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Municipal Aerodromes—Hopeful Progress I N our municipal number dated March 17,
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1933, an article appeared calling attention to the urgent need for municipal aerodromes to provide the necessary link between air and road services. We showed that there were at the time only 13 licensed municipal aerodromes. To-day there are 16, but more progress has really been made than these two figures would suggest, for further towns have actually 'Airchased sites in the meantime and quite a number of land acquisitions is, at present, in the negotiation stage_ What we said last March about the scope for air services from particular towns, placing those towns in a key position which would shortly make aerodrome provision quite unavoidable, has since been demonstrated in several instances.
We said that the wisdom of Liverpool's provision of an aerodrome at Speke would soon be proved and that Liverpool would occupy a key position in air services to Ireland. This year there will be air-line-links to Hull and Amsterdam, Blackpool, the Isle of Man and Belfast, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.
Liverpool is not the only example. Hull, Derby, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Inverness. Leeds, Lticester, Cardiff, Bristol, Brighton, Southampton and Portsmouth have all, in the intervening 12 months, been used or at least considered by operators.
Taking stock of the position at these vital points, Hull is developing its municipal aerodrome to be ready for an Amsterdam daily service to be started in June by the Dutch company —the K.L.M. This service will extend to Liverpool ; not to Manchester because the aerodrome there is unsuitable —consultants have been quickly called to Manchester to advise on its development. Derby has no aerodrome and is considering the matter, meanwhile operators must turn to Nottingham: Last October Birmingham Corporation approved a scheme to buy nearly 300 acres at Almdon, six miles out on the Coventry road, and at present Castle Bromwich aerodrome has to serve the purpose ; negotiations fbr Almdon have been long delayed.
Glasgow now has Renfrew as its licensed aerodrome and, although it has not a good fog record, this site is advantageous in being only 20 minutes' motor ride from 'the town centre.
Inverness aerodrome was opened last May and used for the Orkney line.
Leeds and Bradford share Yeadon aerodrome. Leicester has purchased a site and work is being carried out to prepare it for licensing this summer. Cardiff and Bristol have aerodromes. Brighton, in conjunction with Hove and Worthing, has purchased a promising site at Shoreham and traffic is likely to develop very shortly. Southampton and Portsmouth are both already in possession of aerodromes.
That accounts for the towns picked out above as being in key positions. The only other municipal landing ground that has been licensed lately is that at Norwich.
Recent further purchases of sites are those of the towns of Hastings (where there is much work to be done), Rochester and Southport. Some 40 acres of Walsall's 209-acre site have been prepared for use. Carlisle is at work on its Kingstown ground.. Work is planned for Doncaster. Southend decided in December tr7i spend £20,000 on a 157-acre site. Newcastle has got sanction for a £21,000 loan for the site at Woolsington.
Many other authorities, if not actually on the Air Ministry list, are in fact closely studying the subject, so that another year should see many schemes afoot outside the group of key positions named above. Among those from which developments may he expected are Eastbourne, Bournemouth, Swansea and Carlisle.
This current information, together with the accompanying lists, shows that there is a number of sound municipal schemes afoot, although for properly co-ordinated charter-flying facilities a great deal more development will soon be necessary.