Ballarat Airport is located 4 nautical miles west of Ballarat in the outer suburb of Mitchell Park, Victoria, Australia. Pilot training was first offered on the Ballarat Common in 1914–15 by R.G. Carey with his Bleriot, who later relocated his operations to Port Melbourne. In May 1929 a landing ground was established on the Ballarat Common in Wendouree, nort…
Ballarat Airport is located 4 nautical miles west of Ballarat in the outer suburb of Mitchell Park, Victoria, Australia. Pilot training was first offered on the Ballarat Common in 1914–15 by R.G. Carey with his Bleriot, who later relocated his operations to Port Melbourne. In May 1929 a landing ground was established on the Ballarat Common in Wendouree, north of the railway line adjacent to the "Flax Mill Swamp". By 1930 this had become a licensed aerodrome number 240 and in July 1930, a contract had been let to C. Lundbrook and Sons, to construct a tin hangar capable of accommodating 3 folding wing Moths
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