THE AIR RACE
(Australian Press Association). PERTH, Oct. 6.: The air raee from Sydney to Perth finished yesterday afternoon in boisterous weather. Heath arrived first but the computation of the times is not yet complete.. It is forecasted that Miller will will the £IOOO first prize for the liandi.ap, and that Major de Havßand will, wip the £3OO prize for the fastest time. The order in which the first plane arrived at Perth was: Heath, Murray, and Bardsley. The pilots all report that the flight from .Tammin was extremely rough. When the fliers left Kalgoorlie yesterday morning on the last day’s flight to Perth, an icy wind was blowing against them, and it made the going heavy. > ;; All of the planes reached Tammin except Pratt’s Gipsy Moth, which,, when flying low near Boonbee, was caught by a gust and driven againsf a tree. The pilot and the passenger, ..anies, were injured, and the machine was badly damaged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1929, Page 3
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157THE AIR RACE Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1929, Page 3
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