Editing Gustav Hamel (section)

===1912===
<!--27 July 1912 The ''Hinkley Times'' reported:

''"Mr Gustav Hamel, the famous aviator, brought his aeroplane to the Outwoods and gave a demonstration of powered flight. This would have been the first time that most [[Hinckley]] people had witnessed a motorized aeroplane. The aeroplane flew over [[Burbage, Leicestershire|Burbage]] and Sketchley. Many people in Mount Road saw the plane as it flew low over their heads. A mishap at the conclusion of the flight made any further flying that day impossible."''<ref>[http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/past-times-125-years-hinckley-6652473 Past Times: 125 years of The Hinckley Times: 1910s ]</ref>-->
Hamel made the first cross-channel flight with a woman as passenger on 2 April 1912, when he flew [[Eleanor Trehawke Davies]] from Hendon to Paris, with intermediate stops at [[Ambleteuse]] and [[Hardelot]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Channel Flight With A Lady Passenger |date=3 April 1912 |page=8 |issue=39863 |column=C }}</ref>  Later in the month he assisted [[Harriet Quimby]] to become the first woman pilot to cross the channel by testing her newly delivered Blériot monoplane before her flight.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=First Channel Flight By An Airwoman |date=17 April 1912 |issue=39875 |column=B }}</ref>

Hamel made the  first flight from [[Hedon Aerodrome|Hedon airfield]] near [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] on Friday 2 August 1912.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010307133302/http://yorkshirepride.portland.co.uk/hedon/page1.shtml Glory days of Hedon Airfield] access date 4 September</ref>
    
Hamel took part in the first [[Aerial Derby]] race, carrying Eleanor Trehawke Davies as a passenger. At first he was credited with the fastest time, since [[Thomas Sopwith]] was disqualified for missing one of the control points, but after Sopwith successfully appealed Hamel was relegated to second place.