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1927
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JULY 21, 1927 THE BIRMINGHAM AIR PAGEANT A Good Race for the Air League Challenge Cup THE Birmingham Air Pageant, which took place at Castle Bromwich Aerodrome on Saturday, July 16, was a great success, and the organisers are to be congratulated on having provided a really enjoyable and interesting day's programme— which, in spite of very unpromising weather conditions, passed off smoothly and. as far as we could see, without a By the time the programme was in full swing, early in the afternoon, there must have been between 80,000 and 100,000 spectators present. The Is. enclosure, on the north side of the 'drome, which was on rising ground, forming an excellent natural " grand stand," presented a remarkable sight, being densely packed—school children being much in evidence. ..'' ["FLIGHT" Photographs THE BIRMINGHAM AIR PAGEANT: On the left is seen a portion of the crowd in the 1/-enclosure. Various enclosures extended nearly all round the aerodrome, and about 100,000 were present. On the right are the " Siskins " from No. 41 Squadron in the machine park. hitch. Everything was well organised, and the facilities for getting to and from the aerodrome were very good. Although, from the morning onwards, the sky was overcast with dull, heavy clouds—and visibility looked none too good— large crowds assembled on the aerodrome, many coming quite early in the morning, and all the enclosures were well filled. Large numbers of the spectators lost no time in taking the opportunity for having joy flights in the machines provided for this purpose. As soon as the aerodrome opened to the public these machines—an Imperial Airways Handley-Page air-liner, an Avro " Lynx " and, later on, a D.H. " Jaguar" (the last two provided by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd.)— • [" FLIGHT " Photograph The Birmingham Air Pageant : The Lord Mayor of Birmingham (Alderman A. H. James) and the Lady Mayoress about to emplane on the Argosy air liner " City of Birmingham '' for a flight over the city. • • • •:• 492
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