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EGRF 1960 Glasgow Renfrew Renfrew terminal, old terminal, hangar and gatehouse scenery by Geoff Smith. Afcad and added scenery elements by Nikko Yaginuma. Ground2K files by Tom Gibson. Beta-tested by Harry Biard, Jaap de Baare, Wolfgang Gersh and Tom Gibson. kanyiko_at_hotmail. com tgibson_at_sunstroke . sdsu. edu Version 1. 0, for fs9 only. Operations at Glasgow Renfrew airport, or as it was originally known, Moorpark Aerodrome, began as early as 1912. At the time, it was the first municipal airport in Scotland. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, commercial aviation in Scotland grew through companies such as Scottish Airways, Railway Air Services, Highland Airways, Scottish Motor Traction, Midland and Scottish Air Ferries and Allied Airways, which provided extensive passenger and mail ser
Show more... vices throughout the whole of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. From 1925 to 1933, Renfrew also was a base to the weekend flyers of the Royal Air Forces 602 City of Glasgow Auxiliary Squadron. In 1933, 602 Squadron moved to the neighbouring RAF Abbotsinch field. The squadron would return to Renfrew, albeit temporally, between 1949 and 1954 while RAF Abbotsinch was renovated. 602 squadron, along with the rest of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, was disbanded in 1957. After World War II, Renfrew became Britains third busiest airport, with over 107, 000 passengers handled in 1948. By 1950, a new terminal building was commissioned by the Ministry for Civil Aviation. Show less...

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