Land’s End Airport

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
387
Date Released
28 May 1962
Date recorded
4 May 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
688
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
Pathe Synoposis - Despite the massive organisation and complex systems involved in running an airport today, we found a piece of the past at Land’s End. There, at a tiny airfield called St Just, the last commercially flying wood-and-fabric aircraft still make round trips to the Scilly Isles. The ‘planes date back to the mid-thirties, but the story goes that even jet pilots take their sons to Land’s End to show them "some real flying".
Keywords
Aviation; Aircraft
Locations
London; St Just; Cornwall; England; Land’s End; London Heathrow Airport
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
217
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Land’s End Airport', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 387, 28 May 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121223 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)