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Boulton & Paul had manufactured wooden buildings at its Norwich factory, and during World War I built aircraft under sub-contract. Among the types produced were the FE.2b and Camel, and the Bobolink was the result of a design competition to find a Camel replacement. Boulton & Paul's first aeroplane, the P.3 Bobolink designed by John D. North, was built only in prototype form.

The winner of the competition was the Sopwith Snipe, and the Boulton & Paul aircraft did not enter production. Three serial numbers were allocated for the prototypes, but records suggest that only one was built.

A Bobolink feature made it possible for the pilot to jettison its main fuel tanks in the event of an in-flight fire.lost the bug for news. A lifelong resident of central Indiana, Wall grew up in Sheridan—the one spot in Hamilton County untouched by suburbia. After graduating from DePauw University in Greencastle, he joined The Indianapolis Star as a business reporting intern and refused to leave until he had a full-time job. Wall stayed there five years before joining IBJ in February 2007. Wall and his wife now live in Indianapolis with their two sons. When not at the office, the Walls spend time with their extended family and worship at Christ Church Reformed Presbyterian in Brownsburg.

all’s career as a journalist was set in fifth grade, when he took on an afternoon paper route for The Indianapolis News. He admits to being a terrible paperboy because instead of delivering