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1913 HENDON AERODROME PROGRAMME london air racing
RARE 1913 LONDON AERODROME AVIATION MEETING PROGRAMME OFFICIAL PROGRAMME THE LONDON AERODROME HENDON, NW. AUGUST AVIATION MEETING SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH, 1913 By Grahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd Published in 1913 VINTAGE ITEM - NOT A REPRINT 28 PAGES - SOFTCOVER Cover photo is Richard T. Gates CONDITION: VERY GOOD, NOT DISBOUND FROM A LARGER VOLUME. Extremely rare and historic pre Great War Hendon Programme. OTHER RARE HENDON PROGRAMMES IN OUR EBAY STORE: DIRECT LINK Early history of Hendon Aerodrome from Wikipedia: Hendon Aerodrome was an aerodrome in Hendon, north London, England and between 1908 and 1968 was an important centre for aviation. It was situated in Colindale, seven miles (11.3 km) north west of Charing Cross. It nearly became "the Charing Cross of the UK's international air routes", but for the actions of RAF after the First World War. It was famous as a place of pioneering experiments which included the first airmail, the first parachute descent from a powered aircraft, the first night flights, and the first aerial defence of a city. Beginnings Henry Coxwell and James Glaisher were the first to fly from Hendon in a balloon called the Mammoth in 1862, and ballooning at the Brent Reservoir was a very popular spectacle for the crowds gatd on bank holidays late in the 19th century. The first powered flight from Hendon was in an 88-foot (27 m) long non-rigid airship built by Spencer Brothers of Highbury. It took off from the Welsh Harp in 1909 and was piloted by Henry Spencer. Its only passenger was the Australian suffragette Muriel Matters. The first attempt at aeroplane flight was by two men called H.P. Martin and G.H. Handasyde again at the Welsh Harp. They constructed a monoplane with four engines in the ballroom of the hotel, but were never able to get the result airborne. Inspired by Louis Bleriot’s flight across the Channel, Everett, Edgecumbe and Co began to experiment with a plane to be built at the works at Colindale, Hendon, erecting a small barn like hangar to house the aircraft. Between 1908 and 1910 their “Grasshopper” as the plane was called, taxied about, hopped, but refused to get truly airborne, albeit attracting quite a crowd. In 1906, before any powered flight in the UK, the Daily Mail newspaper had challenged aviators to fly from London to Manchester or vice-versa, offering a prize of £10,000. The journey was to be completed within twenty-four hours, with no more than two landings. Aircraft and engine design improved sufficiently by early 1910 to make a realistic attempt at winning the prize. Both Claude Grahame White and French aviator Louis Paulhan prepared for the challenge during April 1910. Grahame White made two attempts, but it was Paulhan who succeeded. He chose a field on the future aerodrome site as his point of departure. On 27 April he flew 117 miles from Hendon to Lichfield, easily the longest flight in the UK at that time. Before dawn on 28 April he took off and reached Burnage on the outskirts of Manchester after three hours 55 minutes in the air during a period of just over twelve hours. This was the first true flight from the Hendon site. London Aerodrome Claude Grahame White created a new company, the Grahame-White Aviation Company, taking control of more than 200 acres (0.81 km2) of Colindale and converting it into what could be recognised as a proper modern airfield. It was from Hendon to Windsor and vice versa, as part of the George V coronation celebrations, that the first ever “official” UK airmail was flown between 9 and 16 September 1911.[3] The first aerial derby was held in 1912, which it was said was watched by 500,000 people, and became as important as Ascot and Epsom during the London Season. The first fatality at Hendon, reported in The Times in May 1911, was Bernard Benson (aged 23). He fell 100 feet (30 m) from a Valkyrie Machine. Claude Grahame White and other members of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) mounted a night defence of London in 1915, constitut...
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