ON WAY AGAIN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 3 October 1936, Page 7

ON WAY AGAIN

CLOUSTON IN AIR RACE HOPE OF FINISHING TO-MORROW ARRIVAL AT ENTEBBE (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy right) (Received 3rd October, 9.50 a.m.) JOHANNESBURG, 2nd October. All aerodromes are being lighted tonight in expectation of Flight-Lieut. A. Clouston’s resumption of the air race in the hope of finishing on Sunday to qualify for the handicap prize. An Entebbe message says that Clouston arrived there at 4.48 p.m. British Standard Time. It is revealed that Llewellyn was four hours ahead of Scott when he crashed owing to a shortage of petrol due to a leak, while searching for a landing place after inability to find the Abercorn aerodrome. The plane hit spme trees, overturned and was completely wrecked.

VICTOR SMITH INJURED

CRASH ON WAY TO LONDON MACHINE BADLY DAMAGED LONDON, Ist October. The Vienna correspondent of “The Times” states that a message from Salonika states that Mr Victor Smith, who made a forced landing in the air race at Skoplje, took off for London and crashed near the village at Tugari, receiving minor injuries. His machine was badly damaged. Flying a Miles Sparrowhawk machine, Mr Victor Smith made a forced landing at Skoplje, Yugoslavia, on account of oil trouble, and announced that he was withdrawing from the race. The news that he was still participating caused some surprise, but after leaving Skoplje he again made a forced landing 20 miles from Salonika. He declared that he would resume after making repairs, but subsequently it was definitely announced that he had withdrawn.

THE WINNING PLANE

WORLD’S FASTEST FOR POWER AND LOAD (British Official Wireless) (Received 3rd October, 11.55 a.m.) RUGBY, 2nd October. The aeroplane in which Mr C. W. A. Scott won the air race is a Percival Vega Gull, with a 200 h.p. Gipsy engine, and is the same type as the machine which Mrs Markham flew across the Atlantic. It is one of the fastest aeroplanes for its power and load in existence. Mr Edgar Percival, the designer, is also the designer of the Mew Gull in which Captain Halse made such high speed over the first part of the course.

VICTIMS OF CRASH

BURIAL AT ABERCORN (British Official Wireless) (Received 3rd October, 11.55 a.m.) RUGBY, 2nd October. Findlay and Morgan, the victims of the crash at Abercorn were buried there to-day.