Scottish Aviation - Drexell, J. Armstrong A collection of 5 silver prints from the first Scottish

Scottish Aviation - Drexell, J. Armstrong A collection of 5 silver prints from the first Scottish International Aviation Meeting, Lanark Air Show August 1910, approx 18.5cm by 24cm, one captioned "Drexell on his record altitude flight" with another the same, two prints of monoplane number 12 , single print of Farman biplane number 11 in flight, four prints pasted onto mounts, some foxing to images, one image of Drexell monoplane stained (5) Note: The first flying meeting in Scotland took place at Lanark racecourse in August 1910, attended by over 200,000 people. 22 aviators competed in the 11 events for speed, distance, height, cross country, lifting capacity etc. The circuit was 1.75 miles marked out by pylons and special hangars were erected to house each competitores aircraft. £8,060 was paid in prize money to 12 competitors. The first UK measured mile speed record of 75.94 mph was recorded and a world record height of 6,750 ft was reached by J. Armstrong Drexel, the American aviator, in his Bleriot monoplane.