ATLANTIC AIR RACE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 12

ATLANTIC AIR RACE.

SCOTT'S COMET BOUGHT.

WILL ENTER CONTEST,

(Special.— Br Air Mall.)

LONDON, January 23.

The do Havilland Comet aeroplane in which Mr. C. W. A. Scott and the late Campbell Black won the Australia air race, has been bought from the Air Ministry to whom it was sold after the race by Mr. Thomas Lipton. Mr. Lipton, a metal merchant and refiner, has bought the Comet to fly it himself in the North Atlantic air race next August. He has won many races in this country, including the annual LondonNewcastle race and the Siddelcy Trophy in the King's Cup. He generally has as his passenger and eo-pilot his son, John, aged 15, and it is possible that John will accompany his father as copilot in the Comet. John has done many hours flying with his father and accompanies him on flying trips about the country. His younger sister, Peggy, has also done a lot of flying. The Comet will have a good chance of winning the race. It has a range of more than 3000 miles, and a speed of 220 m.p.h. It has flown only a little more than 100 hours. Mr. Lipton will make one stop between New York and Paris, probably at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Other British starters are expected to be Mrs. Amy Mollison, in a French Caudron machine, which she has already bought, and Mr. Mollison, in the Bellanca Flash, in which he has already flown the Atlantic in record time.