Green House
GREEN HOUSE: Temporary Landing Ground (Aka GREENHOUSE in 1913)
Operated by: 2nd Control Point during the Yorkshire Air Race
Location: Just SE of the A18 (Thorne Road), about 1.25nm NE of Doncaster city centre
Period of operation: 2nd October 1913
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for providing the following:
The route diagram was obtained from The Aviation Historian web-site. The photo of the two contestents was obtained from Wikipedia.
The article was published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on the 3rd October 1913.
The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: This 'Yorkshire Air Race', also nicknamed the "War of the Roses" due to the Blackburn monoplane being built in Yorkshire whereas the Avro 504 biplane was built in Lancashire, was basically a race between the two basic design concepts - monoplane versus biplane. Which was fastest? It took, I suppose, around at least twenty years or so to sort that question out, the monoplane being of course the clear winner.
In between it was very much in doubt. So many design factors had to be resolved. Basically the age old three problems, engine power, propeller design and aerodynamic drag from the wings. Plus of course, the weight of the airframe, the drag factors of the fuselage, undercarriage etc, etc, etc. I think it is rather interesting that in this race, the result was far from being conclusive?
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