The book describes through the newspaper reporting of the events of
all of the fourteen Daily Mail flying prize winners from 1907-1919:
Roe, Farman, Brabazon, Bl?riot, Paulhan, de Lessep, Paulhan a
second time, Moisant, Beaumont, Sopwith, Hamel, Brock, Alcock and
Brown; and Gatherwood. Most of these names remain in history as
great air pioneers.
The newspaper reporting at that time tells you why:
In Europe in 1906, following the Wright brothers' success in the
first flight by man in a powered aircraft in 1903, progress in
manned flight was slowly coming to fruition in France and Germany
but not in Britain. In November, 1906, only a short time after
Santos-Dumont performed the first successful flight in Europe, Lord
Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail, was prompted to announce
the offer of a prize of ?10,000 for a flight from London to
Manchester.
Through this offer, Lord Northcliffe took Britain into the
international world of flying. The prize offer encouraged the
pioneers, and not surprisingly, the prize was won within four years
of the offer.
Even though, the Wright brothers were capable of crossing the
English Channel first, they did not for various reasons. In 1909,
Louis Bl?riot garnered the Daily Mail prize for this feat plus
acquiring everlasting world wide fame.
In April, 1913, the Daily Mail again startled the world with the
offer of ?10,000 for the first non-stop cross-Atlantic flight.
World War I interrupted any attempts for the prize. Post the war, a
number of groups flocked to Newfoundland to try and succeed for the
unprecedented flight. Alcock and Brown in their Vickers Vimy
aircraft on June 14-15, 1919 performed the first
non-stoptrans-Atlantic flight going from Newfoundland to Ireland.
Experience the ventures of early these aviation pioneers just as
readers did at the time with "splash" as the "Chief" (Lord
Northcliffe) would say.
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