Early use of IFR - I Follow Railways! Grahame-White pictured during his second attempt.

Paulhan in his Farman.

Huge crowds greeted Paulhan at Didsbury.

Grahame-White’s Farman following assembly, ready for the London-to-Manchester attempt, April 1910.

Grahame-White prepares to make his second attempt on the ‘Daily Mail’ prize; Wormwood Scrubs, April 27, 1910.

Grahame-White flying through the Trent Valley.

Graham-White signing autographs at Rugby.

Paulhan’s machine at Lichfield.

Claude Graham-White.

The upturned Farman at Hademore Crossing, near Lichfield. The end of Grahame-White’s first attempt.