GREATEST YET HELD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17227, 5 April 1930, Page 17

GREATEST YET HELD

HASTINGS AIR PAGEANT

(Per Press Association.) HASTINGS, this day

The greatest aerial pageant yet witnessed in Hawke's Bay opened this morning at tin- Hawke's Bay ami EastCoast. Aero Club's grounds, Hastings. The day was line and sunny, with very little wind, so that the tliers experienced tin- Lest conditions. Seventeen planes are taking part from all parts of the Dominion.

The visiting airmen, the lit. Hon. •!. C. Ooates, patron of the club, and the Hon. ,). IL Cobbe. Minister of Defence. were, welcomed by Sir Andrew Russell and the Mayor, Mr. Cordon Roach. Mr. Douglas Mill. I lobsoiivdle. ami Fixing Officer Me.Ooverno, Dunedin. were'"delayed, lint are e.\| led later in the dav.

t limpet il ion results were : "A" pilots' landing competition : !•'• It. Dix (Mail borough). 1: A. S. Taylor (Canlerbiirv). 2: II \Y. Boys (Hawke's Bay and Last Coast I. o. Twelve coliipcl'ilois. The prize for the best landing b v a. la.lv pilol was won by Miss A. Clitl'ord (Chrislehurch). Miss P. Bennett (Marlborough) being second.

Taxi past, fly past, and landing competition (10 entries): Lieut. Allen (Auckland, Moth) 1, fi. M. Firth (Auckland, Moth) 2, Miss P. Bennett

All transport race.—First heat: ('apt. 'Mercer (Canterbury) 1. ('apt. 0. Brook (Auckland, Moth) 2, ('apt. Bloomfield (Auckland, Moth) :">. Also competed: P. P. Lin (Marlborough). Second heal : Lieut. Allen (Auckland, Moth) 1, P!\ ing-Ol'tieer Keith (New Plvnioiiih. Moili) 2, Capt. Hewitt (Falcon Airways, Auckland, Moth) T Also competed: Cap!. Saunders (Auckland).