When people think of Cardiff Airport, they automatically think of its current location in Rhoose - but it wasn't always there. Before it found its current home, Cardiff Municipal Airport could be found at RAF Pengam Moors, in Tremorfa.
The land has a rich history of aviation as Ernest Willows built his first airship there. Willows also flew to London in 1910, making him the first person to fly across the Bristol Channel in a powered aircraft.
It was during the Second World War that the site became RAF Pengam Moors, and was used as an emergency landing field for aircraft damaged in air battles over the Bristol Channel after nightly German raids.
