Centenary Air Race.
WILEY POST OUT. DAMAGE TO 'PLANE. (A. ana N.Z. Cable). OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 13. Wiley Post said to-day that his 'plane, the Winnie Mae, had been so badly damaged in his recent stratosphere test flight that he had been forced to abandon his plans to compete in the London to Melbourne air race. The airman had estimated that by special engine appliances and an elaborate flying suit for use in the upper air, that, ascending to a height of 40,000 feet, he could do the trirwn^w^days^^^^^^^^^^
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19209, 15 September 1934, Page 3
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89Centenary Air Race. Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19209, 15 September 1934, Page 3
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