Lost in a storm near the Victorian border on Tuesday night and forced down in hazardous circumstances on the Albury racecourse, the Dutch Airmen, Messrs. Parmentier and Moll, were in danger of losing all chance of second place in the centenary air race. ...
Article : 2,453 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.—The result of the air race to Melbourne has set the British Press furiously thinking about the Empire air mail services. ...
Article : 623 wordsRested awhile, after having won the Melbourne centenary air race, Mr. C. W. A. Scott, tells below the story of how he and Mr. T. Campbell Black, his co-pilot, brought their De Havilland Comet to victory. ...
Article : 5,502 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.—Columns of Press comment on the air race could be cabled to Australia, but it would be mere repetition of superlatives. The editorials in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 526 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 24.—Swooping out of the clouds, the graceful Boeing Transport monoplane, piloted by Mr. Roscoe Turner and Mr. Clyde Pangborn. ...
Article : 547 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 24.—The story of the modern Flying Dutchman is the aerial epic of the century which Queen Wilhemina has rewarded with the Dutch ...
Article : 1,027 wordsAMSTERDAM, Oct. 24.—The K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Air Lines) are ordering ten more American Douglas airliners similar to that flown in the air race by ...
Article : 68 wordsBRISBANE, Oct. 24.—Mistaking the lights of Mt. Isa for Cloncurry, Mr. K. Waller and Mr. O. Cathcart Jones landed at Mt. Isa tonight. A red ...
Article : 531 wordsPALAZZO, Oct. 23.—It is now clear that Squadron-Leader H. D. Gilham and Flight-Lieut. J. K. C. Baines, who were killed in the fatal crash of their Fairey ...
Article : 228 wordsThe fourth plane in the race to reach Darwin—the Comet flown by Mr. K. Waller (left) and Mr. O. Cathcart Jones. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsEERLIN, Oct. 23.—The Nazi newspaper "Angriff" publishes under the streamer heading three inches high: "Why Colonel Fitzmaurice Was ...
Article : 144 wordsWhen repairs to the engines of their Comet plane are completed. Mr. and Mrs J. A. Mollison intend to return to England. Leaving England on Saturday ...
Article : 113 wordsAMSTERDAM, Oct. 24.—Touching street scenes were witnessed here early today. Thousands were gathered enthusiastically to cheer the news that the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 25 Oct 1934, Page 17
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