SEVENTEEN PLANES started from Sydney last Monday morning in the 2,400-mile air race to Perth, one of the longest races cf its kind ever contested. The airmen reached Perth on Saturday afternoon, H. Miller winning the £l,ooo prize. Major de Havillnd put up the fastest time. His average speed over the route (which is shown above)was 105 miles an hour.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 787, 7 October 1929, Page 11
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60SEVENTEEN PLANES started from Sydney last Monday morning in the 2,400-mile air race to Perth, one of the longest races cf its kind ever contested. The airmen reached Perth on Saturday afternoon, H. Miller winning the £l,000 prize. Major de Havillnd put up the fastest time. His average speed over the route (which is shown above)was 105 miles an hour. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 787, 7 October 1929, Page 11
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