KING’S CUP AIR RACE
CONDITIONS PERFECT GOOD WIN FOR HENSHAW Prtm Aaaodstion—By Telegraph—Copyngß LONDON, July 2. The King’s Cup Air Race resulted in a win for A. Henshaw, who flew a Mew Gull. His handicap was llmin . 4sec, conceding 2h 38min Isec to the + limits man. Guthrie, in-a Mew Gull, '' off a handicap of 18inin, was second. Flying-officer Clouston, accompanied by his wife, flew a B.A. Eagle with .a ■ handicap of 2h 46imin, but retired in the tenth lap owing to a stoppage in the petrol tank of the machine. v There were 14 competitors, and the conditions were perfect. Henshaw averaged 236 J miles an hour, the fastest in the race, for which there is a special prize of £3OO, in addition to the first prize of £Boo.'
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Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 9
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129KING’S CUP AIR RACE Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 9
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