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A BIT OF HISTORY
In 1938, the Albury local
council resumed the present aiport site for 4000 pounds.Unemployed men
built a landing ground for 15,000 pounds. World War II stopped any futher
develipent.Airport from the taxi service and an areo club , few people
used the airport, though the Duke of Gloucester once flew in and
so did some weathly men . visiting the Albury races.
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AN INTERESTING TALE
Albury and Aviation were
to share in
news headlines around the
world when in 1934 a participant in the London to Melbourne
Centenary Air Race became lost in severe thunder storms in the final
leg of the journey. Towards midnight, on October 23, the Dutch
Douglas Ai rliner ''Uiver'' began circling Albury seeking bearings.
Establishing communication,, Corowa radio station 2CO boradcast appeals
to motorists to assemble at the Albury racecourse to light the fields
with their headlights.
This is the Uiver memorial at the Albury airport is a
former RAAF DC2 bought and restored by the Albury
West Rotary Club in 1979.
KLM Airliner ''Uiver''
Monument In saving the ''Uiver''
the people of Albury
semented a friendship with the Dutch people. The mayor of Albury was appointed
to the Dutch order of Oranje-Nassau by Queen Wilhelmina of the Neatherlands
and the people of Holland subscibed to a memorial to be placed in Albury
as a token of their
appreciation.. The Dutch
Consl-General came to Albury to invest the major and personally present
a gift to all who had assisted in the saving of the plane. |
to
The Queen's Visit to Albury
to
find out about Albury's Olympic History
