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Old 8th Mar 2009, 10:56
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1936 Flight Article On Gatwick and more

Although we have drifted into the 'second Gatwick Airport', diddy1234 Mentioned the Beehive and as Flight used to produce serious articles about such things the following Article from the 4th June 1936 is of interest - Spread over three PDFs:

Page 602:
Modern Airport - Features of Gatwick, London's Latest Terminal : Rational Building Layout, Ground and Air Traffic Control : Ancillary Services
Continuation Page 603:
Continuation Page 604
Illustrated with Flight Photographs

The Old Gatwick Airport Railway Platforms 'hung around' until at least the late 1980's. But by 1995 only rubble remained. BUT Nick Catford contributing to the
excellent Subterranea Britannica web site took some pictures back in September 1995 - Whilst Pictures of a derelict subway connecting the Beehive to the Old Station may not be of too much interest, The Photo: Inside The Beehive, the steps on the left lead to the tunnel on this Page may be of interest:
Site Name: Gatwick Airport - Passenger Subway
If you do look at this page, you might as well check out:
Site Name: Gatwick Airport - Passenger Subway Page 2

In another Beehive Thread there was a small picture of the Beehive Model (by Alan Marlow) at the Victoria and Albert Museum:
Here is a larger picture from a different perpective:


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