Boustead
C. Boustead
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History
In a letter in Flight for 14 May 1910, Cedric Boustead, writing from South Africa, stated he had designed and built a glider and “finished it a day before I sailed to South Africa, so was unable to give it a fair trial, but it made a very successful short glide in Wimbledon Park”. With the time to sail to South Africa and the letter to return, that flight would probably have occurred in February or March.
Cedric Boustead was almost certainly Reginald Cedric Boustead, born 17 June 1888 in Surbiton, Surrey, the son of John Melvill Boustead and Leila Eleanor Boustead (née Money). Educated at Marlborough College, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's' (Wiltshire Regiment) on 25 May 1910 and promoted to Lieutenant on 14 September 1914. In 1915 whilst in Ceylon he was made a Captain in the Eighth Middlesex Regiment.
Post war, Cedric was involved with the family company Boustead Bros., coffee, tea and rubber merchants, founded by his father in Ceylon in 1886. Cedric also managed the Colombo Electric Tramways, started by his father in 1895.
Captain Cedric Boustead returned to England from Columbo on 2 August 1933, on the S.S. Otranto. He died on 19 Dec 1954 in Kixes, Sharpthorne, Sussex
Company References
- ancestry.com
- Marlborough College register from 1843 to 1904
- http://www.thekingscandlesticks.com/webs/pedigrees/11511.html
Project Data
| Project No | Type No | Name | Alternative Name(s) | Year | Spec (Requirement) | Status | Qty | Description | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glider | 1910 | Proto | 1 | 1S biplane glider | 1,2 |
Project References
- British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
- Flight 14 May 1910
Production Details and Type Description
The aircraft was a canard biplane glider, with the lower mainplane curved upward to join the upper at the tip. Contruction was of ash throughout with the exception of the forward mounted elevator, which was of bamboo.
| Specification | |||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW |
| 22 ft 6 in | 285 sq ft | 150 lb | |||
| 6.86 m | 26.48 m2 | 68 kg | |||
One aircraft only : no c/n or registration.
Total Bousted Production1
Page Revision History
Revised at Version 2.0.0- Added Type Description and Specification details.