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Flying Trophy

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Silver cup on silver stem. Two handles. Inscription on cup reads : "Aust Aero Club (WA Section Inc) Field Day Landing Competition 12.10.30 won by ML Whiteman ESQ"

Historical information

Lew Whiteman qualified as a pilot in 1930. His father disapproved as they lost Lew’s cousin Lieutenant Harold Whiteman in a training accident for the Royal Flying Corps in England in 1915.

There is a story that Lew was flying with the Aero Club WA and could see his father’s car down below and decided to stay in the air and keep flying to avoid confrontation.

Lew flew for only 2 years, yet in that short time he managed to win this trophy for his landing skills. In later life, Lew would not fly, not even as a passenger.

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Registration number

cwa-org-102-1998.1153

Item type

Trophies and Awards

Themes

Material

Electroplated Nickel Silver

Inscriptions and markings

Beneath base: Hecworth EPNS

Keywords

Australian Aero Club

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Silver cup with slender base and thin arms, with engraved text in the centre.

Close up image of front of metal cup and engraving.

Interior of silver cup, lying on its side.

Under base of silver cup reads engraved text [HECWORTH EPNS]

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