Empire Air Days
Empire Air Days were designed to give the public a 'behind the scenes' insight to British aviation. They were organised by the Royal Air Force in conjunction with the Air League of the British Empire.
The official reason for the air days was threefold - 1) To arouse greater public interest in flying and a more enlightened public opinion about flying matters, 2) to encourage flying itself and 3) to hasten the progress of Imperial air development. The first Empire Air Day was held in 1934 and continued on an annual basis until the outbreak of World War Two in 1939.
Those Empire Air Days hosted at North-East venues are listed
below. Click the roundel
to view
| Acklington | Cramlington | Thornaby | Usworth | Woolsington | |
| 1934 | Y | Y | Y | ||
| 1935 | Y | ||||
| 1936 | Y | Y | |||
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| 1939 | Y |
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