Newsvia Birmingham Mail
Aston's amateur inventor who took to the skies 30 years before Birmingham Airport opened
Alfred P Maxfield, a motor engineer from Victoria Road in Aston, reportedly climbed to 50 feet in his homemade flying machine at Castle Bromwich in 1909 — three decades before Elmdon Airport officiall
Alfred P Maxfield, a motor engineer from Victoria Road in Aston, reportedly climbed to 50 feet in his homemade flying machine at Castle Bromwich in 1909 — three decades before Elmdon Airport officially opened its doors to Birmingham.
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