Bristol, Lulsgate Airport c.1965
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'There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings.' Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), pioneering aviator. Reach for the skies with this selection of aviation photographs from The Francis Frith Collection.

Memories of Bristol, Lulsgate Airport c1965

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After the war, on April 14th 1946, flying training ceased, and Lulsgate Bottom was abandoned by the RAF in October. The airfield was used by Bristol Gliding Club during the next ten years, but the accommodation became a refugee camp for Poles, whose children went to Catholic schools in Bristol. In 1948 and 1949 motor race meetings were organised by the Bristol Motor Cycle and Light Car Club using a ...see more