FIRST STAGE OVER.
C. Pratt Leading In Sydney
To Perth Air Race.
MISHAPS TO MACHINES. (Received 11.30 a.m.) MELBOUENE, this day. C. Pratt," in a Moth, is leading in the air race from Sydney to Perth, with H. Miller's de Havilland 9 and B. Bard3ley's Moth second and third respectively. There were several minor mishaps on the flight to Melbourne, breakdowns occurring to three machines. Bertram Heath, in a de Havilland 50, made the fastest flying time but, on his handicap, is last, owing to,his losing over an hour in starting from Sydney.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 232, 1 October 1929, Page 7
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