STILL IN SIXTH PLACE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 29, 29 October 1934, Page 9

STILL IN SIXTH PLACE

Progress of Hewett and Kay NOW AT CLONCURRY Telegraph.—Press Assn.— —Copyright. (Received October 28, 10 p.m.) Melbourne, October 28. Hewett and Kay, who are in sixth position, reached Darwin at 8.38 on Saturday. They flew on to Newcastle Waters, where they spent the night, and are now reported to be at Cloucurry, where they are staying the night. They are expected to reach Melbourne to-morrow. Hewett’s trim Dragon, painted tangerine, was a picture in the brilliant tropic sunshine when it arrived, at Darwin on Saturday morning. Iho airmen alighted from the plane looking particularly fresh. They said the flight across the Timor Sea was the best part of the journey so far. The weather was calm and delightful. Mr. ‘F. Stewart, the wireless operator, said they had had a really’ magnificent trip throughout, although thunderstorms disturbed them somewhat when approaching Penang. They were at Allahabad when they heard the good news that Scott had arrived at Melbourne. Everyone everywhere was acclaiming Scott as the greatest flyer of the age. Kay said the Dragon,. which has been named Tainui, would be taken across the Tasman as soon as weather conditions permit after their qrrival at Melbourne because it has been commissioned for air mail work in New Zealand. It has a top speed of 165 m.p.h. and a cruising speed of about 140 m.p.h. Hewett said that the Dragon was delivered to them two days before the start of the race. He wanted it. to be as perfect when they reached Melbourne as when they left London. Consequently they had proceded steadily during the race. A Charleville message states that Hewett and! Kay got off the course after leaving Darwin and were lost for some time. They did not reach Newcastle Waters until late on Saturday afternoon. and remained there the night.