MR. C. W. A. SCOTT, who piloted the red De Haviland Comet to victory in the Macßobertson Centenary Air Race, and landed it at Melbourne in less than three days after taking off from Mildenhall, despite persistent engine trouble in the later stages of the flight. This is the fourth occasion on which he has held the record for flight between England and Australia.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 25 October 1934, Page 5
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64MR. C. W. A. SCOTT, who piloted the red De Haviland Comet to victory in the MacRobertson Centenary Air Race, and landed it at Melbourne in less than three days after taking off from Mildenhall, despite persistent engine trouble in the later stages of the flight. This is the fourth occasion on which he has held the record for flight between England and Australia. Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 25 October 1934, Page 5
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