King's Cup

Around England for the King's Cup fly England's airmen every year in big planes, little planes, from a 27-horse-power Moth with 7 3/4 hours start to an Armstrong-Siddeley-Siskin, starting from scratch. Last week, they took off. On the first day, the sun shone clear at dawn; but, before they had gone half way, a fog climbed up to them from the sea and many a plane, bewildered, sought a landing. A "flying grandstand"-- an enormous plane fitted with luxurious chairs, glass panels through which journalists and race officials could see what was what--was forced down in a turnip field. On the second day, four remaining planes started round again. There were no Moths left now. Only the pompous Armstrong-Siddeley-Siskin, guided by Captain F. L. Barnard, came droning round the last stretch of the 805 mile course, a winner.

Seine to Thames

An experiment in aviation was made, last week, to see if it were practicable to eliminate airdrome landings at both ends of the Paris-London air line. An amphibian plane took off the Seine, landed at Lympne for customs, took off again and landed on the Thames at Fulham in three hours and a half. The experiment proved that one hour and much expense can be saved by the new route, as the air companies have to provide automobiles to take passengers from the cities to the outlying airdromes.