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1926
1926 - 0708.PDF
SEPTEMBER 30, 1926 THE LANCASHIRE AIR PAGEANT [" FLIGHT" Photogiaph Not a " wheelbarrow race," but an incident in the inter-club relay race. conditions before anything went wrong, we think it can beclaimed as something of an achievement, the more so as Avros are not an engine firm, or at least were not until theproduction of the " Alpha." Fitted into the nose of the feature of this was the presence and participation of RoyalAir Force machines—Bristol Fighters and Sopwith Snipe—• which seemed to indicate that the Air Ministry and the R.A.F.are taking a real interest in the work of the light 'plane clubs. THE LANCASHIRE AIR PAGEANT [" FLIGHT " Photograph Line-up of 10 machines for the Open Handicap Race. Avro " Gosport," the " Alpha " looks extremely neat, thesimplicity of the overhead-valve arrangement, etc., resulting in very neat cylinder-heads. It is regretted that at themoment a detailed description cannot be given. To return to the Lancashire pageant, a very welcome and there can be no doubt that the aerial combat between aBristol Fighter and a Snipe, as well as the demonstration of formation flying by three Bristol Fighters of No. 5 F.T.S.,Sealand, were greatly appreciated by the large crowds assembled at Woodford. [" FLIGHT " Photograph At the Lancashire Air Pageant: Flying Officer Waghorn winning the Open Handi- cap on the Avro " Alpha-Gos- port." 632
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