CENTENARY AIR RACE
TU IUI KDITUII OF TUB I'IIF.SS. Sir,—Although I am keenly interested in aviation, also the coming air race of 12,000 miles, I think that if we are asked to find the enormous amount of £ 10.000, or approximately that sum, in the present state of our country's finances, some New Zealand people may comment. It would be far better if the money was spent to strengthen our air force in view of modern developments in warfare. The New Zealand Air Force still possesses some obsolete machines.
To enter the race New Zealand would really need at least three machines, as one aeroplane would only mean a gamble. We cannot say that the designed high-speed ceroplane will be supreme. The petrol consumption may be greater, the landings more frequent which would help to handicap them, whereas the slower aeroplanes with a longer fiying-range may prove the best, as the reduced landings would be in tl.eir favour. The pilot would need to have tropical flying experiences, so as to nurse the engine when flying through the tropics. —Yours, etc..
KEITH BROWN. Ran?;iora. April 1!0. 1034.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21146, 23 April 1934, Page 9
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