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  2. DOUGLAS PLANE SECOND IN RACE

    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 words
  3. COMMERCIAL VALUE.

    LONDON, 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 words
  4. WINNING THE RACE.

    Rested 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 words
  5. WINNERS ACCLAIMED.

    LONDON, 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 words
  6. AMERICANS THIRD.

    MELBOURNE, Oct. 24.—Swooping out of the clouds, the graceful Boeing Transport monoplane, piloted by Mr. Roscoe Turner and Mr. Clyde Pangborn. ...

    Article : 547 words
  7. "NEVER IN DANGER."

    MELBOURNE, 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 words
  8. THE ROYAL DUTCH LINE.

    AMSTERDAM, 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 words
  9. FOURTH PLACE.

    BRISBANE, 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 words
  10. THE FATAL CRASH.

    PALAZZO, 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 words
  11. FOURTH TO AUSTRALIA.

    The fourth plane in the race to reach Darwin—the Comet flown by Mr. K. Waller (left) and Mr. O. Cathcart Jones. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  12. ENGLISH SPORTSMANSHIP.

    EERLIN, Oct. 23.—The Nazi newspaper "Angriff" publishes under the streamer heading three inches high: "Why Colonel Fitzmaurice Was ...

    Article : 144 words
  13. MOLLISONS RETURNING.

    When 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 words
  14. Touching Dutch Gestures.

    AMSTERDAM, Oct. 24.—Touching street scenes were witnessed here early today. Thousands were gathered enthusiastically to cheer the news that the ...

    Article : 76 words
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