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30 July 1927. Nottingham (Bournemouth refused to host it)

Weather: low cloud and showers early on.

The Story of the race:

The handicap formula, so much praised the previous year, had been tarted up a bit, and was a complete disaster. See here for the details - but anyway, there were 11 withdrawals before the start, and a further 10 dropped out during the race. Not a great success, on the whole...

Pilot - see 'The Aviators', below		Aircraft		Race No	Fate
	Colonel the Master of Sempill	Blackburn Bluebird II	G-EBRF	2	retired due to oil pressure and temperature problems
	Hon Lady Mary Bailey	DH.60 Moth	G-EBPU	3	retired doncaster - engine fault
	Flt-Lt Charles F LePoer Trench	Halton HAC1 biplane "Mayfly"	G-EBOO	4	retired Hucknall - ran out of petrol
	Capt W Lawrence Hope	DH.60 Moth	G-EBME	5	winner
	Mr Norman H Jones	ANEC II	G-EBJO	6	retired skegness - hit bird
	Flt-Lt Paul WS Bulman	Hawker Horsley	J8606	7	6th
	Sqn-Ldr H M Probyn	Westland Widgeon III	G-EBRQ	10	5th
	Mr Dudley AN Watt	Avro 594 Avian	G-EBQL	12	retired - lost way on 2nd lap
	Mr Alan S Butler	Moth X	G-EBQH	15	forced landing - valve trouble
	Capt H S Broad	DH.71 Tiger Moth	G-EBRV	17	retired Spittlegate - weather 'too bumpy'
	Capt F GM Sparks	DH.60X Moth	G-EBRT	18	retired hucknall - burst petrol tank
	Sqn-Ldr Harold J Payn	Vickers 113 Vespa I	G-EBLD	19	retired - damage from broken propeller boss
	Flt-Lt E RC Scholefield	Vickers 91 Vixen III	G-EBIP	20	3rd
	Capt W J McDonough	Westland Widgeon III	G-EBRL	22	2nd
	Mr Walter GR Hinchliffe	D.H.9	G-EBKO	24	4th
	Mr Bernard Martin	DH.60X Moth	G-EBSK	26	retired

Starters: 16 (out of 27 entrants). Finishers: 6

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