Ping Pong Flight
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The Aims Of The Project
We hope to create interest in an important Merseyside event which has been largely forgotten and deserves to be remembered for the part the local area played in its outcome.Bob Jessamine a locally based artist along with local enthusiasts have created the exhibition and web site showing this event and if anyone has more information or notices any historical mistakes please e-mail Bob Jessamine .
Shown below are photographs of the exhibition staged at Wayfarers Arcade , Southport .
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Dave Ballinger a local metal sculptor for initiating research into the aircraft whilst making a model for an aircraft statue now next Ainsdale beach.
John Roberts for doing all the academic historical research into the flights from Southport beach.
Bob Jessamine who painted the mural panels which are used to illustrate the story .
Greg Powers who sent photo references from his uncle Kenneth P. Behr who was manager of Floyd Bennett Field in 1936 .