MELBOURNE AIR RACE
BRITISH POSSIBILITIES
A SEEIOUS LOSS
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received October 28, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 27. 'The "Evening Standard" deplores t^.c loss of the mail carrier on Tuesday, as it was the only.machine so farbuilt in Britain embodying the requisite range and speed- to enable ..a reasonable chance of winning the Lon-don-Melbourne race. The only other comparable British machine is the moil carrier built by the Avro Company, which reached 170 miles per hour/ in the King's Cup race in 1932. It has now been re-engined, and is , expected to be capable of travelling at 200 mile* per hour. ' ' '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 103, 28 October 1933, Page 10
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104MELBOURNE AIR RACE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 103, 28 October 1933, Page 10
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