As is generally known the King's Cup Air Race, the most important aerial race of the year in Great Britain, was held on July 13 and 14, 1934, Information as to the winner of this race has already appeared in our columns, but it may be of interest to our readers to have placed before them particulars of the machines which Secured the first three places in this race, The winning machine, which averaged 182 mop.h. over the whole course of nearly 800 miles, was a "Monospar" 'S710 piloted by Flight Lieutenant Schofield. This machine is the latest product of General Aircraft, Ltd, England, and incorporates the experi-fence obtained during the designing and operation of the entire Monospar series. It is a low wing, cabin, two engined monoplane carrying {our per~ Sons in the comfort and luxury of expensive ear, is motors are of reim second place, and put up the fastest time of the day 147.78 mop.h, This machine was developed from the standard Hawk which is an extremely efficient low wing monoplane designed for the private owner or for training purposes. The M2. as. this Hawk Major is styled is fitted with a 184/205 lip. six cylinder engine and has its undercarriage well faired in reduce head resistance. It has only one cockpit and this is tied with a streamline coupe Read. The produc: jon model of this machine is fitted for two cockpits and is thus eminent ly suitable for the owner who requires a means of rapid. transport capable of being operated from small fields with the minimum of mainten-
The third machine own by Mr. L. Lipton was a standard De Havilland Moth fitted with an inverted 120 HIP. engine. The "Moth" is well tribesmen of Arabia, risking their natively low horse-power, lives in the jungles of India, pain-Wine [ops etch, "giving. very. economical being 90
fully crossing the dizzy heights and operation with a very useful cruising known throughout the world as the private owner's, machine, and is daily used by hundreds of nilots who know precipices of the Himalayas and?2e°, of, Somewhere, in the region of) the value of reliability. 125 mph. with a range of some 600 instructors to reconnoitre the Test, He discovered the boat from the ait and marked its position on the map, The police and AST. " personnel rushed to the spot and there found the launch, the name "Air Service Training, Ltd.", having been obliterate ed from both sides and the propel-Jer being damaged.
The point of the incident is that the boat might have lain there for months without it being discovered had it not been possible to carry out an alr reconnaissance,
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