The Telegraph had been taking great interest in an air race between London and Paris taking place over the weekend, and pages 11 and 12 contain a mass of details about this race. American Walter Brock wins in a time of just over seven hours for the return trip, beating French aviator Roland Garros, whilst Irish Peer Lord Carbery takes a textbook ditching in the English Channel and is rescued, although his plane meets a watery grave. Our Aeronautical Correspondent is surely indulging in hyperbole though by claiming this event will stand side by side with Louis Blériot’s pioneering cross-Channel aeroplane flight. After all page 12 also records another new aviation record – the first continuous flight of over 24 hours which is surely a more significant achievement?