airraces

History at : www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/bell.pdf 33-397 P-63A 42-69097 USAAF: BOC 15.5.44 RP-63A NX52113 Flamingo Aircraft Inc 28.4.47 Alfred T. Whiteside (race #87 Kismet) 6.47/52 N52113 Jack Becker, Switzerland (stored in USA) 54 David B. Robinson, Miami FL 63/64 (last FAA annual inspection 11.51) Johan M. Larsen, Minneapolis MN 66/72 David C. Tallichet/ Yesterdays Air Force/ MARC, Chino CA 73/88 Douglas W. Arnold/ Warbirds of Great Britain Ltd, Biggin Hill 5.88/90 (shipped crated to Bitteswell UK 5.88, assembled at Biggin Hill 9.88) Ray Hanna/ Old Flying Machine Co, Duxford 5.90/91 G-BTWR Patina Ltd/ The Fighter Collection, Duxford 7.10.91/01 (rest. Duxford, ff 12.8.94 "269097 Trussst Me" crashed dest. during airshow Biggin Hill 3.6.01

Must be Jules Védrines (1881-1919), some biographic information here and here. I don't see a Wikipedia article.

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This picture can be eactly dated: September 9, 1912. Jules Vedrines - the French flyer - turns here one of the pylons in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race held in Chicago. Vedrines flew the Deperdussin Monocoque racer (1912 model) with a Gnome 14-cylinder rotary engine rated at 140 - 160 hp. Competition was minimal, only two other machine were flying (a Hanriot monoplane) flown by Andre Frey and another Deperdussin monoplane (with a lower powered engine) was flown by Prévost. Prévost finished and became second, Frey got engine trouble and did not reach the finish. Vedrines beat during the race the world speed record, setting the world speed record for 20 km (12.4 miles) covering the distance in 6 min. 56 sec. at a speed of 107 mph. Source: Reed Kinert. Racing planes and air races. Volume 1

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In 1953 - Repainted and sponsored by NBC to fly the film reels of the UK Coronation Coverage. The film would be flown from UK to Goose Bay, Labrador by a Canberra jet bomber. From there, the networks would have to get the film to Boston. The reels needed to get back to the NBC headquarters to be aired asap. CBS, not to be outdone, hired Joe DeBona to fly their reels back in P-51 N5528N. ABC? tried to beat everyone by hiring a Canberra, who's pilot scratched the flight for political reasons. The two P-51s raced and it is rep. that CBS won the flying race, but was not first with the coverage. NBC convinced ABC to share its feed from CBC and both networks aired before CBS. Credit and full history at : www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/serial/42-103831