20,000 SEE AUCKLAND’S FIRST AERIAL PAGEANT
Moth Gymnastics CAPTAIN J. SEABROOK WINS THE DERBY MOCK ATTACK ON DUMP. Per Press Association. ) AUCKLAND, Last Night. Twelve aeroplanes took part in the Auckland Aero club’s first pageant at Mangere aerodrome to-day. The attendance being estimated at 20,000. Excellent displays of formation flying, aerial drill and trick flying were given, concluding with a realistic imitation of an attack on an ammunition dump, ' which was defended by two aeroplanes and a detachment of infantry and machine gunS. Results of the competitions were:— New Zealand Aerial Derby, over a triangular course of 12 miles:— First heat: Captain J. Seabroek 1, Major K. Caldwell 2, F. D. Mill 3. Won by three lengths. Three others started. Second heat: Captain D. Darkness 1, Captain Ewan Dickson '2, Captain J. C. Mercer 3. Won by two lengths, five others started. Final: Captain Seabrook (two seconds handicap) 1, Captain Hnrkness (ser) 2, Captain Dickson (fivfe seconds) 3. Won by two lengths. Time, 7mia. All competitors nlaeed in tho heats oi the final flew D.H. Moths. Fly Past and Landing competition: Captain J. L. Findlay 1, Major G. A. Cowper 2, Captain T. W. White 3. All these also flew Moths.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6890, 22 April 1929, Page 6
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