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Doncaster Aviation Races Poster – England’s First Aviation Races at Doncaster 1909 – Great Northern Railway Poster If you’ve any interest in the pioneering aviation history of Britain you’re going to love this reproduction Doncaster Aviation Races Poster print. It may also surprise a lot of people to discover that the first air show ever held in England’s green and pleasant land took place in… Doncaster of all places! The wonderfully simple but effective imagery is evocative of the era. It features two early flying machines racing in the sky. The Blériot XI monoplane, is in the lead being chased by an aircraft that looks very similar to Orville Wright’s famous Wright Flyer. The Blériot XI was the flagship of French aviation having been the first to cross the English Channel in 1909. The Frenchman’s successful Channel crossing became huge news and gripped the public’s attention. In a matter of days, towns and cities were vying to become the first to stage a British airshow. In the end, it was a tussle between Blackpool and Doncaster over who got their first. Doncaster’s council reacted fastest. An aviation committee was set up and the green light was given. The air races were extremely controversial because the dates for the show were set just three days prior to an event that had already been organised by the Aero Club of the United Kingdom in Blackpool. The background of the event is well described in this article. As the home to the St Leger horse race, the Doncaster race course was used to dealing with large volumes of crowds. It was selected as the venue for the air show. The races started on 15 October 1909, however, the weather wasn’t kind. According to an online article written by Phil Penfold in 2019 for the Yorkshire Post “The races… were extended to finish on October 26, because of atrocious weather. The first few days were plagued with lashing rain and high winds”. “The air races were quickly nick-named “the aeroplane St Leger” and became a vast public relations exercise for both Doncaster and Yorkshire”. Great Northern Railway’s efforts to bring people to the venue paid off and the event was attended by huge crowds. A dozen magnificent men in their flying machines braved the one-and-a-half mile course in appaling weather. The weather, a lack of flying time and a lack of competition led to accusations and recriminations that left the Doncaster event a financial loss. Fortunately, the same can’t be said about the Doncaster Aviation Races Poster. The very few surviving copies known to exist are highly sought after. Not only does its connection with the Great Northern Railway make it appealing to collectors of original vintage railway posters, the fact that it is for the first-ever British air sho, a significant moment in aviation history, also makes it a holy grail for aviation poster collectors. Original copies depending on condition, currently (2019) sell for upwards of £5000. There’s no argument from us, if you can find an original copy and can afford to buy it, you’re on to a winner. There’s nothing like owning an original vintage poster and they often make a great investment. Chances are in just a few years you’ll be able to sell it for more than you paid for it. Unfortunately, for most of us, an investment, even at the entry-level prices of the collectable poster isn’t even close to being a possibility. This is where our stunning high-quality reproductions come into their own. They cost a fraction of an original and look absolutely fantastic when they’re framed and hung on your living room wall. England’s first Aviation Races, held at Doncaster eh! Who’d have thunk that! Other Vintage Aviation Posters This exciting era marked the beginning of modern aviation and set the stage for aviation’s significant role in the 20th century. Fortunately, for those interested in aviation, it also coincided with the advent of the colour poster that advertised events and air shows. Despite their fragility, it’s remarkable how posters have survived that advertised those early events over 100 years ago. They are a great reminder of those early aeronautical events that helped pave the way for modern aviation. Here we’ve selected ten of our favourite aviation posters that capture the spirit of innovation and adventure that defined this period. The Wright Brothers – Dayton Ohio 1909 It seems fitting that we start with the famous American Wright Brothers they were after all the first to… well… get things off the ground. This vintage poster wasn’t designed to advertise an event it was, as the poster states, created for “The Nation, State and City to Welcome the World’s Greatest Aviators”. The poster captures the moment on June 17 and 18 1909 in Dayton, Ohio when they made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air craft. This vintage aviation poster celebrates that two-day homecoming with the aeroplane shown high above the Ohio countryside. ILA Luftschiffahrt Ausstellung Frankfurt Poster – Oppenheim – 1909 Created by the German artist Alfred Oppenheim, this vintage aviation poster was created to advertise the first International Luftschiffahrt Ausstellung Frankfurt in Germany. It features the magnificent structure Frankfurter Dom or Frankfurt Cathedral, the city’s largest building, as its backdrop. Around the Cathedral a variety of aircraft can be seen flying including a Voisin bi-plane. The 1907 Voisin biplane, was the first successful powered aircraft. It was used by the French aviator Henri Farman to make the first heavier-than-air flight lasting more than a minute in Europe, and also to make the first full circle. The International Aviation Exhibition Frankfurt 1909 was, at the time, the world’s largest and most important aviation exhibition. Doncaster Aviation Races Poster – Great Northern Railway Poster If you’ve any interest in the pioneering aviation history of Britain you’ll love this reproduction Doncaster Aviation Races Poster print. It may also surprise a lot of people to discover that the first air show ever held in England’s green and pleasant land took place in… Doncaster of all places! The wonderfully simple but effective imagery is evocative of the era. It features two early flying machines racing in the sky. The Blériot XI monoplane is in the lead being chased by an aircraft that looks very similar to Orville Wright’s famous Wright Flyer. The Blériot XI was the flagship of French aviation having been the first to cross the English Channel in 1909. Semaine d’aviation de Lyon – Charles Tichon – 1910 The vintage Semaine d’Aviation poster is from the early days of heavier-than-air aviation created by Charles Tichon. The show held at Lyon between the 7th and 15th of May 1910, was held less than twelve months after Bleriot became the first pilot to fly across the English Channel. The public could not get enough of this new phenomenon and turned up to air displays n their hundreds of thousands. This is a striking early aviation poster. Meeting d’Aviation Nice Poster– Brosse 1910 As organisers of the 1910 Nice Air Show, it became the responsibility of Charles-Léonce Brossé to produce a Meeting d’Aviation Nice Poster to advertise the event. Luckily, Brossé was up to the task. Here he gives us a stunning ariel view of an early pilot flying a Blierot-style aeroplane. The pioneering pilot is scattering a bouquet of roses from the plane onto an incredible vista of Nice and the Gold Coast below. Come and See the Flying at Hendon poster – Underground – Cyrus Cuneo – 1913 This is another stunning early aviation poster. This time it is created by the artist Cyrus Cincinatto Cuneo. The poster is titled Flying at Hendon and was produced jointly by the London Transport companies Underground and Motor Bus. The poster advertises Saturday afternoon aeroplane races with an artist’s impression, as seen from another flying machine over 1000 feet high, of a monoplane passenger flight at the London Aerodrome at Hendon. The airplane races took place on May 17th, 24th, and 31st of May 1913. A second aerial derby is also being advertised to take place on Saturday, June 7th 1913. Handley Page Poster | Handley Page Transport Ltd | 1921 | Vintage Aviation Poster Founded in 1909 Handley Page Limited was one of Britain’s first aviation manufacturers. It is most famous for having produced the earliest British-designed bomber and being one of the UK’s two large manufacturers of military aircraft during WWI. This vintage Handley Page poster features the Handley Page Type W.8. It was the aircraft manufacturer’s first purpose-built civil airliner and was adapted from the wartime Handley Page Type O/400 bomber.y. It was the fastest and most comfortable way to travel to Europe. However, as the Handley Page Poster alludes to, the introduction of passenger air flights was going to change all that. In 1924, Handley Page Transport merged with other companies to form Imperial Airways. This is an early aviation poster from around 1921 by an unknown artist. Imperial Airways poster Croydon Airport – McCready – 1929 This is a stunning reproduction of a vintage Imperial Airways poster. It was created in 1929 by the artist Harold McCready. McCready has chosen to feature one of the recently introduced Armstrong Whitworth Argosy aircraft on the runway of Croydon Airport. The lettering on the top wing of the aircraft reads G-EBOZ, which denotes the aircraft was named ‘The City of Wellington’ and was later renamed ‘City of Arundel’. Original copies of this poster sell for in excess of £2000. Japan Air Transport Co Ltd Poster – Seiichi – c1930 Japan Air Transport Co Ltd Poster – Seiichi – c1930 A poster advertising flights offered by Japan Air Lines Co Ltd. The destinations listed on the poster are Tokio, Osaka, Fukuoka, Urusan Keijo, Heijo and Dairen. The image is a westernised poster featuring a woman in the foreground, looking up and waving at a plane flying overhead. The pilot and a couple of passengers, one wearing a red kimono are ready to board the Fokker Tri-Motor plane.
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