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38:, awarded numerous prizes for achievements in
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847:British Racing and Record-Breaking Aircraft
36:Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
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46:in 1909 and the £10,000 given in 1919 to
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1192:Aviation history of the United Kingdom
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770:Map showing the course to be followed
759:, Flight Global Archive, 5 April 1913
674:Flight" PDF Archive, 6 September 1913
502:Solo flight from England to Australia
22:Daily Mail Front Cover – 16 June 1919
714:. 16 October 1909. pp. 645–650.
801:Britain Between the Wars, 1918–1940
635:items relating to the 1912 flights.
193:Circular mile by a British aircraft
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849:. London:Putnam, 1970.
624:List of aviation awards
217:Blackpool Aviation Week
724:Lewis 1970, pp. 43–44.
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690:Warwick & Warwick
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605:Transatlantic flight
567:Round-Britain flight
555:Claude Grahame-White
353:Transatlantic flight
80:Adjusted 2024 amount
931:Curtis "Jenny" JN-4
833:for her achievement
805:. Methuen. p.
787:, 23 September 1926
203:John Moore-Brabazon
1026:First flight cover
938:Specific countries
631:, a collection of
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280:Circuit of Britain
247:Jacques de Lesseps
135:Alliott Verdon Roe
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406:W. L. Brock
340:Gustav Hamel
306:Aerial Derby
157:Henri Farman
137:, W. Howard
71:Year awarded
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1128:Boeing P-12
1106:Conveyances
1067:Rocket mail
1062:Pigeon post
1021:Crash cover
640:Annotations
534:Amount (£)
512:Amy Johnson
346:1913, 1918
1182:Daily Mail
1176:Categories
1118:Blériot XI
1113:Airco DH.4
1057:Mail plane
840:References
751:Daily Mail
537:Winner(s)
288:£1,286,300
109:£1,289,400
99:Manchester
83:Winner(s)
77:Amount (£)
30:Daily Mail
1003:Philately
749:"The New
695:13 August
414:Cancelled
1047:Aerogram
753:Prizes."
618:See also
531:Contest
508:£798,600
481:£219,900
423:£606,100
384:£621,500
360:£580,500
265:£128,900
224:£131,700
199:£131,700
178:£131,700
40:aviation
1161:more...
1153:LZ 127
1040:Methods
965:Ireland
955:Denmark
949:Germany
899:General
892:Airmail
462:£72,000
442:£12,200
403:£12,700
336:£13,100
314:£13,100
243:£12,900
153:£13,200
131:£13,400
74:Contest
52:Ireland
1095:French
1093:FISA (
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381:5,000
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172:flight
106:10,000
102:flight
95:London
61:Prizes
660:Notes
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