The Queen's Cup air races

[Rheged]

Racing against the clock or against other aircraft?  If against other aircraft then how many and can we have a Le Mans style start? 

I have some ideas about other events (shot putt, high jump, marathon, rhythmic gymnastics) but i'll keep them for my Aerolympics builds...

Rhythmic gymnastics for aircraft sounds most entertaining........and given that the competition is over water, mechanical problems might lead to freestyle swimming.......

[NARSES2]

Only important rules that need to be considered are to do with the catering arrangements.

2 or 3 levels of enclosure - Nobs, Nouveau Nobs and Middle Classes ? Pimms or Champagne tents ? Deckchairs provided for picnics ? An area set aside for the "working class" to lay their blankets down and drink their brown ales and eat their cheese and pickle sarnies ?

[jcf]

Also private land, if at all possible, after the '51 Nationals Race, scheduled for 23 June at Hetfield,
was canceled due to weather, the plan to run it on Day One of the Farnborough SBAC Display was
scuppered:
"... by the fact that a demand for over 42 percent return from public admission charges could
be expected from the Customs and Excise, ...". pg. 370, British Racing and Record Breaking Aircraft

So anyone in the offing as a potential patron? 

Perhaps the Lord of Rheged? 

[PR19_Kit]

...." a demand for over 42 percent return from public admission charges could
be expected from the Customs and Excise, ...".

Come the revolution and those ratbags will be seen for the villains they really are. Goodness knows how much damage the Customs and Excise have done to the UK, seen overall, not just in terms of revenue garnered. 

[Rheged]

Isle of Man might be a venue, or the Channel Islands, or even Gibraltar (although that would annoy the Spaniards)

[PR19_Kit]

Isle of Man might be a venue, or the Channel Islands, or even Gibraltar (although that would annoy the Spaniards)

I like the idea of the IoM, it's got two airfields, one at each end of the island and from the peak of Sneafell you could see the whole race!

I predict heavy traffic on the Mountain Railway. 

[Old Wombat]

... or even Gibraltar (although that would annoy the Spaniards)

There's a problem with this?