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Croydon
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After
Closure 1980 |
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. The airfield officially closed
at 10:20pm. on the 27th of September 1959 |
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On the 5th of May 1980,
the Croydon Airport site was reopened for flying for one day
when the London Borough of Sutton organised an Air show and a
re-enactment of Amy Johnson's departure on her historic solo
flight to Australia which began on that day 50 years earlier. |
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An official
programme and badge for the 5th of May 1980 Airshow |
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(below) 1980 Airshow letter. |
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(below) Pictures from the 1980 Airshow |
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