1913 Competition
The 1913 race, offering prize of £5,000, was for floatplanes, which had to be of 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:
- Southampton to Ramsgate — 144 mi (232 km)
- Ramsgate to Yarmouth — 96 mi (154 km)
- Yarmouth to Scarborough — 150 mi (240 km)
- Scarborough to Aberdeen — 218 mi (351 km)
- Aberdeen to Cromarty — 134 mi (216 km)
- Cromarty to Oban — 94 mi (151 km)
- Oban to Dublin — 222 mi (357 km)
- Dublin to Falmouth — 280 mi (450 km)
- Falmouth to Southampton — 202 mi (325 km)
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 completed about two-thirds of the course. Hawker was given a prize of £1,000 for his effort.
Read more about this topic: Daily Mail Circuit Of Britain Air Race
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