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[pMl only a few feet from the ground all the time, and appeared to miss the pylons by a matter of inches. Brock came m second, with Verrier 10 sees, behind him, Carr being some way behind, he complaining on landing of having had great difficulty m taking Ms corners. The limit man in the second heat was Marcus D. Manton on the Grahame-White, receiving 5 mins. start. Iu«ier on tne 45 h.p. Caudron, with 2 mins. 50 sees, start, went off next, and Lieut. Porte on the iooh.p. Deperdussin was scratch. Manton kept ahead the whole time, but Lieut. Porte was rapidly overhauling him, coming in only 11 sees, behind. The final heat of 8 laps resulted in an excellent finish, the popular American pilot Beatty obtaining first place. The order of starting was as follows : Manton on the Grahame-White, 6 mins. 42 sees, start; Beatty on the Wright, S mins. 12 sees, start ; Brock on the 75 h.p. Deperdussin, 1 mm. 59 sees, start; and Lieut. Porte on the 100 h.p. mono, of the same make, scratch. At first it looked as though Manton and Beatty were going to put up a stiff fight, but at about the fourth lap AUGUST 2, 1913. The next day, Sunday, was an ideal summer's day, and quite a larle number of exhibition and passenger nights were put up during he afternoon before a large gathering. Proceedings commenced with flfghts by Verrier on the Maurice Farman, Manton and Noel on ?o h.pgGrahame-White. Later these pilots took up numerous Passengers, and also made numerous solo flights. W. L. Brock Sut UD some very fine flying on the 75 h.p. Deperduss.n The featuTof the afternoon, however was the flying of M Martv, the well-known Caudron pilot,. on the Morane- Saulnier. ' Towards the close of the evening, J. L. Hall, who had taken up a passenger on his "Votes for Women " Bitot, experienced what might have been an exceedingly nasty accident. It appears that the passenger accidentally turned off the petrol, with the result that the engine stopped, and before Hall could prevent it the machine dived into the Half Grown enclosure. Fortunately most of the visitors had by this time left the Aerodrome and there was no one on the spot where the machine r jfcr j& A Bn. • . .- " Flight " Copyright. AERIAL FLORAL FETE AT HENDON AERODROME.-The first heat of the Speed Handicap. Manton, onjhe Urahame^White biplane, completing his first lap, with Brock and Verrier still waiting to take op their start in the race. Manton's engine began to give trouble and, as he dropped consider ably when going with the wind, he wisely decided to descend. The two monoplanes, although they only started after Manton had com pleted about three laps, caught up in a remarkable manner, and, on the last lap, everyone thought that Brock would overtake Bealty. The latter, however, managed to cross the line just | second ahead of Brock. The times and handicaps of the last heat were :— Speed Handicap. 8 laps (12 miles). Start. m. 5 s. 12 1. G. Beatty (50 h.p. Wright biplane) 2. W. Brock (75 h.p. Deperdussin monoplane) 3. Lieut. Porte (too h. p. Deperdussin monoplane) scratch During the final heat Gustav Hamel arrived on his Bleriot from Brooklands, accompanied by two lady passengers. Handicap Time. m. s. 17 16 17 46 846 crashed to earth. Both the pilot and the passenger were fortunate enough to escape injury, but the machine was pretty effectively done in. One of the passengers taken up by Beatty on Saturday was Mrs. Hewlett, who enjoyed her experience very much. ® ® ® ® The Flying Derby. THE Second Aerial Derby is announced to take place on Saturday afternoon, September 20th, permission having now been granted by the Home Office for the competitors to cross certain prohibited areas on this occasion. The course extends over a distance of nearly 100 miles, making a complete circuit of London. It will be remembered that this race proved one of the most exciting events of last year, and it is expected that on this occasion over twenty airmen will compete, including many well-known Continental pilots, who will fly from France and Germany some days prior to the race.
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