Editing Brooklands (section)

=== Inter-war years ===
'''Brooklands Aviation Ltd''' was formed in 1931 - with Percy Bradley, Duncan Davis, [[Frederick Sigrist|Fred Sigrist]] and Ted Jones as Directors - to operate the aerodrome, and commissioned British airport architect [[Graham Dawbarn]] to design the [[Art Deco]] Brooklands Aero Clubhouse, which opened in May 1932. The company also operated the resident Brooklands School of Flying which was registered as a limited company in 1931 with Duncan Davis and Ted Jones as Directors, as well as those at [[Lympne Airport|Lympne]], [[Shoreham Airport|Shoreham]] and [[Sywell Aerodrome]]s in the later 1930s. The original pre-WW1 Brooklands Aero Club was re-formed by the [[British Automobile Racing Club|BARC]] in May 1930 with Percy Bradley as Manager and the Brooklands Flying Club was established by Brooklands Aviation in early 1933. Brooklands Aviation won a [[War Department (United Kingdom)|War Department]] contract for pilot training for the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklandsflyingclub.co.uk/history.php|title=History|publisher=Brooklands Flying Club|access-date=22 November 2010|archive-date=4 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404071023/http://www.brooklandsflyingclub.co.uk/history.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and opened No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School at Sywell on 10 June 1935, training pilots with a fleet of 20 [[de Havilland Tiger Moth]]s, and in 1937 the RAF Volunteer Reserve School was set up at Sywell with a further 16 training aircraft. During WW2, Brooklands Aviation became a contractor to the [[Civilian Repair Organisation]], repairing various types of damaged aircraft, particularly Vickers Wellingtons. After ending its RAF flying training in 1946, the company diversified and built plywood and [[Glass-reinforced plastic|GRP]] [[cabin cruiser]] boats designed by Alan Eckford, until 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horning.org.uk/stylegallery.php?page=brooklands|title=aft cockpit cruisers|publisher=Horning|access-date=22 November 2010|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313004818/http://www.horning.org.uk/stylegallery.php?page=brooklands|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first flight of the [[Hawker Hurricane]], later a fighter aircraft in the [[Battle of Britain]], occurred at Brooklands on 6 November 1935.