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Aviation History
1930
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FLIGHT, JANUARY 3, 1930 THE AERIAL DERBY ON this page we give a selection of photographs con-cerning! the classic and popular air race known as the Aerial Derby, inaugurated in 1912. At the top is the " line-up " of competing machines before the start of the fifth contest, which took place in July, 1920. The machine in the foreground is. the Nieuport " Nieuhawk " piloted by " Jimmy " James, who finished second. Next are the two Martinsydes—the F.6 and the F.4. Below-this is a selection of .typical Aerial Derby-machines. They are as follows : (1) The Sopwith " Pup " (80 h.p. " Le Rhone "). (2) Nieuport " Nieuhawk " (300 h.p. A.B.C. "Dragonfly"). (3) Bristol "Bullet" (400 h.p. Bristol "Jupiter"). (4) Martinsyde F.4 (300 h.p. "Hispano"). (5) Sopwith "Camel" (130 h.p. "Clerget"). (6) Gloster " Mars I." (450 h.p. Napier " Lion "). (7) S.E.5a (220 h.p. Wolseley " Viper "). [FLIGHT Photos 62
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