The 1910 London to Manchester air race took place between two aviators, each of whom attempted to win a heavier-than-air powered flight challenge between London and Manchester. The race had first been proposed by the Daily Mail newspaper in 1906. The £10,000 prize was won in April 1910 by Frenchman Louis Paulhan.
Paulhan landing his Farman III biplane at Didsbury to win the challenge
Claude Grahame-White (undated)
Louis Paulhan (1909)
Paulhan's aeroplane at Lichfield, on Wednesday morning, 27 April 1910
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Didsbury is a suburb of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, 5 miles south of Manchester city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 26,788.
The Clock Tower in Didsbury village
Church of St James, Didsbury in 2013
Prince Rupert who stationed his army at Didsbury in 1644
Blue Plaque on Didsbury Library commemorating Prince Rupert's advance