FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA
IN NINE DAYS SCOTT'S AMBITION TO BEAT THE MCCORD OF KIXGSFOTiD SMITH WELL OX HIS WAY HAS A POSSIBLE CHANCE WITH SI XG A PORE IX SIGHT By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright (Ausi. and N.Z. Cable; (Received April 7, 1.0 njn.) Delhi, April 6. Charles Scott, who is /lying t:. Australia, has arrived at Calcutta. He is now halt a day beluud his own schedule, hut six hours I cad of King-s.rn.rd Smith’s record.
THE IF OF IT
ll', however, he can reach Singn giro in two days from Calcutta hi will have overtaken his own schedule
THE AVIATOR
Mr Scott, a. former Australian Air Force pilot, hit l.ympne, England, on the morning of April L for Australia, helping to heat Kingsfoixl Smith's nine clays record. He is using it i 'JO horse-power Gipsy .Moth, fitted with extra tanks. Air Scott, who previously was a Flying Corps officer, followed a route via .Sofia, Aleppo, Bushire. Karachi, Rangoon. Singapore, Bima and Port Darwin.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2398, 7 April 1931, Page 5
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163FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2398, 7 April 1931, Page 5
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