Daily Mail Circuit of Britain air race
Competition number Airman Aeroplane Notes
1 André Beaumont Blériot XI Completed course - First to return to Brooklands and winner of the £10,000 prize . Although flying as André Beaumont he was a Lieutenant Jean Louis Conneau of the French Navy
2 H.J.D . Astley Universal Aviation Company Birdling monoplane Landed at Irthlingborough due to sickness
3 Brindejonc des Moulinais Morane-Borel monoplane Non-starter - in hospital in France due to an accident
4 R.C . Fenwick Handley Page Type D Aircraft crashed before the start
5 Lt. J.C. Porte , RN Deperdussin monoplane Started but crashed after 400 yards
6 Ronald C. Kemp Avro Type D Aircraft crashed before the start
7 C. Compton Paterson Grahame-White Baby Retired at Hendon
8 O.C . Morison Bristol aeroplane Did not start
9 Jules Védrines Morane-Borel monoplane Completed course , first to Hendon and was the second to arrive back at Brooklands
10 James Radley Antoinette VIII monoplane Did not start
11 G. Blanchet Breguet Type III First stage only completed , damaged aircraft in a forced landing at Streatley . It was repaired but he hit a tree after take off and wrecked the aircraft
12 Lt. R.A. Cammell , RE Blériot XI First stage only completed , retired after a forced landing east of Wakefield
13 E. Audemars Blériot XI First stage only completed , retired after two attempts to travel north from Hendon were stopped by fog
14 James Valentine Deperdussin monoplane Completed course , third to arrive back at Brooklands
15 Grahame Gilmour Bristol Type T biplane Withdrew before start after his aviator 's licence was suspended
16 E.C . Gordon-England Bristol Type T biplane Engine problems
17 Collyns Price Pizey Bristol Type T biplane Delayed at Melton Mowbray when starting engine after he stopped to change his propeller . Repaired his machine but it was damaged the next day in another attempt to leave Melton Mowbray
18 Pierre Prier Bristol Prier monoplane Crashed before the start
19 C. Howard Pixton Bristol Type T biplane Crashed at Spofforth and retired
20 S.F . Cody Cody Circuit of Britain biplane Completed course as the fourth and last to finish
1911 competition -- Competitors
The Daily Mail Circuit of Britain air race was a British cross-country air race which took place from 1911 until 1914, with prizes donated by the Daily Mail newspaper on the initiative of its proprietor, Lord Northcliffe. It was one of several races and awards offered by the paper between 1906 and 1925. The 1911 race took place on 22 July and was a event with 11 compulsory stops and a circular route starting and finishing at Brooklands in Surrey. The winner was Jean Conneau in a Blériot XI who took 22 hours, 28 minutes to complete the course, an average speed of and received the first prize of £10,000. The runner up was Jules Védrines in a Morane-Borel monoplane with James Valentine, in a Deperdussin, third. The 1913 race was for British seaplanes and had a first prize of £5,000. Only one aircraft started the course; it was damaged when landing near Dublin, and did not complete the course. The 1914 race, also offering a prize of £5,000, was to have been held between 1 and 15 August. It was cancelled due to the outbreak of the First World War.