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In Wiltshire's Skies (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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In Wiltshire's Skies (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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In 1911, Larkhill, near Durrington Down on Salisbury Plain, became
Britain's first military airfield. Along with similar flying
training bases constructed at nearby Upavon and Netheravon, it was
to occupy a cornerstone position in Wiltshire's early aviation
history. It was these establishments, in addition to those at
Gosport, Eastchurch, Farnborough and Montrose, that formed the only
Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service aerodromes in the
British Isles when war was declared in August 1914. During a
century of powered flight (1903-2003), some forty airfields and
landing grounds have provided a useful, indeed significant, service
within the county boundaries. Several are still in operation today
and one need look no further than Boscombe Down to find a site
which, though first occupied in 1917, is currently home to a
testing establishment (QinetiQ) which serves at the forefront of
the aerospace industry. In Wiltshire's Skies throws a wide net over
the locations, events and many colourful personalities which have
shaped the county's aeronautical heritage. It now joins the
author's previously published volumes on neighbouring counties,
Dorset and Hampshire, to complete a personal trilogy in the History
Press Images of Aviation series.
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