and the aircraft was returned to Southampton by rail. The second attempt started on Monday 25 August when Hawker and Kauper took off at 5.30 am. Flying via Ramsgate, Yarmouth and Scarborough, Seaham - where an unscheduled hour stop was made to effect repairs and replace lost radiator water - and ending the day at Beadnell, about short of the control point at Berwick-on-Tweed, due to one of the radiator hoses having been burnt through. The next day they left Beadnell at 8.05, stopping at Montrose, Aberdeen and Cromarty and reaching Oban on the west coast of Scotland at six in the evening, and took off on the third day at 5.42 am; after a stop at Kiells due to engine problems Larne was reached at 9.30. At 11 they took off for Dublin, but a few miles short of their destination Hawker decided to land in order to make adjustments to the engine valves. Unfortunately his foot slipped from the rudder bar and the aircraft sideslipped into the water, breaking Kauper's arm and damaging the aircraft too seriously for the flight to be continued. Although they had only covered two-thirds of the course, Hawker was awarded a prize of £1,000 and was also awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society's silver medal; Kauper was awarded a bronze medal. Specifications Other 1913 Circuit of Britain aircraft Cody floatplane Radley-England waterplanes References Notes Bibliography Blackmore, L.K. Hawker: A Biography. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1993 Lewis, Peter, British Aircraft 1809-1914. London: Putnam, 1962. 1910s British aircraft Racing aircraft Floatplanes 1913 Circuit of Britain floatplane Biplanes Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1913