Hoo Farm
HOO FARM: Temporary aerodrome (Used several times)
Operated by: Sir Alan Cobham’s National Aviation Day UK Display tours
British Empire Air Display
British Hospitals Air Pageant
Location: W of the A442, roughly 1.25nm S of Kidderminster town centre
Period of operation: Sir Alan Cobham's NAD Tour, 27th April 1932
Sir Alan Cobham's NAD No.1 Tour, 10th May 1933
British Hospitals Air Pageant, 23rd August 1933
Sir Alan Cobham's NAD Tour, 20th June 1934
Sir Alan Cobham's NAD No.1 Tour, 18th September 1935
British Empire Air Display, 24th April 1936
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Here again we have to thank Mike Holder, a long term friend of this 'Guide', for researching what is available to illustrate this listing and providing his annotated pictures and maps.
Article One was published in the Birmingham Daily Gazette on the 12th August 1933. Article Two was published in the Bridgnorth Journal on the 26th August 1933.
The local area and area views are from my Google Earth© derived database.
NOTES: Sometimes the joy-riding and “Flying Circus” operators couldn’t or didn’t use the same site year after year for various reasons. For example; perhaps the farmer demanded a higher fee when seeing the success of the previous years event. Sometimes the farmer converted the field to crops, ploughing up the field in the winter possibly not envisaging them to return. Indeed sometimes, just before arriving when the advance party turned up, they found the farmer had ploughed the field anyway even when they had confirmed the return visit!
We do not know for certain, but have good reason to believe, that these considerations do not apply here? If anybody can kindly offer advice this will be much appreciated.
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