Word: waghorn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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King's Cup. Some 20,000 persons crowded about Hanworth aerodrome near London last week, waiting to cheer the winner of the King's Cup race around England. Most expected to see famed Flight Lieut. H. R. D. Waghorn, last year's Schneider Cup winner, or Squadron Leader A. H. Orlebar, speed record holder, drop out of the sky ahead of the other 87 planes. Others hoped to salute Prince George's Hawk Moth, or the Prince of Wales's Tomtit, as winner of their father's trophy...
...free-for-all handicap, took her place on a popular pedestal beside Amy Johnson, London-to-Australia flyer (TIME, June 2). Betting odds against Miss Brown were 49-to-1. In her AvroAvian biplane she started 14th, pulled up to seventh at Bristol, third at Manchester, disposed of Waghorn and Orlebar on her way to Newcastle. Her average speed...