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At the same time, Manchester City Council is keen to establish a municipal airport, so a temporary airfield is built in Wythenshawe. The a erodrome includes a control tower and large hangar both of which still stand today. Barton Aerodrome is considered unsuitable for larger aircraft and the necessary improvements would be prohibitively expensive. As a result, land at Ringway, south of Manchester, is ear-marked for a new airport. Operations begin at the airport two days later.
In its first 14 months, the airport handles 7, passengers - the equivalent of a summer morning's work today! Ringway Airport goes on to become a hub of wartime engineering activity, as an aircraft manufacturing centre for Fairey Aviation and Avro.
Runway and airport facilities are enhanced with three new runways and ten new hangars. The airport also acts as a training centre for over 60, parachutists. The terminal is truly innovative; the first in Europe to incorporate a 'pier' system, in which passengers remain under cover until ready to board the aircraft.
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