Eyebury House
EYEBURY HOUSE: Private Landing Ground
Note: The aerial view was obtained from Google Earth ©. The local area and area views are from my Google Earth © derived database.
Operated by: Mr John B Patston
Location: Just SSW of Eye village, about 3nm NE of Peterborough city centre
Period of operation: From 1937 to, presumably 1939? Perhaps briefly after WW2?
Note: All private flying was banned in the UK during World War Two.
NOTES: We have Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for pointing out this location, and telling us that the B.A.C. Drone, G-AEJK was based here. A bit more delving reveals that this Drone was registered on the 29th May 1936, but the first owner was Mr John B Patston who registered it at this address, and declared it was based here, from 06.09.35 until 01.12.46.
I assume it must have been put into storage during WW2, simply because the B.A.C. Drone, despite being very small, had the reputation of being the most efficient method of converting pound notes into noise! A reputation later claimed for the BAC One-Eleven airliner. What a coincidence, the two B.A.C. company names colliding. The Drone was built by the British Aircraft Company, based near Maidstone in Kent during the 1930s. The much later One-Eleven being built by the British Aircraft Corporation which was formed in 1960 when it was decided to merge, up till then, several of the independent aircraft manufacturers.
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