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1920
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JULY 29, 1920 —• without incident. Then at intervals of a few minutes the rest of the competitors got away. James on the Nieuport " Nieuhawk," owing to an overflow of petrol, was late in starting his engine, and the two Martinsydes (R. H. Nisbet, F.6, and T. O'B. Hubbard, F.4) got off before him. The last two, F. T. Courtney—who deputised for F. P. Raynham " Flight" Copyright The Martinsyde " F.4 " (No. 12) passes over HendonAerodrome after the first lap for the Aerial Derby as the latter had hurt his arm the previous Sunday—on the Martinsyde " Semi-Quaver " and Tait-Cox on the Nieuport " By Goshawk" were gone before you could say " Jack Cates." Now they were all away we settled down to await the arrival of the remaining first lappers. At 4.10 Cotton on the " Air-Cow " came in fairly high, and was soon off again. He was followed ten minutes later by Hubbard on the " Flight" CopyrightCapt. Hamersley and Mr. Hinkler (on left), the two Prize " Baby " pilots, get aboard for their run up and down in front of the enclosures at the Aerial Derby Martinsyde. Two " Snipes " came in next, Longton leading Jordan by a few seconds. James on the " Nieuhawk " crossed the line seven minutes later, at a good turn of speed, and to the dismay of all, after completing one circuit of the aerodrome, rattled off a second before he started on his final lap round London, thus falling behind Hawker, who came in about half a minute behind him. The second Martinsyde, piloted by Nisbet, crossed the line on his first lap at 4.31. Presently a small machine appeared above the horizon, and many expected it to be OOOOOOOO O o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Capt.Qi Hamers- ley, the winner on the Green- engined Avro Baby No. 2, re- ceiving the Aerial Derby Cup from Lady Sykes. Comdr. Perrin, Gen. Sir Capel Holden and Gen. Sir S. H. Sykes are on the right "Flight" Copyright 00000000 D 2
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