TWO-DAY AIR RACE
PIGMY BEATS GIANT BY FOUR SECONDS. (Rec. July 11, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 10. Captain Broad, flying a 30 h°r power engined De Haviland “Moth, plant, won a two-day air race for the King’s Cup. The fourteen starters, all British machines, made four circuits of two triangular courses, a total distance of 1464 miles, starting and finishing at Hendon. The engines ranged from 430 to 20 horse-power, and the allowances were from five hours down to scratch. Lieutenant Scholefield, with a 450 horse-power Vixen Napier, was second, and landed within a few seconds of Captain Broad.— Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 255, 12 July 1926, Page 4
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