Lochee Park
LOCHEE PARK: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Aerial Photos Ltd
Location: About 1.5nm WNW of Dundee city centre
Period of operation: 24th April until the 1st May 1920
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for discovering this little known venue.
Note: This first article was published in the Dundee Courier on the 26th April 1920. The photo was published in the Dundee Evening Telegraph, also on the 26th April.
Note: The second article was published in the Dundee Courier on the 28th April 1920. The short article was published in The Aeroplane on the 5th May 1920.
NOTES: The more I learn about this period, just after WW1, the more interesting it becomes. There were a large number of people, not just pilots, who, having become heavily engaged in aviation during the war, were very keen to keep themselves involved one way or another. To aid this there was a huge surplus of aircraft awaiting disposal, with many hundreds being scrapped. Alongside which other examples with next to no time logged, were being sold off at very reasonable prices.
The favourite being the Avro 504 variants, especially the 504K and 504N. The Avro company, along with all the other manufacturers, suffering from huge cancellations of orders, not only set up their own joy-riding operation, but offered their conversions of these types to three-seaters to other operaters too. Clearly at least two being sold to Aerial Photos Ltd based in Edinburgh.
Note: This area view is from my Google Earth © based database. Perhaps it might interest you to learn that during my research, I have just over one thousand flying sites listed, used within the U.K. during WW1. Most of which were never used again. Indeed, and this is a good example, new flying sites were being used, often for short periods, all around the U.K. A trend that continued, especially with the 'Flying Circus' operators, almost up until WW2.
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