MOTOR-GLIDING
RELIABILITY TRIALS END. NOTABLE PERFORMANCES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aeeooiatioa LONDON, October 14. Tho gliding meeting at Lympne has concluded. Flight-Lieutenant Longton, on a Wren monoplane, and Herbert Jones, on an A.N.E.0., tied for the “Daily Mail’s” prize of £IOOO and the Duke of Sutherland’s prize of £SOO by flying 87$- miles, the greatest distance on one gallon of petrol. Captain MacMillan, on a Parnell “Pixie,” secured tho speed prize with 76.1 miles per hour. Mr B. Hinkler, on an Avro 4 won the reliability prize by completing 1040 miles. M. Pierccy, on an A.N.E.C., won the contest for the greatest height, by attaining 14,400 foot. His arms and lege were frozen when lie descended
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11651, 16 October 1923, Page 5
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