Southampton Airport to mark 100th anniversary
29.03.09
Southampton Airport has launched a year of celebrations planned for 2010 to will mark the centenary of flight in south Hampshire. Among the planned events for next year is a flypast by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which includes a Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft.
In 1910 pioneering pilot Edwin Rowland Moon flew his homemade Moonbeam II aircraft from the fields of North Stoneham Farm, now Southampton Airport, at a time when aviation was in its infancy.
Jan Halliday, director of marketing for Southampton Airport, said: ‘A century ago flying was a new exciting technology which drew crowds of spectators every time an aircraft took off. In 2010 we celebrate 100 years of flying at Southampton Airport, and the development of aviation and aerospace industry in this region.’
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