Although neither Scott nor Black went to bed until midnight yesterday, both were awake by seven o'clock this morning. Scott stated that they ...
Article : 72 wordsParmentier secured second place in the Centenary Air Race to-day, when 19 hours behind Mr. C. W. A. Scott and Capt. Campbell Black he flashed past the winning post at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, to-day. ...
Article : 581 wordsDeclaring "This is how the most dangerous opponent was elilminated by sport-loving England, which protested when the Australians won ...
Article : 162 wordsProfessor and Mrs. G. Piccard took off at an early hour this morning from Detroit, Michigan, in a balloon flight into the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Amsterdam representative of the British United Press says there was a touching scche in the streets early this morning..Thousands ...
Article : 71 wordsColumns of press comment on the Air Race could be cabled to Australia, but would be mere repetition of superlatives. All editorials recognise ...
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Advertising : 223 words"It is splendid," declared Captain de Haviland, referring to Mr. C. W. A. Scott's victory to-day. "I did not think that the Comet ...
Article : 53 wordsWarrant Officer Hello flew a seaplane at 441.1 miles per hour at Lake Carde to-day, breaking his own record of 423 ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Englishmen, Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller, who are flying a Comet machine, landed here at 7.55 to-night, Eastern standard time, and ...
Article : 60 wordsMack Sennett, the American film magnate, to-day cabled Scott and Black, "Heartiest congratulations. What are your terms to appear in a ...
Article : 41 wordsMacGregor and Walker arrived here at 2 p.m. to-day from Rangoon. They were the first handicap flyers to arrive. They had an uneventful ...
Article : 41 wordsParmentier's time was 3 days 18 hours, 18 mins. In an interview Parmentier said that he was very happy, in spite of all the trouble they had ...
Article : 635 wordsSennett said that his idea was to build up a dramatic story of getting the mails to Australia, using Scott's flight as part of the Air Race, at ...
Article : 93 wordsThe authorities to-day decided that Croydon aerodromo, was not suitable for Colonel Fitzmaurice's test. Therefore, in the presence of American ...
Article : 49 wordsThe positions of the airmen in the Centenary Air Race, who have not yet touched the Australian coast, are as follows: ...
Article : 115 wordsThe possibility of a knighthood being conferred upon Mr. C. W. A. Scott is being freely discussed in aviation circles. If such a ...
Article : 48 wordsThe result of the Race set the British people seriously thinking about the Empire Air Mail service. The "Daily Herald" aviation writer ...
Article : 198 wordsA cable from the King at Sandringham, which was received by Mr. C. W. A. Scott in Melbourne, declared, "The Queen and I warmly ...
Article : 67 wordsPraise and admiration for the efforts of the people of Albury in their valuable aid in assisting the 'plane to make a safe landing on the ...
Article : 277 wordsSpeaking at Birmingham to-day, the Prince of Wales, referring to Scott and Black's victory in the Air Race, paid tribute to "two very gallant ...
Article : 50 wordsThe American press commentary is displaying accounts of Scott's sensational victory and, as well as other features of the Air Race, a ...
Article : 177 wordsPALLAZZO, San Gervasio, Tuesday. It is now clear that the ill fated Gillman and Baines were killed injuries, while the other sustained a ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thu 25 Oct 1934, Page 2
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