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JULY 3, 1919 CIVILIAN FLYING THE LONDON AERODROME AND AIR STATION, HENDON COMING EVENTS FOR JULY.—Saturday, July 5, Hendon Peace£meeting. Sunday, July 6, special flying displays. July 12, Summer meeting. July 13, special flying displays. Several events are now in course of arrangement, and the dates of these will be announced later. These include Hen- don-Birmingham-Manchester air race ; Hendon-Paris- Hendon air race ; Hendon-Brighton-Hendon air race. In addition, there are exhibition and passenger flights daily, and air races and special flying displays every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. P** r» Peace Meeting, July 5 To celebrate the signing of Peace, a special air race meeting will be held at the London Aerodrome, Hendon, on Saturday next, July 5, when the programme will include a speed contest round the aerodrome pylon course (the first since the pre-War period). The race, which will commence at 4 p.m., will be run in two heats of four laps each, and a final heat of six laps. The prizes include the London Aerodrome "Peace Trophy," presented by the directors. The entrants include :— 1. Lieut. C. Turner, A.F.C., on B.A.T. (170 A.B.C. "Wasp "). 2. Capt. P. R. T. Chamberlayne, Grahame-White " Bantam " (80 Le Rhone). 3. Maj. C. Draper, D.S.O., B.A.T. (Special " Bantam ") (170 A.B.C. " Wasp "). 5. Maj. R. H. Carr, A.F.C., D.C.M., Grahame-White " Ban tam " (80 Le Rhone). 12. Maj. C. H. C. Smith, D.S.C., Bristol monoplane (no Le Rhone). 19- Capt. D. H. Robertson, A.F.C., Avro (no Le Rhone). 20. Lieut. G. R. Hicks, D.F.C., Avro (no Le Rhone). It is expected that Mr. Prodger will take part in the contest, and also Capt. G. Gathergood, A.F.C., who will probably use the same machine on which he won the Aerial Derby. The usual passenger and exhibition flights will also take place on this, and the following (Sunday) afternoon. NORTHOLT AERODROME YET another civilian aerodrome was opened to the public last Saturday afternoon when the Central Aircraft Co. started work, at their new aerodrome at Northolt, catering for the ever-increasing demand from the public for joy flips. On this first occasion two and three-seater Avro biplanes, with no h.p. Le Rhone engines, were in commission, piloted by Mr. Herbert Sykes and Lieut. Castleman. It is hoped that some of the " C.A.C." 'buses (designed by Mr. Fletcher), including the twin-engine eight-seater, will be added to the flying stock by next week. The weather on Saturday was by no means ideal, it being overcast and very windy, but in spite of this both Sykes and Castleman were kept quite busy taking up visitors for flights until well into the evening. Many of these passengers consisted of American soldiers and sailors, a large party " Flight * Copyright. THE OPENING OF THE CENTRAL AIRCRAFT AERODROME AT NORTHOLT ON* SATURDAY.— A quartette of the Avros used for passenger flying. " Au revoir " to baby by two passengers taking a flight with Lieut. Castleman, and, on right, Mr. Sykes returning from an exhibition of stunting on an Avro. 880
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