Jules Vedrines, second in Great Air Race

Jules Charles Toussaint Vedrines (1881-1919), French aviator who came a close second in the Great Air Race, also known as the Round Britain Air Race, covering 1000 miles in five days (22-26 July). Twenty pilots took part. There was a cash prize of £10, 000 from the Daily Mail, who sponsored the race, which began and ended at Brooklands in Surrey. The winner was Andre Beaumont (real name Lieutenant de Vaisseau Jean Conneau) who completed the course in 22 hours 28 minutes in his Bleriot monoplane. The film, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965), was based around this event. Vedrines flew a Morane-Borel monoplane

Beaumont Bleriot Borel Brooklands Magnificent Morane Sponsored Toussaint Vedrines

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