KING’S AIR RACE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 11 September 1937, Page 9

KING’S AIR RACE

CRASH AT SCARBOROUGH TWO OCCUPANTS KILLED (United Press Association—B.v Electrlo i ele-iraph—Copyrightl (Received 11th September, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 10th September. Wing-Commander E. G. Hilton, flying a Miles Falcon, accompanied by WingCommander Percy Sherran, crashed at Scarborough on the first stage of the King's Cup Air Race to Newcastle. Both were killed. An eye-witness says that a squall caught Hilton's ‘plane and lifted it up fifty feet, whirling it round. Spectators were horror-stricken when- a man was thrown through the roof of the cockpit and somersaulted and fell on the roof of a disused cafe. The body of the other occupant was found in the cockpit. Two other competitors made forced landings. PRIZE FOR FASTEST TIME WON BY AUSTRALIAN EIGHTEEN TO COMPETE IN FINAL STAGE (Received 11th September, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, 10th September. In the King’s Cup air race the Australian Percival won £2OO for the fastest time in the high-powered class at the conclusion of the first day’s flight. Percival’s speed was 225.2 miles per hour, a record for the contest. Some of the ’planes were badly buffeted. Eighteen leaders ’ ill fly the final stage to London via Carlisle and Bristol to-morrow.