BELFAST AIRPORT
RECLAIMED FROM LOUGH “Some years ago the land on which now stands the new Belfast Airport, opened recently by Mrs Neville Chamberlain, was under six feet of water at high tide,” stated a member of the 8.8. C. staff in a recent broadcast. “Day by day, week by week, year by year, the Harbour Commissioners of Belfast have reclaimed this land from, Belfast Lough; the total area is now 365 acres. This vast undertaking presented many problems —one of them, the Commissioners had to find a way of binding the new surface together. At one stage shamrock grew plentifully on this new land, but it has disappeared as the land dried out. The greatest advantage of this new airport it is accessibility. One of the major problems of aerial communication is the situation of aerodromes reasonably close to important industrial and commercial centres. Most provincial cities suffer from their inability to have an airport close to them. The new airport which was formally opened today is exceptionally well placed, being ' within seven minutes by motor-car from the heart of Belfast.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 May 1938, Page 10
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182BELFAST AIRPORT Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 May 1938, Page 10
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