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ixbb FLIGHT. NOVEMBER 8, 1934. fHE ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA RACE ... _ ••• :-i/>-,^-- FINALE v The End of the Sixteen-day Period : Final Awards in the MacRobertson Race : The Douglas Wins the Handicap Prize : Times and Speeds of Competitors THE WINNERS : In this photograpn, which was brought by Cathcart Jones and Waller, the crew ot theDouglas, which was the handicap prize winner, and of the winning D.H. " Comet," take breakfast together. From left to right are Campbell Black, Moll, Scott, van Brugge, Parnz and Parmentier. NINE of the twenty starters in the Australian Racehad completed the course at the end of the permis-sible period. The New Zealanders, Hewett and Kay, with the " Dragon Six." which was damaged at Cloncurry, were the last to arrive in Melbourne. Considering the difficulties of the route, such a propor- tion of finishers can be considered to be an excellent one. Among the unlucky, F/O. Davies and Lt. Com. C. L. Hill had reached Calcutta in their Fairey III F, Fit. Lt. Shaw was still at Bushire with the undercarriage of his Klemm " Eagle" damaged, and H. L. Brook (Miles "Fal- con") was at Aleppo after obtaining a new airscrew at Athens. Scott and Black led in the final handicap placings, but, as winners of the ^10,000 prize in the Speed Race, they were ineligible for the first prize (£2,000) in the handicap section, and this, consequently, goes to Parmentier and Moll. Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn have neces- sarily taken the vacant second place in the Speed Race, so C. J. Melrose takes the other handicap prize. Thus, the prizes for the two events were distributed as follows: — Speed Race 1. C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black (D.H. "Comet"), -£10,000 and the Trophy. 2. Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn (Boeing it is remembered that the crew unshipped very nearly a ton of payload before the machine was flown out of Albury racecourse. According to the rules, the payload with which a competitor reaches Melbourne will be considered to be that with which the machine has flown throughout the race. Actually, of course, the Douglas was very com- fortably handicapped in any case. Judging from the flying time given by K.L.M., it seems that the Douglas was firmly re-handicapped. Scott and Black, incidentally, have been awarded the British Silver Medal for Aeronautics by the Royal Aero- nautical Society. This medal was founded in 1933 by Lord Amulree, and is awarded for outstanding achieve- ment in aviation. Below are given the cabled times of the competitors in the Speed Race and the net times for the Handicap Race, together with the competitors' calculated flying times and speeds. The Royal Aero Club were unable, at the time of going to press, to confirm these'figures. 3. Lt. O. Cathcart Jones and K. F. Waller (D.H."Comet"), £500. Handicap Race 1. K. D. Parmentier and J. J. Moll (Douglas D.C.2),£2,000. 2. C. J. Melrose (D.H. "Puss Moth"), ^1,000. The win of the Douglas is all the more remarkable when Speed Race (All-in Times!. 1. Scott and Black (D.H. " Comet "\2. Parmentier and Moll (Douglas D.C.L') 3. Turner and Pangtjorn (Boeing 247-D!4. Jones and Waller (D.H. " Comet ") 5. Hewett and Kay (D.H. " Dragon Six ") Handicap Kace. 1. Scott and Black (D.H. " Comet ") ...2. Parmentier and Moll (Douglas D.C.2) 3. Melrose (D.H. " Puss Moth ")4. Stodart and Stodart (Airspeed "Courier") ...j. McGregor and Walker (Miles " Hawk Major")IS. Hewett and Kay (D.H. " Dragon Six")7. Hansen (Desoutter) ... Net Times. h. m. s.fS4 48 40 76 38 1279 17 50 70 32 30 82 4H 34 85 42 28 87 45 21 h. m. s.70 54 18 90 13 3692 55 38 108 13 45330 51 10 Flying Times. h. m. s.fl5 24 is 71 2H 012(1 16 2 100 24 00 US* f, 46 lOfi 51 2812SI 47 45 Speed. m.p.h.15a 125121.5 10434 Speed- m.p.h.180 173 103 -: 123 105 118 :95
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