Cuckfield Connections

The British Rotorcraft Museum in Weston-super-Mare today took delivery of its latest exhibit - a rare Westland Widgeon. The helicopter is...

A Dutch aeroplane a forced landing in a field opposite the Abbotsford Gardens, on the Cuckfield-Burgess Hill Road, on Friday owing to...

Sussex & Surrey Chronicle - Wednesday 09 June 1824 AERONAUTICS In spite of the awful warning held out to aeronauts, by the melancholy...

An extraordinary sensation was produced the other day at Cuckfeld Fair, in Sussex, by the descent of a large balloon in the midst of the...

The Army airship Gamma on Saturday morning in perfect weather made a flight to Lindfield, in Sussex, from South Farnborough, journeying...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 21 March 1911 THE ARMY AND NAVY AVIATION SOCIETY AND THE CUCKFIELD GOLF CLUB To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex...

The Examiner - Sunday 06 June 1824 ANOTHER BALLOON AFFAIR. The melancholy fate of Harris does not seem to have alarmed Mr. Graham; nor...

Cuckfield was the location of the landing of a pioneering gas balloon flight in 2 June 1824 by balloonist George Graham accompanied by...

The Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday, September 16 1913 ARMY AIRSHIP OVER CENTRAL SUSSEX FINE FLIGHT BY H.M.A. "ETA” Crowds quickly gathered in...

Mid Sussex Times Tuesday May 16 1911 BRIGHTON AEROPLANE RACE An aeroplane race of 8 miles from Shoreham to Black Rock, Brighton on...

Lincolnshire Free Press - Tuesday May 16 1911 An exciting incident was witnessed at Haywards Heath on Tuesday evening last and, when the...

On 6 May 1911 the celebrated Air Race from Brooklands to Brighton (1) took place with Shoreham serving as the turning point; it was a...