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Papers of Capt Frederick Hugh Sykes, Volume 1, pages 122-154, 1909-25 May 1912

Archives, In Storage, AC73/35/1/6

Wing Rib

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 81/A/911

Hand made lightweight wood and nailed structure reinforced with inner cross pieces and a centre block with steel fitting. Triangular profile on each section and evidence of hand chisel use to lighten the weight?, also several areas of splicing pieces together.

Wing Rib

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 81/A/912

Hand made lightweight wood and nailed structure reinforced with inner cross pieces. Triangular profile on each sectionto lighten the weight?, also several areas of splicing pieces together.

Fabric

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 80/Y/790

Fragment of fabric showing early RFC national insignia of Union Flag. Colours flaking when acquired. Framed.

Letters recommending Sir Melvill Jones' for a studentship at Woolwich Arsenal, 1909-1918

Archives, In Storage, L001-2373/122

Five manuscript letters and one typescript letter contained in a buff card folder.

Cup, Giesler Challenge

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1988/0731/C

Large, sterling silver, two handled urn with cover/lid of elaborate design with fluted base and acanthus leaf skirt. The handles are supported on winged torches embraced by serpents with a mask above and a ring handle formed by snakes heads. A wreath is found on both sides and one side is engraved ‘Giesler’s Challenge Cup. Presented by Messrs Giesler & Co. for the Advancement of Aviation For Cross Country Race at the London Aerodrome, Hendon’. With ebonizedblack plinth which has silver band giving winner's names 1927 - 1967.

Cup, Bournemouth Centenary Fetes, 1910

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1988/0724/C

Large silver two handled cup and cover. Engraved on one side with the town's coat of arms along with ‘Bournemouth Centenary Fetes, July 1910, First International Aviation Meeting in the British Isles, Daily Telegraph Prize for General Merit (British Section)'. The other side is engraved along with much scroll work and foliate designs ‘Presented by the Proprietors of THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 1910 PRIZE FOR GENERAL MERIT (BRITISH SECTION) WON BY CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE JULY 1910'.

Cup, Dawson, Women's Aerial League, 1912

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1993/0334/C

Oval, double handled silver cup with scalloped edge in relief decoration and monsters heads on the handles. The side is engraved ‘Presented by Stewart Dawson & Comp.y Ltd. to the Women’s Aerial League in the interests of National Aviation for the Ladies Aviation Meeting, Hendon, July 8th 1912’.

Grahame-White Type 9

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 76/C/320

Large probably formerly silver plated, but now heavily tarnished, silver model of a Grahame-White Type 9 single-seat tractor monoplane including detailed pilot's seat, three cylinder engine and rotating propeller on ebonized black wooden plinth. Plinth has a metal plate on its upper surface to show hidden detail of aircraft’s under side, and an engraved silver plaque to one side.

Women's Aerial League

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1993/0332/C

Large, circular gold medallion with plain rim and suspension ring at top. Obverse - Winged Female figure with Women's aerial League MCMIX Reverse - inscribed Awarded to Claude Grahame White April 27th, 1910 London - Manchester By Women's Aerial League of the British Empire