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as had also the Pander monoplane (piloted by Raparlier) fromHolland and the Avro " Avis " from Southampton. The latter, piloted by Hinkler, had run out of petrol when withinabout one mile of the aerodrome, and a landing had to be made on the Marshes. Ultimately, a supply of petrol wassecured, d.nd the " Avis " safely reached its destination. Two Bristol machines, the " Bloodhound " and the " Lucifer,"school machine, arrived from Filton, and the Sopwith " Scooter " from Hendon, all by air, Lvmpnc, Saturday, August 1.—The weather, although farfrom being perfect early this morning, was a good deal better than yesterday's, and the races of the day were not so greatlyinterfered with as many had expected, although in some of the events competitors had a pretty bad time of it. Fortu-nately the rain came in showers, most of fairly short dura- tion, and so the programme that had been planned couldbe carried through without a hitch. AUGUST 6, 1925 Out of the seven machines entered for this heat, there wasbut one non-starter, Flight-Lieut. Soden on his Austin " Whippet," who had not arrived at Lympne. The remainingsix faced the starter and all got away on the drop of the flag. The first man away was Bert Hinkler, on the Avro " Avis,"who got off the ground very quickly, and was away on his course with a steeply-banked turn close to the ground.Wing-Commander W. Sholto-Douglas, who was next, on the D.H.53, G-EBHX, took a much longer run, and was out bythe trees, along by the south side of the aerodrome before he turned. Flight-Lieut. Btflman on the Hawker " Cygnet,"headed right across the aerodrome and turned right by the sheds instead of making a left-hand turn around the tent.This disqualified him, but Bulman was unaware of the fact, and went on his way undismayed. Flying-Officer Boyes gotaway rather better on his D.H.53 (G-EBHZ) than had Douglas, while Captain Kingwill swung the " Wee Bee " round the tent * * *• 0 \ > * .* * If" ?**•' • * 1 • *•*''•• i #' 4 •- *. •** **• * * i * * * * * • 0' 0' o:' * * i 1 *** * I 5 THE INTERNATIONAL HANDICAP : This event was won on the Hawker " Cygnet," which is seen on the right crossing the finishing line, and on the left doing a turn round the tent. Below, contented " Hawkers ! " Left to right, Mr. Sidney Camm, designer of the •> Cygnet," Mr. Jones, of the Hawker Co., and Flight-Lieut. Bulman, pilot of the " Cygnet." The Light Aeroplane Holiday Handicap.The first event of the Lympne meeting was an International Handicap for light 'planes whose engine weight did notexceed 170 lb. As this event had brought a very considerable number of entries, it was decided to fly it in two heats and afinal. The entries in the first heat, and their handicap allowances, were as follows :— Pilot. Machine and Engine. Hinkler . . Avro " Avis," Bristol "Cherub 'Douglas .. D.H.53, Blackburne " Badger " Bulman .. Hawker " Cygnet," British Anzani Boyes . . D.H.53, A.B.C. " Scorpion "Kingwill . . Beardmore " Wee Bee," . " Cherub "Soden .. Austin " Whippet," 45 Anzani James .. A.N.E.C., British Anzani .. Handicap. m.13 12 9 7 7 2 s.12 33 51 28 20 5 Scratch.* in a very steep left-hand turn close to the ground. James,on the ciip-winged A.N.E.C., took a very long run to get off, and lost a lot of valuable time before he finally got on hiscourse. One receives the impression that this machine is either under-powered or under-surfaced as it stands, but isseems likely that if " Jimmy " could find those extra revs., by getting a suitable propeller, the machine would handlequite differently. At the end of the first lap the machines came along inthe order of starting, but of Bulman there was no sign, the machines that had started after him rounding the aero-drome turning point and starting on their second lap. Coming around the tent at the finish of the second lap, Hinkler andDouglas were almost neck and neck, followed by James (finishing his first lap) and later by Boyes and Kingwill,the latter flying low and making extremely pretty turns. Then came Bulman, who had not been round before, andwhose first lap it therefore was. It was learned later that 502
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