NATIONAL AIR RACES.
BRITAIN’S REPRESENTATIVE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 10. Flight-Lieutenant Atcherley, the British Schneider Trophy pilot, will represent Britain at the national air races at Chicago on August 22. He has been invited to visit America by Lieutenant Williams, the American Schneider Trophy pilot, who has been in Europe during the last two weeks conveying invitations to representative pilots of Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany.
Flight-Lieutenant Atcherley, with the German pilot, Captain Loshe, left Southampton to-day, taking with him his own machine. He has been granted special leave by the Air Ministry. After an official reception in New York, the pilots will fly in international formation to Chicago, Lieutenant Atcherley leading.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 219, 12 August 1930, Page 7
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114NATIONAL AIR RACES. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 219, 12 August 1930, Page 7
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