Lossiemouth civil
LOSSIEMOUTH see also SHEMPSTONE FARM
NOTE: In April 2026, Mike Holder who is a great long-term friend of this 'Guide', took it upon himself to sort out what had been going on here in the 1930s, in a area now situated at the eastern end of runway 10/28 at RAF LOSSIEMOUTH. It involved two locations, adjacent to each other, and initially used, to the north, by Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day Tours. On the 18th July 1933 by the No.2 Tour. Then on the 18th May 1934, this location, being used twice and known as KINNEDDAR FIELD.
LOSSIEMOUTH: Civil Landing Ground (A.A. Approved)
Operated by: Mr William Mustard, Muirton, Lossiemouth
Location: “1.5m S of town, imm SW B9153, S of Kinneddar”
Period of operation: Mid to late 1930s only?
NOTE: Mike also found these two items from the Trecanair project.
Note that the contact on the info sheet was now, (by 1938?), Mrs Mustard. I suspect that due to the crowds attracted to the Cobham displays, the Mustard family then decided to operate an aerodrome of their own. I wonder how many visitors actually used it?
Landing runs:
NE/SW 600yds (550m) N/S 530yds (485m) E/W 430yds (390m) NW/SE 400yds (365m)
NOTES: Listed in the ‘A.A. Register of Landing Grounds’ in the 1930s and indeed an AA (Automobile Association) approved Landing Ground. One of seventy four AA approved LGs in the 1930s on mainland Britain.
What I have found very interesting in researching this project, is that when reliable light cabin aircraft became available, from the late 1920s, this lead to a small number of regional airlines being established to serve especially the Western Isles plus the Orkney Isles and Shetlands. The appearance of the twin-engine DH.84 Dragon in late 1932, which could carry six passengers transformed everything, especially now having the ability to ferry stretcher cases on air ambulance missions.
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