The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

I've had a few chats with several of the guys up at Worthy Down about the early aerodrome as the Royal Flying Corps School of Artillery and Infantry Cooperation moved to Hursley from Brooklands (as the Wireless and Observers' School) whilst Worthy Down was made ready. So for a brief period between October 1917 and May 1918 Hursley was a RFC School (the American Base Hospital commander who took over the site described it as an "Aviation Rest Camp").

What is tantalisingly difficult to identify is whether it was ever used as an aerodrome. Lectures, definitely. Flying, case not proven. No physical evidence that I'm aware of, although there are some inferences, just not enough or good enough. What I need are photographs and personal records e.g. Flying Log Books etc. ... so working on that

That does sound intriguing so please keep us posted. I have just obtained layout maps of Worthy Down from 1927 which make interesting viewing.

DaveKey;55011 wrote:

your forum was recommended by someone on 'The Aviation Forum'. so here I am...
Dave

Ah that would be me, welcome Dave and good to see you here!

Always nice to have a Cics developer on here!

Hi everyone, just stumbled across this very informative site, particularly interested in Attlebridge and hockering areas!

Hi danelectro, welcome to the forum. What particular interests do you have in Attlebridge and Hockering?

Welcome to the forum - you are also into guitars judging your user name.

Hello and welcome to the forum

airfields wrote:

Hi danelectro, welcome to the forum. What particular interests do you have in Attlebridge and Hockering?

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!!

Particular interests?? Well I have this passion for the past to start with, especially airfields, can't put my finger on it, but I get an enormous sense of "feeling" when around them. Attlebridge fascinates me because of the remians that are there today, which can be tied in with old photos.......As for Hockering, well I wasn't aware of it's past when I moved here, again it's a passion for the past, and the fact that I live here makes it all the more fascinating finding out what it was like.
I've also got a PPL, so as you can imagine, airfields play a large part in my life!!!

Probably think I'm a crank now, but I feel unless these places are logged and recorded, they will one day be lost forever, all the memories wiped, almost like another piece of our disposable lifestyle that seems to be etched into us....if that makes sense.

And yes Daveg4otu, I do like my guitars.....just rubbish at playing them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!