FULL LIST OF AIR RACE COMPETITORS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21934, 18 October 1934, Page 11

FULL LIST OF AIR RACE COMPETITORS

PILOTS AND THEIR AEROPLANES PARTICULARS OF THE ENGINES LONDON, Oct! 16 Following is a detailed revised list. of the probable starters in the Centenary air race. The names are preceded by racing numbers, which will be used for reference. IN THE HANDICAP EVENT ONLY No. Fliers Machine Engine H.P. 2 McGregor and Walker Miles Hawk Gipsy Major 120 7 Hansen and Jensen Desoutter Gipsy 105 14 D. E. Stodart, Airspeed Courier Siddeley ~ 270 K. G. Stodart Cheetah 16 C. J. Melrose Puss Moth Gipsy Major 120 31 H. L. Brook and Miles Falcon Gipsy Major 120 Miss Lay (passenger) § 33 J. H. Wright and J. Lambert Monocoupe Warner Scarab 145 Polando 47 Flight-Lieut. G. Shaw Klemm Eagle Gipsy Major 120 IN THE SPEED RACE ONLY 5 Col. Roscoe Turner, Boeing Transport Pratt Whitney 550 C. Pangborn and Miss- Wasps R. Nicol 6 D. L. Astes, G. J. Pander Mail Wright 400 Geysendorfer & Prone Whirlwinds 29 Col. Fitzmaurico and Special Bellanca Pratt Whitney 700 Bonar Wasp, Jr. 4.6 Miss Jacqueline Coch- Granville Pratt Whitney 525 ran, Wesley Smith Hornet and R. Leonard (the latter joining at Allahabad) COMPETING IN BOTH RACES 15 C. G. Davies Fairey 111. Napier Lion 530 191 Lieut. O. Cathcart- D.H. Comet Two Special 225 Jones and Wall Gipsy Sixes 34 C. W. A. Scott and D.H. Comet Two Special 225 T. Campbell Black Gipsy Sixes 35 R. Parer and G. E. Fairey Fox Fairey Felix 450 Hemsworth 36 J. Woods and Bennett Lockheed Vega Pratt-Whitney 400 Wasp 44 K. D. Parmentier, J. Douglas Two Wright 715 J. Moll, Vanbrugge, Cyclones Prins, and 3 passengers: Gielesen, Dominique and Fraulein Rasche ' 54 Molinier and Challe Bleriot 111. Gnome et 110 Rhone 58 Captain T. Neville Airspeed Viceroy Two Siddeley 290 Stack, S. L. Turner Cheetahs and Mc Arthur ... 60 Sqdn.-Leader J. D. D.H. Dragon Two Gipsy 205 Hewett, C. E. Kay Sixes and F. Stewart . 62 H. D. Gilman and Fairey Fox Fairey , Felix 430 Baines „ .. „ Nt 63 J. A. Mollison and D.H. Comet Two Special 225 Mrs. Mqllison, ' Gipsy Sixes