Monthly Archives: February 2016
The Austin Healey is born Donald Healey started his working life as an engineering apprentice with Sopworth, the aircraft manufacturer. The Sopworth Aviation Company was based in Kingston-Upon-Thames, at Brooklands . In 1907 Brooklands was the world’s first purpose built banked racing circuit as well as one of Britain’s first airfields. By 1918 it had become Britain’s largest aircraft …