Cairnhall, Airfield, Hangar
Aircraft Hangar (20th Century)
Site Name Cairnhall, Airfield, Hangar
Classification Aircraft Hangar (20th Century)
Canmore ID 150176
Site Number NJ71NE 141
NGR NJ 78518 17582
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/150176
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Cairnhall Hangar, 1935. Substantial black corrugated-iron shed built in 1935 by local joiner, Reggie Bisset, as a hangar
for two de Havilland 89 Dragon Rapides of Ted Freeson's Highland Airways. Freeson, who pioneered flying to the Northern Isles during the 1930s, had been frozen out of Aberdeen by Eric Gandar Dower's acquisition of control of Dyce.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ71NE 141 78518 17582
This hangar and former arirfield are situated on a broad gravel ridge and were the site of some of Ted Freeson's early operations. The hangar is a black corrugated-iron shed with a segmental profile; it was built in 1935 and is (1991) in use as a joiner's premises having previously been the water services depot.
P V Clegg 1988; NMRS, MS/712/67.