Landing and basing fees at Brooklands and Croyden aerodromes, late 1930s (2 Viewers)

[LCharnes]

For reasons too convoluted to recount, I'm trying to find out what the landing and basing fee structures were at Brooklands and Croyden in the late 1930s.

Yes, I know I can send a request (and money) to Brooklands' archives, but they take forever. (My last query was finally answered after three months.) Since no piece of trivia seems too esoteric for this forum, I thought I'd try here first.

I'm also trying the National Aerospace Library again. Last time I asked, they didn't have anything.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SaparotRob]

Extra points for the menu from the tea counter.

 

[LCharnes]

Extra points for the menu from the tea counter.

Actually, if anyone knows whether the flying clubhouse (photo attached) included a cafe, I'd love to know about it. Not even the present owner knows.

 

[SaparotRob]

I really wouldn't be surprised if both were produced. The breadth and scope of aviation knowledge here is astounding.

 

[pbehn]

Actually, if anyone knows whether the flying clubhouse (photo attached) included a cafe, I'd love to know about it. Not even the present owner knows.

A cafe would be a bit "continental" for the era, I am sure it had a tea room, for high tea at 4PM with scones, Devonshire clotted cream and blueberry jam.

 

[LCharnes]

A cafe would be a bit "continental" for the era, I am sure it had a tea room, for high tea at 4PM with scones, Devonshire clotted cream and blueberry jam.

With the traffic in and out of Brooklands airfield, I'd expect something more like a tea or snack bar, open diner hours. Perhaps pub food without the pub, so it wouldn't have to be licensed. It seems to me that a place that served only high tea wouldn't be open long enough to make the rent. Unfortunately, while there are a zillion pictures of the clubhouse online, not one of them shows the interior.

 

[buffnut453]

As a club house, I would expect there to be a full-up restaurant, a licenced bar, and function rooms. This seems to be confirmed by the Brooklands website:

Brooklands Museum :: Club Level

www.brooklandsmuseum.com

 

[Snautzer01]

There is a book describing airfields and if i am not mistaken decribing functionalties of the field.
I cant get to my files now.

Wasnt there also a few chapters in Jane's all the world airplanes ?

 

[ThomasP]

re

"Brooklands Museum :: Club Level"

www.brooklandsmuseum.com

The Brooklands Automobile Racing Clubhouse had a restaurant in its building, but that building is at the opposite end of the airfield from the flying clubhouse.

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There was a Blue Bird Restaurant over in the hangar area (actually built on to one end of a hangar) of the airfield from 1913 to the mid-1920s at least (maybe later), but it was not in the Brooklands Aerodrome office/control tower/flying clubhouse that LCharnes posted a picture of above.

from Flight magazine 1913

The little building on the right is the Passenger Flight booking office.

 

[SaparotRob]

What did I tell ya'? The Forum is all-knowing.

 

[pbehn]

As a club house, I would expect there to be a full-up restaurant, a licenced bar, and function rooms. This seems to be confirmed by the Brooklands website:

Brooklands Museum :: Club Level

www.brooklandsmuseum.com

Nothing looks more like a cricket pavilion than that club house. I would suggest that it was heavily modelled on a cricket club and many members played cricket, drove fast cars and had a private pilots license.