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JULY 19, 1928 KING'S CUP RACE AND SIDDELEY TROPHY TOUR ON| Friday, July 20, the King's Cup Race and the SiddeleyTrophy Tour will start simultaneously from the Hendon Aerodrome, London, at about 8 a.m. when the first machineis scheduled to get away for the 1,100 miles flight round Great Britain. Then at intervals the other machines willfollow up to 11.25 a.m. when the scratch machine leaves. The points touched the first day will be Norwich, Bir-mingham, Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle and Renfrew. Those who have got through will spend the night at Renfrewand resume the next morning, Saturday, July 21 ; the first machine leaving at 8 a.m. Passing down the west ofScotland and England they will touch at Silloth, Blackpool, Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton, Lympne and finally Brook-lands, where the finish is anticipated at 4-47 p.m., coinciding with the 200-mile reliability trial of the Junior Car Club.Also, during that afternoon, the Royal Air Force will give displays. The first half of the course from London toRenfrew is 540 miles, the longest lap being between Norwich and Birmingham, 132 miles. The course from Ren-frew to Brooklands is 555| miles, the longest lap being between Liverpool and Bristol, 124J miles. Many of the pilots will beracing for the Siddeley Trophy Tour at the same time, that is to say they will be in one race for two separate purposes.Our table will show those thus competing. The winner Of His Majesty's Cup also receives £200 fromSir Charles Wakefield, whilst the second prize is ~£100 (^50 presented by Mr. Vernon Bellhouse and £50 by Sir CharlesWakefield). The Blackpool Tower Co. Ltd., gives the third "I 8irminff/iom <* CASTLE BRQMWICH 11.19 -1.17 ,03*"iie2^~-p "" *" j| THE KING'S CUP AIR RACE AND SIDDELEY TROPHY TOUR : Map showing the course, with mileagesbetween controls, which competitors in both events will follow on July 20-21. The figures in frames indicate the times at which the limit and scratch competitors respectively start from Hendon and are scheduled to arrive at the various controls and finishing point (Brooklands). 607
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