Aeroplane Race over St Margaret's 1911
Photographs printed in The Daily Graphic Tuesday 4th July 1911 of three aeroplanes competing in the 1911 Circuit of Europe air race arriving over the Dover coast. The middle photograph is of the Morane monoplane passing by the South Foreland Lighthouse. The race was held in several stages this being the Calais-London stage. A prize of £8000 was offered by Le Journal for the entire Circuit.
Subject
Aviation (12)
Date of creation
4 July 1911Date of coverage
4 July 1911Place
South ForelandContributor
Kathy MadgeReference number
MARG.07597Format
Still image (3732)
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Search by text
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