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1934
1934 - 1076.PDF
1078 FLIGHT, October 18, 1934. A Portrait Gallery of Competitors, the Majority of -"--™ " Whom are at Present Likely to Start (The numbers at the beginning of each paragraph refer to the portraits above.j i.—Col. Roscoe Turner will pilot theAmerican Boeing monoplane (No, 5). His CO-pilot will be Mr. Clyde Pangbom. of long-distance record fame. 2.—Mr. Henry Walker will be the co- pilot of Sqd. Ldr. MacGregor in the Miles Hawk Major (No. 2). This is a New Zealand entry. 3.—John H. Wright is flying the little American Lambert Monocoupe (No. 33) named Baby Ruth. His co-pilot will be Mr. Polando. 4.—Mr. Jensen is a Dane, and willshare the piloting of the Desoutter mono- plane (No. 7) with Lt. M. Hansen, of theDanish Army. 5.—Mr. George Lowdell, who will beaccompanied by Fit. Lt. D. F. Anderson, is the chief pilot of Lord Nuffield's Air-speed "Envoy" (No. 3). 6.—Mr. John Polando, who will beJohn Wright's co-pilot in Baby Ruth. 7.—Fit. Lt. G. Shaw is piloting the British Klemm "Eagle" (No, 47). 8.—Mr. J. K. C. .Baines and F/O. H. D. Gilman will fly a Fairey "Fox" (No. 62). 9.—Sqd. Ldr. Malcolm MacGrcgor, chief pilot of the Miles Hawk Major (No. 2) entered by the Manawatu Aero Club, New Zealand. 10.—Mr. K. G. Stodart will accom-pany his uncle, Sqd. Ldr. D. F.. Stodart, in the Airspeed "Courier" (No. 14). 11 and 12.—Mrs. and Mr. J. A. Molli- son will pilot one of the De Havilland " Comets " (No. 63). 13.—Mr. J. D. Hewett, who, with Mr. C. E. Kay, will fly the D.H. "Dragon Six " (No. 60) entered b)' the president and members of the New Zealand Air Race Committee. i4.—Mr. E. w. Bonar, Col. Fitz- maurice's co-pilot in the Irish Swoop (No. 29). This is an Irish Free State entry. 15.—Miss Jacqueline Cochran (Amer-ican) and her pilot, Mr. Wesley Smith, will fly the Granville monoplane (No. 4G). 16.—Mr. J. J. Moll, one of the K.L.M. pilots, will be co-pilot to Mr. K. D. Parmentier in the Douglas D.C.2 (No. 44)—a Dutch entry but an American machine. 17.—Lt. Hansen is the only Danishentrant in the race. He will be flying a Desoutter monoplane (No. 7). 18.—Mr. C. W. A. Scott is flying over a route he has flown several times. With Mr. Campbell Black he will pilot ''Comet" (No. 34).
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