PILOTS’ COMPETITIONS.
MANAWATU AERO CLUB. TOWN v. COUNTRY. Town pilots defeated country pilots by 1163 points to .1155 in a competition conducted on Sunday .by the Manawatu Aero Club. Detailed results are as follow (T denotes town, and C country): Aerobatics. — M. C. McLeod (C), 79 points, R. L. McGaifin (T.) 92, R. Linklater (C.) 75, B. Short (C) 52, Pearse (T) 65, Lecher (T) 60; Town, 217; Country. 206. Landing.—Honeyfield (T) 114, McLeod (C) 123, Linklater (C) 149, AlcGaffin (T) 116, Short (C) 116, Green (C) 91. J. Smillie (T) 139, D. Smillie (T) 139, Chandler (C) 93, Pearse (T) 79; Town, 587; Country, 564. Message dropping. —Linklater (C) 72, McGaffin (T) 83, J. Smillie (T) 61, Chandler (C) 40, D. Smillie (T) 45, Short (C) 20, Shannon (T) 42, McLeod (C) 34, Green (C) 26, ' Pearse (T) 11; Town, 242 ; Country, 192. Bombing.—McLeod (Cl 55, McGaffin (T) 63, Linklater (C) 84, Short’ (C) 54, Pearse (T) 49, Lecher (T) 5; Town, 117; Country, 193.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 176, 25 June 1935, Page 2
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166PILOTS’ COMPETITIONS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 176, 25 June 1935, Page 2
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