EUROPEAN RACE
BRITISHERS IN FRONT. (British Official Wireless.) liy' ■ RUGBY, July.2l. Extremely difficult flying weather, wind and r.lpw Risibility,. was encountered by;';the competitorms. in Round Europe Air Contest, who flew in day stages! from Calais to Bristol and London, apdftback across, .the Channel. All the. .sevenp Entrants, including Lady Bailey andr Miss ,-Spooner, were •' -well up ip the first ’flight. The comH•. potitprs hpve been., weather bound > at Calais nearly all this morning. Alan Butler (Britain) in • his.:. Gipsy Moth, was the first to reach. Bristol, and he said that?,he had. seldom experienced more, violent-bumping. After. Bvftler came Thorn, Carberry, Miss Spooner,, Andrews, Lady Bailey and. Board. French and German machines followed. Butler, again led .the departures for Heston air. park in London, and he was the fi r ‘.t. awnyjfor. l Sain Ingelvert, being closely followed by Polk (Germany) and Miss Spooner. . > r ‘YVi>l •••■'.! f.'.i '■/i-.'ff/':': '
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1930, Page 3
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