| Pilot - see 'The Aviators' below |
Aircraft |
Race No |
Fate |
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Capt Geoffrey de Havilland |
D.H.60 Moth |
G-EBKU |
First Reg 10.2.25
Owned by Bernard MTS Leete
Struck overhead wires on landing Lahore 2.4.27 and overturned; Bernard Leete and Lady Hailey (wife of Governor of the Punjab) slightly hurt. Regn cld 13.6.27.
|
1 |
retired Hemel Hempstead - fog - "landed near Mr. Cobham, and they both went to Stag Lane" |
 |
Mr Alan J Cobham |
D.H.60 Moth |
G-EBKT |
The prototype DH.60 Moth.
First Reg 10.2.25
Owned by Mrs Sophie C Elliott-Lynn & Norman H Jones; The London Aero Club Ltd
Spun in and crashed Dennis Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex 21.8.27; P/O Stanley Pritchard-Barrett & wife injured. Regn cld 20.1.28.
|
2 |
retired St Albans - fog - and went to Stag Lane |
 |
Mr Herbert H Perry |
Avro 548A |
G-EBKN |
First Reg. Dec 1924
Owned by Aircraft Disposal Co Ltd; AG Head
Wfu 29.6.28 Canc 12.32 pts used to rebuild G-EBJE in .69
|
3 |
retired Luton - fog - and returned to Croydon |
 |
Colonel the Master of Sempill |
D.H.51A |
G-EBIQ |
First Reg 22.1.24
Owned by Air Cmdr JG Weir; Taxiplanes Ltd (Clevedon); LG Anderson
Wfu 5.7.30 Scrapped Hanworth .33
|
5 |
retired Olney (or Bedford) - fog |
 |
Capt C D Barnard |
D.H.51A |
G-EBIM |
'Come on Steve'
First Reg Nov 1923
Owned by F/O GEF Boyes
Sold Australia 11.4.27 Overturned landing Sydney Harbour 3.2.31
|
6 |
retired Newcastle - not meeting handicap speed |
 |
Mr Bert Hinkler |
Avro 504N |
G-EBKQ |
First Reg Dec 1924
Owned by Air Service Training Ltd
Wfu 12.6.31 as an instructional airframe
|
7 |
retired after Day 1 - had lost too much time |
 |
Maj H Hemming |
D.H.37 "Sylvia" |
G-EBDO |
'Sylvia' later 'Lois'
First Reg. 22.6.22
Owned by AS Butler
Crashed Ensbury Park Bournemouth 4.6.27
|
8 |
3rd |
 |
Mr T W Campbell |
Bristol Bloodhound |
G-EBGG |
First Reg. 3.5.23
Owned by Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd
Canc 1.29 scrapped .31
|
9 |
retired Luton (or Bedford) - fog |
 |
Capt Frank T Courtney |
A.W. Ajax II |
G-EBLM |
First Reg 4.6.25
Owned by Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd
To Air Ministry 1.28
|
10 |
crashed at Newcastle - hit ditch while landing (the same ditch as James Bennett-Baggs) |
 |
Maj P WS Bulman |
Hawker Woodcock II |
G-EBMA |
First Reg 1.7.25
Owned by HG Hawker Engineering Co Ltd
Crashed landing Luton 3.7.25
|
11 |
retired Luton - fog, then ran into a tree |
 |
Sqn-Ldr WTH Longton |
Martinsyde ADC1 |
G-EBKL |
First Reg 28.11.24
Owned by Aircraft Disposal Co Ltd
Wfu 21.4.27 Burnt Croydon .30
|
12 |
retired Durham - encountered a heavy storm and landed on Nottingham Racecourse |
 |
Capt J LN Bennett-Baggs |
A. W. Siskin V |
G-EBLN |
First Reg 4.6.25
Owned by Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd
Dbr landing Town Moor Newcastle 1.1.27
|
13 |
crashed at Newcastle - hit ditch while landing (the same ditch as Frank Courtney) |
 |
Capt Frank L Barnard |
A. W. Siskin V |
G-EBLQ |
First Reg 4.6.25
Owned by Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd
Crashed Whitley 19.7.26 |
14 |
Winner
He said "The fog was thick over London, and at Luton the visibility dropped to 800 yards. I had to fly over the tree-tops for the greater part of the way to Harrogate... Finally I got down to a railway line where at times it was necessary to fly below the level of the telegraph wires to see the rails."
|
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Sqn-Ldr H WG Jones |
A. W. Siskin IV |
G-EBLL |
First Reg 4.6.25
Owned by Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd
Wfu .26 |
15 |
2nd |
