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1910
1910 - 0686.PDF
pJGHT AUGUST 27, i9iou BLACKPOOL FLYING CARNIVAL,-conc/uded. By OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER RESTRAINING AN IMPATIENT MOUNT.—Cattaneo, at Blackpool, starting for the speed contest, in which he made three laps in 3m. 36s. = 50 m.p.h. Note the exhaust from engine and position of extra petrol tank. A general view of the aerodrome, with the Tower in the distance, is obtained in this picture. IF the elements had conspired together to prevent any flying at Blackpool, they could hardly have been more successful, since the total flying on the last four days of the meeting occupied less than half-an-hour, and this was contributed entirely by Mr. Grahame- White. After the successful flights on Tuesday, there was a fairly large attendance on Wednesday, in spite of the fact that the anemometer was registering in the neighbourhood of 30 miles an hour just after two o'clock. The people, however, occupied them selves with the inspection of the machines in the hangars, a large section of them watching the erection of the Henry Farman racing machine belonging to Gibbs, which had arrived on the previous day. The captive balloon which was kept half inflated in the hangar enclosure also came in for a good deal of interest and comment, as did Roe's triplane, which was undergoing repairs. As the afternoon drew on a short shower dispersed a lot of the people, but many stayed to the close in the hope of seeing some flying. Robert Loraine coming down the aerodrome on his Henry Farman at Blackpool upon the occasion of his recent fine flight. . 684
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