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1914
1914 - 0537.PDF
MAT 22, 1914. with which the pilots follow the course, and the proximity at which they round the turning points, naturally affect the total time of the course. However great was the increase in speed from the race of 1912 to that of 1913, there is every possibility that this year's race will show an even greater increase in speed, for not only do several of the competitors know the course, which is the same as last year's, but nearly all of them have the added advantage of another year's flying experience. Besides, the machines of to-day are—taking it all round—a great deal faster than were those of a year ago, so that, given a clear day which will enable the com petitors to follow the course fairly accuiately, several of the entrants should reduce the time taken in covering the course to about an hour. In addition to the Daily Mail Gold Cup and the Shell ,£250 for the fastest time, a Sealed Handicap for the Shell Trophy and a .£100 JD|3U prise will be run off in connection with the race, whilst the second and third men will receive ^75 and £1$ respectively. This Sealed Handicap will give a sporting chance to the > lower machines. The accompanying list 01 pilots and machines, as well as the illustrations, are in accordance with the official entries for the race this year, but it is possible that at the lust moment one or two pilots or individual machines may be changed. The sketch map of the course showing the different turning points and the reduced fac simile of the route map for the Aerial Derby as used by the various pilots should enable our readers to follow the event closely in their respective districts, whilst the silhouettes will facilitate identification of the machines as they will appear when flying overhead. In addition to these maps and silhouettes, we publish portraits of the pilots, as well as short illustrated descriptions of the various machines. S#V \1, raOGRAPHIAL^ao.STRAND LONDON wC (S.WJ Sr\-. I ' THE AERIAL DERBY ROUND LONDON Br ALEXANDER GROSS ERGS. , PU3USH£D BY "GEOGXAPHIA" LTO 33 STRAND. LOUDON tt.C COPYRIGHT First Class Roads ^=^r^ Railways end Stations • .9 " figures along Railway Lines denote the number of tracks The taming paints are shown prctonally in approximate positions, also on a larger scale in insets Reduced map as used by the Aviators competing in the Aerial Derby, showing each section distinctly. The original of the Map is about five feet six inches in length, on which the rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs are coloured most •conspicuously in blue, woods and parks in green. The Map ts designed by Alexander Gross, F.R.G.S., and published oy «* Geographla," Ltd., 33, Strand, W.C. 357
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