Pub history

Star Light

At the end of World War II, land around an isolated rural hamlet called Heath Row was requisitioned for an international airport, at which, on 6 December 1945, Don Bennett landed the first civil aircraft (a 13-seat Avro 691 Lancastrian 3) named Star Light. On 1 January 1946, the same legendary war-time pilot captained Star Light again on an inaugural flight to Buenos Aires. On 26 March, the new airport was officially named London Airport. In 1966, it was renamed Heathrow Airport