CIRCUIT OF EUROPE
BROAD AND BUTLER DO WELL , MAXIMUM MARKS FOR SPEED British Official Wireless. (Keceived ist August, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, 31st July. Captain Broad and Mr. Alan Butler were the only two competitors out of 00 entrants in the air circuit of Europe to earn the maximum 270 points for flight and reliability. Mr. Carberry, another British entrant,- was third with 268. Captain Broad and Mr. Butler both used Gipsy Moths and their average speed during 4750 miles circuit was 110 miles an .hour. Marks are 'also awarded for comfort, for consumption, and other technical points, and tests on these begin at Berlin to-morrow.,
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 28, 1 August 1930, Page 9
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105CIRCUIT OF EUROPE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 28, 1 August 1930, Page 9
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