CENTENARY AIR RACE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 10, 22 December 1933, Page 9

CENTENARY AIR RACE

Conditions Announced FIVE MAIN FACTORS By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. MELBOURNE, December 21. The final conditions are announced for the centenary air race, which will be international in character and not limited to competitors in Empire machines, and the first machine to cross a white line drawn across Flemington Racecourse collects a cheque for £lO,OOO. The formula for the handicap race is designed to encourage commercial aviation. Success will depend on five main factors: (1) Ability of the pilot to get through. (2) Speed of his machine (3) Luck. (4) Weather and other conditions. (5) Pay load. October 20, 1934, is the date of starting. A deposit of £550 for the speed race and £lO for the handicap is required, and it will be forfeited if any machine fails to reach Baghdad. Any machine failing to complete the course in 16 calendar days will be disqualified. . There will be checking points along the route. MR. & MRS. MOLLISONS’ PLANS LONDON, December 20. Mr J. Mollison has decided to enter the air race from London to Australia in connection with the Melbourne centenary celebrations. It i» possible that his wife will be co-pilot, but that depends on her health FOREIGN CRAFTS’ SPEED British Official Wireless Service, RUGBY, December 20. The attention of the Under-Secretary for Air, the Rt. Hon. Sir -Philip Sassoon, was called in the House of Commons to the speed ' of some foreign civil aircraft. He pointed out that on the Imperial air routes safety and economical work*mg were important considerations, and while speed was being kept very much m mind, other factors were decisive in aircraft for services intended to operate on n commercial basis without subsidy. In this respect tlio British services compared favourably with those of -other countries. He >dded that tlio possibilities night flying as a means of ensuring quicker journeys was the subject of I cc*®4uderattot» and sspsnnient.