Editing Hanworth (section)

===Hanworth Aerodrome===
{{main article|London Air Park}}
[[London Air Park|Hanworth Aerodrome]] was a grass airfield, operational from 1917 to 1919 and 1929 to 1947. It was located in Hanworth Park, and included the grounds of Hanworth Park House, an 1802 rebuild of Hanworth Palace, but currently empty and disused. It was used as a clubhouse in the 1930s, and more recently as an old people's home. In the 1930s, named London Air Park, it was best known as a centre for private flying, society events, aircraft manufactured by [[General Aircraft Limited]] (GAL) 1934–1949, and the visit by the [[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]] airship in 1932.{{sfn|Sherwood, P|1999|p=47}} [[Amelia Earhart]] flew to Hanworth after landing in Ireland at the end of her 1932 crossing of the Atlantic; [[Walter Sickert]] recorded ''Miss Earhart's Arrival'' in a painting now owned by the [[Tate Gallery]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sickert-miss-earharts-arrival-t03360 | title='Miss Earhart's Arrival', Walter Richard Sickert 1932 | publisher=Tate|date=August 2004}}</ref> There is a public house nearby named "The Airman" in recognition of its close proximity to the aerodrome, and a large aircraft propeller sculpture marks the site of the General Aircraft factory. Feltham District Council purchased the park in 1956. Feltham Swimming Baths was built on parkland beside the Uxbridge Road in 1965, later refurbished and renamed Feltham Airparcs Leisure Centre.{{sfn|Sherwood, T|1999}}{{sfn|Feltham Arts Association|1997}} That public sports facility was renamed in 2010 as Hanworth Air Park Leisure Centre & Library<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hounslow.info/libraries/hanworth/index.htm|title=Hanworth Library |publisher=[[London Borough of Hounslow]] |access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref>