SCOTT'S BIG LEAD
PARMENTIER IN PURSUIT POSSIBILITIES REVIEWED ' " LONDON. Oct. 31 The Aviation ./correspondent of the Australian Press Association states that barring accidents it will be hard to catch Mr. C. W. A. Scott, but it is significant that Mr. Parmentier, the Dutch K.L.M. pilot, contemplates running Iff!? engines full out after he leaves Singapore. The Douglas air liner is to go on to the Holland-Batavia service after the j race. Consequently Mr. Panaentier is unwilling to drive the costly machine so hard that an extensive overhaul will be necessary. j Nevertheless the temptation may be strong, and with Holland's speed entry, Sir. Astes' aeroplane, hors de combat, Mr. Parmentier, who is magnificently equipped, may yet make a race of it. However, he will follow the ordinary mail route, owing to the machine having a shorter range than the Comet. Mr. Parmentier's performance is admirable. As the Daily Express says, it is like seeing a Rolls-Royce speeding round Brooklands, with passengers sitting in the back, competing against racing models stripped down to accommodate only a driver and a mechanic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 9
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