1910 Gasar jirgin sama ta London zuwa Manchester

Paulhan ya sauka Farman III biplane a Didsbury don lashe kalubalen

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Gasar jirgin sama ta 1910 ta Landan zuwa Manchester ta faru ne tsakanin masu jirgin sama biyu, kowannensu ya yi ƙoƙari ya lashe ƙalubalen jirgin sama mai nauyi fiye da iska tsakanin London da Manchester. Jaridar Daily Mail ce ta fara gabatar da tseren a cikin 1906. Kyautar £ 10,000 ta lashe a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1910 daga Faransanci Louis Paulhan .

Na farko da ya yi ƙoƙari shi ne Claude Grahame-White, ɗan Ingila daga Hampshire. Ya tashi daga London a ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1910, kuma ya fara shirin tsayawa a Rugby. Jirginsa na biyu daga baya ya sha wahala daga matsalolin injiniya, ya tilasta masa ya sake sauka, kusa da Lichfield. Babban iskar ya sa ba zai yiwu ba ga Grahame-White ya ci gaba da tafiyarsa, kuma jirginsa ya ci gaba leken wuta a ƙasa lokacin da aka hura shi.

Yayinda ake gyara jirgin saman Grahame-White a London, Paulhan ya tashi da marigayi a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, yana kan hanyar zuwa Lichfield. Bayan 'yan sa'o'i bayan haka aka sanar da Grahame-White game da tashiwar Paulhan, kuma nan da nan ya fara bin sa. Kashegari da safe, bayan tashi da ba a taɓa gani ba, ya kusan kama Paulhan, amma jirginsa ya yi nauyi kuma an tilasta masa ya yarda da cin nasara. Paulhan ya isa Manchester da wuri a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, inda ya lashe kalubalen. Dukkanin masu jirgin sama sun yi bikin nasararsa a wani abincin rana na musamman da aka gudanar a Otal din Savoy a London.

Wanna taron ya nuna tseren jirgin sama na farko mai nisa a Ingila, tashi na farko na na'ura mai nauyi fiye da iska da dare, da kuma jirgin farko mai ƙarfi zuwa Manchester daga waje da birnin. Paulhan ya sake maimaita tafiyar a watan Afrilu 1950, bikin cika shekaru arba'in da jirgin farko, a wannan lokacin a matsayin fasinja a cikin jirgin saman Birtaniya

Tarihi

A ranar 17 ga Nuwamba 1906 jaridar Daily Mail ta ba da kyautar £ 10,000 ga mai jirgin sama na farko don tashi mil 185 (298 tsakanin Landan da Manchester, ba tare da fiye da tsayawa biyu ba, a cikin ƙasa da awanni 24. Har ila yau, ƙalubalen ya ƙayyade cewa tashi da saukowa za su kasance a wuraren da ba su wuce kilomita 5 ba (kilomita 8) daga ofisoshin jaridar a cikin waɗannan biranen. Jirgin da aka yi amfani da wutar lantarki sabon abu ne, masu mallakar jaridar suna da sha'awar karfafa ci gaban masana'antar; a cikin 1908 sun ba da £ 1,000 don jirgin farko a fadin Channel Channel (wanda mai jirgin saman Faransa Louis Blériot ya ci a ranar 25 ga Yulin 1909), da kuma £ 1,000 don zirga-zirgar mil 1 (1,600 m) jirgin saman Burtaniya ya yi a cikin jirgin saman Burtani (wanda mai saukar jirgin saman Ingila John Moore-Brabazon ya ci a 30 ga Oktoba 1909). A cikin 1910, maza biyu sun yarda da ƙalubalen jaridar na 1906; ɗan Ingila, Claude Grahame-White, da ɗan Faransa, Louis Paulhan .