GREAT AIR RACE
BUSY AT MILDENHALL
INSPECTION TOMORROW
PILOTS AND 'PLANES
(British Official Wireless.) , (Eeccived October 13, 11.30 a.m.) BUGBY, October 12. Plans for the' start on October 20 of the great air race to Australia for the MacHobertson Trophy.are being completed at Mildenhall, Suffolk, one of the largest aerodromes in England. Even the heaviest aeroplanes in the race should experience no take-off difficulties, for runways of about 1500 yards are available, and as the surrounding country is flat the approaches are excellent. All the competitors for the race, which is being organised by the Boyal Aero Club, have not yet arrived in England, but they must assemble by Sunday when the machines will be weighed and inspected and a meeting of pilots will be held to discuss the start arrangements.
Meanwhile, the pilots already in. England are the guests of the club at a banquet, this evening, presided over by Lord Gorell, to which many distinguished people, including the American Ambassador, Mr. B. W. Bingham, and the High Commissioner for Australia, Mr. Stanley Bruce have been invited.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 9
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178GREAT AIR RACE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 9
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