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Pengam Airport also known as Cardiff Aerodome, Pengam Moors Aerodome and Pengam Moors Airfield was originaly tide-fields in Tremorfa and was used by Ernest Thomson Willows to build a 74ft airship which had its first flight from the fields to to cardiff city hall then on the night of august 6th 1910 he flew from cardiff to london it took 10 hours and was the longest flight ever made in the country at the time and he become the first man to cross the bristol channel by air (see video in the members section)
Following the acquisition of the land from Lord Tredegar Pengam airport was given the go ahead. While the discussions were going on about the land acquisition Cardiff Aero Club was formed.
The airport was ready for use in september 1931 and Cardiff Aero Club started flying lessons straight away, flying members and social members grew stedily over the following months and the airport was hailed a success and in celebration an air pagent was held in october.

In December 1931 Pengam Airport flooded as a result of high tides and 2 months of very bad weather this put a halt to the flying and it wasnt untill april 1932 before flying could resume.

The first commercial flight from pengam airport was in september 1932 and was a service from
Cardiff to Bristol run twice daily by Bristol Air Taxis ( later named Western Airways )

In 1933 Cardiff Aero Club was made managers of Pengam and in the same year
H.R.H The Prince of Wales became the the club's patron.

by 1937 it was decided that Pengam would be made into R.A.F cardiff and would be the base for the 614 County of Glamorgan auxiliary air force.
Cardiff Aero Club would still be managers of pengam untill the outbreak of war.