12 Which company was formed in 1974 to develop part of the airfield site?


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6 What is the surname of the Chief Designer, later Managing Director, of Vickers-Armstrongs Aircraft and Chairman of the British Aircraft Corporation?


7 Which make of motorcycle did WO Bentley ride in his first race at Brooklands in 1909?


8 What make of car did SF Edge use to set a 24-hour record on the Track in June 1907?


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13 Who was Chief Instructor and later owner of the Brooklands Flying School and Brooklands School of Flying?


14 Which manufacturer’s cars formed the basis of racing specials such as the ‘Dutch Clog’ and ‘Mrs Jo-Jo’?


15 Name the annual air race which had Brooklands as its finishing point in 1928 and 1932.


16 Which engine powered the last combat aircraft built at Brooklands?


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9 Name the famous Brooklands goat after which one of the corners on the Campbell Circuit was named.


10 What is the name of the giant six-engined triplane built at Brooklands in 1917, which crashed on its first take-off at Farnborough?


11 Which company’s engines powered Alcock and Brown’s Transatlantic Vimy, built at Brooklands in 1919?


17 What was the given name of the Anglo-American racing driver who drove the single-seat Duesenberg to a lap speed of 138.15mph in 1934 and was later the Chairman of BOAC?


18 Which company had car, racing, record-breaking and aero engines that performed at Brooklands all designed by Louis Coatalen?


19 Who was the last Royal Patron of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club?


20 What is the name of RGJ Nash’s collection of pioneer aircraft and vehicles, largely destroyed in the bombing raid of 4 September, 1940?


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