BOLLINGER AIRPORT

Picking up the mail at Bollinger Airport in 1946 by a 1946 Stinson V77 Reliant 

Photo courtesy of Benny Mallory

Bollinger Airport was located where the Army Reserve building is behind Wal-Mart on Corridor G.  It ran about from  the Marquee Cinemas to the Army building.   It opened in the mid 40s and closed around 1960 or 61.   It also supported motorcycle hill climb races in the later years, and the state hill climb championship in 1958.

      

Although it looks rough, the runway was a fairly smooth sandy surface.

  

Above is my Uncle by marriage, John Boone Harris.  He was a first rate mechanic all his life, including aircraft, and midget cars.  This is a car he built and is testing it out at  Bollinger Airport.  See more on the midget racers HERE

Flying buses?   Yes, Greyhound  thought of flying bus passengers by helicopter!

Of course, like all airports of it's day, there were crashes...

1958

SPEAKING OF MOTORCYCLES:

From the 50s through the early 70s, locals would ride their motorcycle on this property.  My friend Jeff Steindler was one of those people when he was a kid.   These were all taken at the old Bollinger Airport.

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