WINNER’S RECORD.
C. W. A. Scott was probably the competitor who acquired the chief interest of the Empire, even when Captain Halse appeared likely to win, through his victory with the late Mr T. Campbell Black in the Centenary air race. He is the son of Mr Kennedy Scott, conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1922 on a short service commission, and was transferred to the reserve of officers in 1926, having won the heavyweight boxing championship of the R.A.F. while in the service. In the following year he went to Australia, and until 1930 was engaged on an air mail service for Qautas, and as an instructor of the Queensland Aero Club. In 1931 he made a record flight from England to Australia in 9 days 4 hours, and a record back, 10 days 22 hours. In the following year he made another England-Australia record of 8 days 20 hours, and then with the late Mr Campbell Black, won the Melbourne Centenary Air Race, in a De Havillaaid Comet, taking 2 days 23 hours to cover the 13,323 miles between Mildenhall and Melbourne.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 261, 2 October 1936, Page 7
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191WINNER’S RECORD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 261, 2 October 1936, Page 7
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