DUTCH MACHINE IN HOT PURSUIT
MOLLISONS IN FRONT AT KARACHI SERIOUS DELAY BY MISHAP The start" of the great Centenary air race from Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, to Melbourne was witnessed early on Saturday morning by several thousand spectators. Twenty competitors left the starting line and all were in the air 1 5 minutes later. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison, who were the first to leave, held their lead rig through to Karachi, India, which they reached in remarkably fast time, but on t e ™ a y to Allahabad, from there they had engine trouble and had to turn back for repairs, hey were then overtaken by Messrs. C. W, A. Scott and T. Campbell Black. The first stages of the flight to the Continent proved adventurous fliers, who met with bad weather conditions, fog and consequent y poor visii • made forced landings, for one cause or another, and minor damage to machines caused J. Cochran (United States) and her companions had a roughi and on arrival there Miss Cochran withdrew from the race, owing landing gear of her machine. < _____
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19341022.2.48.1
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21937, 22 October 1934, Page 9
Word Count
180DUTCH MACHINE IN HOT PURSUIT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21937, 22 October 1934, Page 9
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in