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"Flight" Copyright RACING AT THE LONDON AERODROME, HENDON : First heat on Saturday as seen from No. 1 Pylon. High up in the air, Capt. Chamberlayne (final winner), below Capt. Gathergood (21), first in the heat, followed by Lieut. Park (4) Next Saturday's Cross-Country Race A 20-mile cross-country handicap for the Hendon Trophy and ^30, will be held at the London Aerodrome, Hendon, at the Summer Meeting, on Saturday afternoon next, at 4 p.m. The course, of which five laps must be flown, is round the aerodrome pylons and a point about two miles out, i.e., Bittacy Hill—a distance of approximately four miles. It is expected that the pilots will include Prodger, Draper, and Turner on B.A.T. machines ; Chamberlayne, Carr, Hicks and Robertson on Grahame-White biplanes ; Park and Hammersley on Avro biplanes, the latter flying the Avro " Baby " ; Gathergood and Manton on Airco biplanes ; and Smith on a Bristol monoplane. . Entries close at 12 noon to-day (Thursday), the 10th inst. At intervals during the day, special flying displays and passenger flights will be carried out, and these will be repeated on the following day. Additional enclosure accommodation has now been pro vided, and admission to the aerodrome is now from gd. plus tax, children being half price. Special flying displays will be given on the following afternoon, Sunday. STAG LANE AERODROME BY arrangement with the Daily Sketch, Evening Standard and Sunday Herald the London and Provincial Aviation Co. spent the whole of Sunday afternoon and evening in taking up readers of the above journals for free flights. Early in the AT HENDON AERODROME : On the right Gen. Fitzpatrick, Chief of Army Aviation in U.S.A. On left, Einer Petersen of the " Politiken," Denmark, has a joy-flight with Pilot Hicks 921
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