Duchesne Record | 1910-11-18 | Page 2 | English Aviator Wins

ENGLISH AVIATOR WINS White Grahame-White Takes Both Cup ami am ant i Money in Aviation Contest New York Claude Claude E. E Graham GrahamE White flying for the Royal Aero of the United Kingdom lifted the Goi GOY GOYdon don Bennett international trophy from the custody of America on Saturday in the fastest time eve covered for the full distance of oC 10 lOi kilometers miles around kilometer five course His speed was a fraction better than 6 miles an hour and his fast fastest st lap wa wac wa 2 minutes seconds but the cap captain cap captain tain tarn of the French team Alfred L Ls LBlanc LEBlanc Blanc flying in a similar machine s horsepower monoplane was making each lap on an average of twenty seconds faster than Gra White hame and nd would have hav won thE th cup if he had not met with a disastrous disastrous trous accident in his last lap when h hr hE had the race seemingly well in in hand band