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1910
1910 - 0353.PDF
THE GREAT LONDON-MANCHESTER FLIGHT.-M. Paulhan winning the £10,000 prize by landing in the pre-arranged field at Didsbury, near Manchester, on his Henry Farman machine. to win, and he was proud of having such a courageous rival as Mr. Grahame-White. OThe Chairman then presented a large and handsome silver cup to Mr. Grahame-White as a slight token of admiration of the gallant efforts he had made to win the prize for Great Britain. In his speech acknowledging the gift, Mr. Grahame-White referred to the many •difficulties both he and Paulhan had met with in the course of their flight, and said he hoped to make a non-stop flight from London to Manchester before long. With regard to the testimonial which was ! being got up by the Royal Aero Club, he proposed to devote the money to the organisation of a flight from London to Paris. After the luncheon, M. and Mme. Paulhan immediately left for Trance, and among those at the station to see them off were Mr. Claude •Grahame-White, Mrs. Grahame-White, Miss Grahame-White, Mr. Harold Perrin, secretary of the Royal Aero Club, and several prominent British flying men, while a huge crowd gathered in and around the station. After the boat train had left, the attention of the crowd was given to Mr. Grahame-White, who was loudly cheered. The Official Observers. IN view of the historic value of the great flight, and as a matter of record, it is of interest to note that the officials observers on duty were as follows : At Hampstead Mr. Massac Buist, for the R.Ae.C, and Mr. Grover, for the Daily Mail, shared the duty of seeing that Paulhan made a proper start, while Mr. Perrin, the Secretary of the R.Ae.C., saw Mr. Grahame-White start from Wormwood Scrubbs. At Manchester the duties of observing the completion of the flight were shared by Mr. C. G. Grunhold and Mr. C. P. Glazebrook. The Railway Arrangements. GREAT assistance was rendered to both flyers by the London and North-Western Railway. As we mentioned last week, M. Paulhan's flight was followed by his friends in a special train, and in order to assist the aviators in picking their way past complicated crossings, the sleepers on the right line to followwere whitewashed. This was extremely helpful, while another con siderate act on the part of the railway company was the removal of a number of telegraph poles at Didsbury so as to obviate any THE GREAT LONDON-MANCHESTER FLIGHT.—Immediately after the prize was won. The crowd gathering round the Henry Farman machine immediately after Paulhan had landed at Didsbury. The white sheet in the foreground was used for marking the spot for the descent. 351
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