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Aviation History
1920
1920 - 0705.PDF
JULY 8, 1920 AVIATION has never had such a day as it experienced last Saturday on the occasion of the Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant, which was held at Hendon, in aid of the RA.F. Memorial Fund. Never has it had such enthusiastic support from the public, either. Although there were many other sporting events being held elsewhere, Hendon appeared to be the main attraction. From noon until well into the afternoon people in their thousands swarmed Hendonwards irom. all directions—how they got to the aerodrome is a marvel in itself. At Golders Green, for instance, the •queue for the motqr-buses grew so rapidly that—in spite of the fact that groups of four or more 'buses at a time were hurriedly and continuously requisitioned from other services—it very nearly tied itself into a knot such that the cleverest of Boy Scouts would have failed to unravel ! And, in addition no small proportion of the people from this station alone wisely ignored all means of transport, and decided right away to walk to Hendon and save time. All other routes to Hendon ware, we understand, similarly afflicted. As for those who came in cars—including Mir. Winston Churchill—many of these had to join up on foot with personally conducted parties to the aerodrome, as the solid block at the finish rendered any chance of getting there by any other means quite hopeless. Under these circum- stances, therefore, it was not long before the enclosures at the aerodrome were well packed. It is stated that the number of spectators that paid at the gates was 40.000 or over—in our opinion, decidedly over. In addition to this number must be counted the thousands who thronged the neigh- bouring hills and country—as far as Hampstead. The latter " Flight" Copyright AT THE R.A.F. PAGEANT: Left to right, the organiser, Air Vice-Marshal Sir J. M. Salmond, K.C.B., C.V.O.,D.S.O., Major-Gen. Sir F. H. Sykes, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., Lady Sykes, the War Secretary. Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., and Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard, Bart., K.C.B. 705 •; •..•••;.
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