2-635-031 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The end of a great flight: Mr Robert Slack's arrival at Hendon, 1913 (1934). Robert Slack qualified for his aviator's certificate on 14 November 1911. He competed in the 2nd Aerial Derby at Hendon Aerodrome on 20 September 1913, flying a Morane Saulnier. Slack was killed on 21 December 1913 in a motoring accident. From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume II, by R. Dallas Brett [The Aviation Book Club, London, 1934]