This blog doesn't normally travel west of the Hartlhill service station, but I stumbled across this story the other day.
Renfrew Airport was the first municipally owned airport in Scotland, with the first flights taking place as early as 1912. It was the base for the world's first air ambulance service and served as a second world war fighter base. At one point it was the third busiest airport in the UK.
It had a Le Corbusier inspired terminal designed by Scots architect Sir William Hardie Kininmonth.
And was the arrival point for one Cassius Clay.
It closed in 1966 when Glasgow's Abbotsinch airport was opened and in 1978 the stunning terminal building was demolished ultimately to make way for a Tesco supermarket.
The full story can be found here.
Renfrew Airport was the first municipally owned airport in Scotland, with the first flights taking place as early as 1912. It was the base for the world's first air ambulance service and served as a second world war fighter base. At one point it was the third busiest airport in the UK.
It had a Le Corbusier inspired terminal designed by Scots architect Sir William Hardie Kininmonth.
And was the arrival point for one Cassius Clay.
It closed in 1966 when Glasgow's Abbotsinch airport was opened and in 1978 the stunning terminal building was demolished ultimately to make way for a Tesco supermarket.
The full story can be found here.
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