THE BIG AIR RACE
AMERICAN PLANE TESTED HIGH SPEED OBTAINED i ■. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, September 11. . Turner and Pangborn, testing the air mail aeroplane they will use in the Centenary Race, flew non-stop from Seattle to Los Angeles, 1,180 miles, at an average speed of 204 miles an hour. The total flying time was 5h 20min. They will attempt a transcontinental-flight to lower the existing record, KINGSFORD SMITH'S PLANE CERTIFICATE EXPECTED. SYDNEY, September 12. Sir Charles Kingsford Sipith has been officially advised that ho -will be able to leave Australia on September 25, even if information certifying to the airworthiness of his monoplane has not arrived. The Civil Aviation Department anticipates that the American Department of Commerce will shortly cable a certificate of airworthiness for race purposes. Sir Charles is delighted. He said that on the certificate depended the amount of petrol he would be permitted to carry.
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Evening Star, Issue 21824, 13 September 1934, Page 9
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151THE BIG AIR RACE Evening Star, Issue 21824, 13 September 1934, Page 9
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