SCI Members’ Lunch and Lecture 2024: Croydon Airport: The Glory Years of Air Travel

Synopsis

The Historic Croydon Airport Trust is set to preserve the history of London Croydon Airport and to educate the public on its heritage. The original Charity was set up in the late 1970s and became a CIO in 2016. It was London's first Airport in 1920 and handed over that mantle to newly created Heathrow in 1946.

Croydon Airport still has several of the original 1920s buildings including the Grade 2* listed Airport House, the world's first integrated air terminal which opened in 1928, where today the trust houses the Croydon Airport Visitors Centre and Museum in the Control tower. Guided tours are offered on the first Sunday of each month and are generally full soon after booking becomes available. The talk will cover the origins of Croydon Airport, as well as the golden years of air travel when Croydon was core to international travel until its ultimate closure in 1959.

Mike Thorn, Chair of Trustees, Historic Croydon Airport Trust

Mike Thorn is Chair of Trustees and has been an active volunteer of the charity since 2020. He has worked in a variety of roles for British Airways for 40 years, starting as an Engineering Graduate and doing management roles across much of the company.

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Programme

Friday 22 November 2024

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