Could you get the airport heritage listed??
The 1920s period saw the great pioneering aviation flights of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith who visited the airport on several occasions. In August 1926, 60,000 people swarmed across the grassy fields of Essendon Airport upon the arrival of aviation pioneer Alan Cobham when he landed his de Havilland DH.50 floatplane, flown from England to Australia. The airport was extended with additional land during the 1930s. The grass was finally upgraded to concrete tarmac in 1946.
Some notable arrivals at the airport include:
1956 - Olympics and arrival of Queen Elizabeth II. Airport staff directed 206 international flights down safely during one week at Essendon airport.
1964 - The Beatles, upon arrival, waved to thousands of teenagers from the viewing deck of Essendon Airport's main terminal building.
1967 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson for the funeral of Prime Minister Harold Holt. Air Force One landed at Essendon Airport on 22 December 1967 then flew empty to Tullamarine as its weight when refuelled was too heavy for Essendon's tarmac.
1973 - Sir Robert Helpmann co-directed with Rudolph Nureyev, the Australian Ballet film of Don Quixote in F hangar.
1987 - Kylie Minogue films her first ever music video for her debut single Locomotion here.
Once an application for heritage listing has begun I believe the area cannot be altered or developed without going through signifcantly more hurdles.
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