A bit about Bathurst Airport by Erik Mol
The first aeroplane to land in Bathurst was at the Showground in 1912, a Bleriot monoplane. (It’s interesting to reflect that this is only nine years after the first successful powered flight at Kittyhawk).
There were 4 areas used as landing fields prior to 1932;
- Shute’s Paddock in what is now the Kelso industrial area,
- The Kelso Flats where the hockey fields are now in Learmonth Park,
- A holding paddock on Vale Rd and
- The Eglinton Racecourse where the 2BS aerials now stand.
Co-ordinated by Bathurst Daybreak, our members, with assistance from Bathurst Rotary Club and Andrew Evetts, spent a Wednesday morning preparing to load just over eighty hospital electric beds and mattresses on to local removalist (Dawsons) trucks. The beds and will be transported to the RARE warehouse in Sydney.
Service Above Self
Bathurst, NSW 2795
Australia