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3 unusual facts about Jersey Airport


Aviation Beauport Ltd

The company originally operated from the terminal building at Jersey Airport and moved to its purpose built FBO in 1995.

G. A. Beazeley

On 4 November 1938, his daughter Rozel, her husband, Captain William Swan, also of the Royal Engineers, and their baby daughter were killed in the crash of the airliner St Catherine's Bay at Jersey Airport.

Invergowrie

Dundee Airport is situated east of the village, providing flights to London City and Jersey Airports.


1938 Jersey Airport disaster

The 1938 Jersey Airport disaster occurred at 10:50am on Friday 4 November 1938 when the Jersey Airways de Havilland D.H.86 airliner St Catherine's Bay (G-ACZN) crashed in the parish of Saint Brélade, 500 yards east of Jersey Airport, killing the pilot and all twelve passengers on board as well as farm hand Edmund Le Cornu, who was working on the ground.


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