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The Daily Mail Circuit of Britain air race was a British cross-country air race
which took place from 1911 until 1914, with prizes donated by the Daily Mail
newspaper on the initiative of its proprietor, Lord Northcliffe. It was one of
several races and awards offered by the paper between 1906 and 1925.
The 1911 race took place on 22 July and was a 1,010 miles (1,630 km) event with
11 compulsory stops and a circular route starting and finishing at Brooklands in
minutes to complete the course, an average speed of 45 mph (72 km/h) and
Morane-Borel monoplane with James Valentine, in a Deperdussin, third.
one aircraft started the course; it was damaged when landing near Dublin, and
did not complete the course.
and 15 August. It was cancelled due to the outbreak of the First World War.
1911 competition
The 1911 Daily Mail Circuit of Britain was a contest for the fastest completion
of a course around Great Britain. The proprietors of the Daily Mail offered a
Britain in the shortest time. The contest was run by the Royal Aero Club and was
held between 22 July 1911 and 5 August 1911. Following the success of the
between London and Edinburgh and return or London and Paris and return. It was
decided that the competition would be a tour round Great Britain and a committee
of the Royal Aero Club was formed to set the rules and organize the competition
all licensed aviators, and as well as the Daily Mail prize a number of smaller
prizes were also offered.[3] The circuit was to start and finish at Brooklands,
and the competitors had to land at Hendon, Harrogate, Newcastle, Edinburgh,
Stirling, Glasgow, Carlisle, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter, Salisbury and
Brighton. Four competitors completed the course, the first and winner of the
Beaumont.
Prizes
Perrier table water for the first Frenchman to complete the course.
Vedrine, Valentine and Cody all equal shares of prizes from Sir George White,
finishing the course.
British machine to arrive in Newcastle.
first British aviator to reach Harrogate and a 100 guinea gold cup from the
Brighton Hotels Association for the first British aviator to reach Brighton. He
of Perrier table water for the first Englishman to complete the course.
1913 competition
all-British construction. The course, totalling 1,540 mi (2,480 km) had to be
completed within 72 hours, although since no flying was allowed on Sundays this
period was in practice a day longer.
The race was divided into the following stages:
Entrants included the Cody Waterplane, the Radley-England Waterplane and the
Sopwith Circuit of Britain floatplane. Cody was killed during a test flight of
his design on 7 August when his aircraft broke up in flight, and the Sopwith,
flown by Harry Hawker with Harry Kauper as passenger, was the only aircraft to
start; it retired after being damaged in an emergency landing near Dublin having
his effort.
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