Robin Hood Golf Club
ROBIN HOOD GOLF CLUB: Temporary Landing Ground
Operated by: Mr Edwin Prosser
Location: N of the B4025, S of Kineton Green, about 1.5nm NW of Solihull town centre and roughly 3.5nm SW of the centre of Birmingham International Airport
Period of operation: 4th April 1914
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for discovering this rare and little known location. And for providing the following items.
The Notice was published in the Birmingham Mail on the 2nd April 1914.
The article was published in the Evening Despatch on the 6th April 1914.
The local area and area views are from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: Since starting this project over twenty five years ago, (in 2025)), my flabber has been increasing ghasted. I had absolutely no idea just how much fixed wing powered aviation activity had been going on before WW1! No doubt it will be for us, now well over a century later, be hard to appreciate just how much interest could be aroused, by the public in general, in most parts of the U.K., to get an opportunity to see an aeroplane actually flying. Plus of course the pilot was invariably hailed as a hero. Indeed, in those days some of the most famous pilots held the status of being, in modern parlance, 'Super Stars'. In fact, having an impact on local communities far beyond most 'Super Stars' could expect today. For example public holidays often being announced in many towns if an 'exhibition of flying' had been arranged.
Mr Edwin Prosser was not in the 'Super Star' league by any means, but his endeavours could, nevertheless, attract lage crowds.And, I suppose, interesting to see in this example how some forward thinking companies seized on the opportunity to have an aeroplane to promote their products. Not so many that I have found so far, the delivery of mail or newspapers seeming to be the main attraction commercially. This said, after WW1, the idea of banner towing for promotional purposes soon became popular. Still goes on today in some parts.
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