Mill Lane in Felixstowe
MILL LANE IN FELIXSTOWE: Temporary Landing Ground
Operated by: Sir Alan Cobham (Municipal Aerodrome Campaign)
Location: NE of the junction of Mill Lane and Grange Road, just W of Felixstowe town centre
Period of operation: 20th September 1929
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for discovering and illustrating this venue.
The article was published in the Felixstowe Times on the 14th September 1929.
AN ARTICLE IN THE FELIXSTOWE TIMES, 21st SEPTEMBER 1929 IN THREE PARTS
This photograph was published in the Felixstowe Times, also on the 21st September 1929. The local area and area views are from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: It was the normal practice for Sir Alan Cobham, upon arriving, to take local dignitaries for a flight, or flights, (depending on the number attending), around their local area. Then, after a slap-up lunch, he would take sponsored school children up, followed by joy-rides for the locals. In this case, which I think is the only time this happened on his Tour, he cut the programme short as the field was so rough he feared it might damage his undercarriage.
This was the 81st venue. He originally planned to visit 107 venues, but in the end managed 95, spread from May to October. Even so, a quite magnificent achievement. Just how many aerodromes were commissioned as a direct result of this Campaign is impossible to say, but, many more did come about. Indeed, the result being the emergence in the 1930s of many regional airline services. In fact, a much better network than we have today.
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