12 PLANES CRASH
EVENTFUL KING'S CUP ONLY ONE PERSON INJURED Eleo. Tel. Copyright—United Preea Aesn.l (United Service.; (Received July 23, 10 a.m.) LONDON, .Inly 22. Twelve aeroplanes crashed in the King's Cup race. The only person injured is a passenger in J*. Whitehead's machine, which was forced to land and overturned near Bury St. Edmunds. The pilots found conditions deplorable. It was a battle for life from Newcastle through mist-shrouded mountains. Miss Spooner crashed into a peak when an upward •current shot, her 50ft., throwing her from iier seat. Two machines collided at Nottingham aerodrome, and another taxied into a motor-car at the start. A CLOSE FINISH LADY PILOT'S ILL-FORTUNE (British Official Wireiess.) Rec. noon. RUGBY, July 22. The King telegraphed his congratulations to Mr. Hope,- winner, of the King's Air Cup. Mr. Hope's flying time for the 1035 miles round Britain was 10 hours 24min 4se:-s, an average speed of miles per hour. Mr. Hope was third at the end of the first day. hut lie made a great effort in yesterday's stage of 556 miles, which he covered at. over 113 miles per hoar. There was «i very close finish, for just over two minutes after Mr. Hope had completed the journey Mr. Unwin's machine Hashed over the line, and 9U ■seconds later Miss Spooner, the only lady pilot in the contest, arrived. Miss Spooner wins the Siddeley trouhv, consisting of a challenge cap and £l5O, offered for competition among light aeroplane cluhs; She might have won the race, but for a mistake. From Renfrew to within a few miles of London she led, but then she lost 10 minutes by. following the wrong railway line. T'nfortunately, one flier, Mr. Warwick, is missinnr. He failed to arri'-* .it Renfrew on Friday night from Newcastle on th* last stage of the first day's r&ring. Yesterday afternoon four aeroplanes set out from "Renfrew aerodrome and searched the lonely moorlands of (•"iithe'-h Scotland, but no trace of Mr. Warwick's machine was found.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16704, 23 July 1928, Page 7
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33112 PLANES CRASH Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16704, 23 July 1928, Page 7
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