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Bowles Agawam Airport

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Bowles Agawam Airport
Summary
OperatorPrivate
LocationAgawam, Massachusetts
Built1927-1930
In useMay 1930-1934
1944-1981
OccupantsPrivate
Elevation AMSL192 ft / 59 m
Coordinates42°3′19.45″N 72°39′21.85″W / 42.0554028°N 72.6560694°W / 42.0554028; -72.6560694
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1,000 305

Bowles Agawam Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Agawam, Massachusetts.[1]

History

In 1927 Robert Hall founded The Springfield Aircraft Co. at the airport. He designed several racing aircraft there that went on to national races.[2]

May 29, 1930, and June 1, 1931, saw "grand openings" of Bowles Agawam Airport with the latter date including a visit from 100 biplanes of the United States Army Air Corps Eastern Air Arm.[3]

A scheduled air service operated out of Bowles for approximately one year, before ending.[citation needed]

The airport also had plans in the early 1960s to become a commercial airport and host airlines for the city of Springfield, but plans were shelved. The airport and racetrack were demolished in the late 1980s and the area is now an industrial park.[4][3] Airlines now serve Springfield through Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

Horse racing track

Agawam Park, a pari-mutuel horse racing track, including grandstand and stables, was built adjacent to Bowles Airport. Seabiscuit won the Springfield Handicap at Agawam in track record time in October 1935.[5] The racetrack operated until pari-mutuel betting was outlawed by referendum in Hampden County in November 1938.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. ^ "The Original Bulldog". 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Freeman, Paul (24 December 2014)."Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Massachusetts, Bowles Agawam Airfield" Accessed 11 June 2015.
  4. ^ Agawam Centennial Committee (June 1955). Agawam, Massachusetts Over the Span of a Century. Agawam Centennial Committee. pp. 9–11.
  5. ^ "Seabiscuit, 1938 Horse of the Year" Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. www.spiletta.com. Accessed 11 June 2015.
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