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1928
1928 - 0363.PDF
MAY 10, 1928 i I [" FLIGHT " Photograph Winning the Talbot O'Farrell Race : Mr. Uwinscrossing the finishing line on his Bristol " P.T.M." biplane with Bristol "Lucifer " engine. His average speed was 109 m.p.h. number of distinguished personages, including the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bristol, Col. H. C. Woodcock, D.L., M.P. (President of the Club), Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation (minus moustache), and Col. Sir F. McClean. The proceedings opened at 2 p.m. with a parade and fly-past of various types of machines, including a Bristol " Cherub- Brownie," a Halton " Cherub-H.A.C." (which had been converted into a parasol monoplane by removing the bottom wing), a Blackburn " Genet-Bluebird," an Avro " Cirrus- [" FLIGHT " Photograph Flying in a Thunderstorm : Mr. S. F. Mathews duringthe Talbot O'Farrell Race, flying "Moth" MF, an old-timer with Mark I " Cirrus " engine. Avian," a Westland " Cirrus-Widgeon,' a de Havilland " Cirrus-Moth," a Parnall " Genet-Imp," a Bristol " Lucifer- P.T.M.," a " Clerget-Avro," and finally, a Handley Page " Hampstead " with three Bristol " Jupiter " engines, which had come down to give Imperial " joy-rides." The Surrey Flying Services were busy carrying passengers, having pitched their tent close to the largest enclosure, from which a steady stream of people kept the machines busy throughout the day, the machines going up and coming down [" FLIGHT " Photograph Balloon "Strafing": Flight-Lieut. Bonham Carter well on his target in the Parnall " Genet-Imp." The swept-back top plane of this machine caused an .onlooker to describe it as " An ' Autogiro ' with one vane seized up." I" FLIGHT " Photograph Demonstrating the " Sploth " : Sqdn.-Ldr. England giving a demonstration of "How not to fly," on the de Havilland " Cirrus-Moth " with which he is shortly starting a tour of Europe. 327
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