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MAY 31, 1928 WAKEFIELD HANDICAP : Flt.-Lieut. Le Poer Trench on the Halton monoplane " OO," leading Flt.-Lieut Soden on his D.H. " Moth " (Genet) " OU " in the second lap of the race, which was eventually won by the former at 80i m.pji. On the right shows the machines being wheeled between the posts at the end of the Utility Race. Mr. Art Fowler, the ukelele expert, as passenger. He gave an exhibition above the crowd and then landed vertically at a speed that seemed rather fast. It resulted in a heavy bump and the chassis collapsed, tilting the machine on the port side of the nose where it stuck, tail in the air, with the wind vanes still revolving and looking at the distance as though they were striking the ground. Senor de la Cierva said afterwards that he had carelessly landed side to wind slightly. Neither he nor his passenger were in the least hurt. In the parade and fly past there was an interesting variety of aircraft from all the light aeroplane types to R.A.F. machines. The latter were Fairey " Flycatcher," Gloster " Gamecock," Avro " Gosport," Blackburn " Blackburn," Avro " Bison," and Blackburn " Dart." Each circled the field at a low altitude. Wakefield Light Aeroplane Handicap.—The final of this race was a victory for the Halton Club. Order of starting was as follows :—Trench on " OO " (handicap allowance, 3 mins. 51 sees.) ; Lowdell on " SX " (1 mins. 28 sees.) ; Soden on " OU " (1 mins. 08 sees.) ; Lady Heath on " UG " (0-41 sees.); Bruce on " QN " (008 sees.). Butleron"UX" (scratch). Trench nearly did his first lap of 5 \ miles before Butler got away. Lowdell came along on the " Bluebird," scraping the ground, with Soden on the " Moth " hot on his tail. Lady Heath passed next on her " Avian," with Bruce on his " Avian " hard after her, and Butler following up well on his " Moth." As they passed on the far side of the aerodrome in the course of the second lap Lowdell and Soden were neck and neck along the ground on the tilt. The Halton monoplane still held its lead on this second lap and passed along plodding gamely, but the two tusslers had slightly reversed their position, Soden now leading Lowdell. Lady Heath, too, had had to give way to Bruce who was creeping up on the former pair. The scratch man, Butler, was also improving his position. In the third lap there were further changes. Trench maintained his lead, but Soden came scraping the ground without his rival, Lowdell, this time, who had dropped back behind Bruce. The latter was well after Soden. L" ¥ L i G H T " Photographs^Mr. John Tranura folding his Russell " Lobe " Parachute on the ground and then descending straight after leaping from Mr. J. Carberry's D.H. " Moth " at 2,000 ft. 400
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