"a finishing school for new crews of the larger aircraft in Bomber Command; only a few combat missions took off from Finningley. The Cold War saw the airfield's importance rise when it was used for nuclear-armed Vulcan bombers. Training once again became the priority in the 1970s and 1980s before the airport was decommissioned in 1995. Following the ending of scheduled services from Sheffield City Airport, the former RAF Finningley was reopened as Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) in April 2005, after low-cost flights and rising passenger demand made a new commercial airport feasible. The name of the airport"
"RAF Doncaster RAF Doncaster, also referred to as Doncaster Aerodrome, was a Royal Air Force station near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. In 1909, Doncaster and specifically Doncaster Racecourse was chosen as the venue for an airshow, after the world's first international air display in Rheims in 1908. Around a dozen aviators were present, the most famous being Léon Delagrange, and Roger Sommer. Samuel Cody in an attempt to win a prize offered by ""The Daily Mail"" for the first British pilot in a British aeroplane to fly a circular mile signed British naturalisation papers in front of the crowd with"
"following a long and controversial campaign by Monsignor James Horan, the story of which has even spawned a musical. At the time of construction, the primary motivation was for pilgrims to Knock Shrine. Despite criticisms that the site was too boggy and too foggy, Monsignor Horan delivered an airport within five years, primarily financed by a Government grant of £9.8 million. Monsignor Horan died shortly after the opening of the airport, and his funeral was held at the then named Horan International Airport. In recent times, Monsignor Horan has been celebrated with a bronze statue erected at the airport. By"
"The airport retains its ""MSY"" identifier, thought to be derived from ""Moisant Stock Yards,"" and is located in suburban Kenner, only a few miles from the field where Moisant's fatal airplane crash occurred. John Moisant John Bevins Moisant (April 25, 1868 – December 31, 1910), known as the ""King of Aviators,"" was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. As a pilot, he was the first to conduct passenger flights over a city (Paris), as well as across the English Channel, from Paris to London. He also co-founded a prominent flying circus, the Moisant International Aviators. Moisant"
"Jean Conan Doyle Air Commandant Lena Annette Jean, Lady Bromet, DBE, AE, ADC (21 December 1912 – 18 November 1997), best known by her maiden name Dame Jean Conan Doyle, was a British military officer in the Women's Royal Air Force. The second daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, she was a spirited child who was described as a tomboy by Harry Houdini. Her childhood nickname was ""Billy"", and letters to her father would be signed ""Your loving son."" On her tenth birthday, however, she announced that she had decided to be a girl after all. She then went to"
"of Fancy"" (Navigator, 1986, ). John Fancy John Fancy (9 March 1913 – 16 September 2008) was a British former airman whose tunnelling escapes from various German prisoner of war camps during World War II earned him the nickname ""The Mole"", and inspired the book and film ""The Great Escape"". Fancy was born in 1913 in the vicarage at Lund near Driffield in Yorkshire. He was educated at Hymers College and looked set to follow his father into a career in estate management but joined the RAF in 1935 instead. Although slightly colour blind he was passed fit for aircrew"
"in the ""London Gazette"" dated 13 June 1946. Bushell Green in Bushey is named in his honour, one of a number of streets in the area named after Battle of Britain pilots. Bushell's name also appears on the war memorial in Hermanus, South Africa, where his parents spent their last years and where they were buried. Bushell was the basis for the character ""Roger Bartlett"" in the film ""The Great Escape"", played by Richard Attenborough. Ian McShane played Bushell in """". Roger Bushell Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell RAF (30 August 1910 – 29 March 1944) was a South African-born"
"John Fancy John Fancy (9 March 1913 – 16 September 2008) was a British former airman whose tunnelling escapes from various German prisoner of war camps during World War II earned him the nickname ""The Mole"", and inspired the book and film ""The Great Escape"". Fancy was born in 1913 in the vicarage at Lund near Driffield in Yorkshire. He was educated at Hymers College and looked set to follow his father into a career in estate management but joined the RAF in 1935 instead. Although slightly colour blind he was passed fit for aircrew as an air observer and"
"fourteen holders. A list of airplanes flown by Léon Delagrange can be seen on Thefirstairraces website: Doncaster Brewery have recently produced a special brew to commemorate Ferdinand Léon Delagrange's achievements during the Doncaster Aviation Flight Meeting held in 1909: Léon Delagrange Ferdinand Léon Delagrange (13 March 1872 – 4 January 1910) was a pioneering French aviator and sculptor. Léon was ranked as one of the top aviators in the world. On 30 December 1909 he had broken all speed records at Juvisy-sur-Orge in France in an attempt to win the ""Michelin Cup"". He did not succeed in beating Henry Farman’s"
"hole in the wall of the Moonan Flat pub, made by the bushranger during a hold up, was on display near Scone, but has been painted over. Thunderbolt's story has been dramatised several times. Captain Thunderbolt Frederick Wordsworth Ward (1835 – 25 May 1870), better known by the self-styled pseudonym of Captain Thunderbolt, was an Australian bushranger renowned for escaping from Cockatoo Island, and also for his reputation as the ""gentleman bushranger"" and his lengthy survival, being the longest roaming bushranger in Australian history. Frederick Ward was the son of convict Michael Ward, (""Indefatigable"" 1815) and his wife Sophia, and"
"is an important road-rail intermodal terminal. The rail freight company DB Cargo UK has its headquarters in Doncaster. In 1909 Doncaster Racecourse was chosen as the venue for an airshow, after the world's first international air display in Reims, France in 1909. Around a dozen aviators were present, the most famous being Léon Delagrange and Roger Sommer. Samuel Cody (no relation to William F.Cody) in an attempt to win a prize offered by the ""Daily Mail"" for the first British pilot in a British aeroplane to fly a circular mile signed British naturalisation papers in front of the crowd with"
"Captain Thunderbolt Frederick Wordsworth Ward (1835 – 25 May 1870), better known by the self-styled pseudonym of Captain Thunderbolt, was an Australian bushranger renowned for escaping from Cockatoo Island, and also for his reputation as the ""gentleman bushranger"" and his lengthy survival, being the longest roaming bushranger in Australian history. Frederick Ward was the son of convict Michael Ward, (""Indefatigable"" 1815) and his wife Sophia, and was born in 1835, the youngest of ten around the time his parents moved from Wilberforce, New South Wales to nearby Windsor. Ward entered the paid workforce at an early age, and was employed"
"her brothers had any children.) On her death her cremated ashes were interred with those of her husband and his first wife in the churchyard of All Saints Church in Minstead in Hampshire. Jean Conan Doyle Air Commandant Lena Annette Jean, Lady Bromet, DBE, AE, ADC (21 December 1912 – 18 November 1997), best known by her maiden name Dame Jean Conan Doyle, was a British military officer in the Women's Royal Air Force. The second daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, she was a spirited child who was described as a tomboy by Harry Houdini. Her childhood nickname was"
"Dublin airport. Would have been rural agricultural at the time. Dawsons former yard still there today. It is at the end of Turnapin Lane. A former turnpike road Richard Dawson (racehorse trainer) Richard Cecil ""Dick"" Dawson (1865 – 1955) was an Irish-born owner and trainer of racehorses. From his home in Cloghran, Dawson went to Lambourn, England in 1897 and set up shop at Whatcombe Stables in Berkshire near Wantage. He brought with him the steeplechase horse Drogheda who won the 1898 Grand National. Dawson left Whatcombe Stables to train at Scotland Farm on Salisbury Plain in 1917 but soon"
"invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. In the 1950 King's Birthday Honours, he was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. Ralph Cochrane Air Chief Marshal The Honourable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane, (24 February 1895 – 17 December 1977) was a British aviator and Royal Air Force officer, perhaps best known for his role in Operation Chastise, the famous ""Dambusters"" raid. Ralph Cochrane was born on 24 February 1895, the youngest son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, in the Scottish village of Springfield, Fife. To qualify"
"of the Monarch's Way, a Long-distance footpath, based on the escape route taken by King Charles II in 1651 after being defeated by Cromwell in the Battle of Worcester. Brighton City Airport lies to the west of the main town and has been in private ownership since 2006. It is the UK's oldest licensed airport still in operation and has a 1936 Grade II*-listed Art Deco terminal building. The terminal has been a filming location for an episode of ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"", ""Lord Edgware Dies"", a Crimewatch-type reconstruction (2000, ITV Meridian), BBC ""Tenko"" series episode, ""The Da Vinci Code"" film"
"Flight Lieutenant 'Dick' Frederick Murison who almost died from fever in the teak jungle and later served as a bomber pilot in Afghanistan in the late 20s. Orwell may be Mr W. Elder, Forest Manager of Anglo-Siam Forest Company, a heroic figure who lived amongst the elephants of Muang Ngow near Lakon (in the book Nakon) and retired in Riverhead, Kent dying in about 1935. He gives a fairly accurate appraisal of life as an assistant forest manager with its dangers from disease and wild animals while logging teak with elephants. Campbell also wrote a book about an elephant breeder"
"into a ""rambling complex of gables, bays, turrets and chimneys"". Children by this second marriage were Geoffrey, Dorothy Joan (b. 31 January 1896 d. 1971), and Thomas Noel (""Tom"", or ""Tommy""). Geoffrey enlisted in England and joined the Royal Flying Corps. He died aged 23 in 1917, in a flying accident over England, prior to being qualified for combat duties. Thomas became a racing car driver, and developed the Sulman Singer, and Sulman Park in Bathurst is named after him. He was still racing in 1954. He died in 1970, aged 70. Joan married Bruce Thomas Shallard, MD, and in"
"Donald Sinclair (hotel owner) Donald William Sinclair (10 July 1909 – 1981) was the co–proprietor of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, England. He helped manage the hotel after an extensive career as an officer in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy. During World War II, he twice survived the sinking of the ship he was serving on. He was the inspiration for the character Basil Fawlty in ""Fawlty Towers"", owing to his allegedly stuffy, snobbish and eccentric treatment of his guests, including John Cleese (whose character in the 2001 film Rat Race, was also named Donald Sinclair) and other"
"Ascapart Ascapart (also spelled ""Ascupart"", ""Ascapard"", ""Ascopard"", ""Ascopart"" and ""Asgapard"") was a legendary giant from English folklore, supposedly conquered by Bevis of Hampton, though so huge as to carry Bevis, his wife, and horse under his arm. He was 30 feet tall but the smallest of his land, and was defeated after his club (made from a whole tree) was swung at Sir Bevis and became stuck in soft ground. Rather than slaying the giant however, Sir Bevis decided to make him his Squire. Later Ascapart betrayed Bevis and took his wife Josiane, who was imprisoned with Ascapart as her"
"a swimming pool, gyms, art galleries, a snooker club, a birdwatching hide at Ballyvergan Marsh, and a museum. According to ""An A to Z of Youghal: The history and people of Eochaill"", Sir Arthur Conan Doyle vacationed in Youghal with his wife and created the character of Inspector Youghal of the CID for ""The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone"". Cork Airport is the nearest airport, and is located 54 km from Youghal. Bus Éireann operate a service between Youghal and Cork city. Youghal railway station, which opened on 1 May 1860, was closed to passenger services on 4 February 1963,"
"Dr John Robert Draper, M.B., B.Ch., was employed by Croydon Council to take over medical duties at the airport from 1 January 1931. He was answerable to Croydon's Medical Officer of Health. Croydon Airport features heavily in two detective novels, Freeman Wills Crofts' ""The 12.30 from Croydon"" (1934) and Agatha Christie's ""Death in the Clouds"" (1935). It is also mentioned in Evelyn Waugh's ""Labels: A Mediterranean Journey"" (1930), Elizabeth Bowen's ""To the North"" (1932) and Winston Churchill's ""Thoughts and Adventures"" (1932). Croydon Airport Croydon Airport, also known as London Terminal Aerodrome or London Airport (ICAO: EGCR) was the UK's major"
"Southampton Bargate Monument Gallery (apparently 17th century restorations of early 14th century originals). David Foster Wallace coined the adjective ascapartic in his novel ""Infinite Jest"", in reference to this giant. Ascapart Ascapart (also spelled ""Ascupart"", ""Ascapard"", ""Ascopard"", ""Ascopart"" and ""Asgapard"") was a legendary giant from English folklore, supposedly conquered by Bevis of Hampton, though so huge as to carry Bevis, his wife, and horse under his arm. He was 30 feet tall but the smallest of his land, and was defeated after his club (made from a whole tree) was swung at Sir Bevis and became stuck in soft ground."
"Ralph Cochrane Air Chief Marshal The Honourable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane, (24 February 1895 – 17 December 1977) was a British aviator and Royal Air Force officer, perhaps best known for his role in Operation Chastise, the famous ""Dambusters"" raid. Ralph Cochrane was born on 24 February 1895, the youngest son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, in the Scottish village of Springfield, Fife. To qualify as a naval officer, he must have joined the Royal Naval College, Osborne, in 1908, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, two years later. On 15 September 1912, he was commissioned into"
"in Altofts is named after him. A portrait of him can be found at Normanton Train Station. Frobisher Bay in Nunavut is named after him. This was also the former name of Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit, from 1942 until 1987. The city's airport was Frobisher Bay Air Base from 1942 to 1963, and Frobisher Bay Airport from 1963 to 1987, before being renamed Iqaluit Airport. An early version of Thanksgiving was celebrated after the safe landing of Frobisher's fleet in Newfoundland after an unsuccessful attempt to find the Northwest Passage. The small settlement of Frobisher, Saskatchewan, and Frobisher Lake, in northern"
"intention of stimulating air-mindedness in Ulster. In 1934, Mary Bertha de Bunsen wrote that ""Mrs Spencer Cleaver makes the usually fatiguing journey to Northern Ireland three or four times a year in her own aeroplane, and, fitted with extra tanks to save refuelling during the day, it has many times enabled her to breakfast in London, shop in Paris from 11 to 1, and return in plenty of time for dinner at her house in London."" An immense lover of flying, Cleaver owned several aircraft: Adelaide Cleaver Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (née Pollock; 1885 - 14 August 1939) was a Northern"
"London. On 22 June 2018 he was honoured by having a train named after him. Johnny Johnson (RAF officer) Squadron Leader George Leonard ""Johnny"" Johnson, (born 25 November 1921) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and Britain's last survivor of the original members of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the ""Dambusters"" raid of 1943. George Johnson (known within the family as Leonard) was the sixth and last child born to Mary Ellen (née Henfrey) and Charles Johnson. He was born in the village of Hameringham in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. His mother died"
"Adelaide Cleaver Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (née Pollock; 1885 - 14 August 1939) was a Northern Irish aviator. She was the daughter of Northern Ireland's first Minister of Finance, Hugh MacDowell Pollock. Her husband was Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Spencer Cleaver. In 1929 she spent 3 months flying to India and back in her de Havilland Gypsy Moth ""G-AAEA"" named ""Will o' the Wisp"". She was piloted by Captain Donald Drew of Imperial Airways, and arrived back at Croydon Airport on June 10th. In July 1933 she was responsible for a flying display which was held at Aldergrove Aerodrome, Co. Antrim with the"
"aviation in Canada. Following his death, his ashes were scattered by his son John from an aircraft along the MacKenzie River. The aircraft was flown by another legendary bush pilot, Max Ward. A neighbourhood and school in Fort McMurray, Alberta are named Dickinsfield in honour of Punch Dickins. The Punch Dickins archive is located at the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the University of Alberta. Punch Dickins Clennell Haggerston ""Punch"" Dickins (January 12, 1899 – August 2, 1995) was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Native Americans called him ""Snow Eagle;"" northern Europeans called him ""White Eagle;"""
"of his death. Carter remains well known in the area, and an image of him carrying his boulder features on the village sign. The house in which the Carter family lived still stands in the Histon High Street. Moses Carter Moses Carter (c.1801 – 8 July 1860), known as 'The Histon Giant', was a strongman who lived in the village of Histon, near Cambridge in the United Kingdom. During his life Carter was famous locally for a number of feats of strength, the most well known today being his carrying of a large boulder from a ballast hole on Park"
"(1922) In the novel, Bloom thinks quite a lot about the opera, and it features as one of the motifs of the Sirens episode (Chapter 11). Joyce even thinks up a dreadful pun on the title; one of the characters asks which opera has the same name as a train's tracks, and the answer is 'Rows of Cast Steel'. The pun crops up at various points throughout the novel. Edmund Falconer Edmund Falconer (c.1814 – 29 September 1879), born Edmund O'Rourke, was an Irish poet, actor, theatre manager, songwriter and playwright, known for his keen wit and outstanding acting skills."
"It closed in 1996 and three years later Peel Holdings, a property and transport company in the UK bought the land and transformed it into Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield. Finningley has also made at least one momentary appearance in fiction in the BBC film ""Threads"", before the base is destroyed by a Soviet nuclear warhead. It is briefly mentioned in the Netflix series ""The Crown"". RAF Finningley Royal Air Force Finningley or RAF Finningley is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station at Finningley, South Yorkshire, England, partly within the traditional county boundaries of Nottinghamshire and"
"the story with ""The world has been robbed of a daring personality"". Ironically, a few years earlier Valentin had been attributed with discovering the free-fall stable position still used by sports parachutists today for safe deployment. The city took over control of the airport on 1 January 1961 and prepared development plans. In 1966, a new runway was opened by Prince Philip on a new site to the southeast of the existing airfield. It enabled the airport to be open for business around the clock and is in use to this day. Control of the airport transferred to Merseyside County"