, 1933
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| Title | [EPW040940] Maidstone Airport and surrounding countryside, Kings Hill, from the north-west, 1933 |
| Reference | EPW040940 |
| Date | April-1933 |
| Link | |
| Place name | KINGS HILL |
| Parish | KINGS HILL |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 567626, 155878 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 0.40358214594151, 51.276843710396 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ676559 |
Pins
 Abbey Wood Cottages |
 gareth19822002 |
Tuesday 25th of October 2022 03:33:27 PM |
| Abbey Wood Cottages |
gareth19822002 |
Tuesday 25th of October 2022 03:33:18 PM |
| Abbey Wood Farm |
gareth19822002 |
Tuesday 25th of October 2022 03:32:49 PM |
| Sportsman Inn |
gareth19822002 |
Tuesday 25th of October 2022 02:50:35 PM |
| This looks remarkably like Sir Alan Cobham's National Air Displays - http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/14-business-and-pleasure/169-alan-cobham-s-national-air-day-displays - which took place on 17 April 1933 at Maidstone. If you view EPW040990 you will see the aircraft in formation flying over Cranford - just to the east of Heathrow; the autogyro is line astern of the lead aircraft - G-ABYX. Same aircraft on the deck at Maidstone. For the auto gyro see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fh34jPyDDc
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Mike Holder |
Monday 15th of June 2020 03:17:06 PM |
| Cierva Autogyro with a DH Moth behind? |
Kentishman |
Friday 5th of September 2014 09:28:27 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 I may well be wrong, but the nearest aircraft looks rather unusual and makes me think it might be a Cierva Autogyro as it appears to have fore to aft rotors rather than wings. The aircraft immediately behind looks like a DH Moth, given the slightly swept back wings. I would be very interested to know what the other aircraft are, especially the two twin engined, fully enclosed, biplanes? |
Kentishman |
Sunday 21st of June 2015 07:17:00 PM |
Sir Alan Cobham's Flying Circus |
 clippedwings |
Friday 27th of February 2015 10:26:59 PM |