CENTENARY AIR RACE
KINGSFORD SMITE’S PLANS. OVER 4000 MILES A DAY. Brisbane, June 13. According to Mr Wilfrid Kingsford Smith, brother of the famous airman, Sir Charles has drafted out a schedule for the big ail’ race, which calls for daily hops of approximately 4400 miles, enabling the distance from London to Melbourne to be covered in 72 hours. “My latest message from Sir Charles,” said Mr Smith last night, “is that he is very hopeful of carrying off the biggest air race ever staged. His Lockheed Altair machine has a top speed of 250 miles an hour and the tremendous range of 2500 miles. I am doubtful if he has actually decided up-on stopping places, but he has every hope that day and night flying, with Captain P. G. Taylor as relieving pilot, will enable him to complete the trip within three days. Sir Charles will return to Sydney with his machine probably on July 26, and will then make a trip to England.” Mr Wilfrid Kingsford Smith, who reached Brisbane by air yesterday with his mother in the DHSO biplane Southern Cross Midget, left early to-day on an aerial tour of Northern Queensland, which will last about three weeks.
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Southland Times, Issue 22362, 29 June 1934, Page 4
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