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[pjGHT AUGUST 20, 1910- Prize. £ 400 200 100 Declared motor h.p. 50 Gnome... Do. Do. Do. Mis. 67 4> 22 22 Yds. 880 — too Soo Competitor. Aeroplane. Dickson ... Farman B .. Grace ... Do. ( Radley ... Bleriot M... \McArdle ... Do. Aggregate Long-Distance Flight. This competition was for the longest aggregate distance flown during the meeting under the combined long-distance competition and cross-country flight competition, it being ruled that a competitor must have flown a distance of at least 50 miles to be eligible for the first prize, and of 30 miles to be eligible for the second prize. Competitor. Aeroplane. Prize. £ 400 200 100 Declared motor h.p. 50 Gnome .. Do. Do. Mis. • 399 • 317 102 Yds. 310 S2; 605 Competitor. Aeroplane. Cattaneo ... Bleriot M. . Drexel ... Do. Grace ... Farman B. . In addition to the above, the ^200 prize for the longest aggregate flight made during the entire meeting by a monoplane was won by Signor Cattaneo on his Bleriot flyer, with a record of 399 miles 310 yds. The prize of ^200 for the same performance by a biplane was won by Mr. Cecil Grace on his Farman flyer, with a record of 102 miles 665 yds. Starting Competition. This test was open to competition on three days during the meeting. The final order of merit is set forth in the following table : — Prize. £ ICO So 25 Machine. Declared motor h.p. 50 Gnome Do. 35 Jap 50 Gnome Do. Do. Do. Do. Left ground in feet. 57 59 101 102 .. 115 .. 118 •• 205I ... 236 Competitor. Radley ... Bleriot M. McArdle ... Do. Gilmour ... Do. Dickson ... Farman B. Cattaneo ... Bleriot M. Blondeau ... Farman B. Cockburn ... Do. Grace ... Do. In addition to the above, there were three prizes of .£20 each, one being awarded to the best performance of each day on which there was competition for the event. On Monday this prize went to Mr. D. G. Gilmour, who rose on his Bleriot monoplane with an 8-cyl. Jap engine of 35 declared horse-power in 104 ft. ; on Wednesday to Mr. J. Radley, who rose in 107 ft. ; and on Friday to Mr. Radley, who rose in 57 ft. The special prize of £ba for the best starting performance during the meeting with a passenger over 18 years of age and weighing not less than 120 lbs. was won by Mr. Alec Ogilvie on his Wright biplane, who rose in 147 ft. The other performances in this section in order of merit are as follows :— Edmond, 214 ft. ; Dickson, 227 ft. ; Drexel, 243 ft. ; Grace, 248 ft. Delivery of Despatches. This competition was with a view to test how near a man himself driving an aeroplane could drop an orange as representing a weighted despatch on a given mark :— Declared motor h.p. 50 Gnome . 27 Wright . Distance from bull's- eye, ft. in. . 23 10 62 o The tail of Champel's Volsin biplane at Lanark Meeting. 666 Prize. £ 100 Grace ... Farman B. 50 Ogilvie ... Wright B. As events proved, it was only possible to carry out this competi tion on one day, namely, Tuesday, when Mr. Cecil Grace's performance, reported above, won the daily prize of ^20. Weight-Carrying Competition. The following is the result of the competition, which was to have been on four separate days, for making one complete circuit of the course without alighting, the minimum load carried to be 350 lbs. The only successful flying in this was on Saturday, when Mr. Cecil' Grace carried 353^ lbs., thereby winning the ^250 prize for the best performance of this kind during the meeting, and the ^30 prize for the best effort made on Saturday. Earlier in the week Capt. Bertram Dickson and others had attempted this competition, but had broken up their machines in the attempt, even as in the similar event at the Bournemouth Meeting. General Merit. In addition to the foregoing prizes the first prize of .£300 for general merit has been won by Mr. J. Armstrong Drexel, the second prize of ^150 and the third prize of ^100 are divided between Messrs. Radley and Grace, who receive ^125 each. Winner of the first prize, Mr. Drexel, secures the Lanark Trophy, presented by Professor Archibald Barr, President of the Scottish Aeronautical Society. The Glasgow Herald prize of ^250 for the British flyer whose performances are the most meritorious, special regard being given to flights of a nature which indicate useful developments in aviation, has been won by Captain Bertram Dickson. The Glasgow Evening News prize of J£IOO for the British aviator making the fastest time on a cross-country journey from the flying ground and back has been won by Mr. Cecil Grace. Of the prizes offered to- competitors' assistants at the conclusion of the meeting, to be dis tributed among the mechanicians of those aviators who, in the course of the various events in the programme, covered the greatest number of complete circuits of the course, the first of ,£60 goes to the assistants of Signor Cattaneo (254 laps), the second of £40 to the staff of Mr. J. A. Drexel (192 laps), the third of £20 to the staff of Mr. Cecil Grace (55 laps), and the fourth oi £\o to the staff of Mr. J. Radley (37 laps). THE SONG OF THE AVIATORS. This is the song of those who dare, The dauntless and the free, Who fight the armies of the air, As we have fought the sea. Honour to those who on the wing Thus earn the laurel crown, The empires of the world shall sing The songs of their renown. We are the pioneers Who seek the Air King's throne, That you, in after years, May claim it for your own. The dauntless courage ours, Whose purpose is unchanged, Though Death and all his powers Against ourselves are ranged. We brave the Storm Fiend's might, The tempest and the rains. Night hears our throbbing flight, Day sees our snowy planes. You conquered heat and steam, The lightning's lurid fire. The ocean and the stream, Are slaves to your desire. But greater things we do, And greater perils dare, Who strive to win for you The kingdoms of the air. We glory in our task— To make the winds your slaves, And no reward we ask, Save that of honoured graves. DOROTHY M. HAWARD.
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