DH.60 Moth G-EBKT at Cawood.
On Saturday, 2nd October 1926 the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club organised their second air pageant at the aerodrome at Sherburn in Elmet where they operated. Various flying displays were given by both civilians and also the RAF. To be part of the pageant a pilot flew her Moth aeroplane to Sherburn from London and landed without incident. This pilot had entered at least one flying race that would involve flying a roughly triangular course from Sherburn, using Selby and Tadcaster as turning points before returning to Sherburn to land. Prior to the race this pilot took off from Sherburn to make preliminary flight of the course, unfortunately on the leg between Selby and Tadcaster the aeroplane's engine cut out. Left with little time to make a landing the pilot put the aeroplane into a stall over a small cornfield near Cawood Castle and a heavy landing was made. The aeroplane's undercarriage was broken off and it came to rest with the tail in the air. There was a male passenger in the aeroplane but his name does not appear to have been given in newspaper reports, both pilot and passenger escaped injury. The pilot was driven back to Sherburn in Elmet and was able to compete in at least one race later in the day, coming second.
Pilot - Mrs Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Elliot-Lynn.
Passenger - (male) Name unknown.