Boardsides
BOARDSIDES: Civil aerodrome
Note: Without too much doubt, if any, this site is now BOSTON aerodrome, aka BOSTON AERO PARK (See seperate entry)
Operated by: Sir Alan Cobham’s 1932 National Aviation Day UK Display Tour, the 1933 No.1 Tour and the 1935 No.2 Tour?
Location: Sleaford Road, Boston
Periods of operation: 15th June 1932, 31st May 1933 and 17th September 1935
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The article and the picture were published in the Boston Guardian on the 25th May 1929.
NOTES: This was the 4th venue, on the 18th May, for Cobham’s 1929 Municipal Aerodrome Campaign. Mostly using the ten-seater de Havilland DH61 Giant Moth G-AAEV, named 'Youth of Britain'. Sir Alan Cobham intended to tour the UK visiting one hundred and seven venues in order to inspire towns and cities to create and develop aerodromes/regional airports. In the end, after a couple of crashes and other setbacks, he managed to visit about 95 venues, which was of course a quite magnificent achievement;
And so, it appears that Cobham was the first to land on this site, in those days known as Boards-side. And indeed managed to establish it to some extent at least, as a regular aerodrome, if only used from time to time?
The important question I need to ask is of course; can anybody confirm the 'Flying Circus' operators always used the BOARDSIDES location for their displays?
It appears that the British Hospitals Air Pageant displayed at BOSTON on the 1st and 2nd June 1933.
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