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1933
1933 - 0080.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 13, 1933 WOLSELEY SPONSORS : Left to right, Sir William Morris, Sqd. Ldr. G. H. Reid, Aeronautical Adviser to Sir William, and Mr. Cannell, Managing Director of Wolseley Motors. (FLIGHT Photo.) a race for fast machines, and the result was awaited with great interest. Armour managed to overtake the three machines, which started ahead of him, and came in first. Elsmie just managed to beat Borton for second place, the two finishing very close together, with Borton in third THE " TOMTIT " PILOTS : Left to right, P. E. G. Sayer, P. W. S. Bulman and G. E. Lowdell. (FLIGHT Photo.) place. Lowdell just managed to scrape in as fourth, although Hope very nearly overtook him right on the finishing line. Walker failed to return, and after a time it was learned that he had crashed and " written off " his " Gipsy-Swift " completely, a few miles north of Northampton. Fortunately, Mr. Walker had had an almost miraculous escape, and was not seriously injured. Round III The course for the semi-final, or Round III, was: Hat- field-Bircham Newton-Wittering-Hatfield. It was flown in two heats, with eight machines in each heat. THE TE-RACE : Despite the large number of visitors, the staff of the clubhouse at Hatfield proved themselves well able to deal with the demand for food and drink during the Race. (FLIGHT Photo.) 696
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