ROUND BRITAIN 2012 – AIR – Some history
The Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Air Race was an early British cross-country air race which took place from 1911 until 1914, and organised by the Daily Mail newspaper. It was one of several races and awards organised by the newspaper between 1906 and 1925.
The 1911 race took place on 22 July and was a 1,010 mile event with 11 compulsory stops and a circular route starting and finishing at Brooklands in Surrey. The winner was Jean Conneau in a Bleriot aircraft who took 22 hours, 28 minutes to complete the course, and average speed of 45 mph and received a first prize of £10000. The runner up was Emile Vedrines in a new Deperdussin monoplane type and James Valentine was third.
The 1913 race was for British seaplanes and had a first prize of £5000.
Bad weather caused the postponement of the 1914 race which was to have been held on May 23. It was run in thick fog on 6 June, but only over a 94.5-mile course. The winner was William S. Brock, in an 80 hp Morane Saulnier at an average speed of 71.9 mph, and collected a prize of 300 gold sovereigns. The runner up was R. H. Carr and third was Pierre Verrier, both in in Henry Farman biplanes.
References

"A Concise History of Air Racing". Society of Air Racing Historians. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

Flight. Flight Global. 5 April 1913. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

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