AIRMAN SCOTT
TO ATTACK BUTLER’S RECORD. STARTS FOR AUSTRALIA ON SATURDAY. fAns. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Alarch 16 at 5.5 p.m.; LONDON, Alarch 15. The airman, Scott, sets out at the W|?ek-cnd to win back the light aeroplane record from Britain to Australia. His famous Gypsy Aloth takes off from Lympne for Darwin o n Sunday. He says: “I am going to make a big difference to the record this time if I have any luck. If the weather conditions are good, the first two thousand miles will afford a really good chance of knocking off a fair lump. ’ ’ Scott’s assoc : ates hint >hat he is aiming at lowering Butler’s record by a day. Scott probably will also try to regain the record for the return flight, which Mollison holds.
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Grey River Argus, 17 March 1932, Page 5
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