BIG AIR RACE
LONDON TO JOHANNESBURG NINE MACHINES CHECK IN FOR TESTING Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 24. (Received September 25, at 2 p.m.) Nine machines checked in at Portsmouth for the purpose of preliminary tests for the London-Johanncsburg race. The competitors are;— Max Findlay and Ken Eller in an Airspeed Enyoy. Victor Smith in a Miles Sparrow Hawk. Flying-officer A. Ciouston in a Miles Hawke Six. ... _ K. Alington and Lieutenant P. Booth in a B. A. Kaglc. D. Llewellyn in a Percival Vega Gull. Tommy Rose and Jack Bngshaw in a 8.A.4 Double Eagle. C. W. A. Scott and Giles Guthrie in a Percival Vega Gull. Major A. Miller in a Percival Mew Gull. „ , . „ . , „ Captain S. Halse in a Percival Mew Gull. ■ . ... , .. ~ . Application is likely on behan ot a Percival Vega Gull entered by Lieutenant Chanel and Randolph; the arrival of which was delayed. It is expected that 50,000 people will. watch the start at dawn on September 29.
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Evening Star, Issue 22453, 25 September 1936, Page 12
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160BIG AIR RACE Evening Star, Issue 22453, 25 September 1936, Page 12
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