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1924
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vm OCTOBER 9, 1924 IW>SE^miIGHTmNE GMPEnneNSH •i tui/tiiwitimmmmmtnain AT LYMPNE TABLE SHOWING OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED PERFORMANCES AT LYMPNE Beard more " Wee Bee " Bristol " Brownie " Hawker " Cygnet II " Hawker " Cygnet I " Parnell "Pixie"... Cranwell " C.L.A. 2" Westland " Wcod Pigeon Engine. " Cherub " " Cherub " .. A.B.C. ... Anzani ... Blackburne " Cherub " " Cherub " Pilot Piercey... Uwins ... Raynham Longton Douglas Comper... Gaskell... High. m.p.h. 70 11 65.19 — — — — — Speed. A Low. m.p.h. 39.66 38.73 37.42 43.95 37.22 — — Marks. 347. = 2 279.92 — — .— — — Get off Marks. 215 235 200 181 149 — — Pull up Marks. 26.0 47.4 77.33 83.3 80.0 50.6 — Total Marks. 588.52 562.32 277.33 264.3 2290 50.6 — Reliability Trials, Miles flown. 737 \ 5124 475 400 450 762^ 125 Hours flown. h. m. s. 11 54 41 10 21 25 10 24 40 8 22 53 10 4 35 17 53 18 2 31 37 THE two-seater light 'plane trials (and they were trials) are light monoplane, Bristol " Cherub " engine. Second place over, and the Air Ministry's First Prize of £2,000 has been won was secured by Uwins on No. 1, the Bristol "Brownie" by Maurice Piercey on No. 4, the Beardmore " Wee Bee I " monoplane, Bristol " Cherub " engine, who thus receives the THE WINNER : Our photographs show : Above, the Beardmore "Wee Bee I," Bristol "Cherub " engine, on which Piercey won first prize in the Lympne Light 'Plane competitions. Below, left Mr. Shackleton, the designer of the "Wee Bee I," congratulating Piercey (in black cap) on his victory. On the right Mr. Alan Chorlton, of Beardmore fame. 650
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