The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-23
TO FLY ALL ROUND BRITAIN
FOURTEEN AVIATORS START
ON $4,000 CIRCUIT RACE.
weymann Has Hard Luck In First stage
Of Thousand Mile Contest -vetirines
Wins the Heat. with 10 Competitors
-Northciine Meets . Firm Gateman.


Wins the Heat. with 10 Competitors
NOrthcIifYe Meets . Firm Gateman.
.sp,e.di cable Despatch TO THE srx.
1 LoNpoN. July 22.-The race for the
$50 600 prize offered for an aeroplare cir
cult OF the United Kindgom by the Lon
don Daily Mail was started from the
Brook lands aerodrome. near this city. this
afternoon. At the time eet for the start
the wind was blowing 10 gusts and the
committee in charge decided on a post =
ponement to I o'clock at which time
Andre Beaumont that is to eay Lieut..
Conneau Of the French navy in private
don, rhe first stop.
NJ. Beaumont few in Blariot machine e
and Immediately after starting assembled
to / 900 feet and then made OF in the
direction Of Hendon. a large crowd
which had assembled cheered Justify
Beaumont made the distance. which is
twenty miles in twenty -one minutes.
! II. j. D. Ashley. the English aviator.
followed Beaumont He used Bird
ling monoplane and got away at 400
o'clock, flying at a height Of 600 feet. He
landed at the aerodrome at Hendon 20
minutes later.
| Many other aviators started and arrived
az Hendon. among them being Paterson.
who flew Grahame- White baby biplane;
vsdrines. in a Marane- Borel monoplane.
and Blanchet. in Breguet biplane.
Audemars who has made come flights
in the United States in Bleriot Mono
plane, arrived at Hendon sixth and was
followed by Pixton in a Bristol biplane
and Capt Cody. who flew a biplane Of his
own construction Hamil, in a Bleriot,
finished next. with Pizey. in a Bristol
machine. and Montalent. in a Breguet.
closely following.
vedrines made the hest time for the
stage. 10 minutes 4s seconds. Beaumont
was next best with 20 minutes 3-5 eec-
onds and Valentine. who finished with the
others. made the distance in - minutes II
seconds
Lieut. Porte OF the royal navy. in a
Deper- -Dussin machine. ascended and
made OF for Hendon. but had made
little progress when his machine fell
and was wrecked. He escaped without
injury
Weymann. in Nieuport monoplane
| Wltn 81 w DIsc-PO"eI ilctpi. was thc
thirteenth to finish. His time was So min
utes IL seconds, He reported that his
actual flyin time was only twelve to four
teen minutes. He dropped his map at the
start and descended to get another one.
Reynolds. in a HowardWright biplane,
finished fourteenth
Bier was the fifteenth to arrive. Hucks
the sixteenth and Cammell the seven
teenth. Probably the fastest aeroplane
in the race is the Austrian. Etrick in
which Bier says he few AT the rate oi
100 miles al hour
In a practice fight before the start r
IC. Kemp. one Of the contestants. met
with an accident He went up In Ar
Avro biplAne to height Of 500 feet. As he
descended the left wing Of the machine
broke and the biplane fell to the ground
Kemp had a marvellous escape. getting
only shght cut behind the ear. He
stepped out from the wreckage unas
sisted. II will be impossible for him tc
start in the race with the machine. a. II
was completely wrecked
Robert Lorraine. the actor. WHOSE
flights in the air have brought him into
much prominence. will not be able TO COM
pete in the race owing to an accident t'
his machine.
Lord Northclife found i extremel,
difficult to get in al his own aviation
show. Naturally thinking that ticke
was not necessary for man who hat
put up $50 oOO in prizes for the race. h
drove to the aerodrome in an automobile
When he got there the gatekeeper re
fused to admit him without ticket
Even the name Of Northcife didn't NOV
the man and his lordship was kept wait
ing until an official came along and identi
fed him Lord Northcliffe's feelings o
the subject can be- left to the ina ginatior
Gilmour. whose certificate has bee
suspended by the Royal Aero Club TO
flying over the Henley regatta course
decided at the last moment that he woul
no, compete In grim jest he had hi
" echanic nail wreaths to the back doc
of his hangar
p The British aeroplane race. which cor
! sists Of 900 mile circuit around IN
{ tight little island" for a purse of fl0.OO'
T or $50 900. is considered by airmen one c
r the most difficult races vet attempted
; as much depends upon the stability ri tn
I must be completed with the machin
8 practically intact, Replacements in de
tail and repairs to the aeroplane may b
! made. but it may not be changed as
$ whole.
" Five parts OF the aeroplane and fiv
r parts Of the motor are stamped or other
. wise marked and at least two marke
|, parts Of each OF these FIVE must be i
3 place on arrival at each control. Landin
n chassis and propellers are not markeo
u In the recent European circuit Rensu,
who carried a passenger throughout th
/ Journey. was the only airman 10 retur
1 10 France without replacing imporan
g parts Of his machine.
Il The circuit is divided into section
ranging from twenty to 1872 miles in lengt
- and must be finished not later than Satul
day. August 5, the winner being the avia
!. tor TO cover the distance in the shortes
. time.
y The competitor who makes the tastes
elapsed time from Brooklands TO Hendo
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