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1/ycHf] brought to an unhappy close by the serious accident to two very popular pilots—Mrs. De Beauvoir Stocks and Mr. Sydney Pickles, who were flying as passenger and pilot respectively in a Champel biplane at Hendon late in the evening. Up at the aerodrome preparations for the great event were in full swing by the time the first instalment of the " gate" was SEPTEMBER 27, 1913. accompanied by two passengers. A look-out was then kept for the Avro, which, however, was nowhere in sight. Some uneasi ness was felt on account of its non-appearance, for it was one of the favourites for the race. Just before I p.m. Philippe Marty made a test flight on the 50 h.p. Morane-Saulnier monoplane, and immediately after the Avro was sighted, some 3,500 ft. up. " Flight " Copyright. Mr. Barnwell, who secured second place, with only a couple of minutes' interval, on the Martinsyde machine in the Aerial Derby. admitted at about noon. It was shortly after this time that a monoplane was seen approaching from the fouth-west, eventually proving to be the Martinsyde, piloted by H. Barnwell, who had left Brooklands some 18 min. previously in company with H. Hawker on the Sopwith biplane, and F. P. Raynham on the Avro biplane. A little while after Barnwell landed in the aerodrome one of the biplanes was observed, but it was not until it was almost overhead that we saw it was Hawker's Sopwith; Hawker was Raynham made a beautiful spiral descent, and explained his late arrival as being due to their having had to go back. He, also, carried two passengers, Mr. H. Lane and the former's fox terrier, which seemed to be rather bored, having made seveial attempts to " get out and walk " during the journey. Three more imposing and business-like machines than the Avro, Sopwith, and Martin syde one could not wish to see. The first two were very similar in appearance, ytt there were THE AERIAL DERBY, HENDON.—View of the machines in line ready for the start!*8111 ro6o
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