First Flights from Manchester's Airfields

Airfield Date Type Reg.

Trafford Park Aerodrome 7 Jul 1911 Blériot monoplane

Cringle Fields Airstrip 1917-18 Airco DH.9 18 Feb 1919 Airco DH.10 F352

Altrincham Airstrip Not known

Oldham Aircraft Factory Airstrip 1918 Handley Page 0/400

Alexandra Park Airfield 1 May 1919 Bristol F2b

West Timperley Airstrip Not Known

Wythenshawe Aerodrome 2 Apr 1929 DH.60 Cirrus Moth GEBZU

Barton Aerodrome 4 Jan 1930 Avro Avian G-AADL

Woodford Aerodrome 28 Jun 1925DH.60 Cirrus Moth G-EBKT
25 Aug 1925 First airshow with DH.60 Cirrus Moth G-EBLV

Ringway (Manchester) Airport 24 May 1937 DH Hornet Moth G-ADND


For full details of the first flights scan the QR code.

For more details of Cirrus Moth G-EBLV scan the QR code.

For a short video of Woodford airshow 1925 scan the QR code.

DH Hornet Moth G-ADND repeats its historic flight on the 75th anniversary in 2012. Scan the QR code for the full story.

To see more information and pictures of the Ringway Airport opening airshow scan the QR code.