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  2. CONGRATULATIONS FROM DUTCH FLIERS

    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 words
  3. THE CENTENARY AIR RACE

    Parmentier 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 words
  4. GERMAN GIBE

    Declaring "This is how the most dangerous opponent was elilminated by sport-loving England, which protested when the Australians won ...

    Article : 162 words
  5. INTO DIZZY HEIGHTS

    Professor and Mrs. G. Piccard took off at an early hour this morning from Detroit, Michigan, in a balloon flight into the ...

    Article : 74 words
  6. TOUCHING TRIBUTE BY DUTCH PEOPLE

    The Amsterdam representative of the British United Press says there was a touching scche in the streets early this morning..Thousands ...

    Article : 71 words
  7. SUPERLATIVES

    Columns of press comment on the Air Race could be cabled to Australia, but would be mere repetition of superlatives. All editorials recognise ...

    Article : 253 words
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  9. SURPRISE FOR CAPT. DE HAVILAND

    "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 words
  10. NEW AIR SPEED RECORD

    Warrant Officer Hello flew a seaplane at 441.1 miles per hour at Lake Carde to-day, breaking his own record of 423 ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. RESTING AT MT. ISA

    The 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 words
  12. OFFER FROM AMERICAN FILM MAGNATE

    Mack Sennett, the American film magnate, to-day cabled Scott and Black, "Heartiest congratulations. What are your terms to appear in a ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. FIRST HANDICAP PLANES AT SINGAPORE

    MacGregor 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 words
  14. PARMENTIER HAPPY

    Parmentier'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 words
  15. IDEA FOR FILM.

    Sennett 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 words
  16. FITZMAURICE'S TEST

    The authorities to-day decided that Croydon aerodromo, was not suitable for Colonel Fitzmaurice's test. Therefore, in the presence of American ...

    Article : 49 words
  17. PROGRESS OF THE RACE

    The positions of the airmen in the Centenary Air Race, who have not yet touched the Australian coast, are as follows: ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. KNIGHTHOOD FOR SCOIT?

    The possibility of a knighthood being conferred upon Mr. C. W. A. Scott is being freely discussed in aviation circles. If such a ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. EFFECT ON MAIL SERVICE

    The result of the Race set the British people seriously thinking about the Empire Air Mail service. The "Daily Herald" aviation writer ...

    Article : 198 words
  20. THE KING'S MESSAGE

    A 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 words
  21. ALBURY'S EFFORTS APPRECIATED

    Praise 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 words
  22. PRINCE OF WALES' TRIBUTE.

    Speaking 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 words
  23. HOMAGE FROM AMERICA

    The American press commentary is displaying accounts of Scott's sensational victory and, as well as other features of the Air Race, a ...

    Article : 177 words
  24. GILLMAN AND BAINES KILLED

    PALLAZZO, San Gervasio, Tuesday. It is now clear that the ill fated Gillman and Baines were killed injuries, while the other sustained a ...

    Article : 129 words
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