CENTENARY AIR RACE
MILDENHALL AERODROME AS ~ BASE AREA FREE FROM FOG .. .. (United Press Association —By Electric ■ Telegraph—Copyright) (Received'4tlT September, 10.50'a.m.) LONDON, 3rd September. Tliq Air Council sanctioned the new Air Force aerodrome at Mildenhall as a base for the Centenary Air Race, starting on 20th . October, : No . ..civil aero club possesses tlie necessary bant gar accommodation. The Royal Aero Club will he entirely responsible for the organisation, at Mildenhall, the hangars of which consist of two sheds each thirty thousand feet..
The aerodrome is 14,000 by 11,000. yards, with a maximum run of. 15,000“ yards. The area is free from fog, the ; surface is unlikely to become boggy, and there are no adjacent tall ob-C structions. - ;■ ■■ -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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