Southampton Airport Through Time

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Southampton Airport boasts a long history, with the first aircraft taking off from the original site at Stoneham Farm in 1910. Requisitioned by the War Office in 1917, it was given to the US Navy to develop as an assembly area. The current airport was established in 1932, and was the test bed for RJ Mitchell's prototype Spitfire. The airport was commissioned as HMS Raven in 1939, and subsequently spent most of the war in service with the Royal Navy. Regular air services returned in 1945, and by the early 1950s Southampton was one of the busiest airports outside of London. Despite the nationwide slump in air passenger traffic during the 1970s, huge investment was made by its owners Airports UK Ltd, and a decade later was purchased by the British Airports Authority. Currently owned by Heathrow Airport Holdings, it is steadily climbing the ranks of the UK's busiest airports.
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Stock Code A8744.0
Author Brown PC
ISBN13 9781445687445
Format Softback
Height(mm) 234
Width(mm) 165
Page Count 96
Pictures 180
Publication Date 6 Jun 2019
Publisher AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Publication Status Available
Record last updated 14/09/2023