Cabourne
CABOURNE: Private helipad - (Also possibly a location for a private airstrip?)
Note: These three pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Location: In Cabourne village just N of the A46, about 1nm ENE of Caistor village and roughly 9.5nm SW of Grimsby town centre
Period of operation: Not known exactly. Probably around 2014/15 to -
NOTES: We have Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide' for pointing out this location. It appears this is the base for the company owned Robinson R44 G-TGTT.
A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP?
Here again we have Graham suggesting the possibility of an airstrip in this vicinity. Mr John Linegar owned the Auster 5/J1 Autocrat G-AIPV, registered to his address of: The Old Vicarage, Cabourne. The dates being 18.07.61 to 11.01.89. Clearly this provides no proof that he based it near here, but the possibility cannot be discounted.
As is so often the case in producing this 'Guide'. if anybody can kindly offer advice and information, this will be much appreciated.
MY QUERY ANSWERED
In November 2025 Mr Blay Whitby very kindly contacted me with the answers. His uncle was John Linegar and as a child Blay spent plenty of time at The Old Vicarage. The Auster G-AIPV was suspended from the roof of a barn built in 1969, which no longer exists. It was not flown from here but initially from CUXWOLD, which his uncle called WALGATE. Later his uncle operated from INGOLDMELLS at Skegness and, I found, had the Auster J/1 Autocrat registered to this, The Old Vicarage address, from 18.07.61 until 11.01.89.
HOWEVER......BREAKING NEWS!
Blay also tells us that his uncle acquired and restored the Dart Kitten III, G-AMJP, registered to Mr John Linegar, (My note: Also to this address from 03.08.60 until 01.05.63. And.....flew it from a field adjacent to and just north of The Old Vicarage.
SOME MEMORIES
Blay tells us that he never got to fly with his uncle in the Auster, but did learn to fly in 1972 with the Oxford University Air Squadron. Since then nas been increasing his qualifications. He moved to Brighton in 1979 so most of his flying has been from SHOREHAM and in 2025 is an instructor on the Avro Lancaster simulator.
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