This plaque marks the spot where on Sunday 27 June 1982, Captain Harry Gee of Brymon Airways landed his DHS Dash 7 on Heron Quay.
E14, Heron Quays
City Airport was built about 3 miles to the east of this test landing site.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Heron Quays Station
The landing of a STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft in the heart of L...
Former airline co-founded by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Am...
DHC stands for De Havilland Canada. It was a turboprop-powered airliner with ...
This plaque set us wondering: why was this particular path chosen to be lined with these limes from Germany, and why in 1988? Then we rem...
Tassaduq Ahmed MBE (1923 - 2001) Bengali community pioneer and educational and social campaigner, lived here, c1991 - c1998. Tower Hamle...
Edith Garrud, 1872 - 1971, the suffragette that knew jiu-jitsu lived here. Islington People's Plaque London Borough of Islington
Doctor Barnardo, 1845 - 1905, began his work for children in a building on this site in 1866. London County Council
Conservative Prime Minister: 1885-6; 1886-92; 1895-1902. Too many names: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil. Also known as Lord Robert Cecil (before 1865), and Viscount Cranborne (1865-1868). Born...
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