A military SE5a (Brooklands Museum).
(aka the actress Poppy Wyndham) had set off in their monoplane ‘Endeavour’. She hoped to become the first to fly the Atlantic from east to west non-stop, but they never arrived.
More aeroplanes Whilst Henderson was away, his chief instructor Captain Duncan Davis, decided that the flying school needed more aeroplanes, so he followed Henderson’s example and made them out of ADC war-surplus parts. This time they were building Avros at a rate of one a month up to July. The last one was sold to a pupil.
On the 14th July Henderson took part in the
new Welwyn Garden City’s first civic festival by providing joy-rides at five shillings each (£14.16 in today’s money). These flew out of a temporary aerodrome provided by the local council at the southern end of Parkway near Barleycroft Road and called Barleycroft Aerodrome. The flights enabled local residents to see their homes from above. The Gala Queen opened the Festival by emptying the contents of a bottle of champagne over the side of Henderson’s aeroplane. The occasion was also used to make the first aerial film
Type SE5a
Avro 548 Avro 548 Avro 548 Avro 504 Avro 504
Registration
G-EBTK G-EBVE G-EBWH G-EBWJ G-EBYE G-EBWO
Source:
www.airhistory.org.uk 42
of the town which was shown in the theatre the following week. In October he attended the Northampton Air Pageant where once again he gave joy-rides and provided a platform for a wing-walker.
Henderson had given up on his idea of establishing an airline in South Africa and instead he decided to sell his Brooklands school to Duncan Davis. On Sunday 18th November Davis celebrated this by staging a very successful ‘At Home’ event which included an impressive flying display featuring many test pilots and other avia- tion notables, including Henderson. Henderson then moved back to Croydon where his services included aeroplane repair. This service was used by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club who said, ‘We are pleased to have our Avian machine back looking like new again… it was sent to the Henderson Flying School for repairs and Col Henderson himself flew the machine back on Thursday’.
His new school at Croydon got off to a good start when he was asked by Lord Edward Grosvenor the founder and CO of the Royal
Aeroplanes built by Henderson from war-surplus parts Certificate of
Airworthiness date 12/8/1927 8/3/1928 18/4/1928 20/5/1928 30/6/1928 20/7/1928
Comments
Sold to a pupil Used by school Used by school Used by school Used by school Sold to a pupil
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