THE GREAT AIR RACE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 58, 2 December 1919, Page 7

THE GREAT AIR RACE

ROSS-SMITH AND POULET

A GREAT RECEPTION

THE FINAL STAGES

Bj Tol/iemph-Preen Ajsoclatioa-OopjrlirTU London, November 30. Captain Tioss-Sinilh lias cabled from Rangoon, under tlnfci} November 30, thai. he left Akyab at 7..'K) .a.m., and arrived at Rangoon at noon, in good weather. Hi* followed the coast for a hundred miles, then went east across Uio mountains, which are rugged and heavily timbered. Ho struck the lir.T.vaddy River near Pwine, and thence went south. He circled over Rangoon for ten minutes, ami landed in tlio racecourse, where he was received by a crowd of about forty thousand, and Lad a great oration. The Yiniy was the first machine that ever landed in Rangoon. He was coming to Rangoon yesterday direct from Calcutta, but the races were in progress. Tlio Turf Club offered to postpone the pees, but the machine landed at Akyab instead. It is hoped to reach Bangkok to-morrow.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE STAGES FROM RANGOON TO AUSTRALIA. Sydney, December 1. Captain Ros3-Smith telegraphs that he intends to fly in one day to Kalidjati, and theiico to Binia (on Sunibioya. Island, east of Java). If l'oulet is not pursuing him too closely, he will land after reaching Biniaj but otherwise he proposes to 11 v direct to Australia.—Press Assn. ROSS-SMITH FIRST AT RANGOON. Calcutta, November 30. Captain Ross-Smith took on board hero tlio first. Australian aerinl mail. M. Poulet reached Rangoon an tour behind Captain Ross-Smith—Renter. AUSTRALIA IN TEN DAYS. (Kcc. December 1, 10.25 p.m.) Allahabad, December 1. Captain Ro.-:s-Smith and Poulet left Rangoon at daybreak for Singapore. RossSiniUi expects* to reach Bangkok in five hours', and is duo in Australia at nine o'clock on December 13. He expect*, however, to accomplish the journey by December 10 or U, all going well.—Aus.N.Z. Cable A&s'n.

THE MARTINSYDE ENTRY ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. London, Nove-inbar 27. A ctmpiete ciia'.u of petrol dumps has been arranged beyond Indiii in connection with the- Martinsydo flight, The machine will cany a number of spare parts and a propeller, floats, magnetos, wings, and other parts 'being distributed alone the route. When l*ie floats are attached to tho machine in India, armoured propellers will be used for the rest of the journey as a precaution against the splitting of blades in tho event of cou>tact with water. A land under-carriage is being deposited at Darwin. The maclune had undergone a number of independent tests under full load by the builders* before it was handed over to Hovell a fortnight ago. ami tho pilot lias nindn frequent flights eincc.—Aus.A'.Z. Cable Assn.