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734 FLIGHT. JULY 19, 1934. UNLUCKY BUT UNDISMAYED : Capt. G. deHavilland (right) and his two sons, Geoffrey and Peter, had little luck in the race, but Geoffrey did get; i£$p the Final on " T.K.I " as fifth. (Flight Photo.) young Geoffrey de Havilland on the "T.K.i"; No. 18, Fit. Lt. Pope, of A.S.T., on a " Pobjoy-Swift " ; No. 28, Mr. Sparkes on a "Leopard Moth " ; No. 10, Mr. Morten on Sir Derwent Hall-Caine's "Leopard Moth"; and No. 42, Mr. "Tommy" Rose on the Miles "Hawk" with "Gipsy III" engine. The handicappers had assessed the difference in speed between the two " Leopards " at about one m.p.li. •• The main difference seemed to be that No. 10 had a Faircy metal airscrew while No. 28 had a wooden pro- peller, Mr. Sparkes carried a passenger while Mr. Morten was flying SDIO. In Friday's trial No. 10 had proved some four m.p.h. faster than No. 28, so that Sparkes did not appear to have much chance in this heat. The " dark horse " of heat 12 was " Tommy " Rose. His racing during Friday had been done in atrocious weather, and the speeds established were of no value as a guide to what the "Hawk" could do in good weather. " Tommy " was giving Edwards a start of some 16 minutes and was giving one minute away to the " Leopard " ahead of him. How would he fare? One did not have very long to wait for the answer. When the machines came in at the end of the first lap, "Tommy" had pulled up to fifth place, having overtaken the two " Leopards." Morten had overtaken Sparkes, who was thus flying last. The wind, which was gradually veering more towards North, seemed to have freshened, and as the machines rounded the pylon and turned down-wind, they came across the aerodrome at fine speed. At the conclusion cf the second lap " Tommy " Rose had gained fourth place, and Morten had overtaken Pope. The first three machines had kept their relative order. At the end of the third lap " Tommy " Rose was well in the lead, and swung around and landed just as Edwards crossed the finishing line as second. Lipton and Morten arrived to- gether, the former flying above the latter. Fifth place was won by Geoffrey de Havilland Jnr., on the "T.K.i." Sparkes and Pope were eliminated, the latter being com- pletely outclassed and finishing long after the others. i Relief ' ; - ! After the monotony of racing, the short demonstrations given on machines, mostly fast, which had been eliminated during the earlier events came as a great relief. Fit. Lt. Healey was first with the Comper " Kite " (Pobjoy 90 h.p. " Niagara "), which is a very handy little two-seater de- veloped from the Comper "Streak." Prophetically or NAPIERIAN LOGS : From left to right, Air Vice-Marshal Borton, Mr. Winter, Mr. Smith, Mr. Savage, and the "Rapier " in the "Courier." Flight Photo.)
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