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Doncaster fliers, the aviators, their machines and flights

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC97/285

Film featuring scenes of the 1909 Doncaster Aviation Meeting. Includes demonstrations by Roger Sommer, Leon Delagrange and Samuel Cody. Further scenes of Cody’s flying around this time are then shown.

Image pending

The Great London to Manchester aerial race, 1910

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/26

Film in which Claude Grahame White and Louis Paulhan are seen competing in the 1910 London to Manchester air race. The two competitors depart from Wormwood Scrubs and Hendon respectively.

Image pending

Blériot XXVII

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1911-1939, In Storage, 85/A/226

The Blériot XXVII, dating from 1911, was built for speed. This streamlined single-seat racing monoplane with a rotary engine, shared many construction features with other contemporary Blériot monoplanes, such as the shoulder-mounted wing.

Single engine aircraft with yellow canvas body and wings, © RAF Museum

Night Flying at Hendon [unknown artist], lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA10708

From 1910 to 1968 Hendon airfield operated as an important centre for civil and military aviation.

Night Flying at Hendon. Lithograph, Artist copyright expired / RAF Museum