 In April 1910, he won the London to Manchester air race, taking the £10,000 prize offered for flying from London to Manchester, a distance of .This prize had been offered in 1906 by the "Daily Mail" for the first pilot to fly from London to Manchester within 24 hours.The flight had to start and finish within five miles of the "Daily Mail" office in each city, with no more than two landings en route.