AVIATION EVENTS
A KENT DISASTER
SPIN FROM 200 FEET,
TWO LIVES LOST,
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.! (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, September 3.
John James, a cousin of Lord Northbourne, and Mr Norman Ramsey, sou of Mr Robert Ramsey, a. cricketer and aviator, well-known in Australia, were killed in a crash at Adinham, Kent, during 1 a treasure hunt organised by the. Kent Flying Club, "While the young men wore circling in an aeroplane at a height of 200 feet trying to identify the number of a car taking part in the hunt, the engine stalled and the machine fell into a spin and crashed. Tho first aerial treasure hunt was organised by Miss Siecle O’Brien, in 1931. iShe was the daughter of Sir Timothy O’Brien, a well-known cricketer. Miss O’Brien already had lost one log in a flying accident, when, later in the year, she was killed in a crash.
EN ROUTE TO AMERICA. MR ULM ABOARD MAKURA. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day. A passenger on the Makura, which' arrived yesterday from Sydney, is Mr 0. T. P. Ulm, the Australian aviator, who is en route to America to study aviation developments. Later Mr Ulm jwill proceed to England to take delivery of a two-engin-ed British commercial aeroplane of the latest type. He has not yet decided whether he will fly to Australia.
MORE SCRATCHING^.
FROM CENTENARY RACE
(Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, August 31
Five more withdrawals from the London-Melbourne air race have taken place. These are entries by Andre Guiet (Algeria), W. Cournetay (Britain), C. Cudell Goetz (Portugal), Captain Allen iS. Butler (Britain), all in the handicap event, and the WedellWilliams Air Service Corporation (America) in the speed event. This last was necessitated by the death of James E. Wedell, famous speed flier, who ;syas to have piloted the machine.
ANOTHER HUTCHISON FLIGHT. NEW YORK TO LONDON. '(Received fl a.m.) LOS ANGELES, September 2. Mr George Hutchison, who some years ago attempted to fly across the North Atlantic with his wife and several children took off for New York today en route to London via Newfoundland.
CENTENARY CONTEST. 'STARTING BASE CHOSEN. AERODROME IN .SUFFOLK. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 3. The Air Council has sanctioned the new airport aerodrome at Mildenhall, near Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, as the base for the Centenary air race starting on October 20. No civil aero club possesses the necessary hangar accommodation. The Royal Aero Club is entirely responsible for the organisation of the start. The Mildenhall hangars consist of two sheds, each of 30,000 super feet. The aerodrome is 14,000 by 11,000 yards, with a maximum run of 15,000 vards.
The area is free from fog and the surface is not likely to become boggy. There are no adjacent tall obstructions. /
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Northern Advocate, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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