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12th August, 1924. Weather: low cloud and poor visibility
The story of the race:
Open to landplanes and seaplanes (the only time this was tried), this turned out to be "an unfortunate scheme":
"Once the comptitors had started - and they were all away within a few minutes - it seemed as if we lost touch with the various pilots and machines for a few brief hours, and then... after some simple calculations the race was all over!"
There were no control points, but the competitors had to round turning-points at Leith, Dumbarton and Falmouth, and finish at Lee-on-Solent.
| Pilot - see 'The Aviators', below |
Aircraft |
Race No |
Fate
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Mr H C Biard |
Supermarine Seagull |
N9xxx1 |
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1 |
forced landing near Newcastle - propeller 'flew off' |
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Colonel the Master of Sempill |
Supermarine Seagull |
N9xxx1 |
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2 |
6th |
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Mr Alan J Cobham |
D.H.50 |
G-EBFN /
(G-AUEX)
G-AUEY
VH-UEY
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'Galatea'
First Reg. 04.23
Owned by Northern Air Lines Ltd
Sold Australia 23.2.26 Wfu 21.9.33
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3 |
Winner |
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Capt Frank L Barnard |
D.H.50 |
G-EBFP |
First Reg. 04.23
Owned by Imperial Airways Ltd; Rt Hon FE Guest; Imperial Airways Ltd; Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd; Imperial Airways Ltd
Scrapped .33
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4 |
retired Ayr - hit haystack while landing |
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Capt Norman Macmillan |
Fairey IID Seaplane |
N9777 |
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5 |
2nd |
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Mr J R King |
Martinsyde F.6 |
G-EBDK |
First Reg. 16.06.22
Owned by Martinsyde Ltd; FP Raynham; LCGM Le Champion; Leslie Hamilton; Maj JC Savage
Dismantled Brooklands 4.30
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6 |
retired Newcastle - undercarriage collapsed on landing |
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Mr Alan S Butler |
D.H.37 |
G-EBDO |
'Sylvia' later 'Lois'
First Reg. 22.06.22
Owned by AS Butler
Crashed Ensbury Park Bournemouth 4.6.27
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7 |
3rd |
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Sqn-Ldr Harold J Payn |
Vickers Vixen III |
G-EBIP |
First Reg 16.01.24
Owned by Vickers Ltd; D Vickers MP
Scrapped .29
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5th |
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Flt-Lt H WG Jones |
A.W. Siskin III |
G-EBJQ |
J6981
First Reg 29.7.24
Owned by Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd
Returned to RAF 11.24
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9 |
4th |
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Capt Frank T Courtney |
A.W. Siskin III |
G-EBJS |
J6982
First Reg 29.7.24
Owned by Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd
Returned to RAF 11.24
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10 |
retired Brough - broken spinner |
Starters: 10. Finishers: 6
1 Supermarine Seagull serials not known at the moment, although they must have been two of these:
N9562-66
N9603-07
N9642-54, all of which would have been around in 1924.
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