X-Nico

unusual facts about Southampton International Airport



Bellman hangar

The paintshop area of Southampton's recently closed Ford Transit factory started in what was referred to as the Bellman and the site was formerly part of the Cunliffe-Owen aircraft factory on the edge of Eastleigh airport (now Southampton International Airport).

Eastleigh

Perhaps Eastleigh's best-known 'resident' is the Spitfire aeroplane which was built in Southampton and first flown from Eastleigh Aerodrome (now Southampton International Airport).

The Wool House

Edwin Moon used a corner of the workshop to realise his dream of constructing and flying an aircraft of his own design which he flew from land at North Stoneham in 1910, on fields which subsequently became Southampton International Airport.


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