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1927
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AUGUST 4, 1927 THE NOTTINGHAM FLYING MEETING : Hinkler on the Avro " Alpha-Avian " in the Grosvenor Cup. No. 10, 11 mins. 37 sees. (94J m.p.h.) ; 2nd, No. 3, 11 mins. 42 sees.; 3rd, No. 13, 11 mins. 43 sees. ; 4th, No. 22, 11 mins. 43A sees. There were only four starters in heat 3, viz. :— No. 9 fMV), Mrs. Eliott-Lynn, D.H. " Moth-Cirrus I " 2 42 No. 32 ('SF), Capt. G. de Havilland, D.H. " Moth X- Cirrus II " 1 46 No. 35 CQN) F/O. Bonham-Carter, Avro " Avian- Cirrus II 9 No.37('JT), F/O. J.R.Adams, "Widgeon II-Genet " 0 54 K Except for No. 37, who retired on the first lap, all main- tained the order of starting right up to the finish, which was, however, a close one, as may be seen from the following :— 1st, No. 9, 11 mins. 17 sees. (87J m.p.h.) ; 2nd, No. 32, 11 mins. 45 sees. ; 3rd, No. 35, 11 mins. 47 sees. The first two from each of the previous heats started in the final as follows :— 1 1 0 0 0 4129 45 39 28 No. 9 ('MV), Mrs. Eliott-Lynn, D.H. " Moth-Cirrus I " No. 2 ('RF), Col. Sempill, Blackburn " Blue Bird " No. 32 ('SF), Capt. de Havilland, D.H. " Moth X " No. 10 ('RQ), H. Brooklyn, " Widgeon Ill-Genet". . No. 3 ('PU), Lady Bailey, D.H. " Moth-Cirrus II " .. No. 26 ('SK), B. Martin, D.H. " Moth X-Cirrus II " .. scratch On the end of the first lap the machines were in much the same order, Nos. 32 and 10 being very close together, while No. 26 was making good headway. At the finish, however, all got pretty close together and crossed the line thus :— 1st, No. 9, 11 mins. 12 sees. (884 m.p.h.) ; 2nd, No. 2, 11 mins. 28 sees. ; 3rd, No. 10, 11 mins. 29 sees. ; 4th, No. 26, 11 mins. 32 sees. ; 5th, No. 32, 11 mins. 34 sees. ; 6th, No. 3, 11 mins. 34| sees. Mrs. Eliott-Lynn was thus the winner of the Grosvenor Challenge Cup, and once again a veteran D.H. " Moth" obtained a victory. [" FLIGHT " Photograph THE NOTTINGHAM FLYING MEETING : Harold Brooklyn, on the Westland "Widgeon III " ("Genet") who finished third in the Grosvenor Cup race. 548
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