INDIAN HANDICAP AIR RACE
COMPETITION FOR VICEROY’S CUP. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 6.3 op.m. Calcutta, Feb. 11. Captain Riley, chief instructor of the Delhi Flying Club, won the Viceroy's Cup handicap air race over a 700 miles course. The start and the finish were at Delhi. Captain Riley averaged a speed of 115 miles an hour. Lieutenant Misri Chand, of the 16th Punjabis, was second and Major Vetch third. The highest speed of 153 miles an hour was attained by Flying-Officer Stead in a Comper Swift machine brought specially from England. Mrs. Horsman, the only woman competitor, was ninth.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1933, Page 7
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