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AUGUST 26, 1926 Sparks being a very close second. McDoncmgh and Mitchell came in third and fourth respectively. All this time it looked as if the meeting was going to be spoilt by rain, which had then started to fall inter- mittently, but fortunately for the spectators the grand stands afforded excellent shelter without interfering with the view. Immediately afterthe last race Capt. H. S. Broad went up on the King's Cup D.H. " Moth," GEBMO, and gave us a magnificent exhibition of stunt flying, which included some of his beautifully formed loops. The Ensbury Park Low- Power Handicap, open to all aeroplanes with engines under 100 h.p., was flown immediately after this, in two heats and a final over the same 2-lap course. There were seven entries for the first heat, starting in the following order :—-The Seven Ae.C. D.H.53 (A.B.C. " Scor- pion ") 'HZ, F.'O. G. E. F. Boyes ; R.A.E.Ae.C. " Hur- ricane " (Bristol " Cherub") 'HS, Ft.-Lieut. J. S. Chick; then four " Moths "— L.Ae.C. 'NY, S. L. F. St. Barbe ; L.Ae.C. 'LI, Capt. A. G. Lamplugh ; Midland Ae.C. 'LT, Capt. McDonough ; and Mrs. Eliott-Lynn's 'KT ; followed by Capt. G. de Havilland's " Moth " (Cirrus II) t" FLIGHT " Photograph THE BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION MEETING : Capt. H. S. Broad hurries off on the final of Sunday's Bourne- mouth Summer Handicap in the King's Cup D.H. "Moth." 'NO at scratch. McDonough was leading on the first lap, with Capt. de Havilland steadily overhauling him— 'NO having already passed 'KT (Mrs. Eliott-Lynn). On the final lap Capt. " D.H." obtained an easy lead and came home first, with McDonough second, and Mrs. Eliott-L.ynn third. The D.H.53 did not complete the course, giving up soon after starting, whilst Mrs. Eliott- Lynn, when about to land, was " crowded out " by the other machines (this had happened once before), and had to " try again." Three out of six entries started in the second heat, in the following order :—Two "Moths," L.Ae.C, 'NP, G. H. Craig, and W. L. Hope's 'ME; and Capt. Broad (for C. C. Walker) on " Moth " 'MO. Hope made a splendid get- away, and obtained the lead from the start, and came home a good first, with Broad not very far behind. Before the final of this race was flown Miss June— who, it is reported, was a typist in E. R. Calthrop's Aerial Patents, Ltd.—went up in an Avro piloted by Lieut.-Col. G. L. P. Henderson, and -made an exceedingly graceful parachute (Calthrop) descent from this machine when about 1,500 ft. above the aerodrome. [" FLIGHT " PhotographsTHE BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION MEETING : Two views of an enthusiastic owner-pilot : A. S. Butler, in his D.H37 (" Nimbus "), starts off (left) on the Boscombe High Power Handicap, Saturday's record event, which he won, and (right), flying in the final of Sunday's Bournemouth Summer Handicap. 528
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