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JULY 5, 1928 KING'S CUP AND SIDDELEY TROPHY TOUR Supplementary Regulations II. The Course The course is 1,096* miles, starting at Hendon Aerodrome and finishing atBrooklands Aerodrome. Section 1.—Friday, July 20, 1928.London (Hendon Aerodrome) Controls :—Norwich (Mousehold Aerodrome) Birmingham (Castle Bromwich)Nottingham (Hucknall Aerodrome) Leeds (Sherburn-in-Elmet Aerodrome)Newcastle-on-Tyne (Cramlington Aerodrome) Glasgow (Renfrew Aerodrome) Total, Section 1 Start. 99 miles.132 43* 51i94 121 540$ Section 2.—Saturday, July 21, 1928.Glasgow (Renfrew Aerodrome) . . . . . . . . Start. Turning Points :—SILLOTH. Solway Firth .. .. .. .. .. 79.'. White Cross on ground close to Lighthouse.Approaching Silloth from the north, competitors must pass the White Cross, leaving it ou their rightat a distance not exceeding 300 yards and at a height of not more than 5,000 ft. BLA<~KPOOI TOWER. Blackpool . . . . . . 74£ Approaching Blackpool from the north, competi-tors must pass Blackpool Tower, leaving it on their right at a distance not exceeding 300 yards and at aheight of not more than 1,000 ft. Controls :—Liverpool (Hooton Park) Bristol (Filton Aerodrome)Southampton (Hamble Aerodrome) Lympne (Lynipne Aerodrome) . .Brooklands Aerodrome (Finish).. Total, Section 2 36 miles124* ,, 71 ,, 1031 ,, 67J „ 555* ,, Finish of the Race.—The finish of the Race is at Brooklands Aerodrome,and the finishing line is between Two White Arrows on the ground. The finishing line must be crossed in flight. The flight between the two arrowsmust be in the direction in which they are pointing. Compulsory Stops at Controls.—Aircraft must make a stop of 30 mins.at each Control (instead of 20 mins.), with the exception of Glasgow (Renfrew Aerodrome), where they will remain the night.SiUoth and Blackpool are Turning Points only. Weather Reports.—Arrangements are being made for Weather Reportsto be available at all Controls. Landing between Controls.—A competitor making a landing betweenControls and retiring from the race is requested to advise by telephone the Control for which he was bound. Verification of Aircraft.—On arrival at Hendon Aerodrome, on Thursday,July 19, each competitor must place his aircraft in the parking place allotted for it.The competitor, or his representative, must remain with his aircraft until it has been examined and passed by the officials. KING'S CUP RACE, JULY 20 AND 21, 1928 List of Entries Racing No., Entrant, and Pilot(in brackets). (1) Will Hay (F. R. Matthews)(2) Lt. L. G. Richardson, R.N. (Lt. L. G. Richardson, R.N.)(8) Air Commodore I. G. Weir, C.M.G., C.B.E. (A. C. H. A.Rawsonf (4) Wiug-Coni. C. D. Breese, A.F.C.(Flt.-I.t. C. F. Le Poer Trench) (5) Alan Samuel Butler (A. S. Butler)(6 Sir Charles Wakefield, Bart. (Capt. H. S. Broad)(7) W. Lawrence Hope (W. Lawrence Hope)(8) Norman Jones (Norman Jones). . (9) Flt.-Lt. F. O. Soden, D.F.C.(Flt.-Lt. F. O. Soden) (10) ]• Parkinson (]. C. Cantrill)(11) A. C. M. Jackaman (A. C. M. Jackaman)(12) Alan S. Butler (A. S. Butler) . . (13) Harold Brooklyn (H. Brooklyn) (14) R. A. Bruce (Col. the Master ofSempill) (15) Major A. A. Nathan (Wing Com. S. W. Smith)(16) R. A. Whitehead (R. A. White- head)(17) P. N. G. Peters (Flt.-Lt. R. L. Ragg, A.F.C.)(18) G. G. Parnall (Fl. O. D. W. Bonham Carter)(19) T. O. M. Sopwith, C.B.E. (Flt.-Lt. P. W. S. Bulman, M.C., A.F.C.) Aeroplane and Engine (in brackets). S.E. 5a (Airdisco). D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark II). Autogiro C.8 L. 2 (Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx IV). H.A.C. II (" Bristol " Cherub MarkIII). D.H. Moth X (D.H. Gipsy).D.H. Moth G (D.H. Gipsy). D.H. Moth G (D.H. Gipsy). D.H. Moth X (Cirrus Mark II).D.H. Moth (Armstrong-Siddeley Genet I).Avro Avian Ilia (Cirrus Mark II). D.H. Moth X (Cirrus Mark II). D.H. Moth X (Cirrus Mark II).Westland Widgeon III (Armstrong- Siddeley Genet II).Westland'Widgeon (Cirrus Mark II) 'D.H. Moth X (Cirrus Mark II). Baby Avro (Cirrus Mark I). Avro Avian (Cirrus Mark II). Parnall Imp (Armstrong Siddeley Genet II).Hawker Heron (" Bristol " Jupiter VI). (20) H. J. Thomas (Sq.-Lr. A. G.Jones-Williams) (21) Sir George Stanley White, Bart.(C. F. Uwins) (22) H. J. V. Ashworth (BernardMartin) (23) D. Longden (FI. O. R. L. R.Atcherley, R.A.F.) (24) G. F. Warwick (G. N. Warwick) (25) M. A. Lacayo (M. A. Lacayo) . . (26) Robert Blackburn (Sq.-Lr. J.Noakes, A.F.C., M.M.) (27) O. E. Simmonds (Flt.-Lt. S. N.Webster, A.F.C.) (28) R. L. Preston (Fl. O. L. S. Birt).. (29) R. G. Cazalet (R. G. Cazalet) .. (30) H. M. Yeatman (H. M. Yeatman) (31) W. Newton (G. E. F. Boyes) .. (32) A. V. Roe (Flt.-Lt. F. L. Lux-moore, D.F.C.) (33) A. V. Roe (Capt. E. W. Percival) (34) A. V. Roe (H. A. Brown) (35) Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby, O.B.E.(Fl. O. T. Neville Stack, A.F.C.) (35) Lieut.-Col. John Barrett-Len-nard, C.B.E. (Sq.-Lr. H. W. G. Tones, M.C.)(37) Miss W. E. Spooner (Miss W. E. Spooner)(38) Capt. C. B. Wilson, M.C. (E. E. Stammers) " Bristol " 83 E (" Bristol " TitanMark I). " Bristol " 101 (" Bristol " JupiterMark VI A). Avro Avian (Cirrus Mark II). Gloster iGrebe (Armstrong-Siddclcy" Jaguar"). ANEC IV (Armstrong-SiddeleyGenet). D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark I). Blackburn Lincock (Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx IV). Simmonds Spartan (Cirrus Mark II). Blackburn "Bluebird" (Genet 11) Westland Widgeon III (CirrusMark II). D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark I). Avro Avian Ilia (Armstrong-Sid-deley Genet II). Avro Avenger (Napier Lion Mark Avro Avian (Cirrus Mark II). Avro Avian (Cirrus Mark II). D.H. Moth X (Cirrus Mark II). A.D.C. Nimbus-Martinsyde (A.D.C.Nimbus). D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark I). D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark I). SIDDELEY TROPHY TOUR July 20 and 21, 1928 Entrant-Pilot and Club, Machine and Engine (in brackets). Lt. L. G. Richardson, R.N. (London Aeroplane Club), D.H. Moth (CirrusMark II). Flt.-Lt. C. F. Le Poer Trench (Halton Aero Club), H.A.C. II (" Bristol "Cherub Mark III). Norman Jones (London Aeroplane Club), D.H. Moth X (Cirrus Mark II). Flt.-Lt. F. O. Soden, D.F.C.(London Aeroplane Club), D.H. Moth (Armstrong-Siddeley Genet I). A. C. M. Jackaman (London Aeroplane Club), D.H. Moth X (Cirrus Mark II). Harold Brooklyn (Halton Aero Club), Westland Widgeon III (ArmstrongSiddeley Genet II). R. A. Whitehead (Southern Aeroplane Club), Baby Avro (Cirrus Mark II).Flt.-Lt. R. L. Ragg, A.F.C. (Royal Aircraft Establishment Aero Club), Avro " Avian " (Cirrus Mark II).Flying Officer L. S. Birt (Suffolk and Eastern Counties Aeroplane Club), Blackburn " Bluebird " (Armstrong-Siddeley Genet II).R. G. Cazalet (Midland Aero Club), Westland Widgeon III (Cirrus Mark II). H. M. Yeatman (Hampshire Aeroplane Club), D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark I).Miss W. It. Spooner (London Aeroplane Club), D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark I). E. E. Stammers (London Aeroplane Club), D.H. Moth (Cirrus Mark I). At Buckingham Palace AT the Investiture held by H.M. the King at Bucking-ham Palace on Wednesday, June 27, the following were severally introduced into the presence of the Sovereign,when the King invested them with the respective Divisions of the Orders into which they have been admitted : Order of the Bath—Military Division Knight Commander : Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Higgins.Companion : Air Commodore Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt. Order of the British Empire—Military DivisionCommander : Group-Captain George Laing, R.A.F. Officers : Miss Christine Cameron, Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service ; Sqdn.-Leader Alan Somerset-Leeke,R.A.F. ; the Rev. Maurice Edwards. R.A.F. Members: Flight-Lieut. Hugh Nelson, R.A.F.; Sergt.-Major Reginald Howes, R.A.F. ; Sergt.-Major Herbert Smith, R.A.F. Distinguished Service Order Companion : Sqdn.-Leader Francis Coleman, R.A.F. His Majesty then conferred Decorations as follows :— A ir Force CrossFlight-Lieut. Robert Barbour, R.A.F. Flight-Lieut. David Greig, R.A.F.Flight-Lieut. Leonard Maxton, R.A.F. i ?30
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